DRC Program Development and Quality Manager Jobs Kenya 2024
DRC Program Development and Quality Manager Jobs Kenya 2024: Danish Refugee Council has announced latest Job vacancy in Nairobi, Kenya. You can apply to the job before the Application deadline Oct 4th, 2024. Before applying we suggest read the job description very carefully and also requirements about this position.
Position Quick Info
- Job Title: Program Development and Quality Manager
- Duty Station: Nairobi
- Country: Kenya
- Contract type: National contract
- Duration: 1 year
- Deadline: Oct 4, 2024
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage technical teams on protection, livelihoods, MEAL, Advocacy and others as needed. Provide guidance and oversee technical workplans and development of technical strategies and policies
Ensure that the Technical teams and Managers provide input into reports and proactively communicate planned requirements of program design and implementation to the relevant area and country office functions.
Ensure an appropriate level of technical assistance and capacity building is provided to DRC’s implementing partners.
Oversee the Grants Coordinator – ensure DRC is adhering to compliance and reporting requirements, and staff have capacity to meet compliance and reporting requirements
Work closely with the Head of Programme, Area Managers and Technical Managers/Coordinators to transform content and conceptual designs into competitive final proposals responsive to the donor guidelines.
Coordinate and provide oversight to all aspects of the proposal development process from the development of a writing guide, proposal calendar, through to delivery and timely submission of proposals.
Review proposals for consistency with the requirements of solicitations, requests or calls for proposals, predicting or preventing bottlenecks in the proposal development process and securing the necessary information to complete process.
Ensure the proposal development process takes into consideration the mainstreaming of CHS, global cross cutting themes such as Age, Gender and Diversity, and lessons learnt from previous programming
Lead on identifying and engaging with relevant potential donors and developing business development strategies
In conjunction with the HoP and CD, represent DRC externally with donors, peer agencies, and strategic partner organizations through building relationships and networking.
Support the Area Managers and Country Director on advocacy initiatives at relevant county and national level. The role shall work with the Regional Advocacy Coordinator and Advocacy & Communications Coordinator to design, review and implement the DRC advocacy strategy.
Represent DRC in the humanitarian, community safety and durable solutions forums with the objective to strengthen DRC’s position.
Develop an agenda and assemble talking points representing DRC’s perspectives in relevant forums with donors and support the CD/HoP with funding negotiations with donors.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in communications, political science, international development, law or other relevant discipline.
Experience:
Minimum 5 years of UN/INGO experience in proposal writing, including conceptualizing and technical writing under strict deadlines with demonstrated success.
Recognized leadership role in program development and Quality.
Ability to work rapidly with staff in the field directly, and remotely in writing and where necessary revising concepts, proposals and reports.
Capacity to work in a multi-sector team, including coordinating technical input into proposals
Familiarity with requirements of key humanitarian donors and capacity to work in a multi-donor environment, including DANIDA, EU/ECHO, FCDO, UN donors among others.
Good humanitarian and development programming skills, including capacity to prepare logical, coherent and consistent documents including log frames.
Communication skills: excellent written and articulate oral communication skills, particularly in English.
Significant programme implementation experience in Kenya.
Languages:
Excellent written and spoken English
Fluency in spoken Kiswahili