Habitat for Humanity Senior Programs Manager Job Kenya

Habitat for Humanity Senior Programs Manager Job Kenya

Habitat for Humanity Kenya is a non-governmental organization registered under the NGO Coordination Act, 1990.

Habitat for Humanity is a Christian ministry that works to bring people together to build homes, communities and hope.

Since 1982, Habitat for Humanity Kenya has worked with more than 20,000 low-income families in 250 communities in Kenya to enable them to access decent and affordable houses.

Habitat for Humanity Kenya seeks to recruit a suitable candidate to fill the position of:

Senior Programs Manager

Department: Programs

Job Location: National Office

Reports to: National Director

Purpose:

Reporting into the National Director, the Senior Programs Manager (SPM) will provide leadership in the strategic development and execution of all Habitat for Humanity Kenya’s programs in line with the overall organizational strategy.

The SPM has responsibility to lead program strategy, and to drive and oversee all programs, directly supervising senior program staff and overseeing project coordinators.

Key focus areas affordable and adequate housing, access to housing related basic services (water, sanitation and energy solutions), settlement-based approaches, inclusive financing, access to land and tenure security, policy and advocacy as well as project/program design and management, proposal development, partnership building and sector representation.

Key Performance Areas and Scope of the Job

Support program strategy formulation, including development of goals and objectives, and oversee the process of designing appropriate approaches to attain them.

Design, lead, manage and implement large and integrated development projects.

Manage and work collaboratively with program leads and team members to ensure necessary program design, planning, development, resource availability, and management activities function smoothly and efficiently.

Lead key staff in preparing and tracking the progress of project and activity budgets.

Supervise the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) function, providing support and guidance for all program reporting. Drive the projects monitoring and evaluation to ensure project targets are met.

Develop project proposals for substantive institutional grants and consequently, manage a large complement of staff.

Coordinate with Finance and Resource Mobilization teams to ensure compliance, quality and timely implementation of low-cost housing projects for the poor, WASH initiatives and research.

Contribute to the programmatic leadership to ensure strategic programmatic and financial integrity of all projects.

Contribute to the development of innovative program and project concepts in all areas, including urban programming

Support knowledge management and sharing efforts, including distilling key lessons and making documents available on Habitat’s knowledge management sites.

Promote and support the dissemination of project information among the project teams and stakeholders.

Ensure capacity building and leadership in project staff.

Ensure compliance with operational policies, delivery and reporting requirements on all grant funded projects.

Assist field and technical team members in coordination and management of field activities.

Coordinate and/or represent the project team in professional circles through technical advisory groups, meetings, conferences, and presentations.

Develop and/or review documents, reports and presentations according to donor guidelines for internal program needs and externally for dissemination.

Coordinate and collaborate with communities, government officials, donors, stakeholders, staff and consultants for effective needs analyses, project

design and implementation.

Lead and facilitate project meetings with project partners to ensure participatory and collaborative approaches are used in project execution.

Build and manage partner relationships especially at government department level, as well as other stakeholders.

Required Competencies

Demonstrated project management capacity and oversight of large-scale development projects.

Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Ability to determine work priorities and adhere to deadlines.

Strong Communication skills – both oral and written.

Ability to work with other cultures. Patience and perseverance in understanding and explaining issues with field staff.

Ability to address issues and effect change through persuasion and diplomacy.

Flexibility and independence to work in a changing and unstructured environment. Ability to work interdependently within a team.

Creativity and innovativeness.

Ability to interact with senior level international and national professionals, donors, and partners.

The person must have proven experience in building and managing partner relationships especially with government agencies at all levels, private sector, grassroots and other development actors.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

At least 10 years’ experience managing development programs.

At least 7 years’ experience supervising and managing teams

Skilled in writing technical and programmatic documents, such as project concepts, project proposals, work plans, budgets and reports.

Technical expertise in the area of low-cost urban housing, WASH and urban development would be advantageous.

Grant management experience shall be an added advantage.

Experience in designing research and other innovative projects.

Good understanding of monitoring and evaluation of programs and use of data for decision making.

Excellent presentation skills; and verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent donor and partner relationship skills as well as new program development skills.

Ability to travel regularly within the country with limited travel abroad as well.

Understanding systems thinking would be an advantage.

This position calls for an ability and willingness to support all partners in a timely and efficient manner, to work collaboratively with others to build and maintain relationships and partnerships and
very high levels of integrity.

Qualifications

An advanced degree, preferably master’s in a development field, project management, urban planning, business management, or related field.

How to Apply

To apply, email the application to hr@hfhkenya.org with your name and position applied for in the subject line.

The closing date for receiving applications is no later than close of business on Friday 3rd January, 2020.

Please do not send certificates at this stage.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

HFH Kenya is an equal opportunities employer and will never ask for funds as part of the recruitment process.

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