Area Program Manager

Team Leadership & Strategic Management

• Communicate effectively in the AP, World Vision’s (WV) identity, mission, vision, values and our approach to coordinate and facilitate development processes towards the well-being of the children in the communities.
• Provide strong and positive leadership to the AP ensuring competent and motivated staff are hired, developed and retained.
• Ensure staff wellbeing and security is supported and promoted.
• Participate in National Office strategy development, review and implementation
• Ensure the integration of all World Vision Projects in the AP, especially between APs with grants and Humanitarian Emergency Affairs (HEA), as well within the AP projects.
• Model Christian leadership, practice stewardship and provide spiritual guidance/development to staff.
• Lead the programme team enabling them to focus on building and maintaining collaborative relationships with programme beneficiaries and partners.
• Programme Management, Community Engagement & Partnering

Program Management

• Manages Technical Project implementation in AP with support of direct staff of TP as needed
• Contribute to TP budget development; develops Sponsorship Integration & Development (SID) project budget, and works with TP Managers to finalize Technical Project budgets within the parameters of total funding available for the Area Programme.
• Plan and coordinate Disaster Risk Reduction initiatives in the AP.
• Ensure timely Gifts In Kind (GIK) planning, management & reporting as well as compliance to relevant GIK standards.
• Lead TP assessments, baselines and evaluation processes in the AP.
• Consolidate monthly, semi-annual and annual program reports for submission to Support Offices (SO) and Donors.
• Manage AP operations and resources including financial resources.

Programme Planning, Monitoring and Reporting

• Oversee and ensure locally owned plans are developed using WV’s development programme approach & incorporating technical programmes that are relevant to the programming area.
• Support, as required, the technical specialists to develop the technical programme design
• Negotiate with the Technical Programme Managers on a realistic local implementation plan, including budget and technical support as required.
• Ensure an effective and efficient monitoring system is in place which is owned and used by community and local stakeholders and also provides information to meet WV requirements
• Facilitate annual AP community wide planning, reflection/review sessions
• Produce periodic monitoring reports including GIK impact stories
• Contribute to technical programme evaluations as requested
• Facilitate the incorporation of cross cutting themes in TP design and to ensure they are reflecting in all stages of programming.

Sponsorship

• Working closely with the sponsorship team in the NO and APs, ensure sponsorship is integrated in programming
• Work closely with the Sponsorship Manager and team on all aspects of sponsorship administration and multi-year plans ensuring all sponsorship Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are met in the AP.

Child Protection

• Ensure staff and partners understand WV child protection policy
• Ensure awareness raising for prevention and reporting of child protection incidents.
• Participate in, & promote establishment of children rights networks, and support policy that seeks to change structures and systems that jeopardise the rights of children in coordination with advocacy.

Community Engagement & Partnering

• Manage the development and strengthening of effective relationships in the AP
• Network with various development partners in the AP
• Ensure programme priorities & approaches are aligned with community, partners & NO strategies & standards
• Coordinate and network within and outside of WV to secure necessary technical, human and financial resources to support program implementation.

Local Level Advocacy, Networking & Representation

• Network and develop relationships with other NGOs, local government officials, local churches, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs), interest groups e.g. disability associations, commodity associations and community leaders in the AP to facilitate advocacy interventions including integration into the design documents for improved programming.
• Represent World Vision in various community, district and any other relevant fora addressing issues affecting the well-being of children.
• Ensure programme/s priorities and approaches are aligned with government policies and local authority plans.
• The AP Manager will also work with partners and coalitions to engage in advocacy activities with local government structures, to address the needs of local communities and inform national level advocacy initiatives particularly in lobbying for alignment of laws which have an adverse effect on the well-being of children.
• Facilitate and monitor effective roll out of the global campaign on ‘It takes a world to end violence against children’ with a specific focus on child sexual violence.
• Assist in strengthening coordination and partnerships for evidence based Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) programming.

Accountability, Quality & Financial Management

• Quality Management [Monitoring & Evaluation]
• Ensure that the AP complies with LEAP standards
• Ensure that financial processes comply with relevant sections of the field financial manual, government grant provisions & other partnership standards
• Consolidate semi and annual programme reports for all programs in the AP for submission to SO & donor according to LEAP and ensure high quality of reporting.
• Financial Management
• Monitor funding commitments, project spending against budget, preparation and submission of required program progress and financial reports on a regular basis.
• Ensure timely follow up & resolution of audit issues in the ADP.
• Ensure proper management of AP budget, project funding, expenditure and accomplishment of ministry objectives in line with WVI requirements