To provide overall strategic leadership and management, integration and coordination of all operations and program effectiveness to ensure that programs and projects are in line with World Vision Chad National Office and Sector Strategies and standards for the achievement of child wellbeing aspirations.
Areas of Responsibility:
Program Quality & Accountability:
- Provide overall in-country leadership for all program and operations’ activities.
- Provide strategic vision and program design.
- Supervise all staff in-country, including both local and expatriate.
- Manage the country budget, ensuring spending is in line with the overall activity based budget and allocated properly among the various grants and programs.
- Quality and timely preparation and submission of strategic plan, annual operations plan and budgets.
- Availability of Project/program Information for Project Management Information System.
- Multi-year budgeting and planning.
- Implementation of audit recommendation.
Resource Acquisition and Management:
- Seek new and continuing funding, including writing proposals and support to resource mobilization and management unit.
- Liaise directly with donors.
Program Performance Management & Integration:
- Collect the necessary information, write and file all donor reports in a timely manner.
- Monitor all indicators to ensure targets are met.
- Coordinate support for program activities.
- Ensure programs’ compliance with the government regulations.
Strategy Development, Planning & Implementation:
In collaboration with the Strategy & Governance Advisor provide leadership in:
- Annual business planning, implementation & reporting, Organizational Capacity Plan and Monitoring and Evaluation planning in order to ensure alignment with key World Vision Ministry principles, standards, and guidelines.
- Ensure the National Director is informed of all developments in the general situation as well as the programs.
Networking and Coordination:
- Advocate for children’s rights, mobilizing change at every level including but not limited to local children, youth and their communities.
- Build and sustain strong relationships with World Vision Support Offices, Government, community, Church and leaders, the United Nations, other Non-Governmental Organizations as well as other development partners.
- Participate in the meetings with the advisory Council.
Security Management:
- Monitor the security situation with the security manager, and ensure security policy’s adherence.
- In collaboration with the Security Manager, ensure that field staff are adequately oriented and prepared to adapt working in insecure environments.
Educational Background:
BA/BSC Degree in any development field: social sciences, development studies, management, education, agriculture or public health.
Skills/Experience:
- Knowledge and familiarity with rules and regulations of major donors: Global Fund, USAID, DFID, ECHO, EU, AFD, DANIDA,
- Demonstrated excellent stewardship of resources and able to hold others accountable.
- Must be a committed Christian high value individual, able to stand above denominational diversities.
- Attend and participate/lead in daily devotions and weekly Chapel services.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Must be bilingual (English and French).
- Technical Training qualifications required: Professional technical skill desired (certification).
- Experience: Thorough understanding of project/ program design, monitoring and evaluation gained through at least 10 years of relevant experience in International Non-Governmental Organizations or similar organization.
- Other: Master in development studies with 7 years’ experience International Non-Governmental Organizations in or similar organization is preferred.
- Effective in written and verbal communication in French and English.
Work Environment/Travel:
- The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
- Work environment: Office-based with frequent travel to the field 60%.
- Travel: Domestic/international travel is required.
- On call: 10%
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Mar 27 2019
Active Until:
Apr 27 2019
Hiring Organization:
World Vision
industry:
Nonprofit