Job Title: Country Manager
Hiring Organization: HelpAge
International
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Global
Non Profit Organisation
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 03/13/2024
Job
Purpose
The Country Manager will have overall responsibility for the
programme development, implementation, and operations, with the primary purpose
of ensuring that older persons lead dignified, healthy, and secure lives. The
job holder will be responsible for the delivery of quality programmes through a
partnership approach, maintaining and expanding donor, government and other key
stakeholder relations, financial management, human resource management,
partnership, and operations management of the country office.
Key areas for impact/ influence and responsibilities
Programme Development and Implementation
- Drive the
implementation of an annual strategic and programme plan for HelpAge
International’s work in Kenya.
- Fund raise in
coordination with the Portfolios for the Kenya country office.
- Develop, in
cooperation with other staff and the portfolios, short, medium, and
long-range strategic plans maintaining programme focus.
- Prepare,
monitor, and drive the implementation of annual operations plans and
budgets for HelpAge International’s work in Kenya.
- Provide guidance
and support to the team to implement project activities, hold regular
project team meetings to review progress, identify and resolve challenges,
where necessary.
- Ensure programme
monitoring, learning, accountability, timely reporting, and financial
management (including HelpAge International and donor reports).
- Keep track of
the financial performance of projects and budgets, ensuring that the Kenya
office operates within the boundaries of its approved annual budget.
- Ensure and be
accountable for compliance with donor and internal HelpAge financial
requirements.
- Deliver
HelpAge’s commitment to locally led development and partner led
programming and lead on the localization process in Kenya together with
the Transformation team.
- Develop and
deliver on HelpAge office phase out as per the country transition plan.
- Represent
HelpAge Kenya at meetings with donors, relevant Clusters, UN agencies,
other coordination bodies, national and local government, and other
external bodies.
Operational Management
- Ensure strong
financial systems and compliance through timeliness and completeness of
financial reports. Work with the country finance staff in the annual
statutory audit and other donor compliance project audits for the Kenya
office.
- Ensure that
HelpAge International Kenya complies with all local laws and regulations,
particularly with respect to foreign exchange, taxation, and employment.
- Work with the
Transformation team to take forward the country transition work.
- It includes
being part of the consultations, developing the recommendation, the
transition plan, and its implementation.
- Maintain a
healthy and empowering office environment that encourages open, honest,
and productive communication among country staff, with partner
- organisations
and the global team in Kenya and elsewhere.
- Oversee all HR
related issues within the team including job descriptions, recruitment,
performance management, development and training, health and safety, team
structures, etc. in collaboration with the global HR.
- Ensure office
security and updating of the security management plans.
Safeguarding
- Lead a safe
working and operational culture where people can speak up securely and
confidentially about concerns through a variety of channels.
- Comply with all
safeguarding framework policies and practices.
- Complete
mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework
and comply with HR vetting procedures.
- Include
safeguarding procedures in programme design and development and include
sufficient resources in programme budgets.
- Ensure that
communities and beneficiaries are consulted on the design of community
response mechanisms and know how to report safeguarding concerns.
- Make downstream
partners accountable for safeguarding and ensure training is completed and
safeguarding incidents escalated to the Board.
- Accountable to
the Board on safeguarding, including sharing reports of safeguarding
incidents to the Head of Human Resources within 24 hours.
- Report all
safeguarding incidents seen, heard, about or suspected, using our internal
reporting mechanism. Report and respond to safeguarding incidents reported
by anyone connected with our work, using our internal reporting mechanism.
Essential
- Master’s degree
in social sciences, Development Management, or related field or equivalent
- Understanding of
ageing issues and previous experience working on them is a distinct
advantage.
- At least 5
years’ experience in programme management in a national or an
International INGO
- Demonstrable
experience in strategic planning, programme development and management of
complex, multi-stakeholder intervention
- Direct
experience of project appraisal, assessment, monitoring, and evaluation
methodologies
- Commitment to
locally led development, and experience of working to support local
leadership of the development process.
- Experience of
leading change management processes in an organisation or team.
- Demonstrable
experience in establishing networks with governments, private and public
sector entities as well as development agencies.
- Demonstrable
experience in preparing successful funding proposals for a range of
donors.
- Commitment and
ability to foster and support capacity building of staff and of national
partners.
- Fluent written
and spoken English and the ability to author clear reports for a wide
range of audiences.
- Strong
interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, communicate and
negotiate with a wide range of people and organisations at all levels with
tact, diplomacy, and sensitivity to cultural differences.
- Numeracy and
ability to prepare and monitor budgets and accounts.
- Ability to
undertake necessary travel in country.
How To
Apply
All interested individuals are
encouraged to express interest by sending their CV and Cover Letter only
to jobs@helpage.org by the
end of Friday, 29 March 2024.