Plan International Program Unit Manager Jobs in Kenya

Plan International Program Unit Manager Jobs in Kenya

Who We Are

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation.

Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive.

The Role

The Program Unit Manager provides overall managerial accountability for the Kisumu office and its programs. The position will oversee the development and implementation of gender transformative programs in line with country and global strategies.

The role will directly supervise 3-8 staff in ensuring program design, implementation, quality and effectiveness throughout the project cycle while building their capabilities to deliver on program excellence and influencing agenda.

The incumbent will provide oversight of all projects, sponsorship programs and implementation of the programs and sponsorship work through partnerships.

Accountabilities and Main Work Activities

Planning, Strategy and Policy

Provide strategic leadership and support project teams to develop quality project outlines in line with the Country and Global Strategy and the Program Influencing & Quality Policy (PIQP).

Model partnerships: Lead in the integration and effective implementation of the Plan Policy on Building Better Partnerships (BBP) in alignment with Plan Kenya’s Country Strategy on ensuring the creation of an equal, systematic, positive, and process-driven approach to partner engagement and relationship management;

Contribute to development of minimum standards, technical frameworks and strategies on Building Better Partnerships.

Provide strategic leadership on BBP policy, its implementation and contribute to the ongoing research, development and implementation as well as dissemination and sharing of best practices and innovative approaches

Develop and annually update a partners’ database on information relating to Partners’ and, Donors’, individual requirements and goals, and such other key details as are relevant to the development and maintenance of those partnerships;

Contribute to drafting of partnership agreements and/or contractual documents while ensuring the tenets of BBP and localisation are an integral part of Plan Kenya’s partnership agreements;

Influencing stakeholders and duty bearers to the enactment and enforcement of policies relevant to Plan work.

Ensure correct and appropriate branding and media coverage at all times while working in contact with the Communications Manager and Country Director.

Project Design, Planning & Implementation at PU level

Provide leadership in program design, while ensuring meaningful stakeholder (girls, boys, youth, communities and partners) engagement, to inform priorities of program participants in the project design, implementation and evaluation

Enhance realization of children and girls’ rights through design and implementation of gender transformative program interventions.

Provide technical support to partners for the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of quality and innovative programming for all sub granting.

Provide oversight to all sub granted partners/CBOs on the management and delivery of both sponsorship and program work against the work plans.

Provide leadership in phase-out management processes while mobilizing and putting in place structures and systems that support a seamless PIK exit.

Hold periodic programme reviews with partners to monitor achievement of the outcomes and budget utilization as per the costed detailed implementation plans.

In liaison with the partners, continually identify opportunities for innovation and scale up of project initiatives to inform PIK fundraising efforts.

Mainstream safeguarding of children and young persons involved in all the Program and Sponsorship work through the partners

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Reporting

Establish and monitor the progress of all program and sponsorship deliverables by implementing partners and undertake corrective actions at project implementation level.

Develop quality and timely reports in accordance with Organization guidelines

and procedures.

Promote evidence-based programming through data and information analysis and dissemination.

With support of M&E, enhance learning and knowledge management through documentation and profiling of Plan’s work.

Ensure the M&E and Program team work with the Implementing partners at the PU level to monitor and provide accurate and timely data on the status of the project quality and reach including capturing data on the sponsored child/families each month

Put in place and implement a PU based outcome and impact monitoring process

Partnership Management and Networking

Responsible for leading in partner assessments and working jointly with the partners to develop customized plans, that include a monitoring and evaluation plan for organizational improvement;

Act as the liaison and maintain cordial working between the organization and the County leadership with the various government departments PIK works with.

Represent PIK in relevant County level cluster meetings and promote its development agenda.

Promote effective working relations with county and sub-county stakeholders

Promote active engagement and participation of boys, girls, men, women and communities in all project activities.

Engage and influence key duty bearers towards realization of children and girl’s rights at the county level

Actively identify and engage youth and girls led movements in PIK’s operation areas in projects and campaigns

Financial Responsibility

The incumbent will have oversight of all financial aspects of projects and program as the primary budget holder for PU allocated budgets.

The incumbent will act within the provided delegated authority for all financial related processes

Monitor implementing partners expenditures to promote prudent budget management.

Support the development and execution close out plans and budgets for the PU

Ensure compliance with all grant funded projects, donor policies, agreements, requirements, contracts.

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge

Qualifications/ Experience Essential:

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Project Management, Development studies and related disciplines.

At least 7 Years’ experience in relevant field preferable in management of multiple projects

Demonstrable experience in effective partnership engagement and management

A minimum 3 Years in a leadership/managerial role

Demonstrable experience managing projects with budgets over and above US$1 million preferably across various thematic areas.

Demonstrable experience in project cycle management

Effective team management experience

Thorough knowledge of programming methodologies.

Demonstrable experience in Gender Transformative programming

Sound understanding of integrated and rights-based programming.

Desirable

Master’s Degree in relevant discipline/s

Relevant computer skills

Monitoring and Evaluation Skills

Gender Transformative programming skills

Knowledge in child sponsorship programs

Languages required

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Kiswahili and English.

Knowledge

In-depth knowledge of gender and inclusion and global/local development issues, with particular knowledge in girls’ rights and child rights, feminist movements, the key actors and institutions, and the power dynamics involved.

Mastery of key gender inequalities, gaps, barriers and opportunities at the national, regional and global level and gender and inclusion in programs, and especially for children and girls.

In-depth understanding of the policies, processes, institutions and organizations that shape the development and humanitarian context and standards within Kenya.

Understanding of the implications of working with a rights-based approach to development and is able to analyze the situation of children’s and particularly girls’ rights in his/her working context

In-depth knowledge on different types of partnerships and civil society strengthening and capacity building. Understanding issues, principles and strategies and their root causes and working with

Plan’s principles and a range of strategies and approaches to improve outcomes

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Plan International Program Unit Manager Jobs in Kenya

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