Managing Director, Eastern & Southern Africa Hub At FHI 360

Job Summary:

Leads and directs the development and implementation process for company projects involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing projects. Plans, monitors, directs, and organizes project(s) personnel, activities, schedules and budgets. Is accountable for ensuring adherence to fundamental project management principles throughout the entirety of the project life-cycle; initiation through delivery through close-out. Central to the role is the identification, selection, development, and performance management of project personnel, as well as the strict compliance to budgetary planning, monitoring, and reporting processes and regulations.

Accountabilities:

• Responsible for creating, promoting, and maintaining safe and equitable work environments for all FHI 360 personnel, including a harassment- and violence-free work culture, and systems for safeguarding program participants.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities for designated projects to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
• Reviews project proposals and plans to determine scheduling, budget, procedures, staffing, and allotment of resources needed for projects.
• Establishes work plans, project teams, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to meet project goals and ensure compliance with policies.
• Develops proposals and researches sources for funding projects.
• Manages the performance and provides development opportunities to managers and staff to achieve project goals.
• Provides guidance and training to managers and staff to achieve project goals.
• Participates in the strategic development of methods and techniques with executive management.
• Establishes, serves and maintains partnerships with internal and external stakeholders on project matters.
• Provide leadership to the project team, ensuring clarity over plans and priorities, encouraging effective team-work.
• Responsible for induction of project staff, ensuring their familiarity with mandate values, quality standards, policies and program objectives and their individual responsibilities in upholding these standards and policies.
• Supports performance management and professional development of direct reports, including ongoing feedback, coaching, and career support.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of theories, concepts and practices with project management, process development and execution.
• Excellent and demonstrated project management skills.
• Excellent and demonstrated people management and performance management/development skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong consultative skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills to plan, organize, and manage resources for successful completion of projects.
• Ability to motivate, influences, and collaborates with others.
• Ability to build positive local working relationships with local communities, district government officials, UN and where appropriate, donor representatives.

Competencies:

There are 31 FHI360 development competencies, of greatest focus for this particular job will be:

• People Management (Making Others Great) provides challenging, learning assignments and opportunities. Shares and solicits feedback monthly at the very least. Helps establish compelling development plans. Assigns responsibility and accountability for tasks/decisions. Monitors process, progress and results. Creates a climate in which people want to do their best.
• Finance Management – Develops complete accurate budget projections. Effectively recognizes, and optimizes economies of scale. Understands and champions the full range of organization specific finances systems and the value of risk assessment. Hold team members accountable to budget projections.
• Project Management (Planning and Time Management) – Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks (sets objectives/goals/measures). Breaks down work into steps, schedules, task/people assignments. Marshals people, time, and resource efficiently. Arranges information in a useful manner, and orchestrates multiple activities at once.
• Employees are expected to possess, or have high-potential for development of these three fundamental competencies.

Problem Solving & Impact:

• Makes decisions and takes action that have significant impact on management and division operations.
• Addresses problems encountered that are complex and highly varied.
• Champions existing processes and creates new processes and systems where needed to improve efficiencies.
• Promotes the organizations finance practices and is accountable for the compliant stewardship of all finances under her/his purview.
• Exercises sound judgment to meet business strategies and develops objectives that align with organizational goals.
• Possesses strong analytical and problem solving capabilities.

Supervision Given/Received:

• Sets goals and budgets for projects and leads department in achieving strategic goals.
• Leads coordination of resources for ongoing projects across business units and addresses/resolves project issues.
• Focuses on capacity development and practices effective performance management making others great, and maximizing efficiencies.
• Accomplishes work through others, and not only as an individual contributor.
• Fosters collaboration among, and across teams and functions.
• Typically reports to Director, Portfolio Management or Business Unit Director.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree or its International Equivalent • Knowledge/Information Services, Communications, Education, Environment, Health, Behavioral, Life/Social Sciences International Development, Human Development or Related Field.
• ​Project Management (PM) Certification preferred.

Experience:

• Typically requires a minimum of 8+ years of project management experience.
• Certification in project management preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in multi-sector project management and implementation.
• Demonstrated strategic planning, staff development and capacity building experience.
• Demonstrated talent management, strategic planning, performance management, staff development, and capacity building experience.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and managing complex projects that are strategic in nature and national/international in scope.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English; fluent in host country language as appropriate.
• Experience operating in insecure environments.
• Experience working in a non-governmental organization (NGO).

