CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: SOS Children's Villages International
Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 28 Feb 2015

Established in 1949, SOS Children's Villages is a dynamic social development international organisation working globally to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of orphaned and vulnerable children.

We seek to employ a Director for Programme Development to be based in Addis Ababa:

Reporting to the International Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, the Director for Programme Development drives the development of programme work within the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAF) region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Line manages the regional Programme Development Advisors \Team.
• Oversees the program planning processes in the region.
• Ensures the core programme policies are implemented
• Promotes program monitoring, evaluations and continuous learning
• Collaborates with the Children’s Villages International Representatives to enable strong leadership in programme cycle management in Member Associations.
• Initiates and contributes to the development of federation programme related policies, standards and guidelines.
• Ensures the consistent programme sustainability and quality in Member Associations
• Drives the implementations of child protection policy as well as prevention of child abuse through transparent reporting systems
• Ensures capacity building of core workers
• Develops, leads and supports the regional programme network
• Ensures best-practice sharing and facilitates international research projects.

Position requirements:

• A Post-graduate qualification; in the fields of program management; Humanities, Community Development or related fields
• At least 7 years managing resources and providing support to field offices
• Project cycle management experience.
• Experience coordinating processes with large groups of stakeholders.
• Ability to function in a high expectancy and demanding position
• Good problem solving skills
• Ability to influence key decision makers and build networks
• Team player, strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluent in English with and additional language, either / or Portuguese or French would be an advantage

How to apply:

Applications including at least two traceable referees should be sent electronically to: ESAF.HROD@sos-kd.org

Closing date for applications: 28 February 2015

Kindly note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted