Overview
Provide strategic leadership and oversight for a regional project on Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in the Horn of Africa, implemented across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic leadership and accountability for project delivery, impact, and reputation across three countries.
- Lead joint annual work planning and facilitate cross-country collaboration.
- Lead grant-making to local WLOs and direct implementation activities.
- Ensure project cycle management processes and tools are effectively implemented.
- Review progress on the project log frame and map progress on project outputs against objectives.
- Ensure timely and high-quality submission of programmatic reports.
- Develop a feminist monitoring and evaluation system for measuring project results.
- Lead monthly PMU meetings to ensure alignment on implementation, finances, and timelines.
- Establish and maintain regular technical calls with CNO Technical Advisors.
- Foster and maintain productive relationships with all project stakeholders, particularly local WLOs.
- Provide strategic and feminist leadership within the project’s governance structures.
- Foster strong coordination and collaboration with women’s organizations.
- Cultivate a positive relationship with NO, COs and relevant government departments.
- Ensure effective and open communication on project progress to the SDC.
- Establish and maintain systems for capturing, documenting, and sharing best practices and lessons learned.
- Work with program staff and technical advisors to identify and provide technical support needs.
- Ensure consistent information flow with CHNO and engage CNO and CHNO staff for support.
- Develop and maintain a programme Strategic Risk Matrix.
- Implement and review the project communication strategies.
- Ensure timely submission of updates and other products.
- Participate in the Regional Leadership Committee (RLC).
- Lead and manage a team of professionals from the three countries.
- Ensure roles, responsibilities and expectations are clearly communicated and understood.
- Organize internal planning meetings regularly.
- Create conditions for the PMU to function as a decision-making and joint planning body.
- Mentor and coach team members.
- Conduct staff performance reviews.
- Ensure Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection, Gender Equality and Inclusion, and Safeguarding are fully embedded.
Required Experience
- Minimum 7 years in leading complex development projects that delivered high quality programming and gender transformative results & managing or participating in multi-country program implementation.
- Progressive experience working for INGOs in increasingly senior-level management positions.
- Strong experience in partnership management and aptitude for cultivating strong relationships with multiple stakeholders including grass root level women’s organizations, government, and donors.
- Experience leading cross-functional and remote teams to deliver results.
- Proven experience in directly managing a diverse team including technical and finance staff ensuring high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity and teamwork.
- Strong understanding of feminist principles, monitoring and evaluation, and results-based management tools and approaches.
- Demonstrable experience managing multimillion-dollar institutional grants.
- Strong understanding and proven application of project cycle management.
Qualifications
MA in Project Management, Gender Studies, or other related social science fields.
