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Regional Programme Development and Quality Manager

Health Poverty Action

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Social Science

Social Science and Community

Addis Ababa

5 years

1 Position

2023-03-17

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2023-03-26

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Project Management

Social Science

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Job Description

Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda

Organization: Health Poverty Action

Closing date: 26 Mar 2023

This is an important leadership role supporting country teams in identifying opportunities, designing and developing programmes that are of high quality and lasting impact to the participant communities; and ensuring that programmes are designed based on evidence and substantive input generated through active engagement of the participant communities and local stakeholders.

Department: Programmes, Africa

Location: HPA Africa Offices, including Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Kigali. Remote/home-based working arrangement is a possibility.

Reports to: The Head of Programmes, Africa

Liaises with:

  • Field Based teams: Country Directors, Programme Managers, Finance and Administration Officers;

  • Core Team (formerly HQ): Programme Officers, Fundraising team, Communications and Policy Campaigns team.

Responsible for: No line management responsibility

Salary: Annual gross salary range of GBP 28,000 – 30,000 based on the candidate’s competency and experience.

Hours: FULL TIME (35 Hours a week)

Contract Duration: We offer a one-year contract (3 months probationary period), with possible extension up on mutual interests.

Key responsibilities/Result Areas:

To help Country Offices develop impactful and continuous programmes supported by diverse sources of funding;

· In coordination with the Head of Programmes Africa, country and regional teams, understand the funding priorities for the region and each country, develop multi-year regional, country and thematic strategies for programmes development and resource mobilization with clear annual operating plans, and monitoring frameworks with targets and indicators to achieve annual program funding targets.

· Lead on actively researching and identifying proposal and partnerships opportunities with donors and partners including institutional donors, international and national NGOs, public and private agencies, corporates, humanitarian agencies, academic and research institutions;

· Review and/or draft expressions of interest, concept notes, and proposals to ensure quality and compliance with donor standards.

· Lead proposal development for complex and strategic public opportunities, supporting and coordinating with country offices in strategy development; partner identification and negotiations; writing; production; delegation of tasks; deadline and time management.

· Develop a Programme Quality Strategy for HPA Africa programme in line with HPA’s global Strategic Framework.

· Ensure regular monthly Programme Development and Innovation Hub meetings with all relevant teams and members. The Programme Development meeting reviews progress, quality, and immediate future plans for each programme country and flag-up challenges and gather agreed up on solutions.

· Liaise with donor representatives and coordinate donor meetings and visits with support from Country Directors (CDs) and the Head of Programmes (HoP).

· Coordinate and support on needs assessments, and programme analysis to support project/programme design and planning processes.

· Ensure lessons learned and analysis of data in coordination with country and regional MEAL officers to contribute to the development of high quality, innovative programs that are based on evidence.

Coordinate, lead and provide high-quality technical input on proposal development and submission to donors.

· Keep up-to-date with donor policies, trends, guidelines and regulations; train and mentor country and regional office staff using a reflective practice on sharing lessons and best practices in programme development and proposal writing processes and practices; using donors’ feedback on proposal appraisals where relevant.

· Work closely with other departments to ensure an efficient and timely response.

· Actively participate in other internal coordination meetings such as the weekly country update, the monthly Programme-Fundraising departmental check ins.

· Continuous search and identification of proposal submission and partnerships opportunities with donors and partners including institutional donors, international and national NGOs, public and private agencies, corporates, humanitarian agencies, academic and research institutions.

· Other responsibilities may include – training and capacity building of regional and country teams on proposal writing and project development; identifying and submitting bids to consultancy opportunities; developing internal databases, tools, systems and procedures for effective proposal development processes.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Criteria

· Practical experience in developing proposals (successful!) to various institutional donors (FCDO, EC, USAID, UN Agencies etc.), and understanding of donor rules and proposal submission requirements;

· An outstanding ability to track donor trends and opportunities that contribute to successful programme outcomes.

· Proven competency and theoretical understanding of project cycle management, problem tree analysis, drawing theory of change/logical frame work

· Understanding of global development and humanitarian affairs, particularly in relation to health

· Bachelor’s degree in development studies, with substantial practical experience in programmes development

· Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in programme design and development in an international NGO setting with colleagues in ‘remote’ and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals.

· Excellent writing and editing skills with the proficiency to write clearly, insightfully and persuasively during tight deadlines.

· Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to delegate tasks, and manage personal workload and team deadlines amongst different demands and priorities.

· Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, often working to challenging deadlines.

· Openness to learning new skills & a pro-active approach to tasks

· Willingness to build the capacity of regional and country teams in program development as a driven, positive team-worker, who is supportive and helpful towards colleagues

Desirable Criteria

· Master’s degree in Business Administration/ International Development or other relevant field of study

· High level analytical skills, including numeracy/budget literacy

· Experience in commercial funding contracts

· Experience of living and/or working in a developing country

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Fields Of Study

Project Management

Social Science

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