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Country Director [Kigali]
POSTED BY: Trademark East Africa
REF:TMARK 39
Date Published:Monday, December 19, 2022
Date of Expiration:Saturday, June 17, 2023 EXPIRED
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| LOCATION OF THIS JOB |
 Rwanda | KIGALI in Rwanda |
| INDUSTRY |
| DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
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| JOB TYPE |
| Full-Time |
| MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION |
Line Manager title: Regional Director, East & Central Africa
Grade: JG 4
Direct reports: Programme Manager
Programme Manager OSBPs
Department: Rwanda Country Programme
Location: Kigali, Rwanda, with support to other TMEA offices when required
JOB SUMMARY
1. The Country Director (CD) is the Portfolio Director (PD) for the programme with overall responsibility for delivering quality results of this portfolio in line with TMEA’s Strategy and Project Cycle Management (PCM) Guidelines as well as managing and maintaining strategic relationships with government, the private sector, civil society, and the donor community.
2. In addition, the CD is responsible for managing the country team to ensure delivery of the programme and ensuring best practice is followed with TMEA corporate guidelines, procedures and systems.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership, Fundraising and Budgeting
1. Provide strategic leadership to the Country Programme, ensuring that country programme is in line with the overall objectives of TMEA and aligned to continental, regional and country priorities on economic development and trade integration
2. Lead fundraising initiatives for the country programme in collaboration with the corporate office, to ensure that enough resources are available to implement the country programme interventions in the medium to long term
3. As the budget and risk holder, ensure that the expenditure of portfolio is in line with forecasted budgets and that risks are being effectively managed.
Programme Cycle Management
1. Ensure successful delivery and realisation of outcomes of overall portfolio of projects in the programme in line with TMEA’s Theory of Change and PCM guidelines, including monitoring and evaluation (M&E), financial management and risk management.
2. Act as the Secretary to the National Oversight Committee (NOC) composed of TMEA’s key partners which oversees the implementation of the programme.
3. Prepare annual business plans and quarterly progress reports and updates for the NOC and ensure the smooth operation of this Committee
4. Work at a strategic portfolio level with the Chief of Programmes and Strategic Objective Leaders (SOLs) to ensure coherence of the country portfolio and its alignment to national development plans and TMEA’s Theory of Change.
5. Within TMEA’s matrix management structure, manage the 3-person matrix team of the Project Leader (PL) and Technical Co-ordinator (TC), and convene regular meetings to ensure effective PCM is taking place in all the projects of the portfolio, particularly in terms of delivery of outputs/outcomes and expenditure against work plans and effective management of risk.
Stakeholder Management
1. Lead on high-level political and diplomatic matters representing TMEA at high level events and act as the primary TMEA interlocutor at all high-level stakeholders in priority projects. Ensure that all TMEA projects have steering committees chaired at a senior level by implementing partners.
2. Responsible for liaison with the local donor community to ensure smooth relationships with the investors and to support additional fund raising from new and existing donors. Together with country colleagues and Senior Management Team, develop proposals for new country projects.
Knowledge sharing & Communications
1. Develop and implement a communications and visibility strategy for TMEA in country in liaison with the TMEA Communications Team and ensure good public relations around TMEA projects and TMEA related issues, including case studies and impact stories.
2. Generate and distribute knowledge sharing products from the portfolio of projects in conjunction with the Results Team.
Corporate systems
1. Ensure that all TMEA’s corporate systems and procedures are followed in the country office including:
2. Provide leadership, support and mentoring to country office staff including undertaking performance appraisals.
3. Ensure good practice PCM is followed by the whole team in terms of project design, procurement & contract management, outcome/output-based planning, reporting and financial management, and results-oriented monitoring, learning and evaluation.
4. Ensure the programme follows good practice contract management, financial management etc.; and
5. Ensure risk management, transparency, zero tolerance to fraud and corruption, and due diligence in all programming activities.
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| REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB |
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
1. An undergraduate degree preferably in Economics, Development Studies, International Trade, Planning, Finance or Management.
2. A post-graduate degree in a related field will be an added advantage.
WORK EXPERIENCE
A minimum of 12 years management experience for Undergraduate degree holders and minimum of 12 years for postgraduate degree holders management experience (5 of which should have been gained in Southern and East African countries preferably in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) in managing economic development co-operation programmes preferably in regional integration, trade facilitation, trade and investment climate reform, transport sector development, and/or institutional reform for Department for International Development (DFID), the European Commission (EC), the World Bank group and/or other development partners. Strong programme cycle management skills, proven ability in preparing terms of reference and project documents and monitoring and evaluation skills are essential.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
1. Excellent leadership and people management skills.
2. Strong strategy skills.
3. Fundraising skills
4. Ability to establish and maintain strong collaborative partnerships/relationships with development partners, high ranking government officials, civil society, and private sector organisations.
5. Sound decision-making and judgement capabilities.
6. Excellent communication and personal effectiveness skills.
7. Problem solving and analytical skills.
8. Excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills.
9. Financial management and budgeting experience
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