Typical Physical Demands:

• Typical office environment. Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; ability to lift 5-50 lbs.

Technology to be Used:

• Personal Computer, Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), e-mail, telephone, printer, calculator, copier, cell phones, PDAs and other hand held devices.

Travel Requirements:

• 10%-25%

Job Description

FHI 360 seeks a qualified candidate for the Managing Director for the anticipated FP2030’s East and Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Hub. FP2030 is a global community of partners working together to advance the family planning (FP) movement and promote evidence-based policies and programs based on the principles of voluntarism and informed choice (see www.fp2030.org)).

The selected host organization for the ESA Regional Hub will collaborate with FP2030 to serve as a collaborative platform that brings together diverse stakeholders from a wide range of sectors and advances the prioritized needs of commitment-making partners and countries in East and Southern Africa. Availability of position is contingent upon funding and approval by the United Nations Foundation.

Job Summary:

The Managing Director will be responsible for oversight of the ESA Regional Hub and will engage regularly with leaders of other geographic hubs and FP2030’s Executive Director. The position will include leading and directing the development and implementation of workplans and providing oversight for activities, personnel, schedules, budgets, monitoring, and reporting. Central to the role is the ability to support the goals of FP2030 including facilitating country engagement, expanding advocacy and accountability, enhancing leadership of youth and civil society organizations (CSOs), advancing the High Impact Practices (HIPs), and supporting strategic communications and resource mobilization. The candidate must be committed to advancing universal human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals and to empowering local agendas and stakeholders in the region.

The position will be based at FHI 360’s office in Nairobi, Kenya, however applicants from the Africa region are welcome and can be considered as remote employees.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee launch of ESA Regional Hub including strategic planning and start-up activities.
• Execute vision and strategy of ESA Regional Hub
• Forge, leverage and manage critical relationships with governments, partners, donors, and other key stakeholders. Maintain relationships through frequent consultation.
• Lead the convening of global and country stakeholders for collaborative learning, advocacy and accountability
• Ensure compliance with regulations and maximize available resources to achieve objectives.
• Direct and monitor implementation workplans, ensuring that activities are performed to a high professional standard and fulfill donor and FHI 360’s requirements.
• Supervise and mentor all senior management staff and ensure technical excellence.
• Ensure effective communication with other regional hubs and FP2030 Executive Director
• Participate in international meetings and select technical working groups as appropriate to represent the project and ensure collaboration with relevant technical work.
• Identify existing platforms that can be leveraged for implementation, negotiate appropriate partnership roles to facilitate such collaborations; mobilize resources.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent leadership and adaptive management skills; ability to build collaborative relationships with a range of partners and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize staff, ideas, and partnerships at all levels
• Track record of project management, cost containment, and relationship management.
• Knowledge of funding streams, including government and philanthropic.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to plan, organize, and manage resources.
• Demonstrated ability to build positive working relationships with government officials, NGOs/CSOs, international normative bodies (WHO, UN, etc.), and donor representatives.

Problem Solving & Impact:

Addresses problems encountered that are complex and highly varied.

Champions existing processes and creates new processes and systems where needed to improve efficiencies.

Promotes the organizations finance practices and is accountable for the compliant stewardship of all finances under her/his purview.

Exercises sound judgment to meet business strategies and develops objectives that align with organizational goals.

Possesses strong analytical and problem solving capabilities.

Supervision Given/Received:

Sets goals and budgets and leads FP2030 hub in achieving strategic goals.

Focuses on capacity development and practices effective performance management making others great, and maximizing efficiencies.

Accomplishes work through others, and not only as an individual contributor. Fosters collaboration among, and across partners.

Typically reports to Director, Portfolio Management or Business Unit Director.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (or its international equivalent) in public health or related area required. Master’s degree strongly preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years’ relevant project management experience at senior-level experience.
• Recognized technical skills/expertise in FP.
• Demonstrated strategic planning, team leadership and capacity building experience.
• Excellent management, communication, and organization skills.
• Experience living and working in low-resource settings
• Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English; professional-level fluency in French and/or Portuguese are highly desirable.

Typical Physical Demands:

Typical office environment. Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; ability to lift 5-10 lbs.

Technology to be Used:

Personal Computer, Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), e-mail, any other technology

Travel Requirements:

• 10%-25%

Position Location:

• The position will be based at FHI 360’s office in Nairobi, Kenya or remotely in other African countries.

This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
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