Position: Response Programmes Director

Organization: World Vision

Location: Global

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Establish, lead, resource and staff the programmes unit to meet response needs:

• Lead team/individual development and provide direction and support as needed to enable effective performance.
• Contribute to National Office (NO) capacity building in the area of emergency response in coordination with NO leadership and Human Resources (HR)- referred to as People and Culture (P&C).
• Determine Programmes organisational structure and staffing plan with P&C.
• Work with P&C to recruit and deploy Programmes staff and plan for capacity development.
• Ensure Programmes’ staff handovers are conducted.
• Develop Programmes budget in coordination with Finance.
• Plan for Programmes Unit transition/ integration with NO, where applicable.

Lead the programme planning process to ensure alignment with context, humanitarian needs, response strategy as well as operational feasibility and technical quality:

• Support development of operational intent plan to align with funding allocations ensuring operational feasibility and technical quality.
• Support RM and Finance in developing Response Budget, ensuring strong alignment and coordination with Operations team during budgeting and budget management process.
• Supports Sectors and Operations Director to draft response plan.
• Works with GAM to coordinate grant acquisition.
• Write Operational Intent inclusive of targets.
• Prepare project RACIs for new grants.

Oversee donor liaison and advocacy is undertaken to resource operations plan to address humanitarian needs​.The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the GAM team undertake the following activities:

• Monitor and analyse donor opportunities to ensure they align with operational intent.
• Communicate humanitarian needs identified through assessments, monitoring data and community feedback to in-country donors and Support Offices International Programmes Groups.
• Represent WV with potential donors (ECHO, DFID, EU, OFDA etc) including bilateral, multilateral and corporates.
• Collaborate with Advocacy and Communications to influence donor funding strategies when appropriate.
• Liaises with SOs regarding donor priorities and opportunities for funding.

Support Finance in the allocation and tracking of response funding to ensure response strategic priorities are funded & effective leveraging of available funding. The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the Programme team undertake the following activities:

• Support mapping of all funding sources with Finance.
• Support funding allocation process (Private Non Sponsorship & grant opportunities) in coordination with Finance, Response Director and Operations to reflect response strategic priorities, operational realities and ensure compliance with relevant funding regulations.
• Support Finance to track donor funding allocation and commitments to ensure response strategic priorities are funded while updating the funding matrix.

Oversee development and submission of project proposals to donors to resource operations plan. The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the GAM team undertake the following activities:

• Develop project proposals with Operations, Advocacy, Finance and relevant Support functions and ensure stakeholders have the opportunity to review proposals and raise issues prior to submission to donors.
• Ensure proposals are aligned with the operational plan, sector DADDs and standards.
• Ensure proposals are aligned with accountability standards and basic DME requirements.
• Maintain donor and SOs communications to facilitate funding acquisition.

Ensure support for Finance to establish grant management system to ensure fulfilment of donor requirements. The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the GAM team undertake the following activities:

• Support finance to conduct grant orientation or grant start-up workshops for relevant staff.
• Plan and manage donor reporting to ensure that all donor requirements are met.
• Support finance with monitoring of grants for compliance with grant requirements.

Oversee planning, implementation, analysis and sharing of findings from assessments and program monitoring. The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the DME team undertake the following activities:

• Plan the initial rapid assessment process and manage the data collection (including primary, secondary data, observational data and community feedback).
• Manage or support ongoing community based assessments as agreed with sector and sub-function leads.
• Incorporate baseline indicators into assessments.
• Analyze assessment data and provide recommendations for strategy and programme design.
• Map interagency assessment processes and participate in joint assessments as agreed with response management.

Oversee implementation of the Information Management System. The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the DME team undertake the following activities:

• Develop and implement the Response ”Impact Dashboard” which houses program related data including the funding matrix.
• Establish and update Indicator Tracking Table (ITT) monitoring reports and share with Operations on a monthly basis.
• Collaborate with Humanitarian Accountability (HA) and collect feedback rends in the Impact Dashboard and share with Operations and management to support programme adaptation and improvement.

Ensure implementation of baselines, evaluations, reviews and learning events for continuous improvement. The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the DME and HA teams undertake the following activities:

• Conduct real time evaluation (RTE) during the first phase of the response.
• Plan and implement real time learning event (RT LE) with Region and H-LEARN and monitor implementation of resulting plan of action.
• Plan and manage project/programme baselines, evaluations and reviews to meet donor and organisational requirements.
• Communicate baseline, evaluation and review findings with response staff and communities.
• Develop Plans of Action that address evaluation, review recommendations and monitor implementation.

Oversee development and implementation of Humanitarian Accountability Mechanisms. The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the HA team undertake the following activities:

• Design and implement community consultation processes to ensure understanding of World Vision’s role and planned interventions and provide opportunities for input and feedback into programme and project designs.
• Design and implement Information Provision plan to ensure that accurate and reliable information about the programme is made available and shared with communities in a timely and accessible manner.
• Establish and support implementation of complaint and feedback mechanisms.
• Consolidate and analyse community complaint information to inform Operations and response management of key issues raised by beneficiaries.
• Coordinate Humanitarian Accountability planning and learning with other accountability focused INGOs and LNGOs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• A minimum of 5 years in roles that feature resource acquisition, grant development, donor engagement and leadership in the humanitarian assistance with a significant portion of this in INGOs.
• 8+ years’ experience in humanitarian assistance work including significant field presence.
• Strong experience in engaging with governmental institutions, UN clusters, and multilateral agencies.
• Strong experience in working with bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, grant management and proposal development.
• Experience in managing resource acquisition and management teams that facilitate innovation and calculated risk taking.
• Experience in program management and compliance of multi-sectoral emergency response projects.
• Strong background in programme quality – MEAL – and information management.
• Intensive experience in leading a multi-cultural team of professionals.
• Effective written and verbal communication in English.
• Short Description

  • Job Experience:

    0-1 Years

  • Posted On:

    06 Mar,2022

  • CTC:

    0-0L/Annual

  • Organisation:

    World Vision