Jobs at Sightsavers

We are looking for a Portfolio Coordinator – Economic Empowerment to support our transition from the current ‘project approach’ to an acknowledged model of economic empowerment as inclusive development through coordinating the sufficient knowledge and evidence (gathering, collating, and disseminating) to support this. This new role comes at an exciting time as we accelerate our work supporting the inclusion of people with disabilities in economic empowerment programmes. 

Key duties will include: 

• Supporting EE portfolio management oversight through establishing and coordinating country project governance meetings to share programme implementation progress, escalation of risks and challenges, and interim reporting updates to guide decision making and programme adaptations 
• Working with the country governance leads to better understand EE project management and technical capacity building needs. Managing a process to track any residual gaps and associated risks through a capacity/capability plan to bring in guidance and support from relevant internal stakeholders   
• Curating and extend the current EE (SharePoint) document repository and populating a knowledge repository of all pathways, tools and approaches employed within EE programming 
• Coordinating and chairing an EE community of practise, open to all staff and partners through monthly meetings to exchange practical programming knowledge and experiences 
• Communicating updates to the knowledge repository and cross-country learning exchange 
• Working with colleagues to track progress towards answering strategic learning questions 

About you 

This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing project management/ project coordination experience and ability to initiate, innovate and translate ideas into effective action plans. To succeed in this role, you will need: 

• Knowledge of current issues and best practice in economic empowerment and international development 
• Analytical thinking and the ability to plan strategically from an organisational perspective 
• Strong ability to develop and maintain knowledge bases and newsletters 
• Ability to build strong working relationships across different departments and work collaboratively as a member of cross-functional teams 
• Experience in project management and/or project coordination 
• Strong organisational skills and ability to multi-task 
• Proven ability to initiate, innovate and translate ideas into effective action plans 
• Excellent communication and influencing skills 
• Excellent oral and writing skills in English 
• French or Portuguese language skills an advantage 
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for people with disabilities 
• Able to travel for up to 4 weeks a year (regional and international) 

Closing Date: 27 November, 2022

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The Senior Programme Officer (SPO) is responsible for co-ordinating the daily programme activities and execution of the USAID funded Global Labour Programme, by working closely with partners and programme delivery team.  This role will provide support and coordination for the Global Labour Programme, ensuring all program objectives and goals are met in compliance with USAID regulations. The post holder will also support the Chief of Party in managing relationships with consortium partners and key stakeholders.

The SPO will be responsible to the Chief of Party, KCO, OP&F and the programme governance and implementation groups for the progress of the GLP . The role is diverse and will suit a person interested in varied and challenging work in a dynamic organisation.

Key accountabilities:  

 Programme planning and implementation (40% of time)

• Manages all aspects of the project cycle with the partners to ensure effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial management, reporting and documentation is delivered for the project.
• Work with Programme Management Unit and all members of the consortia to coordinate implementation of programme activities and sharing of lessons learned
• Travel to the field to monitor programme implementation and provide technical assistance
• Feed backing to and working with internal and external technical experts including the Global Technical Leads, MERL, IFT, Research, SBC and other leads as required

Working with Partners (20% of time)

• Promote shared learning and collaboration between partners by facilitating partner networks and meetings.
• Develop and maintain harmonious and productive working relationships with all key stakeholders including USAID, Consortium partners, relevant government agencies, Trade Unions and other Civil Society organizations

Financial & Resource Management (10% of time)

• Support the PMU and partners in in the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor expenditure of project financial resources in liaison with the Finance Officer and the Chief of Party

Information management (10% of time)

• Ensure programme information flow is maintained across the programme partners
• Ensure that the GLP Project Management Unit, (based in the Kenya ) receives appropriate materials and information to support donor-reporting requirements.

Advocacy and Strategic Alliances (20% of time)

• Build effective partner relationships and support longer term relationships that go beyond the duration of the project by disseminating information and advocating for Sightsavers work.

Qualifications and experience:

• Substantial experience implementing programmes in developing Country contexts, including experience of the disability sector.
• Demonstrable experience with labour rights and disability inclusion including skills training/development, and partner engagement.
• A tertiary qualification (Bachelors or above) in education, social sciences, development studies or public health.
• Familiarity with national legislation and policies in the field of disability, human rights
• Experience implementing programmes, including experience of the disability sector, economic empowerment, and gender mainstreaming.
• Experience of designing, managing, and carrying out advocacy work for social inclusion/disability programmes.
• Experience providing technical assistance to other organizations.

Closing Date: 22 November, 2022