- Where
- Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
- Level
- Senior
Trócaire is an international NGO. We work with local partners in the world’s most at-risk communities and with people in Ireland to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and injustice and respond to the crises they create. Together we bring about positive and lasting change for a just world. Trócaire works in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We work towards five goals:
Promote Access to Justice;
Achieve Climate & Environmental Justice;
Ensure Women & Girls’ Protection, Voice & Influence;
Save Lives and Protect Human Dignity and
Mobilise the Public on the island of Ireland to achieve Global Justice.
Find out more about the organisation at www.Trócaire.org
Trócaire works through local partners in Sudan delivering an integrated humanitarian & development programme that includes the provision of life saving assistance, food security, livelihood, WASH and protection services while strengthening social cohesion within conflict affected and displaced communities. As a partnership agency, Trócaire works with a portfolio of national and local partner organisations to strengthen their capacities to deliver humanitarian assistance and implement development-oriented programmes in a way that ensures compliance with international standards.
Trócaire is seeking to recruit a Head of Programme Development & Quality (HoPDQ) to be based in Nairobi, Kenya to support local partners in South Kordofan, Sudan. As a member of the Country Management Team (CMT), the Head of PDQ is responsible for driving cross-functional engagement in the development and delivery of Trócaire’s Country Strategy Plans in Sudan, developing annual plans and reporting on results. S/he is responsible for ensuring development and delivery of high quality, evidence-based, innovative programmes in all contexts, that contribute to Trócaire’s Global Strategic Plan.
The Head of PDQ ensures that a robust monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) system is in place, that the country office engages in the collection and use of evidence and that this is shared across the organisation, and that reliable data is used for decision-making.
The Head of PDQ supports strategic positioning with donors and partners and leads on programme and project design to ensure that the country office strategies can be delivered in line with Trócaire’s programme framework, Localisation agenda and a gender transformational approach.
As a senior leader in the country office s/he plays a representational role with the government/authorities, donors, partners, peer agencies, and others.
As one of the most senior staff in the Country Office, the Head of PDQ must demonstrate the qualities of agile leadership. S/he plays a key role in defining and pursuing the strategic direction for Trócaire’s programmes in Sudan, ensuring the relevance, coherence, safety and impact of our programmes in all contexts.
This is a challenging role requiring an individual who can work with complexity and multiple tasks at one time. It demands dedication to demonstrating outcomes for communities at risk, experience in integrated programming and a highly motivated leader. S/he has specific oversight for ensuring that programmes demonstrate thematic excellence in contributing to Trócaire’s Global Strategic Plan.
About the Role
The Head of PDQ will report to the Country Director in Nairobi and will lead, develop and empower an experienced, committed and hardworking team of 12. The Head of PDQ will directly line manage four Programme Coordinator including the MEAL Coordinator, Protection & GBV Coordinator, Food Security, Livelihoods & Resilience Coordinator, and a Health & Nutrition Coordinator. The Head of PDQ will work closely with the Business Development & Grants Manager, Finance & Admin Manager, and HQ/global technical advisors.
This is a two-year fixed-term contract, renewable, based in Nairobi, with frequent travel to programme locations in Sudan.
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