Right To Play Business Analyst, Country Offices Jobs in Tanzania

Right To Play Business Analyst, Country Offices Jobs in Tanzania

Role Summary:

Reporting to the Vice President, Country Offices (VPCO), the Business Analyst, Country Offices is responsible for supporting the integration and synthesis of information from different Right To Play (RTP) units to support our 14 Country Offices (Burundi, Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda).

You will play a key role in informing decision making based on opportunities and challenge areas to strengthen Country Offices. To facilitate program excellence and profiling of RTP at country level, you will work with different units at country and global support levels in RTP to develop Country Office operational and strategic synthesis.

You will lead on collating country office information for annual planning and quarterly reviews and other periodic updates as needed. You will align these plans with the broader strategic framework in a seamlessly integrated manner and offer insights to the VPCO; Global Director, Country Offices; and Country Directors for their respective action.

The role will require occasional travel to other countries of operation.

What You’ll Do:

Strategy

Leads the process of reviewing and collating the Country Office Annual (Implementation) Plans in alignment with their Country Strategic Plans, including the identification of support areas and requisite resource allocation requirements

Supports the HQ budgeting planning process for Country Offices portfolio including working with the GDCO, Finance team to review and monitor the Country Offices budgets and subsequent monitoring

Supports the tracking of Country Office Annual Implementation Plan and Performance Agreement

Contributes to strategic projects to address emerging issues (e.g. localization, transformative partnerships) from the Country Offices Annual (Implementation) Plans and support the strengthening of Country Offices

Works closely with the VPCO and Director, Strategy on the mid point review of the Country Strategic Plans that feed into the mid-point review of the Global Strategy

Develops strategic content in preparation for key internal and external meetings

Prepares briefs for country/regional/global partnership engagement with strategic partners, includes mapping out key engagement opportunities at global, regional and country level

Coordinates follow up of Country Offices and other RTP global agenda related consultancies/short term assignments

Country Office Reporting:

Leads the process of collation and synthesis of scheduled reports from different RTP units on Country Offices including Audit, Finance, Fundraising, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), and Partnership for periodic reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Conducts an analysis of Country Office monthly reports to identify key support needs

Monitors the Country Office Action Plans based on priority issues identified from the reporting and support needed

Coordinates the periodic Country Office meetings focused on the review of KPIs

Prepares the annual Country Office Learning Review Report based on collating and synthesis of individual country Learning Review Reports

Prepares key material for board meetings (International Board of Directors, Programme Committee, Executive Team) with pertinent reporting graphics and data on Country Offices

Country Office Capacity Building

Supports and provides capacity building to Country Directors and Senior Management Team on effective planning and information management for decision making at country level

Develops and promotes a culture of data-informed decision making, ensuring teams have the support and resources to leverage different information platforms for efficient work processes

Manages interns (when in place) to provide support, guidance to country offices

Knowledge Management :

Encourages a culture of knowledge sharing of information and expertise among different country

teams and global units/departments

Establish guidelines for capturing, organizing and disseminating knowledge effectively and ensures staff understand the purpose and processes of knowledge management

Ensure relevant information and knowledge is shared and used by the right people

Support in capturing and documenting new information, best practices and lessons learnt

Assess the effectiveness of knowledge-sharing initiatives and processes and suggest revisions and adjustments when needed

Performs Other Duties as Assigned (5% of Time)

What You’ll Bring (Essential):

Education/ Training/ Certification:

Bachelor’s degree in international development, Business, Public Administration, Project Management or related field; or equivalent work experience

Experience:

5 years’ experience in the international development sector in related functions

Experience operating as a change agent, who identified opportunities to build and strengthen efficiencies to support and drive strategic interests

Experience as an organizational champion of continuous improvement, institutionalizing learning, innovation, achievement and support.

Competencies/ Personal Attributes:

Demonstrates high level of interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, including the ability to build collaborative relationships internally and externally

Highly developed communication skills – written and verbal – with proven ability to positively engage with senior colleagues

Meticulous attention to detail, a highly organized approach to dealing with work and the capacity to progress a range of tasks and projects at one time

Strategic thinker with an innovative approach to problem-solving

Technical Skills:

Report writing skills and ability to summarize and synthesize information

Analytical skills and ability to work with large data sets and associated analysis

Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills and practical and technical skills in tools such as Office 365 and PowerBI in order to mobilize organization data to drive strategic priorities

Ability to condense data and information to extract high-level takeaways for senior executives

Sector Specific Knowledge:

Understanding of INGO / international development internal and external environment

Languages:

Fluency in spoken and written English

Bonus if You’ll Bring (Not Essential):

Master’s degree in related subject

Experience working with stakeholders remotely

Fluency in Arabic, French or Portuguese. French as a priority.

What You’ll Get:

The opportunity to collaborate with an innovative global team who are passionate about working with children and youth. You will gain experience working for a globally recognized organization with a healthy culture premised on our Culture Code (accept everyone, make things happen, display courage, demonstrate care and be playful). You will be immersed in an environment where learning and development is encouraged and valued, and “play” is appreciated as a core avenue to building community.

Competitive salary and benefits

Flexible work arrangements (e.g. work from home and flex hours)

5 personal learning and development (L&D) days per year

Annual learning week

Annual staff recognition awards

Opportunity to connect with employees across our offices (Global Buddy Chat, Facebook Workplace)

Opportunity to engage in global projects and initiatives

Wellness programs

Playful activities and events

How to Apply

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