Mercy Corps Director of Programs Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
Mercy Corps Ethiopia looking for “Director of Programs”.
Applicants with a MA Degree may apply on or before 27th January, 2024.
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Mercy Corps Director of Programs Jobs 2024
The Mercy Corps has published a job vacancy announcement on 13th January, 2024 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Director of Programs to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Recruiter | Mercy Corps |
Position | Director of Programs |
Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Country | Ethiopia |
Total Vacant Post | N/A |
Qualification | MA Degree |
Experience Required | Minimum Five (05) years |
Application Deadline | 27th January, 2024 |
Mercy Corps Job Vacancy 2024
Essential Responsibilities:
- In partnership with the Country Director and Senior Management Team (SMT), ensure the development of the country-wide strategic plan that reflects the portfolio of programs, including development of annual Fiscal Year Plans and sector strategies.
- Ensure program portfolio champions Mercy Corps’ Pathway to Possibilities (P2P) approach and leverages the agency expertise around markets in crisis.
- In partnership with the PaQ team, ensure cross portfolio and program communication and learning.
- In partnership with SMT, organize and facilitate country-level platforms for exchange, including senior management meetings and other methods of engagement.
- Ensure integration and linkages across portfolios of work, programs and field offices.
- In partnership with the Country Director and with assistance from SMT, lead new business development initiatives including managing and coordinating proposal development efforts, donor engagement and communications.
- Ensure new business opportunities are in line with Mercy Corps Ethiopia’s strategic vision and deliver impact, fulfill donor requirements and address the local needs of communities.
- Continue to look for new and innovative opportunities and ensure ongoing development of an idea/innovation pipeline to push forward innovations.
- Ensure programs are implemented in ways that are responsive to the communities, in line with Mercy Corps’ principles, values and strategic planning, and follow Mercy Corps’ compliance procedures.
- In partnership with the PaQ team, ensure that programs are managed and meet the minimum standards for program management at Mercy Corps (PM@MC).
- Ensure teams have access to essential technical expertise and support with an emphasis on market systems, economic and micro enterprise development technical support.
- Ensure all program leads are using program management tools to ensure programming is on-time, on-scope and on-budget and using effective operational systems, including finance, logistics, security, and administration.
- Ensure programs are coordinated and create opportunities for strategic discussion from the field teams to management and vice versa on implementation issues.
- Oversight of the development of high-quality donor reports for all programs under supervision prior to submission to the donor.
- Ensure transparent use of financial resources in compliance with Mercy Corps and donor policies and procedures.
- Provide overall strategic leadership to the Program team, and ensuring team fully understands and can operationalize both program agreements and the overall P2P country strategy.
- Ensure all teams understand and can operationalize Mercy Corps’ community-led, market-driven approach, and that gender equality is mainstreamed into all program strategies, programs, and projects.
- Supervise and mentor Program Managers/direct reports to ensure that both programs and projects follow sound planning, implementation, monitoring, learning and adaptation processes; have high performing teams; receive appropriate technical input and
- support, utilize good performance management processes; focus on quality, accountability, and results; deploy cutting-edge technical approaches; and, that good participatory methods and stakeholder engagement approaches are used.
- Ensure the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) team and all program teams understand, appreciate and utilize our project design, monitoring, learning, accountability, and documentation tools and system.
- Ensure that projects and programs receive necessary technical support by: identifying, organizing, and when appropriate delivering trainings, cross-learning exchanges, and information sharing; encouraging and supporting self-directed learning.
- Ensure regular field monitoring visits and provide feedback in ways that improve both project and program level progress, impact, influence, and innovation.
- Lead programming meetings monthly to ensure team learning and cross collaboration.
Position in Organization:
- Director of Programs
- Country: Ethiopia
- City: Addis, Ababa
- Source: Mercy Corps
- Type: Job
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
- MA/S or equivalent in management, international development or other relevant field; some economic development studies required.
Experience:
- 7-10 years’ experience administering donor grants for a variety of sectoral areas; specific experience in market systems and economic development and micro enterprise development.
- 7-10 years’ demonstrated ability to build staff capacity in cross-cultural settings as well as excellent team-building and interpersonal skills.
- 5-7 years of field experience, in positions of increasing responsibility.
- Verifiable record of developing successful proposals for new projects and programs from conception to submission.
- 5-7 years’ experience with donor requirements of USAID/USG, SIDA, DFID, corporations, private donors and/or foundations.
How to Apply Mercy Corps Director of Programs Jobs 2024
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://jobs.jobvite.com/mercycorps/job/oSJSqfwD
The Closing Date: 27th January, 2024.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
Particulars | Details Link |
Job Advertisement | Download |
Official Website | www.mercycorps.org |
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