The Rockefeller Foundation
Special Advisor to the Managing
Director, Africa Regional Office
All times are in Eastern
African Time.
Job ID: 2016-1039
# of Openings: 1
Job Locations: KE-Nairobi
Posted Date: 5/9/2016
Category: Program Job ID: 2016-1039
# of Openings: 1
Job Locations: KE-Nairobi
Posted Date: 5/9/2016
Job Description:
As Special Advisor to the Managing Director (SAMD) you will play a major role in building the capacity of the Africa Regional Office (ARO) by ensuring it is appropriately setting, prioritizing, and following through on its goals.
As Special Advisor to the Managing Director (SAMD) you will play a major role in building the capacity of the Africa Regional Office (ARO) by ensuring it is appropriately setting, prioritizing, and following through on its goals.
Serving as a critical member
of the ARO team, the SAMD supports the Managing Director (MD) across all of his
responsibilities and ensures that the entire team is aligned and executing on a
prioritized agenda.
You will help manage ARO
external stakeholder relationships and take the lead on various projects.
The SAMD role offers the rare opportunity to work closely with the MD to drive real impact on a complex problem with a high level of strategic influence.
The SAMD role offers the rare opportunity to work closely with the MD to drive real impact on a complex problem with a high level of strategic influence.
While drawing on an
established project planning and management skillset, you are eager to support
the work through continuous innovation.
The work will be fast-paced,
often ambiguous, and spread across multiple, diverse projects
simultaneously.
You are right for this role
if you are deeply entrepreneurial and have significant experience providing
strategic, advisory leadership and project management support to prioritize and
advance an agenda.
This role is based in Nairobi,
Kenya and is a fixed term three year contract.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Support to Managing Director
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Support to Managing Director
- Working in
collaboration with the Administrative Assistant, Associate Directors
(ADs)/ and Regional Finance and Administrative Manager (RFAM), as needed,
supervise the MD’s calendar of appointments, advising on essential and
important engagements, both internally and externally.
- As the first
point-of-contact for queries to the MD, provide both effective
communication about our work and apply judgment to triage new contacts and
manage competing demands.
- Serve as the
MD’s proxy, develop and manage strategic oversight of the MD’s activities,
and ensure appropriate follow through.
Managing internal processes
- Support a
formal management system with ADs/RFAM and initiative teams.
- Manage the
logistics of program team and all ARO staff meetings by setting agenda
with MD and ensure parties are prepared.
- Support MD by
preparing him for all senior level internal meetings, assuring strategic
advice and follow up.
External representation and
influence agenda
- Coordinate with
internal stakeholders to manage the MD’s thought leadership plan and
external representation.
- Manage
relationships with critical stakeholders with prepared briefs for important
meetings and coordinated follow up with relevant external and internal
staff.
- Working with
Regional Communications and Information Officer, assist in preparing
documents for communications and the VPIS and/or President’s Office
(briefing reports, talking points, input into speeches, articles, blogs,
op-eds, etc.).
Projects coordination /
management
- Drive special
high-priority projects/initiatives as needed, includingDesign, coordinate
and support special projects such as ARO CRM.
- Event
coordination, both logistics and content.
- Support the
initiative team members in follow-up and follow-through on project
management.
Competencies
- Communication:
Excellent interpersonal abilities; good listening skills; strong writing
and verbal skills; assertiveness in presenting ideas
- Decision-Making:
Ability to work independently while evaluating risks and opportunities;
uses analytical and problem-solving skills; takes initiative and drives
for results; able to prioritize
- Execution:
Strong project management skills; meets deadlines; sense of urgency and
responsibility; ability to multi-task and work under pressure; detail
oriented
- Integration:
Accesses functional and substantive expertise organizationally;
demonstrates inclusiveness, collaboration
- Leadership:
Thinks innovatively and creatively; displays negotiation skills
- Partnership and
Relationship Building: Strong professional representation of the
Foundation, interpersonal abilities, intercultural knowledge and
appreciation, strategic partnership building
- Strategic Ability:
Anticipates future opportunities and consequences, demonstrates innovative
approach to work, ability to organize chaos into coherent plan
Desired Skills and
Experiences:
Education, Training and Experience
Education, Training and Experience
- Minimum
Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs/Development, Public Policy,
Management, Social Sciences
- Minimum of five
years work experience in multiple sectors, preferably with project and
planning experience in both for-profit and non-profit environments
- Track record in
delivering results on time
- Experience in
managing multiple large projects concurrently
- Working
knowledge of French language desired
Compensation: The Rockefeller Foundation offers a competitive salary
commensurate with experience.
The Foundation provides a
very generous package of benefits.
About The Rockefeller
Foundation:
Organization Overview: For more than 100 years, The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission has been to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world.
Organization Overview: For more than 100 years, The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission has been to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world.
Today, The Rockefeller
Foundation pursues this mission through dual goals: advancing inclusive
economies that expand opportunities for more broadly shared prosperity, and
building resilience by helping people, communities and institutions prepare
for, withstand, and emerge stronger from acute shocks and chronic stresses.
To achieve these goals, The
Rockefeller Foundation works at the intersection of four focus areas – advance
health, revalue ecosystems, secure livelihoods, and transform cities – to
address the root causes of emerging challenges and create systemic
change.
Together with partners and
grantees, The Rockefeller Foundation strives to catalyze and scale
transformative innovations that create unlikely partnerships that span sectors.
The Foundation currently maintains offices in New York, a study and conference center in Bellagio, Italy, and regional offices in Bangkok and Nairobi.
The Rockefeller Foundation is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Foundation currently maintains offices in New York, a study and conference center in Bellagio, Italy, and regional offices in Bangkok and Nairobi.
The Rockefeller Foundation is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
To this end, the Foundation
ensures equal opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of race,
color, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin
or ancestry, citizenship, lawful alien status, physical, mental, and medical
disability, veteran status or liability for service in the United States Armed
Forces.
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