Organization: COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale is a relief and
development organization founded in Italy in 1965. COOPI’s envisions a world
without poverty where diverse cultures live together sharing equal rights and
equal opportunities.
COOPI also conducts advocacy
activities in Italy, to fight the cause of the serious economic gap between the
North and South.
Position: Regional Programme Coordinator
Reporting To: Regional Representative
Location: Nairobi with frequent travel to the field as
necessary
Key Tasks: The objective of this position is to be overall responsible for the strategy and coordination of COOPI’s programs in the Region (Kenya, Somalia) ensuring that programs are designed and implemented to the highest standards and in line with COOPI’s global strategy, policies and core values.
Key Tasks: The objective of this position is to be overall responsible for the strategy and coordination of COOPI’s programs in the Region (Kenya, Somalia) ensuring that programs are designed and implemented to the highest standards and in line with COOPI’s global strategy, policies and core values.
The main tasks linked to this
position are as follows:
I. Strategic Planning
I. Strategic Planning
- Provide leadership in development of policies
and strategies for the Nairobi regional coordination office ensuring that
the regional strategic objectives are in line with COOPI’s global
strategies, objectives and values;
- Provide leadership in review and monitoring of
the implementation of the Nairobi regional coordination office strategic
objectives and plans;
- Collect and analyze information about
humanitarian situation in our area of intervention
II. Institutional Relationship
- Ensure that information collection, sharing
and analysis (policies and strategies) are undertaken by sector
coordinators and program managers;
- Establishing and monitoring of national and
regional consortia to achieve COOPI’s regional strategic objectives and
plans;
- Maintain and develop contacts, information
sharing and relationship with other COOPI offices in the region and
partners in coordination with the regional representative;
- Identification of potential resources and
follow-up (financial and opportunities).
III. Human Resources Management
- Lead the process of recruitment, selection,
monitoring and evaluation of the coordination and managerial staff for the
programs;
- Setting targets and performance appraisal for
sector coordinators and program coordinators.
IV. Program Development and
Management
- Promote the identification of programs and
projects in line with strategic plans of the regional office to support
actualisation of the same;
- Supervision of the sector coordinators /
program managers and promote integration of projects within programs and
programs within the strategic plan (sector and geographical);
- Responsible for overall program, and project
supervision (keeping updated on progress of implementation, meetings and
field visits) quality control and ensuring attainment of the requisite
standards in line with international norms, COOPI and donor requirements;
- Review and approval of project reports in
coordination with the regional representative
- Ensure capitalization and internal reporting
- Development and management of future local
partnerships
Qualifications &
Requirements
- Generalist education background: master in
humanitarian field, project management, politics.
Essential Competencies:
To be successful in this role you
must have the following:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in the management
of Humanitarian and Development program
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in Horn of Africa
operation
- Knowledge of contractual regulations of major
donors, in particular EU/ECHO, USAID, UN Agencies
- Excellent attention to detail and strong
organizational skills.
- Excellent inter-personal skills and proven
ability to negotiate with a wide range of people (internally and
externally)
- Strong networking capability
- Ability to adapt to the harsh and stressful
working conditions of Somalia and the size of programme
- Advance computer skills
- Good oral and written communication skills in
English
Start Date: ASAP
Application: Send by Email 1 page letter of expression of
interest and updated CV by the Closing date: 10th January 2015 to the following
address:
The Regional Representative
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale,
eMail: hr.nairobi@coopi.org
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale,
eMail: hr.nairobi@coopi.org
Note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.