Job Title: County Director GOAL Kenya Country: Kenya
Location: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to the field
Contract Duration: 24 Months
Reports to: Reports to: Regional Director
Location: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to the field
Contract Duration: 24 Months
Reports to: Reports to: Regional Director
Background GOAL Kenya (GK)
GOAL is an international non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational relief and development organisation currently working in 17 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Consistent with its global mission to serve the poorest, the most vulnerable, and those affected by humanitarian crises, GOAL has been working with communities in difficult circumstances to implement relief, rehabilitation and development programmes over the last 30 years. Today, through funding received from the Irish Government, the Dutch Government and the European Commission, GOAL is supporting Kenya’s urban development programming and is an active participant in Health, WASH, Livelihoods and Child Empowerment and Protection initiatives that target extremely vulnerable children and youth (EVCY) in Nairobi Informal settlements and in Marsabit County.
Purpose of the Role: The purpose of the role is to provide vision, leadership and management to GOAL’s program in Kenya in accordance with GOAL’s overall mission and philosophy. The holder of this post is responsible for the planning, design, implementation, supervision, expansion/development, administration and security of the overall program. Ensuring a proper communication flow within GK, between GK and Regional Office and GOAL Head office is a critical aspect of this role. Furthermore, the CD is responsible for all fiduciary and legal obligations arising for GK and also for the health and welfare of GK staff and proper safe guarding and use of GOAL assets, including the GOAL Brand.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Program & Relationship Management Responsibilities;
- Provide strategic vision, oversight and direction to program implementation in collaboration with the Assistant Country Director – Programmes (ACD-P) in adherence to approved international and national standards.
- Drive the strategic implementation of the country program and ensure Annual Country plans are in line with overall Strategic plan and appropriate resources are allocated to support the program team to engage in appropriate new business development opportunities.
- In collaboration with the ACDP ensure the proposal process for new business opportunities are developed per work plan, completed on time and at the appropriate quality and through the appropriate communication channel.
- Manage and guide the senior management team of GK, provide oversight and mentorship to the team members.
- Overall representative of GOAL in Kenya and the principal point of contact with the in-country donors and responsible for developing and maintaining a working relationships, including consortium building across board base of stakeholders (GoK, Peer organisations, Academic bodies, Private Sector representatives and civil society representatives).
- The responsibility of securing adequate funds to support GOAL Kenya programmes is shared between the Country Director and GOAL Dublin; it is the responsibility of the CD to secure programme funding from donors in-country where possible.
- Responsible for liaising with donors regarding all matters related to programmes; including facilitating visits to GOAL programme sites.
- Provide oversight for grant management, ensuring all GOAL’s legal and contractual obligations are met within time, budget and appropriate standard
- Responsible for being fully informed of the humanitarian and relief and development context in their country of operation.
- Responsible for ensuring programmes are delivered on time and to a high standard.
- Responsible for ensuring timely reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.
Financial
- In collaboration with the Financial Controller ensure the Budget Management process is adhered to and active, including monthly budget review meetings (BMTs)
- Ensure adherence to Kenyan statutory requirements, GOAL polices and donor contractual obligations
- Responsible for all financial reporting, including monthly reports to HQ and donor reports are submitted on time, in accordance to requirement and approved by the holder of this post.
- Overall country program budget development and management including proactively managing budget variances.
Personnel
- To close collaboration with Human Resources in country and at Head office to ensure the Kenyan country program has the appropriate staffing levels and skill set.
- Ensure adherence to all Kenyan’s Labour laws, GOAL human resource policies and procedures and contractual obligations to funding agencies.
- Ensure effective and progressive Appraisal Performance management system in place aligned to GOAL HQ performance system.
- Support, within work permit restrictions, to secure work permits for International GOAL staff that maybe based in Kenya.
- Ensure an effective Visitors tracking system is in place and is been used by all visitors
- Provide emergency support to GOAL South Sudan program on needs be basis
Resource Management, Security and Health & Safely
- Country Director must ensure that there are appropriate systems in place for the effective utilisation and management of finance, personnel, supplies, transport, capital assets etc.
- Manage and provide strategic guidance to Operations Manager on all aspects related to logistics and ensure that the policies and guidelines as laid down in the GOAL Logistics Manual are adhered to by all.
- The Country Director must ensure that the reporting requirements outlined in the GOAL Logistics Manual are fulfilled in a timely fashion.
- The Country Director is accountable for the overall safety and security of staff and for ensuring there is a culture of security within the organisation.
- The Country Director must inform GOAL Dublin / Regional Director (through agreed communications protocols) immediately in the event of a security incident relating to GOAL staff, assets or programmes. Regular communications and updates Regular updates and communications on security must be shared with the RSA and GOAL Dublin as per agreed reports and protocols and as requested.
- The Country Director is accountable for ensuring that the policies and guidelines, as laid down in the GOAL Safety and Security Manual and the site specific security guidelines are adhered to by all staff at all times. The Country Director is responsible for ensuring staffs has access to the appropriate resources and training to enable them to understand and adhere to staff security guidelines.
- The Country Director must work closely with the Regional Security Advisor when assessing the country security context and dealing with any potential threats to GOAL programmes or staff.
REQUIREMENTS
- Relevant/related post-graduate qualification preferably Masters in Business Administration/Strategic management/Development studies.
- Seven (7)+ years relevant experience in Senior Management role within an NGO, previous experience as a Country Director is essential.
- Knowledge/experience of programming in developmental contexts (with recurrent shocks), using a market-based approach.
- Strong understanding and experience of security management in complex environments.
- Proven numeracy and financial management skills;, you will have a strong understanding of financial systems and track record of budget development and management.
- Strong project leadership skills with a firm understanding of donor compliance and grant cycle management.
- Experience of leading large consortia and of developing partnerships with local organisations from the government, private and civil society sectors.
- Excellent capacity building skills – the ability to work with people of different technical abilities and support them to gain confidence in areas of expertise within their programmes and resilience programming.
- Good communication skills in written and spoken English are essential
- Demonstrable understanding and experience of cross cutting issues i.e HIV/AIDS, gender equity issues, Child Protection and their relevance to humanitarian response work.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
- To be familiar with and abide by the NGO Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid code and Sphere Minimum Standards
GOAL has a Standards of Integrity and a Child Protection Policy, which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants and children from exploitation. GOAL also has a confidentiality policy ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of GOAL, acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organisation without authority, except in the normal execution of duty. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to these policies any job offer made is also subject to police clearance. GOAL is an equal opportunities employer.
This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.
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