Title:
Organisation Development Consultant and
Accompanier
Location:
Kisumu
– Kenya
Closing
date: 24th May 2013
A.
Main Purpose and Scope
The
job holder will put in place strategic leadership to
guide the organisation to innovatively deliver programs, design
and develop robust financial and accounting systems,
facilitate the development of a strategic plan, develop
a program component for girls, build capacity of staff in
child rights advocacy and develop the staff capacity in
outreach campaigns, negotiation and lobbying.
And
finally support the organisation to develop a robust Monitoring and evaluation
frame work.
Main
Duties and responsibilities
- Carry out a
governance audit, design and develop a governance manual, induction
programme for new board members, induct new members and mentor Board of
Trustees
- Facilitate
development of a new organisational structure and Organogram
- Conduct a
comprehensive staff skills audit
- Develop job
descriptions and person specifications for the senior management
team and operational staff and support process of recruiting
key staff
- Design and
develop a leadership and mentoring plan and offer leadership
coaching and mentoring
- Design and
develop a capacity development plan for staff
- Develop HR
policy to guide HR practice including a comprehensive appraisal system and
training staff in its use
- Build capacity
of staff in data analysis and reporting skills
- Design and
develop a learning programme for staff to learn from the project and its
implementation
- Commission an
accounting firm to carry out a comprehensive review of the financial
policy and systems and recommending a robust financial system and training
staff in budgeting and financial reporting
- Facilitate the
development of a new strategic plan and if necessary develop a framework
for annual planning
- Commission
action research on the status of girls in the hidden sector
including a study of organisations supporting street girls to assess
their capacity and potential for collaborative work leading to developing
a programme for integrating girls into HOVIC programme and proposal for an
interim arrangement of supporting girls through partner organisations
- Design and
develop a training programme on child rights, advocacy, outreach and
campaign, negotiating and lobbying; identify and select trainers and
facilitate development of training manuals
B.
Job Requirement (Knowledge/Skills Competencies)
The
consultants should have substantial knowledge and experience in organisational
capacity building, child rights programming, planning, coaching and mentoring
working within the East African Region with an excellent understanding of the
African development context.
HOVIC
is looking for suitably qualified consultant(s) who will meet the following
person specifications:
- Extensive
experience in organisational development supporting small to medium
size Non-governmental organisations
- Experience in
coaching and mentoring and designing coaching and mentoring programmes
- Experience of
designing governance programmes to develop capacity of board members
- Experience in
facilitating strategic planning process
- Sound knowledge
and experience in financial management
C.
Application Process
We
are inviting suitably qualified Consultant(s) to submit their applications to
HOVIC marked for the attention of the Board Chairperson, Professor Paul Oleche
on the following email hovicjobapplications@gmail.com and a copy to Cornelius
Murombedzi, International Programme Manager at Widows and Orphans International
on cornelius@worphan.com by 24th May 2013.
The application will include:
The application will include:
- detailed CV(s)
and cover letter highlighting how you meet the required
specifications
- proposed
methodology
- proposed work
plan
- proposed budget
- Proven
experience
- 3 contactable
references
- Availability to
start and undertake this assignment
HOVIC
will be in touch with shortlisted candidates for an interview by 31st May 2013.
Final decision on the successful candidate will be made by 11th June 2013 and
we hope the successful consultant(s) will commence work within three weeks of
appointment.
If
you are interested in submitting an application for this assignment and would
want to discuss about this assignment before submitting your application,
please contact Professor Paul Oleche on his email address above or Telephone
number +254 712 533 160 or 254-721573872
