Job Title: Programme Manager
Hiring Organization: Mercy
Corps
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 03/12/2024
The
Position
This is a
full-time position to manage the FICCARS programme and ensure quality delivery
of outputs. The Programme Manager (PM) is primarily responsible for planning
and leading delivery of programme activities, co-ordinating activities with
implementing and commercial partners, and providing technical expertise to
commercial partners on clean cooking technologies and business models.
Essential Responsibilities (90%)
Strategy
And Planning
- Lead
planning and execution of programme activities with implementing partners,
commercial partners, and other departmental teams within Mercy Corps.
- Support
the Head of Energy Research and Innovation in engaging and maintaining the
relationship with the programme donor.
- Work
closely with the Head of Energy Research and Innovation to engage and
maintain relationships with key stakeholders who are programme focal
points or sector enablers. This includes documenting and disseminating
programme lessons and successes to inform further programming.
Programme
Management
- Track
programme activities and outputs to ensure cohesiveness in program
delivery among the programme team, implementation partners, commercial
partners, and consultants.
- Directly
manage and quality check delivery of activities and outputs commercial
partners and expert consultants in the programme.
- Work
closely with the Deputy Project Manager (DPM) in managing the in-country
implementation partners.
- Lead
budgeting and resource planning for the programme, ensuring adherence to
Mercy Corps policies and standards, as well as donor requirements.
- Develop
and oversee implementation of programme activities and workplans in
adherence to Mercy Corps policies and programme standards.
- Work
closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team to ensure
effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of programme activities and
results. This includes support in developing tools necessary for effective
M&E, and analysis and reporting of evaluations.
- Work
closely with Mercy Corps’ Regional Programme Team to prepare narrative and
financial reports to the donor.
- Work
closely with the DPM to plan and co-ordinate stakeholder workshops in the
programme. This includes leading facilitation of events with implementing
partners and other programme partners.
- Ensure
effective documentation and filing of programme documents as per Mercy
Corps’ Record Retention policy.
- Lead
engagements with key stakeholders in the public and private sector and
manage logs of engagements carried out throughout the program. This
includes participating in relevant sector working groups in the countries.
Community
Accountability And Reporting
- Ensure
CARM is operationalised in FICCARS in accordance with Mercy Corps
standards.
- Provide
overall guidance to the FICCARS team and implementing partners on CARM
management.
- Ensure
that programme stakeholders are proactively informed of the programme CARM
feedback channels.
- Ensure
that appropriate action is taken for all programmatic feedback and that it
is appropriately incorporated into programme activities and overall
implementation strategy.
Research
And Learning
- Work
closely with the DPM and Head of Energy Research and Innovation in
carrying out research and learning initiatives with the program team and
implementing partners to contribute to the programme’s learning and
adaptation needs.
- Coordinate
periodic learning and reflective sessions with the program team,
stakeholders, and partners to share monitoring data, lessons, and research
findings.
- Represent
the programme and E4I in conferences, workshops, webinars, industry
events, and other sector meetings as a presenter, speaker, or participant.
Clean
Cooking Advisory
- Co-ordinate
with the procurement, compliance, and finance teams to select and contract
suitable commercial partners to support under FICCARS.
- With
commercial partners, develop implementation plans in alignment with
FICCARS objectives.
- Provide
expertise to commercial partners on clean cooking technologies, business
models, pricing models, last-mile delivery, partnerships, consumer
insights, M&E, reporting, and other areas as needed.
- Lead
design and implementation of route-to-market activities with commercial
partners.
- Work
closely with the commercial partners and assigned consultant(s) to design
and execute action research activities in the programme.
- Support
the Head of Energy Research and Innovation in co-ordinating and
facilitating capacity building workshops and events for the public sector,
private sector, and national and local government on clean cooking,
financial inclusion, and gender.
Institutional
Support (10%)
- Provide
ad-hoc advisory services in SME advisory programmes with clean cooking
components.
- Building
in-house knowledge and capacity on clean cooking technologies, business
models, and best practices.
- Work
closely with the Head of Energy Research and Innovation, the
communications team, and the MEL and knowledge management departments to
disseminate position papers/publications on energy trends, gaps and
opportunities in the market that E4I and Mercy Corps are helping to
addressing.
- Contribute
to business development (BD) to build E4I’s energy portfolio. This
includes supporting development of proposals, concept notes and
presentations to donors, participating in design workshops, and/or
participating in internal and external BD meetings as needed.
Supervisory
Responsibility
- Energy
Analysts, Programme Officers, Programme Assistants
Accountability
- Reports
Directly To: Head of Energy Research and Innovation
- Works
Directly With: The FICCARS team, the MEL team, in-country implementation
partners, commercial partners, consultants contracted in the programme,
the Programme Performance and Quality (PaQ) team, and the Regional
Programmes Team (RPT).
Accountability
to Participants and Stakeholders
- Mercy
Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward
accountability, specifically to our programme participants, community
partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding
international relief and development work. We are committed to actively
engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and
evaluation of our field projects.
Minimum
Qualification & Transferable Skills
- Graduate
degree or equivalent in Energy, Environment, Economics, International
Development, Urban Development, Climate Change, or other relevant subject.
- At
least 7 years of progressive experience in energy implementation within
the context of international development. Experience implementing energy
programmes in urban areas is advantageous.
- At
least 3 years’ experience with managing projects and teams in an
international development organisation.
- Experience
working with national and sub-national authorities, the private sector,
and non-government organizations as programme partners.
- Strong
demonstrable expertise in clean cooking technologies and businesses,
particularly in the context of the private sector. Expertise in modern
energy cooking solutions is desirable.
- Demonstrated
ability to work with, communicate effectively with, and manage ethnically
diverse team members of varied work styles.
- Excellent
verbal and written communications skills in English. Please include links
to published work as evidence.
- Demonstrated
analytical skills and ability to synthesize/translate data into a
high-profile narrative to draw insights and inform decision making.
- Ability
to effectively represent Mercy Corps and its interests to key
stakeholders.
- Experience
developing programme reports for donors.
- Demonstrated
flexibility and creativity in planning and problem solving.
- Internationally
recognized qualification in project or programme management or a
commitment to obtain the qualification in the early months of work.
Required
- Experience
working with national and sub-national authorities, the private sector,
and non-government organizations as programme partners.
7 years: - At
least 7 years of progressive experience in energy implementation within
the context of international development. Experience implementing energy
programmes in urban areas is advantageous
- At
least 3 years’ experience with managing projects and teams in an
international development organisation.