PLAN INTERNATIONAL KENYA HEAD OF STRATEGY

Plan International Inc. Kenya is seeking to recruit for the position of Head of Strategy. The post holder will report to the Country Director of Plan International Kenya and will be based at the Country Office. The purpose of the job is to provide strategic leadership and technical support to Plan Kenya programs in line with the Country Strategic Plan (CSP).She/he directly supervises all the Program Strategic Team Members (currently 9). The post holder directly manages a small departmental budget at the Country Office, but also oversees the strategic program quality nationally and in all PUs and is responsible for these, amounting to several million dollars annually. The post holder is a member of the Country Management Team (CMT)

Key Responsibilities

 Interim and annual team performance evaluations
 Well managed and high performing Program team
 Child centered Country Strategic Plan and country programs
 Ensure effective technical team in providing support in planning, implementation, proposal development, monitoring and evaluation
 Provide direction in program integration while ensuring alignment with child rights programming
 Lead in implementation of standards of accountability, effectiveness and efficiency in Plan Kenya programs
 Ensure quality program documentation processes
 Action research, documentation and dissemination
 Take responsibility as part of the Extended Country Management Team (ECMT) for risk management process in-country
 Participate in CMT and ECMT decision making
 Participate in Region of Eastern and Southern Africa (RESA) networks.
 Manage and support in country program networks for learning and improvement.
 Document and disseminate best practices from within Plan and from other organizations to promote quality and learning
 Ensure effective partnerships alliances for delivery of the CSP

Educational Qualifications and Experience

 A Master’s degree in development/program related field
 Ten (10) years’ experience as a development professional in planning, monitoring, evaluating programs and managing technical support
 5 years of experience in people management
 Must be a strategic thinker
 Right Based programming and advocacy experience
 Action research, documentation and communication
 Leadership Facilitation
 Networking experience

Key Skills

 Excellent management skills
 Good Administrative and communication skills
 Excellent facilitation, training and negotiation skills
 Excellent grasp of research and programming concepts
 Strong planning and organisational skills
 Excellent grasp of programming concepts
 Strong interpersonal and public relation skills
 Strong analytical and writing skills
 Good networking and partnership management skills.

Plan Kenya is a development organization uniting people to advance the rights of all children. Accordingly, employment is subject to our child protection standards including appropriate background checks and adherence to our Child Protection Policy.

How to apply:

If you meet the requirements of the above position, please visit http://plan-international-kenya.org/jobs/ to access the full job description and make an online application. The closing date of applications is 3rd April, 2013. This being a local position, it is open to Nationals Only. You are invited to read more about Plan in our websitewww.plan-international.org.

We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted