Deadline: 10 March, 2023
Location: Amhara, Ethiopia
Plan International has opened applications for the role of Amhara Programme Area Manager.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership to the PA programme operations
- Lead the development of the PA strategy
- Ensure staff ownership and monitor progress against the strategy
- Participate in project developments to ensure proper and realistic project design and budget planning, including properly phased budgets
- Closely support and monitor project staff to deliver project activities and utilise the budget in a timely manner
- Lead PA-level project internal review (PIR) meetings and ensure project startup and closure following the SOPs
- Support the development of adjusted work plans and re-alignment of budgets in a timely manner
- Ensure procurement plans and cash forecasts are prepared and utilised efficiently
- Ensure full achievement and realisation of sponsorship commitments
- Lead the phase-out and phase-in processes
- Maintain and strengthen existing and new partnerships with government counterparts, CSO partners and other development organisations
- Ensure the organisation’s partners have knowledge and practices to embed safeguarding and gender-transformative programming in their work
- Together with country office (CO) partnership colleagues, improve/develop relevant tools for partnership assessments, capacity building and mutual appraisals
- Ensure regular mutual appraisal meetings are conducted with partners
- Ensure Plan International is well represented at regional level networks and forums to foster external relations
- Participate in regional networks for influencing policy, learning and sharing good practices to improve programme quality
- Create a conducive working environment in which people are motivated, respected, valued and managed well to realise their potential and development
- Provide necessary training and development opportunities for staff professional growth, including regular coaching and mentoring
- Lead and participate in timely and appropriate recruitment of staff
- Ensure that all staff have the knowledge and understanding of Plan’s corporate policies, processes, standards and systems
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Development Studies, International Relations, Gender Studies or a related field
- Ten years, minimum, of experience in an NGO or INGO, or demonstrated equivalent combination of education and experience
- Ability to communicate effectively and authoritatively on areas of expertise, and influence others to reach common goals
- Ability to develop effective working relationships across a network
- Experience in the management of at least two of the thematic areas
- Experience in managing partnerships at different levels, from informal community structures and CBOs to large INGOs, UN agencies and multilateral donors
- Experience in operational and programming processes, systems and principles, and the ability to provide leadership and support to staff working at regional and community levels
- Knowledge of regional context
- Knowledge of the requirements of donor compliance and financial management
- Experience in strategic leadership and planning processes
- Experience in leading and motivating large and diverse teams from different departments
- Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications for community development
- Fluency in the English language
- In addition to Amharic, knowledge of local languages (desirable)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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