The Role:
- Reporting to the Associate Director,
Advocacy and External Relations, the Senior Technical Adviser, Africa will
support implementing a new CAD 45M multi-country (Zambia, Uganda, and
Kenya) Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) project.
This position has responsibility for the overall management of the SHE
SOARS project, which includes efficient management of financial resources;
review and approval of project budgets and monitoring expenditures;
supervision of field operations; procurement; supervision of monitoring
and evaluation; and ensuring quality control and timeliness of all
deliverables as required. S/he will ensure full compliance with the donor
contract and regulations and will oversee the project reporting process to
the donor. S/He will keep abreast with trends/ issues on ASRHR at the
regional level and deliver on the regional level workstreams, lead on
partner management, and engage externally within the delegated authority.
This position requires experience working on similar bilateral donor
projects and a deep desire to support and nurture women and youth-led
programming and meaningful partnerships. S/he will work closely with other
project partners under the leadership of CARE Canada’s Global Health team.
This
will be a fixed-term role ending March 31st, 2028. This role will be based in
the Nairobi, Kenya office in a hybrid model of 3 days in-office, 2 days
working-from-home.
Primary Responsibilities:
Program Management
- Manage the implementation of CRR’s SHE
SOARS project component using Results Based Management principles.
- Ensure that program activities in Kenya,
Uganda, and Zambia follow agreed-upon work plans, budgets, and timeframes.
- Lead the implementation of ASRHR advocacy
at the regional level.
- Maintain oversight for the technical
quality of program implementation, working closely with partner
organizations, program staff, and relevant CRR departments to ensure that
activities deliver results to the highest standards.
- Ensure an appropriate and effective
workload distribution within the SHE SOARS Project team.
- Ensure that the SHE SOARS project is
managed in compliance with donor contracts’ terms and conditions,
including work planning, forecasting, and reporting, and that all
administrative procedures are maintained to the highest standards.
- Liaison with Care Canada’s Program
Management Unit (PMU), donors (as delegated), relationship building, and
communication during program implementation, including intra-consortia
coordination, local actors, and other partners.
- Represent the project at meetings,
conferences, and other forums.
- Build partnerships among international,
regional, and national stakeholders.
- Establish and implement a system to
ensure appropriate technical oversight and ongoing quality of project
activities.
- Lead technical strategy and engagement
with local partners to build their capacity and ensure project
sustainability.
- Coordinate advocacy, demand generation,
and policy support across the project sites as required.
Networking and Advocacy
- Build, strengthen, and manage
partnerships with regional governments, key partners, institutions, and
stakeholders.
- Guide knowledge development,
documentation, communication, and branding.
- Serve as a resource for disseminating
knowledge and skills to GO/NGO and other institutions.
Team Management
- Line manage SHE SOARS project team using
performance management in line with the Center’s HR policy and
organizational values.
- Ensure that team members understand their
roles and have clearly defined objectives.
- Lead and motivate team members, ensuring
they effectively contribute to the program’s delivery.
- Ensure that staff are supported in
developing their skills and capacities in accordance with their
aspirations and the program’s needs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Laws or a bachelor’s degree
in a social science-related field. Relevant post-graduate degree or other
relevant professional qualification a plus
- Minimum of 8 years of progressive
experience managing and implementing multi-faceted donor-funded
development projects.
- Knowledge of international human rights,
women’s rights, and African regional human rights mechanisms.
- Advocacy experience at the regional and
international levels, including as part of NGO coalitions.
- Solid experience in project management,
especially government-funded projects.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and
executing persuasive strategies for change.
- Experience in the development of
policies, position statements, and briefing papers.
- Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Demonstrated experience in managing
various stakeholders.
Don’t
meet every single requirement? At the Center, we are dedicated to building a
diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this
role but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification
in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the
right candidate for this or other roles.
Behavioral Competencies:
- Develop & Manage Self & Others:
Takes ownership of individual growth in order to achieve full potential;
recognizes the value of team members and helps them develop their full
potential while also achieving set objectives.
- Collaboration (People First): Works
intra- and/or cross-departmentally to support the goals and overarching
strategies of the Center and its strategic plan.
- Feedback (Improve & Innovate):
Actively engaged in feedback cycles: Gives and requests feedback to and
from peers, supervisors and direct reports about work products, behaviors,
values, style, and approaches with a view on how this impacts self, other
individuals, and teams.
- Accountability: Follow-through on each
commitment made to individual contributors, teams and partners and
proactively informs others of any delays that occur along the way.
Work Competencies:
- Project Management: Works effectively on
project teams in order to achieve long-term project goal and objectives.
- Problem Solve & Make Decisions:
Identifies, analyzes and resolves existing and anticipated problems, using
common sense to make timely decisions in order to reach the best solutions
for the organization.
- Internal/External Focus: Anticipates
internal and external partner’s needs; assesses requirements and
identifies new solutions that align with overall goals and objectives of
the organization.
- Communication & Influence:
Communicates with and influences others to gain agreement and commitment
to the strategic goals of the organization.
How To Apply