War Child Holland Change Support Manager Jobs in Uganda

War Child Holland Change Support Manager Jobs in Uganda

Your Challenge!

The Change Support Manager will work closely with the DRC Country Teams of both War Child Holland and War Child UK to plan and execute the DRC merger in line with the agreed process guide.
This role will advise and support the Country Directors with the following responsibilities.

Your Responsibilities

• Providing support to the teams in operationalizing the decisions relating to the merger under the direction of the Country Directors,

• Mapping and supporting the implementation of the merger process towards the intended Go-Live date of Jan 2024,

• Preparing the teams to work in one integrated system*,

• Facilitate discussion, inclusion, participation of both WCH and WCUK teams and promote team building processes in line with the merger vision.

• Exploring options for registrations of War Child Holland, War Child UK and War Child Alliance Foundation,

• Conducting review of the legal aspects and constraints of the merger process

• Finalizing the organization design for the merged DRC structure and supporting its implementation,

• Mapping out and implementing the process for transfer of assets and (staff, funding, and
facilities lease) contracts – if applicable,

• Stablishing shared records and files for retaining key documents from the two separate
programmes,

• Provide a written assessment of the financial status and overall outstanding risks and issues
from the two separate programmes to enable visibility and future planning,

• Supporting Country Directors to communicate with staff in DRC as needed,

• Preparing regular draft updates on the merger process to inform the DRC merger group, the
Global Change lead, and the broader organizations. Such reports are to be approved by both
CDs before distribution.

* Systems integration itself is being prepared by a specific project group and is therefore outside
the scope of this ToR. The preparation and support for implementing those changes in systems and procedures in DRC will, however, be part of this role.

Position in the organisation

The Change Support Manager will report to the Country Directors of War Child Holland and War
Child UK and relate to the Global Change Lead for alignment.

The Change Support Manager will work closely with the Operations Teams of both organisations and in particular with operations Assistants (temporary roles to support the merger) in each DRC Operations Team. The Operations Assistants will be line-managed by the Operations Managers of War Child UK and War Child Holland in DRC respectively and will be matrix-managed by the Change Support Manager.

Key results areas

• Exploration of legal options regarding registration, assets transfer and transfer of contracts (staff, funding and leases, as appropriate): outcome of this exploration will be a clear roadmap for registering War Child Alliance Foundation and a clear roadmap for transfer of
assets and contracts between the different entities.

• Merger process planning: a clear roadmap for the implementation of the merger of the two operations in DRC, supporting the Country Directors in implementing the merger, monitoring progress of the implementation, reporting potential issues and concerns and supporting in finding solutions for those.

• Systems integrations support: following the lead from a global systems integration project, support the actual implementation of systems changes in DRC.

• Completing all change process tasks with all team members as relevant.

• Transitions communications support: supporting the Country Directors in preparing specific
merger-related communications materials for both country teams of War Child Holland and War Child UK

Core values

• Impact and Accountability

• Creative and Bold

• Inspiration

• Integrity and Transparency

• Anti-Racism and Committed to each other.

• Inclusiveness and Sharing Power

Knowledge and skills:

• Experience with organisational improvement and change processes

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to design, lead and deliver results across multiple simultaneous project strands.

• Mastery of the legal obligations and registration processes of International NGOs in the DRC (would be an asset)

• The experience and ability to move between process management, change management, tactical and operational issues and contribute with relevant content if applicable.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to bring many dispersed and diverse colleagues along with the process, demonstrating patience, tact, diplomacy, and sensitivity to culturally diverse environments.

• Excellent writing and presentation skills

• Capacity to design and implement consultation processes which add to the quality of decisions and build the confidence of participants in the outcomes.

• Communication skills which clearly and transparently ensure that all stakeholders have
the information they need to feel engaged in the process.

• Good skills in budgeting and longer-range financial planning

• Good meeting facilitator skills

• A personal profile that brings positive energy, can-do mentality and a sense of both humour and perspective

• Fluent French and English language skills

• Affinity with War Child’s mandate, values and mission

Competencies

• Quality orientation

• Planning and organizing

• Persuasion

• Cooperation

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; War Child Holland Change Support Manager Jobs in Uganda

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