Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Regional Program Director

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
• Leading and managing the Restore Africa PCU, ensuring staff are motivated to perform optimally, while liaising with the GEA Secretariat for technical and program management guidance and support.
• Providing effective management, good stewardship of the PCU budget, and effective oversight of Program budgets, ensuring accurate monthly financial reporting and timely audits.
• Leading stakeholder engagement for the Restore Africa Program, building and maintaining robust networks and excellent relationships with governments, member organisations, national Lead Implementing Organisations (LIOs), NGOs, multilateral bodies, and research institutes, among others.
• Maintaining effective oversight of each of the national LIOs, monitoring their performance, and providing and facilitating between LIOs capacity development and mutual support to maximise the achievement of the Program’s overall objectives.
• Enhancing the Alliance’s value addition in the region by leveraging the strengths of the Alliance’s network, members and non-member partners.
• Ensuring LIOs and other implementing partners are effectively resourced through timely planning and budgeting, funding disbursement and reporting while ensuring compliance with relevant standards and good international practices across the Program.
• Leading the development of processes, procedures, and systems required for the effective and consistent management of the Restore Africa Program, including risk management strategies.
• Creating a robust system for evidence-building and promoting Program progress and impacts while ensuring monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions are performed on time and to a high-quality standard across the Restore Africa program.
• Acting as the Secretary to the Restore Africa Program Steering Committee (PSC) and ensuring LIOs are effectively supported by the Technical Advisory Group.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA
• Tertiary qualifications at master’s level (PhD an advantage), e.g. business administration, international and community development, natural resource management, sustainable agriculture or related studies.
• At least ten years of management experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff and assembling teams.
• Minimum five years’ experience in managing large-scale, complex program implementation in the not-for-profit sector; preferably Natural Resource Management or Sustainable Agriculture projects
• Demonstrated experience and skills in achieving deliverables on time with the ability to oversee assignments through to completion
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to work on several projects simultaneously.
• Excellent and effective communications with familiarity with different communications technology platforms.
• Advanced knowledge regarding the drivers and impacts of climate change and carbon offsetting projects.
• Demonstrated experience working closely within multidisciplinary and multicultural teams at national, regional, and international levels, preferably in the Africa region.
• Experience in high-level networking and relationship strengthening with internal and external stakeholders.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

Please provide both your CV and a Cover Letter clearly addressing the Selection Criteria to hr@evergreening.org.  Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Applications will be reviewed as they come in, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

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