Location: Global
Department: Transformation
Reports to (Line Manager): Head of Localisation
Salary Grade: UK Grade E or equivalent according to location / type of contract
About HelpAge
HelpAge International works with partners and a diverse global network of more than 170 organizations over 90 countries, supporting millions of older people to live safe, dignified, and healthy lives. Through our partnership and collaborations, we work to ensure the inclusion of older people across society and strive to deliver a just and fair world for everyone, whatever their age.
About the Portfolio / Department
The role of the Transformation team is to –
- Drive HelpAge’s transformation and evolving value proposition to ensure it is an impactful, relevant, legitimate, and resilient organisation.
- Leading, advocating and partnering on initiatives that support and transform systems, challenge attitudes and social norms, and influence laws, policies and practice at national, regional and global level.
Team info
The Transformation team has the following remit: –
- Deliver the transition of HelpAge’s presence at country level (localization) through initial country reviews, identification of model to be followed in each case, then oversee implementation.
- Oversee management of country operations and programmes until localization is complete.
- Programme management of regional, multi-country or global projects outside the four focus areas.
About the Job
As a Localisation Manager, you will work collaboratively with colleagues and your line manager to empower country teams with tools and resources for effective reviews and locally led transitions. Among others, you will guide the implementation of country strategies, track progress, and address emerging issues.
Key areas for impact/influence and responsibilities
These outline the broad areas of responsibility in the role, but in collaboration with your colleagues and line manager you will be able to shape and design specific activities that are relevant at any point in time. We want you to work creatively to deliver impact and respond to relevant opportunities.
With your colleagues you will develop your team workplan to drive initiatives, develop ideas, as well as ensure there is space for cross organisational working and short-term tasks. From this you will devise your individual workplan that will form the basis of your day to day activities and your performance reviews.
As Localisation Manager you will –
- Provide tools and resources to enable the remaining country teams to carry out effective reviews leading to the choice of a locally led transition option after localisation
- Support and guide all teams in the implementation of the agreed strategy for that country, providing advice, tools, resources
- Agree plans and timetables with country teams in accordance with organisational targets. Track and monitor progress and keep head of team informed. Advice on issues and concerns and recommend action as appropriate.
- Keep an overview and oversight of the individual transitions and advise the organisations on the overall progress and issues emerging.
- Ensure that country teams have access to necessary expertise to develop a programme strategy including advocacy and communications, business plan, a diverse funding base, fundraising plans and systems.
- Support country offices to set up the appropriate organizational systems and policies, drawing on business partner services where appropriate
- Support country teams in negotiations with other organisations in relation to localisation; ensure access to necessary legal and other expertise and documentation etc.
- In consultation with HR and business support teams, support countries with change process as part of the country transition plan
- Support linkages between country teams, regional representatives and the portfolios in the global impact team; ensuring that the newly established organisations receive the necessary support towards it stabilization and strengthening. Explore fund raising opportunities for the newly established organisations and for localisation initiatives
- Prepare updates on the country transition and localization work
- Conduct reviews to document lessons learnt, improve ways of working and share learning externally.
Skills and experience required
You will be someone with:
- Management experience in international development across a variety of contexts
- Experience of working directly with partners and national level organisations
- Knowledge of the key issues and debates around Localisation
- Experience of and understanding of organisational development and change processes
- Excellent Project management skills with experience of using project management tools effectively to deliver against deadlines and targets.
- Previous experience of negotiating with internal and external stakeholders in project delivery
- Ability and willingness to travel overseas, including at short notice.
How to apply
Interested and qualified individuals are encouraged to review the details of the Job Description and submit their Cover Letters and CVs only to Jobs@helpage.org not later than Thursday, 15 August 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.