Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Qualifications/ experience essential:

Knowledge

• A Master’s Degree in Business/ Finance/ Business Administration
• A minimum of 10 years proven progressive experience as a development professional in similar management and senior management roles with an INGO or likeminded organization
• Demonstrated track record in driving change and enabling high performing teams, with the ability to lead, motivate and develop others.
• Knowledge of key issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and their implications for organizations like Plan and its work.
• Practical knowledge of operations support for development and emergency response.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Financial, HR, Supply chain and administrative (including ICT) safety and security and compliance;
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), e-mail and internet;
• Strong knowledge of the requirements of donors’ compliance and grants management;
• Fluency in English spoken and written including exceptional presentation and communication skills
• Knowledge of Ethiopian geopolitical, countries laws, political, social and economic factors affecting development and humanitarian sectors.
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• Skills:
• Exceptional conceptual, strategic thinking, strong negotiation, influencing and problem solving skills.
• Ability to analyses information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
• Comfortable with taking timely decisions in situations where information may be incomplete, based on consultation and the ability to convey sound judgement and assurance to team members and other key internal stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships with colleagues through remote means and in a multi-cultural environment.
• Numeracy and the ability to interpret financial data, in order to provide management support to budgetary processes including planning, monitoring and reporting.
• A strong understanding of key institutional donor compliance rules and principles.
• Ability to provide leadership, communicate effectively and build high performing teams that work together to achieve goals.
• Languages required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Qualifications/ experience desirable:
• Ability to influence without power.
• Professional certification in either Finance, HR, Supply Chain & Logistics or an equivalent field. 
• TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Understanding issues, principles and strategies and their root causes and working with Plan’s principles and a range of strategies and approaches to improve outcomes.
• Excellent relationship building skills – networking, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to identify, analyze and monitor diverse, relevant external actors to work with and understand the purpose and implications of working with them.
• Ability to influence power holders about the need for and benefits of addressing gender equality and inclusion, including being able to offer a range of evidence based solutions.
• Understands power imbalances and ways in which the organization may be reinforcing negative stereotypes and biases, as well as the impact these factors have on safety for children and young people in all their diversity.
• Role model our values and behaviors both internally and externally.
• Promotes equality, including gender equality, inclusion and girls’ empowerment in Plan’s work
• Uses creativity to challenge the norm and promote innovation and thinks and acts for the wider organization
• Communicates effectively at a high level and with a range of appropriate styles for different audiences