Save the Children NGO Head of Program Development Jobs in Kenya
Save the Children NGO Head of Program Development Jobs in Kenya
Title: Head of Program Development - Somalia Country Office
Team/Programme:
Programme Development and Quality (PDQ)
Title:
Head of Program Development - Somalia Country Office
Team/Programme:
Programme Development and Quality (PDQ)
Location:
Nairobi with travel to the field as required
Child Safeguarding:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
Scope of Role:
Reports to:
Deputy Country Director - PDQ
Dimensions:
Save the Children has been working in Somalia for more than 60 years.
The Country Office has seen massive growth in 2017 as a result of the drought response, and now has over 600 staff across 14 field offices (Boroma, Burao and Hargeisa in Somaliland; Bosasso, Garowe, Galkayo and Gardo in Puntland; Beletweyne, Adaado, Abudwak, Baidoa, Kismayo, Dhobley and Mogadishu in Central South Somalia).
Our Country Office coordination and administration base is in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2016, the Program Development team raised a total of US$75 million and the Country Office reached 1.2 million people benefitted from our humanitarian and longer term development work in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Education, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Child Protection and Child Rights Governance. In 2017, as a result of significant scale up for the countrywide drought response, the Program Development team (as of September 2017) have mobilised more than US$140 million.
The Country Office manages 61 active awards totalling US$165 million from a range of governmental/institutional donors, including DFID, ECHO, EU, FFP, OFDA, and DANIDA being some of our largest.
Staff directly reporting to this post: Program Development Coordinators (x2), Program Development Intern (x1), plus any proposal consultants
Key Areas of Accountability
Identification of donor opportunities
Pro-actively seek and/or consolidate intelligence on prospective new funding opportunities and disseminate information to internal stakeholders, including the facilitation of Go/No Go processes
Provide regular updated information on emerging needs and gaps to SC Members to stimulate increased and new investments in the Somalia country portfolio
Ensure key donor contact information and donor strategies and priorities are documented and are kept up-to-date at the country office level to inform donor engagement plans
Maintain internal funding trackers and liaise with Awards and Finance to keep financial information, tracking and forecasting up-to-date
Provide regular updates to Senior Management Team (SMT) and Extended Senior Management Team (ESMT) on funding trends, opportunities and positioning to inform decision making and action planning
Facilitate donor engagement
Cultivate excellent working relationships with donor agencies at regional and country level, in conjunction with the Country Director and PDQ Director, and ensure notes and action points are shared with key internal stakeholders for coordinated donor engagement
Identify and cultivate strong working relationships with external stakeholders and potential partners for large scale or strategic funding opportunities, either as a prime or sub-recipient in joint ventures
Represent the Somalia Country Office in relevant donor fora, workshops and conferences where new business development opportunities can be formulated, as indicated by the line manager
Cultivate excellent working relationships with SC members at head office and regional level, ensuring key messages with donors are coordinated and intelligence shared in a timely manner
Proposal development
Lead the development of high-value, strategic and/or complex proposals from a range of donors, which includes:
Set and track proposal development timelines and ensure coordination amongst relevant teams - Programme Development and Quality (PDQ), Programme Operations, Finance, Human Resource, Member, and external stakeholders (if relevant).
Organize and facilitate project design workshops and consultation meetings with stakeholders, as required
Act as focal point for proposal development for consortia (where SCI is a sub), providing necessary support and inputs as required and representation as meetings/workshops
Ensure that
Programme Quality Framework is addressed in all new proposals and that key elements of programme quality are included (e.g. child participation, child safeguarding, lessons learned from past proposals, accountability, risk assessments, effective partnership strategy, etc.).
Ensure all expressions of interest, concept notes and proposals are reviewed (at CO and Member level) for quality assurance, are approved according to internal Save the Children processes, and are submitted to donors in the required format and in a timely manner
People Management
Provide day-to-day direct line management of the Program Development Team, including:
Delegation of roles, responsibilities and tasks among the team; Provide leadership and technical support to the team, as needed; Undertake performance management (including annual goal setting, coaching, mentoring, quarterly conversations etc)
Establish positive working relationships with all Country Office departments to work effectively on proposal development, strategies, on-going programmes and opportunities
Support the development of an organisational culture that: reflects our values; promotes accountability and high performance; encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation; and enables our people to deliver outstanding results for children and excellent customer service for our members and donors.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
Qualifications
Advanced degree in an area of international studies, social development or equivalent.
Experience and Skills
Essential
Minimum of 4 years of progressive work experience in fundraising environment
Substantial and proven experience of coordinating the development of/writing winning proposals with key institutional donors
Excellent writing and editing skills, and budget development skills, with high attention to detail
Highly developed interpersonal, presentation and communication skills to work effectively with other team members /departments, as well as influence, inform and negotiate with partners and donors
Sound personal organisational skills, including time management, ability to meet deadlines, multi-tasking, prioritisation of tasks, and working under pressure
Must possess a strong work ethic, have confidence, take initiative and be a self-motivated, enthusiastic team player as well as individual contributor
Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required
Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children International's aims, values and principles
Information Communication Technology literate
Desireable
Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 1st November, 2018
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children NGO Head of Program Development Jobs in Kenya
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