Manager – Program Development and Implementation (Re-Advertisement)

Job description

The Manager – Program Development and Implementation will play a leading role in ensuring overall program growth, quality and impact, ensure that programs are contextually appropriate, monitored closely and funded sufficiently. She will be responsible for developing a coherent program strategy, strong program design skills through effective M & E systems and represent YWCA in inter-agency meetings.
The incumbent will supervise technical and administrative staff at the head office and branch level and oversee the work of the project partners to ensure a one-team collaborative approach.

Job Responsibilities:-

Program Strategy, Design and Development
• Manage, Monitor and evaluate program performance, impact and outcomes to ensure they meet the intended goals.
• Provide empowering leadership to program staff and branches while ensuring effective and efficient programmatic delivery and high operational performance of YWCA-Kenya’s work.
• Drive quality in programme development and implementation for departmental and field-based program staff, including the development of M & E systems.
• Ensure programs are designed according to YWCA-K Strategic Plan, industry best practices and YWCA program framework.
• Diversify funding sources and implement while ensuring sufficient pipeline for growth and sustainability in resource mobilization, particularly for program funding.
• Provide guidance on programme portfolio priorities and ensure consistency and alignment of national and county programs with the Strategic Plan.
• Tailor programs that foster growth and empowerment of Young Women and Girls within YWCA thematic areas.
• Develop and implement targeted advocacy goals that impact change on relevant areas in response to past gaps and emerging needs for Young Women and Girls.

Program Management, Oversight and Implementation
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including donors and partners.
• Work in collaboration with Program Officers to ensure that program implementation is managed closely through the development of structured work plans, indicator tracking and monitoring plans.
• Provide timely and adequate programme implementation support to Head Office, branches and partners while ensuring quality delivery of new, existing and complex projects
• Support Program Officers and branches to fulfill their budget-holder expectations. Ensure project expenditures are monitored and corrective action is initiated and tracked where required.
• Convene grant review meetings where program performance is reviewed and corrective action taken as needed, and promote program integration.
• Deliver annual YWCA programme budget in terms of financial results and output targets.
• Provide leadership to ensure timely and high-quality progress reports as per YWCA and donor guidelines.
• Provide proper representation in cluster and other coordination forums at national and regional levels.
• Facilitate learning, exchange and effective collaboration with YWCA Kenya.
• Set performance objectives with all supervisees, and conduct scheduled performance evaluations.
• Provide constructive input into dedicated management teams and forums

Representation and Inter-agency
• Represent YWCA in inter-agency coordination meetings, cluster meetings and NGO Consortium meetings.
• Advocate for YWCA’s vision, mission and thematic objectives in external forums and ensure alignment with broader strategic goals.

Team Management
• Provide direction and guidance to sub-recipients and staff on compliance issues, procurement standards/requirements and other administrative, financial, HR and logistical questions.

JOB SPECIFICATION AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE JOB

Level of Education/Academic qualification

• Master’s degree in the field of Social Science, Gender Studies, International development or related social science discipline.
• Five years’ experience in leadership positions involving resource mobilization, direction over relevant gender, governance, advocacy among others.

Other Requirements

• Proven track record in providing effective leadership and management of donor partners, units of operations as well as ability to manage a wide span of control.
• Demonstrated experience in new business development (Scoping, consortium building, proposal writing, grants management, budgeting among others
• Experience working with Young Women and Girls-centered activities preferred.
• Ability to work with diverse workforce and stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Flexibility to travel to other duty stations.