Director of Program Operations for Eastern Southern Africa

2 months ago


Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa FHI 360 Full time
Job Summary

FHI 360 is seeking a highly skilled professional to serve as the Associate Director, Program Management in our Eastern Southern African Regional Office. This role will be responsible for supporting the regional leadership in the management, implementation, prioritization, sequencing, and selection of projects within the Eastern Africa region.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure program quality according to FHI 360 standards.
  • Ensure that resources are utilized in accordance with applicable FHI 360 and donor policies and procedures.
  • Ensure appropriate monitoring of program subprojects to achieve financial, administrative, and programmatic goals.
  • Ensure that appropriate office policies and procedures are developed and implemented.
  • Monitor work plans and budgets; ensure appropriate levels of technical assistance in program operations; support partner efforts in program implementation; ensure appropriate program monitoring and accurate financial and programmatic reporting to the region, as required.
  • Provide technical assistance through the review and/or writing of proposals, protocols, papers, reports to ensure accuracy and appropriateness.
  • Contribute to resource development efforts: identify RD opportunities; participate in proposal development process. Ensure appropriate technical, programmatic, financial support to country programs.
  • Support Program and Project Management Leading Practices, Mentoring and Support Initiatives.
  • Foster innovation and drive adoption of leading practices and provide subject matter expertize to Project Managers, Project Directors, Directors, Program and Functional Managers and/or business partners related to the project management function, process and/or tools.
  • Provide capacity planning models and identifies potential resource conflicts across the countries supported.
  • Maintain an overall governance and understanding of dependencies associated with resources and projects across the project portfolio.
  • Provide project, program and portfolio metrics, and analytics to support business and executive decision making.
  • Participate in assessment, design team, capacity building and program startup activities.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent in Business Administration, International Development, Civil Society, Social Marketing, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Gender, Health, Nutrition, Research, Technology, Youth, or a related field
  • 10+ years of relevant experience (including 3+ years of line management experience) in business administration, project management transformation, change management, strategy consulting, or internal corporate strategy.
  • Demonstrated experience in sector specific or multi-sector project management and implementation.
  • Experience operating in insecure environments.
  • Experience working in a non-governmental organization (NGO).
  • Proven experience in successfully planning and leading project start-up and closeouts with clear metrics.
  • Experience overseeing project financial pipelines and guiding project Directors in financial management.
  • Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English.


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