Job description
The Manager – Program Development and Implementation will play a leading role in ensuring overall program growth, quality and impact, ensure that programs are contextually appropriate, monitored closely and funded sufficiently. She will be responsible for developing a coherent program strategy, strong program design skills through effective M & E systems and represent YWCA in inter-agency meetings.
The incumbent will supervise technical and administrative staff at the head office and branch level and oversee the work of the project partners to ensure a one-team collaborative approach.
Job Responsibilities:-
Program Strategy, Design and Development
• Manage, Monitor and evaluate program performance, impact and outcomes to ensure they meet the intended goals.
• Provide empowering leadership to program staff and branches while ensuring effective and efficient programmatic delivery and high operational performance of YWCA-Kenya’s work.
• Drive quality in programme development and implementation for departmental and field-based program staff, including the development of M & E systems.
• Ensure programs are designed according to YWCA-K Strategic Plan, industry best practices and YWCA program framework.
• Diversify funding sources and implement while ensuring sufficient pipeline for growth and sustainability in resource mobilization, particularly for program funding.
• Provide guidance on programme portfolio priorities and ensure consistency and alignment of national and county programs with the Strategic Plan.
• Tailor programs that foster growth and empowerment of Young Women and Girls within YWCA thematic areas.
• Develop and implement targeted advocacy goals that impact change on relevant areas in response to past gaps and emerging needs for Young Women and Girls.
Program Management, Oversight and Implementation
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including donors and partners.
• Work in collaboration with Program Officers to ensure that program implementation is managed closely through the development of structured work plans, indicator tracking and monitoring plans.
• Provide timely and adequate programme implementation support to Head Office, branches and partners while ensuring quality delivery of new, existing and complex projects
• Support Program Officers and branches to fulfill their budget-holder expectations. Ensure project expenditures are monitored and corrective action is initiated and tracked where required.
• Convene grant review meetings where program performance is reviewed and corrective action taken as needed, and promote program integration.
• Deliver annual YWCA programme budget in terms of financial results and output targets.
• Provide leadership to ensure timely and high-quality progress reports as per YWCA and donor guidelines.
• Provide proper representation in cluster and other coordination forums at national and regional levels.
• Facilitate learning, exchange and effective collaboration with YWCA Kenya.
• Set performance objectives with all supervisees, and conduct scheduled performance evaluations.
• Provide constructive input into dedicated management teams and forums
Representation and Inter-agency
• Represent YWCA in inter-agency coordination meetings, cluster meetings and NGO Consortium meetings.
• Advocate for YWCA’s vision, mission and thematic objectives in external forums and ensure alignment with broader strategic goals.
Team Management
• Provide direction and guidance to sub-recipients and staff on compliance issues, procurement standards/requirements and other administrative, financial, HR and logistical questions.
JOB SPECIFICATION AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE JOB
Level of Education/Academic qualification
- Master’s degree in the field of Social Science, Gender Studies, International development or related social science discipline.
- Five years’ experience in leadership positions involving resource mobilization, direction over relevant gender, governance, advocacy among others.
Other Requirements
- Proven track record in providing effective leadership and management of donor partners, units of operations as well as ability to manage a wide span of control.
- Demonstrated experience in new business development (Scoping, consortium building, proposal writing, grants management, budgeting among others
- Experience working with Young Women and Girls-centered activities preferred.
- Ability to work with diverse workforce and stakeholders.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- Flexibility to travel to other duty stations.
How to apply
Terms and expression of Interest
This position is contractual and interested candidates should send their application and updated CV to recruitment@ywcakenya.org indicating job title, salary expectations and availability by close of business on 27th September 2024. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
NOTE:
- Shortlisting will be on a rolling basis and applicants who had applied earlier NEED NOT to re-apply.
- YWCA does NOT charge any fee whatsoever for application, processing, interviewing or securing employment.
