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Earn over 40,000 GB Pounds as Deputy Head of East Africa at Saferworld
Job Title: Deputy Head of East Africa
Organisation: Saferworld
Reports to: Head of East
Africa (HEA)
Africa (HEA)
Salary Range: £40,000 –
£47,875 gross per year
£47,875 gross per year
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda or Nairobi, Kenya
Uganda or Nairobi, Kenya
About US:
Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to
prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with local people
affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security. We do this
by supporting effective policies and practices through advocacy, research and
policy development, and through supporting the actions of others. We have a
strong thematic focus to our conflict prevention work prioritising: people’s
security and access to justice services; gender norms that cause and perpetuate
violent conflict; the impact of external conflict drivers including weapons
flows; conflict-sensitive political, economic, development, and security
engagement; and inclusive and accountable governance and peacebuilding
processes.
prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with local people
affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security. We do this
by supporting effective policies and practices through advocacy, research and
policy development, and through supporting the actions of others. We have a
strong thematic focus to our conflict prevention work prioritising: people’s
security and access to justice services; gender norms that cause and perpetuate
violent conflict; the impact of external conflict drivers including weapons
flows; conflict-sensitive political, economic, development, and security
engagement; and inclusive and accountable governance and peacebuilding
processes.
Job Summary: The Deputy Head
of East Africa supports the HEA in overseeing the delivery of Saferworld
country programmes in East Africa and providing strategic leadership to the
region. In rapidly evolving country programmes, the post-holder will be
responsible for the oversight and support of country programme operations,
including compliance, opening of new offices, adaptation, the
operationalisation of new projects and bridging support to country offices,
working closely with the Director of HR/Operations and the Country
Directors/Managers. A particular focus will be the oversight of the financial
performance of the country programmes and cost recovery, working closely with
Country Directors/Managers, the Director of Finance and the HEA. As part of the
regional management structure, the post holder is expected to contribute
actively to the global organisational strategy, priorities and policies, and to
also contribute to the development of broader regional interests.
of East Africa supports the HEA in overseeing the delivery of Saferworld
country programmes in East Africa and providing strategic leadership to the
region. In rapidly evolving country programmes, the post-holder will be
responsible for the oversight and support of country programme operations,
including compliance, opening of new offices, adaptation, the
operationalisation of new projects and bridging support to country offices,
working closely with the Director of HR/Operations and the Country
Directors/Managers. A particular focus will be the oversight of the financial
performance of the country programmes and cost recovery, working closely with
Country Directors/Managers, the Director of Finance and the HEA. As part of the
regional management structure, the post holder is expected to contribute
actively to the global organisational strategy, priorities and policies, and to
also contribute to the development of broader regional interests.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Financial Management:
- Work
in liaison with the HEA and the Director of Finance in providing financial
oversight to the East Africa country programmes. - Work
closely with country teams to ensure effective financial control and
compliance are in place as per organisational policies and
procedures; and that the policies and procedures are understood and being
adhered to. - Work
closely with the Regional Funding Manager to ensure excellent performance
in grants management and compliance, through establishing clear
benchmarks, lines of accountability, and ongoing performance
improvement initiatives. - Work
closely with the Country Managers/Directors to ensure optimal cost
recovery - Ensure
all accounting and finance functions and donor financial regulations are
complied with by country staff and partners. - The
incumbent will also ensure that the countries’ risk analysis is maintained
and regularly updated, with risks prevented and managed by the country
managers and Directors. - Ensure
that Country Managers/Director understand and apply financial management and
control policies, and work within their budgets to deliver agreed
priorities. - Contribute
to the development of countries annual budgets.
Operations and Human Resource Management:
- Work
in liaison with the HEA, country HR and Operations leads and the Director
of HR/Operations to ensure that HR and operations processes and systems
are up-to-date, consistent, understood and applied in East Africa
countries. - Coordinate
across and work to improve the quality of operational services (contracts,
legal, logistics, IT, etc.), through understanding current systems
and working collaboratively with existing teams, the HEA and Headquarters
to improve each function to respond to increases in scale. - Work
closely with Country Directors/Managers to plan effective operational
support across the country programmes. - By defining the scope of
operational support provided to country teams - By researching, developing
and proposing tools and processes with limited resources. - By engaging in the planning
of growth, including office scale-up and planning staffing to support the
new operational needs - By identifying challenges
country teams face in meeting compliance with policies & procedures
and providing solutions to those challenges and ways of working. - Work
in close collaboration with the HEA, Country Directors/ Managers
and the Director of HR/Operations, monitor guidelines and procedures for
Saferworld East Africa offices’ operations. - By producing a matrix of
registration requirements for each country registration and those
planning registration processes. - By developing an annual
calendar to highlight progress related to country re-registration in
order to ensure processes are planned in advance and involve relevant
stakeholders.
Safety, security, and risk management:
- Work
closely with the HEA and Regional Security Manager to ensure
organisational security protocols and duty of care standards are
maintained by country teams. - Ensure
country safety and security plans for the East Africa countries are
regularly reviewed and updated, and ensure that all staff fully
comply with the policies and procedures contained therein, working closely
with the Regional Security Manager. - Ensure
optimum safety of Saferworld staff, consultants, interns, and volunteers
as per agreed standards and use any information/learning to
guarantee safety of staff. - Ensure
that security and safety capacity building plans are planned, adequately
resourced and implemented for all countries
People management:
- Manage
the performance of direct line managed and dotted line reports and oversee
other senior staff and consultants where necessary. - Work
with respective HR leads in respective countries and in close coordination
with the Director of HR/Operations to monitor and support the
performance of staff on the basis of Saferworld’s performance management
system.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicant for the Saferworld Deputy
Head of East Africa employment placement should preferably hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in
business administration or a related field - An
accounting qualification CCAB/AACA or similar - At
least five years’ senior management experience in NGO operations, INGO
experience is preferred. - Significant
exposure and experience in budget development and financial performance
management within an international business or INGO – knowledge of
SUN or another multi-currency accounting system is desirable - Previous
experience in development of global operational strategies, scenarios,
recommendations and decisions based on analysis and benchmarking. - Experience
in organisational growth and change management - Demonstrated ability to manage and motivate staff at all levels, open to
direction and a collaborative work style while maintaining a commitment to
accomplishing goals. Experience of remote line management is desirable - Ability
to prioritise, lead and manage multiple tasks to successful
completion. High-level communication skills, including experience of
communicating effectively across cultures and with diverse audiences, both
verbally and in writing - Excellent
written and spoken English, and preferably of another language
spoken in the region. - Ability
to undertake extensive travel (up to 4 months each year);
Job Terms and Benefits:
- Medical and life insurance; Pension
contribution - Holidays: 28 days per year in addition to
agreed public holidays - Hours: Standard working week is 37.5 hours
a week (Monday-Friday)
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
a complete application form, download
here and send to jobs@saferworld.org.uk with the subject line as Deputy
Head.
a complete application form, download
here and send to jobs@saferworld.org.uk with the subject line as Deputy
Head.
Deadline: 24th July 2017
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