Jobs at HOPE Worldwide Kenya

The positions are subject to USAID award of the grant.

REPORTING TO: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

LOCATION: NAIROBI & KIAMBU COUNTIES

The Chief of Party (COP) is responsible for the overall management and operations of the project and is the key liaison with USAID. S/he supervises project implementation and ensures the project meets its goals and reporting requirements. The COP takes a leadership role in coordination among USAID and key stakeholders and other implementing partners. The COP position requires political savvy, as s/he interacts with numerous GoK institutions and senior-level national and county-level government officials.

S/he will coordinate and act as the primary project contact person and key liaison with USAID, ensuring the project is represented in national technical, policy, and planning forums with the donor, government, key stakeholders and implementing partners.

The COP position requires political savvy, as s/he interacts with numerous GoK institutions and senior-level national and county-level government officials.

At a minimum, the COP will have:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, public health, medicine, management, business administration, or a related field
• Ten years of experience in a senior management role leading complex public health and or technical service delivery programs of similar scope and dollar value.
• At least ten years of demonstrated technical experience as senior staff in at least two of the following areas TB, HIV, health systems strengthening; M&E; and operations research.
• Seven years of demonstrated experience in partnership building, especially with government representatives, donors, the private sector, and local community organizations.
• Experience in senior positions in HIV and AIDS in Kenya will be an added advantage.

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The positions are subject to USAID award of the grant.

The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) is responsible for the overall technical oversight of the project and is specifically responsible for project implementation that relates to facility and community-level service delivery.

The DCOP reports directly to the COP and takes a leadership role in ensuring technical implementation of high impact, proven interventions and ensures the project meets stated goals and reporting requirements. S/he assumes the responsibilities of the COP in the absence of the COP.

S/he coordinates among USAID and key stakeholders and other implementing partners and interacts with numerous GoK institutions and representatives, particularly at the county-level. S/he is knowledgeable about current implementation science and state-of-the-art service delivery approaches.

At a minimum, the DCOP will have:

• Eight years of experience in a senior role managing, complex technical service delivery programs of similar scope and dollar value.
• A Master’s degree in social sciences, public health, medicine, management, business administration, or a related field.
• Five years’ experience in partnership building, especially with the government representatives, donors, the private sector, and local community organizations.

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The Finance and Administration Manager (FAM) reports to the Chief of Party and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of budgeting; financial management and reporting; contract/sub-award procurement and management; human resources management, asset management, logistics, and prime award compliance with terms and conditions of the award.

The FAM oversees all activity operations. At a minimum, the Finance and Administration Manager should have the following:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or other relevant fields.
• Professional accountancy qualification (Certified Public Accountants – CPA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – ACCA, or equivalent membership of a recognized professional accountancy organization in good standing).
• A minimum of 7 years of experience overseeing grantee compliance with donor requirements for activities of similar dollar value
• A minimum of 7 years of experience supervising overall operations of donor-funded activities (e.g. teams of human resource, logistics, grant/contract, and finance staff).
• Excellent financial management skills with strong analytical and computer skills, with emphasis on budgeting and financial analysis.

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The Grants and Compliance Manager (GCM) provides overall technical support in the management of sub-grants, facilitates training in program and finance management to sub-grantees, support sub-partners on sub-grant management and assist in reviewing sub-grants agreements. S/he is responsible for ensuring compliance with USAID rules and regulations, and legal and regulatory requirements governing the award.

The GCM oversees the overall compliance in the activity implementation from the development of work plans and budgets, reporting, sub granting, and budget administration as assigned by the COP or his/her designee. S/he will analyze financial reports against donor reporting requirements, tracking grant expenditure on a monthly basis and utilize financial and program data for management decisions.

The GCM is involved in developing and embedding best practices to comply with donor financial rules, supporting donor proposal budgeting, analysis of institutional income, donor contract expenditure tracking, monitoring and providing management information on key risks, contributing to the implementation of improved financial systems and processes to facilitate better donor reporting and compliance.

The incumbent will ensure strict adherence to deadlines and ensure quality standards of reports.

At a minimum, the GCM should have the following preferred skills:

• Master’s degree in Business, Procurement, Accounting, Finance, Management, Auditing, Economics or related field
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in the NGO sector in Senior Grants/Compliance Management positions.
• In-depth understanding and experience of working with proposals and contracts from donors. Experience in complex planning and budgeting processes including the ability to provide clear guidance on donor policies and procedures monitoring.
• Excellent grant management skills, including the ability to identify challenges and provide or work with teams to propose possible solutions as well as strong negotiation, facilitating and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of programming processes, systems and principles, and the ability to provide leadership and support staff working on grant-related programmes

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The positions are subject to USAID award of the grant.

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Specialist is responsible for leading the design and implementation of the program monitoring and evaluation framework and information system to track delivery against targets, outcomes and impacts.

The MEL leads the analysis of data collected for assessment of progress and areas of improvement and overall data management. S/he guides reporting processes amongst technical staff and consolidate program reports, and promotes learning and knowledge sharing of best practices and lessons learned.

S/he supports all the technical staff in MEL functions and manages any MEL related staff in the program.

At a minimum, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist will have:

• A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline, such as mathematics, statistics, informatics, or a related field with knowledge/skills of Geographical Information Systems and information technology.
• At least ten years of experience implementing monitoring and evaluating activities for complex programs in developing countries.
• Demonstrated experience in providing technical support, setting up and managing M&E systems that track performance as per the objectives of this activity (e.g. service integration and performance against each result area) and in the application of statistical methods and database management.