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  • Posted: Jun 18, 2019
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    Terre des hommes is the leading Swiss child relief agency. We are committed to improving the lives of millions of the world's most vulnerable children. Children are the first to suffer in times of war, natural disasters and as a result of poverty. At Terre des hommes, our goal is to steadily improve the conditions of the most vulnerable children worldwide...
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    Head of Programs - Nairobi

    Position Start Date : 3rd of July 019

    Duration : 6 months

    Terre des hommes does not set closing dates for this position; recruitment is on-going until the position is filled

    Context :

    The Head of Programs ensures the supervision of operational aspects of the delegation’s programmes on a day-to-day basis. S/He guarantees the effective, efficient implementation of all activities from a comprehensive project cycle management perspective (identification of needs, proposal making, planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and communication). S/He supports the Country Representative in representation activities linked to programs.

    He/she will conduct his or her duties in respect of the Charter of the Tdh Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. Tdh intervenes without any affiliation for politics, religion or financial profit. He/she will direct his or her activities and engagements without preoccupation of political, racial or religious affiliation..

    Responsibilities :

    • Project delivery
      • Ensures that project teams are on time, on budget and on target and steers the appropriate processes to this end, as per the organization’s standards and procedures.
      • Identifies problems and issues on the ground and proposes solutions that he/she implements and follows through.
      • Ultimate budget holder for projects; as such he/she is responsible for monitoring project budgets reporting on any issues to the SMT and introducing corrective action where necessary.
      • Accountable for project targets as set in the proposals, and, with the inputs from project managers, for producing narrative donor reports.
      • Steers organisational readiness to respond to emergencies in line with Tdh approaches and systems
      • Ensures that projects deliver programming to beneficiaries that is according to Tdh’s mandate and that brings sustainable and positive change to the lives of children.
      • Avails of the monitoring tools and resources to this end. Collaborates with technical experts in and out of the country office to analyse the quality of approaches, to learn from practice and to implement lessons from these learnings.
      • Ensures that project performance is reflected in Tdh in Kenya being the go-to organization in health and nutrition for children in the ASALs, and child protection for refugees and slums dwellers, and child rights.
    • Coordination
      • Ensures coherence and collaboration across his/her team to foster integrated programming.
      • Liaises with government stakeholders to build ownership and sustainability of Tdh’s interventions.
      • Represents the organization in project-related events.
      • Responsible for liaising with donors and members on issues of implementation,
      • Takes responsibility for organizing donor and HQ visits to the concerned projects
      • Nurtures functioning interrelations whilst making optimal use of resources
    • Grant management
      • Support the smooth management of the grant management cycle
      • Takes ultimate responsibility for donor and HQ dialogue with respect to grants
      • Ensures full compliance with grant rules and procedures and coordinates with support services for input.
    • Strategic management
      • As a member of the senior management team; participates in collective decision making regarding strategy, structure and management of resources, business development (including proposal development), quality, accountability. He/she brings a project perspective to the decision making forum.
      • Fosters a culture of growth and change for bigger and quality impact on the lives of the most deprived children of Kenya.
    • Resource Mobilisation and donor influence
      • Oversees the development and implementation of Tdh Kenya fundraising strategy that aligns with the delegation’s capacity, needs and with donor priorities
      • Actively identifies new opportunities, tracks new opportunities, steers the go/no go and retro planning for proposals
      • Understands and influences donor funding priorities and manages the strategic analysis of the donor and member landscape
      • Develops material to increase visibility and technical legitimacy
      • Liaise with HQ to determine opportunities, support global donor relationship management
      • Prepositions concept note to influence donors
    • Proposal development
      • Keeps her/himself informed of context and needs through discussions with stakeholders, reads project reports and evaluations, carries out field visits to be kept informed of Tdh’s work
      • Assesses risk and value for money of the opportunities
      • Plans the proposal development (develops the retro-plan and holds teams accountable to delivering on time)
      • Steers project design (problem and needs analysis, results and logical framework, management plan, staffing, budget and other resources, exit strategy, etc.)
      • Writes and packages the proposal for donor submission (narrative and logframe, costing and budget notes) based on inputs from other departments
      • Liaises with HQ throughout the proposal development process
    • Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning and Knowledge management
      • Oversees the development of a monitoring system that provides timely and accurate project results
      • Ensures on-going, accurate data collection and meaningful analyses with regular dissemination of strategic information to SMT and QMM to drive learning and improve program quality
      • Ensures high quality evaluations are resourced and conducted to demonstrate outcomes and impact
      • Ensures accountability mechanisms for all projects and that identified actions are resolved, with critical issues escalated to senior management
      • Participates in project kick-offs and close-outs for significant awards to ensure effective strategic direction, establishment of quality standards and dissemination of learning
      • Ensures the research, evaluation and policy work of the delegation contributes to generation of evidences for sound decision making and policy influencing within and outside the delegation and development and implementation of impactful and innovative programmes for children
    • Thematic Expertise, capacity building and quality assurance
      • Monitors and advances technical and operational quality of field programmes in health and child protection with a focus on innovation, esp in the tech sector, and youth issues.
      • Ensures effective working relationships with Tdh global technical advisors, procuring technical support as needed to support the delegation’s efforts, including during emergencies.
      • Ensures that Tdh engages in larger communities of practice to link with the most relevant and evidence-based approaches
      • Engages in relevant national and global networks
    • Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development –Operations
      • Manages project managers ; defines expectations, provides leadership and technical support as needed, and evaluates direct reports regularly, mitigates conflicts internally and externally
      • Ensures the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as appropriate and ensures availability of appropriate professional development opportunities for staff.

    Profile :

    • Master’s Degree in relevant social science
    • A minimum of five years of senior management and development experience in an NGO
    • Robust experience of program cycle management including in emergencies
    • Substantial experience and knowledge of effective financial and budgetary control and managing grants from major institutional donors
    • Proven history of delivering results and solving problems
    • Experience in more than one of Tdh’s thematic sectors: child protection, health and nutrition, emergencies
    • Experience managing teams for resource mobilisation and submitting proposals including large proposals in a wide range of thematic areas
    • Experience working with high level government agencies and academics on issues related to children
    • Strong skills and proven experience in new business development, project design, and donor proposal design with corporate, foundations and institutional donors
    • Strong skills and proven experience in developing and managing monitoring, evaluation and learning systems
    • Ability to write fluently in English without requiring third party proof reading
    • Strong commitment to support/develop capacity of national staff and developing second layer of leadership and motivate others;
    • Proven ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and process information in support of changing program activities;
    • Self-awareness and critical thinking
    • Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Tdh’s values
    • Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team. Future orientated, thinks strategically, appetite for change, reluctant to maintain ‘business as usual’
    • Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
    • Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to, sense of humour while maintaining a firm stance
    • Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
    • High level of self-awareness and willingness to take criticism as an opportunity for growth and self-development
    • Ability to plan and manage time, multi-task and delegate

    Salary :

    Expatriate contract under Swiss regulations 3’400 CHF (~2’950 €) < > 4’750 CHF (~4’100 €) net /month according to experience x 13 times, Vacancy: 25 days annual leaves local accommodation and transportation, Health insurance, accident and medical repatriation insurance, return flight.

     

    We offer an exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Terre des hommes (TDH) on application.careerbuilder1.eu to apply

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