Job Opportunity: Program Director

Purpose

As a member of the Senior Management Team and in close collaboration with the Country Director, contribute to the strategic development and management of the Concern Kenya Country Programme in line with organizational policies, values and frameworks and the Concern Worldwide Kenya Country Strategic Plan.  You will work on maintaining and strengthening focus on community empowerment, system strengthening and emergency preparedness.

Responsibilities

Program Development & Implementation:

  • Ensuring programs are designed and implemented in line with Concern Worldwide policies using a results-based management approach
  • Identifying new program interventions and opportunities in accordance with Country Strategic Plan, based on thorough contextual analysis and using “How Concern Understand Extreme Poverty” guidelines
  • Ensuring programs meet Core Humanitarian Standards of accountability and quality
  • Ensuring Concern retains its capacity to respond to emergencies
  • frequently visiting program areas and providing feedback to managers and staff
  • Assisting Program Managers to produce reports in line with donor, government and Concern Requirements
  • Developing effective linkages with Government, donors, strategic networks and partners

Security Management:  

  • Monitoring and reporting on security issues to the Security Focal Person when necessary
  • Ensuring program staff awareness and adherence to Country Security Management Plan and identifying security training needs where appropriate

Budget Management

  • Identifying potential sources of donor funding
  • Monitoring under and over spending in each budget and advising solutions
  • Coaching, mentoring and assisting budget holders to develop accurate budgets
  • Ensuring budgets and revisions are prepared and submitted on time
  • Reporting any suspected or actual financial irregularities to the Country Director

People Management

  • Ensuring sufficient human resources for programs to meet their objectives
  • Ensuring staff are adequately trained and understand the objectives for their role
  • Coaching, mentoring and assisting budget holders to develop accurate budgets

Networking & Representation:

  • Representing Concern at relevant technical inter-agency, UN, Government and coordination meetings when requested by the Country Director

Monitoring & Evaluation:

  • Ensuring Monitoring & Evaluation plans and mechanisms are developed and rolled out
  • Ensuring Program Managers coordinate the monitoring and evaluation of all programs (including partner programs) within the agreed plans, budgets, time frames and donor guidelines

Skills and Experience

  • Relevant post graduate qualification or primary degree with commensurate level of experience
  • Five years’ experience in a programming position with an international NGO, with two years at a senior level.
  • Experience managing programs/projects in Kenya desired.
  • Demonstrated experience understanding Kenya context and functioning of county governments an added benefit.
  • Management of diverse and multi-sectorial programs.
  • Experience with any of the sectors an added benefit – livelihood, health and nutrition, Governance/advocacy, education or humanitarian response.
  • Previous work in a similar context
  • Management of a diverse team of senior staff
  • Working with major international donors and securing external donor funding.
  • Knowledge and experience of incorporating key people-centered approaches across programs
  • Knowledge and experience of working on systems strengthening approaches across sectors
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to motivate others
  • Delegation, time management and prioritizing skills
  • Computer literate and good knowledge of Word and Excel.
  • Excellent English
  • Empathy with Concern’s mission, vision and goals, and our target group

Desirable Skills

  • You to be flexible and reliable
  • You to be culturally sensitive and empathic to others
  • You to be able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines;
  • You to have some sense of humor
  • You to travel frequently to rural field locations and spend periods of time in fairly basic conditions

All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by closing date. CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length.

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