Program Development Unit Manager
Duties & Responsibilities
Resource Acquisition
- Lead
concept note and proposal development processes, including (i) mobilize
teams/partners for design workshop; (ii) draft proposals; (iii) coordinate
technical input from agencies and Support Offices; (iv) guide technical
alignment with donor preferences (v), ensure compliance with WV and donor
submission requirements (e.g. Go-No-Go); (vi) support post-submission
lessons-learnt;
- Lead
donor engagement with existing and new donors through: (i) development of
pitch products aligned to target’s strategies; (ii) participation in
strategic coordination and information-sharing forums; (iii) outreach and
presentation to donors; (iv) develop technical collaborations; (v) develop
and maintain network of donors and influencers and keep them informed of
resilience program’s achievements;
- Lead
pre-positioning, including: (i) research donor strategies and
identification of entry points for engagement; (ii) mobilize relevant
technical data to present to target donors; (iii) coordinate engagement
with EARO, Support Office and Global Centre; (iv) prepare donor technical
alignment briefs; (v) identify and manage technical consultants, including
specialized proposal development writers, technical contributors, etc. to
support competitive proposal designs;
- Lead
reporting officer for ANCP project: (i) identification of best practices
to scale in WVS; (ii) report on-time, on-target and too donor
specification; (iii) engagement with DFAT to advocacy to return funding to
Africa (Somalia);
- Develop
thought-leadership and knowledge products through (i) research of donor
priorities to identify compelling themes; (ii) support for the development
of compelling research topics; (iii) identification and pre-positioning of
technical and academic partners to support resilience learning agenda;
(iv) development of communication products for various stakeholders.
- World
Vision resilience contributes to local, regional and global learning
through, (i) participation is resilience, Nexus and durable solutions
learning forums; (ii) development of learning products to present at
forums.
- Manage
Somali resilience consortium media prescience through, (i) identification
and regular posting of content, (ii) support to agencies to
develop/copy-edit Stories of Hope and Tweets to post, (iii) support to
World Vision entities to develop and post content.
Grant Management
- Put
mechanism in place to ensure poor project progress, unsatisfied
implementation quality and donor compliance challenge are flagged to both
internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to QA, Ops
Managers, and donors in a timely manner
- Supervise
PDU team to provide capacity building, refreshing workshop and day-to-day
guidance to team on donors and WV partnership grant management guidelines
- Ensure
proper record of grants are kept and reported in good time base on WV’s
mechanism
People Management
- Develop
and update performance management plans;
- Manager
a 6 member (2 SPOs and 4 POs) program development team;
- Monitor
staff performance and provide real-time guidance;
- Motivate
staff members to learn new skills, take on new responsibilities and grow
professionally;
- Take
remedial actions for poor performing staff; Sustain women’s internship
program to overcome systems obstacle to employment in the consortium;
Qualifications
- At
least 7 years grant acquisition experience with proven capacity in the
development of complex, multi-sector resilience/nexus
(humanitarian-to-development) proposal with a preference for fragile
contexts
- Preferred:
experience implementing via consortiums through INGO, LNGO and government
partners through sub-contracting arrangements
- Must
demonstrate extensive experience in coordination of multiple local and
international stakeholders, including inter/intra-agency, public/private,
and government
- Native-speaker-level
English language writing capacity with experience in copy-editing for
English-language documents
- Proven
ability to mobilize multiple technical consultants, partners, private
sector and academic partners to develop complex, multi-sector proposals;
3+ years’ experience in the preparation of communication and/or learning
products for multiple stakeholders, including donors, governments,
agencies, etc. Strong problem solving, interpersonal and negotiation
skills
- Knowledge
of rapid assessment including ongoing contextual analysis
- Experience
in support supervision, training and coaching staff in food security and
Livelihoods programming
- Very
strong organizational, management and communication skills.
- Strong
ability to train and motivate team
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- A
minimum of a Master’s degree in Development Studies, Development
Management, Public Policy, Agricultural studies, dryland and/or rangeland
management or equivalent and/or at-least 6 years of experience in successful
grants acquisition with 10+ different donors
- Good
knowledge of both bilateral and multilateral donors such as BHA, ECHO, EU,
GAC, WFP, UNICEF to name a few
- Training
in humanitarian standards is desirable
- Donor,
multilateral and government stakeholder experience required
- Experience
in highly volatile fragile state preferred
Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement
- Nairobi-based
- 35%
travel to Somalia
- 5%
travel to East Africa
How to Apply
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Applicant Types Accepted:
Local and International
Applicants (IA’s) Accepted