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)
Salary Range: £40,000 –
£47,875 gross per year
Duty Station: Kampala,
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.
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.
Key Duties and
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:
  • 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.
Deadline: 24th July 2017

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