Vacancy title:
Executive Director

Jobs at:
Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)

Deadline of this Job:
18th December 2018

Duty Station:
Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: 5th December 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

Executive Director
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a pan-African non—governmental organization that is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with a network of 34 National Chapters spread across 33 countries in Africa, to promote gender equity and equality in education by fostering positive policies and attitude towards girl's education. FAWE is seeking to recruit a high caliber and results-oriented individual with integrity to partner with a dynamic professional team in the position of Executive Director.

The role
Reporting to the FAWE Africa Board. the Executive Director(ED) will head the Regional Secretariat and provide strategic leadership to the organization. This includes management of the organization on a day-to-day basis. fiscal operations, fundraising, advocacy, partnerships and networking, human resources management, and monitoring and evaluation to ensure that FAWE achieves its objectives as well as, to ensure programmatic strategies are effectively implemented across the FAWE Africa network

Specifically, the Executive Director will:

•  Develop and implement programmatic and organizational strategies and goals in collaboration with the FAWE Africa Board:
  
•  Develop and implement programmatic and organizational strategies and goals in collaboration with the FAWE Africa Board:
  
•  Develop and review the Strategic Plans. Master planning. policies and guidelines of FAWE;
  
•  Provide leadership and direction to FAWE's National Chapters, setting the priorities of the organization, uphold the integrity, reputation and sustainability of the organization;
  
•  Build. nurture and manage strategic alliances and partnership with African governments and regional economic bodies, donors and other likeminded organizations and networks seeking to promote girls‘ and women's education; and,
  
•  Develop innovative and effective resource mobilization strategies to facilitate programme implementation and ensure the sustainability and stability of FAWE.
  

The Applicant
The successful candidate will have a Postgraduate degree with a bias in Strategic Management. Gender. Development or Education. S/he will possess at least 15 - 20 years‘ experience with strong leadership skills and a successful leader in a regional organization, experience with a female-led organization will be an asset. S/he will be a visionary leader with a demonstrated track record in strategic management. programme development, resource mobilization, project implementation and monitoring and evaluation.

The ED will possess well developed networking and negotiation skills with the ability to develop strong collaborative partnerships and relationships with donors high profile government officials and international partners. S/he will have a passion for girl-child education and will provide focused leadership and resolve conflict situations. S/he will possess excellent interpersonal communication skills preferably in English or French. being bilingual will be an added advantage.

S/he will command presence demonstrate sound decision-making and judgment capabilities. integrity and resilience and will be self-driven.