Summary
Date Posted: Friday, December 09, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.

Job Category
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Programme Roles)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)
The post-holder will need to be a big-picture thinker who is proactive and flexible to respond to business needs. Key responsibilities include:
Lead delivery of the SIGS programme
• The UK’s flagship private sector development programme in Somalia, that implements a flexible/adaptive and system-wide approach.
• Act as Programme Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) clearly communicating programmes aims/objectives and approach, creating a safe, inclusive culture for your team of 5 that recognises success and brings along key stakeholders. And have technical leadership
• Ensure on-going compliance with corporate compliance criteria particularly in managing programme budget and risks.
• Line manage the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Adviser and Programme Responsible Owner. Role-modelling and coaching staff to effectively support policy influencing and programme delivery.
• Lead the Somalia Ec Devt/PSD Donor Coordination Group progressing the common objective of developing evidence-based policy/programming.
• Policy influencing and sector engagement
• Lead UK influencing and engagement efforts on key policy areas such as: trade and Somalia’s accession to regional trade blocks, financial integrity, and price stability of FODD markets.
• Inform the engagement of key partners such as the UN, World Bank Group, European Union, and USAID through active involvement in steering committees and consultation activities.
• Shape/ influence Development Finance Institutions (DFI) engagement in Somalia including through developing relationships with colleagues in central London departments.
• Actively network /engage with the private sector to understand its challenges/opportunities for growth.
• Cross-cutting PSD support
• Act as the FCDO/1HMG Somalia point person on prosperity, business, trade and investment, liaising with FCDO’s London Office and 1 HMG to provide timely responses to enquiries.
• Lead on cross office resilience work, working closely with the humanitarian and climate unit.
• Provide technical inputs into other relevant cross-office programming.
• Professional and technical development
• Maintain and develop technical knowledge in FCDO Somalia focal areas through self-directed learning, networking and engagement.


Resources managed (staff and expenditure):
• The post holder will manage 1 monitoring and evaluation adviser and 1 senior programme manager and be responsible for a £ 38million programme – Supporting Inclusive Growth in Somalia.
• The successful candidate will be expected to accredit to FCDO’s Private Sector Development cadre shortly after appointment

Essential qualifications, skills and experience
Essential on arrival:
• 5-10 years’ experience of delivering economic development programmes particularly adaptive approaches.
• Strong market systems development programme delivery experience.
• Good investment and finance experience including in financial sector deepening and investment climate building.
• Strong team leadership experience
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively with a range of stakeholders including national government, bilateral and multilateral agencies and the private sector
• Experience of operating in a large and complex environment where teamwork, building relations, and bringing people with you is essential.
• Ability to deliver at pace, take initiative and manage your own workload.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Work in FCAS, with a preference for work in Somalia.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
Desirable:
• Experience working on or in fragile and conflict affected states
• Experience in solving a wide range of problems using a variety of tools, and being creative
• Flexibility to work on new priorities as they emerge.
• Ability to speak Somali.

Language: English and Somalia
Level of language required: Proficient

Required behaviours
Seeing the Big Picture, Changing and Improving, Leadership

Other benefits and conditions of employment
• The successful candidate would be expected to regularly travel to Somalia/ Somaliland.
• Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):
• Mandatory FCDO training as well as technical training offered by the FCDO Private Sector Advisory Cadre.

Additional information
• Please complete the application form in full as the information provided is used during screening.
• Please check your application carefully before you submit, as no changes can be made once submitted.
• The British High Commission will never request any payment or fees to apply for a positi.
• The current legacy DFID Terms and Conditions of Employment will apply to all internal locally employed staff on promotion and new entrants subject to local employment labour law. 
• All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit.

The responsibility lies on the successful candidate to:
• Obtain the relevant permit
• Pay fees for the permit
• Make arrangements to relocate
• Meet the costs to relocation
• The British High Commission does not sponsor visas/work permits except where it may be local practice to do so.
• Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.

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Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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