• Provide effective leadership to cluster team in promoting the organisation’s vision, mission, core values and key national office standards among staff and partners
• Promote an empowered world view among communities in order to attain mindset change from dependency syndrome
• Foster the development of a culture of teamwork and accountability
• Ensure implementation of partnership performance standards, principles and initiatives within the programme
• Promote integration of projects and operations from all funding streams
• Take charge of quality assurance processes in the cluster, ensuring that sponsorship and design, monitoring and evaluation standards are adhered to
• Ensure internal controls, policies and procedures are adhered to for compliance
• Manage cluster assets efficiently and effectively
• Ensure quality and timely reporting
• Ensure that tools are in place and in use to systematically track and report data on child well-being targets
• Facilitate documentation and sharing of innovation and best practices
• Ensure cluster prepares success stories for use in marketing and sharing with donors
• Innovatively contextualise development models in the local context
• Actively participate in the Joint Action Development Forum (JADF) at sector and district levels and ensure that the organisation in Rwanda is well represented
• Collaborate and network with other NGOs, government departments, church and community leaders, ensuring participation of all stakeholders in programme development, monitoring and evaluation
• Identify and build capacity of CBOs and sub-grantee in project management
• Mobilise additional resources for the APs in the cluster through regular proposal writing and raising local resources
• Build and strengthen relationships with local donors and government in prepositioning for local resource mobilisation
• Promote child participation in programme activities such as in planning and monitoring
• Ensure child and adult safeguarding policy and structures are observed to promote child well-being and prevent child and adult abuse
• Empower local leaders to protect children from abuses
• Identify training needs of staff and ensure development plans are developed and implemented
• Manage staff performance effectively

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Agricultural and Natural Sciences, Economics, Social Sciences or a related discipline
• Master’s degree in a development-related discipline (preferred)
• Five years, minimum, of experience in programme/project management and proven track record of managing successful projects
• Deeper understanding of a programme cycle
• Strong understanding of community empowerment models
• Strong development facilitation and community organisation skills
• Strong team leader with excellent interpersonal skills

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