Avis de recrutement : CONCERN recrute un Directeur pays basé au Kenya.
You will be responsible for:
Leadership & Strategic Direction:
- Leading the Country Management Team and ensuring a participative decision making process for the Country Strategic Plan;
- Leading by example and supporting the Concern team to achieve organisational outcomes;
- Ensuring staff capacity, organisational structures and programme approaches are fit for purpose and able to effectively deliver strategic organisational goals;
- Engaging with major organisational advocacy issues, providing support and leadership for key strategic campaigns.
Risk Management & Accountability:
- Ensuring optimal use of financial resources; managed in a transparent and accountable manner, consistent with Concern’s and donor policies, systems and procedures, delivering quality results and demonstrating value for money.
- Responding robustly to any suspicions or reports of fraud, code of conduct abuses or other misdemeanours, and adhering to Concern’s policy and procedures on investigations
- Ensuring Concern complies with all relevant national legal and administrative requirements
- Identifying all risks and implementing mitigating measures in conjunction with the Country Management Team.
- Ensuring that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.
Security Management
- Establish and maintain an effective safety and security management system to meet agreed standards.
- ensure all staff are aware of and adhere to the Security Management Plan.
Programme Development & Implementation:
- Ensuring adequate financial resources for continual programming in country;
- Supporting the Programme Director to ensure programmes are designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated in line with Concern Worldwide policies, incorporating a results-based management approach;
- Enabling an organisational culture that supports effective learning, sharing and continual improvement of programme quality.
Support Systems & People Management:
- Supporting and guiding the Systems and Finance functions to ensure effective and efficient administrative, logistical and financial support is provided to staff of Concern Worldwide.
- Supporting the CFC in budget preparation, revision and monitoring; ensuring that budget holders actively manage their cost centres and prepare accurate budgets in line with the annual plan.
- Ensure that Concern’s IT systems provide efficient and effective communication and data management for the organisation, linking with Concern Worldwide systems.
- Supporting and guiding the HR Manager to ensure there are competent and empowered human resources, in a fair, diverse and efficient workplace
- Ensuring the National HR Manual and HR policies are in line with organisational and national legal requirements and all staff are aware of and comply with these.
- Undertaking initiatives to ensure a good working environment and team spirit so Concern is perceived as an employer of choice for national and international staff.
- Ensuring job requisitions are prepared on a timely basis for international positions
- Ensuring staff Performance and Development Review’s (PDR) are undertaken for all staff with appropriate training, development and career opportunities identified.
Representation & Networking:
- Creating a strong and visible profile for the organisation, as a leading actor in the fight against poverty and the implementation of resilience programming.
- Communicating information regarding Concern and its programme at National level to Government, Donors and INGOs, alliances and networks across a range of fora.
- Engaging appropriately with the media to ensure that Concern’s values and vision and programmes are highlighted.
- Representing Concern Worldwide in strategic national and international meetings;
- Ensuring relationships and formal agreements with the government are maintained and updated.
Your skills and experience will include:
- Relevant post graduate qualification;
- Three to five years’ international experience in senior position with an international NGO;
- Management of diverse and multi-sectoral programmes;
- Previous work in a similar context;
- Management of a diverse team of senior staff;
- Management of systems and finance functions, including knowledge of donor compliance;
- Working with major international donors and securing external donor funding;
- Knowledge and experience of incorporating key approaches across programmes;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a confidence to engage and represent Concern at public fora, media and donors.;
- 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.
Apply now
Deadline : April 26th, 2023