Regional Manager

LE CABINET ITM SARL recherche pour le compte d’une grande ONG Internationale basée  en Grande Bretagne et s’appuyant fortement sur les nouvelles technologies de l’information appliquées au développement, un Gestionnaire Régional qui sera basé au Mali ou au Sénégal.

Job Title:

REGIONAL MANAGER

Reports to:

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR   EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                   

Location:

DAKAR or BAMAKO with 40% to 60% travels across West Africa Region

Job Role

Purpose of the Job

OneWorld UK is an international NGO based in the UK, implementing programmes worldwide. The organization’s mission is to innovate mobile and Internet technologies that the world’s poorest people can use to improve their life chances, and to help people everywhere understand global problems and get involved in the issues they care about. OneWorld’s projects make use of mobile phone, social and traditional media, and other digital technologies to empower people with the information they need – at the moment they need it – to improve their own lives and campaign for social justice, the environment, and improvements in the lives of others. Mobile phones tend to be at the heart of many of our projects as they have become ever more ubiquitous and accessible – even in the most remote parts of the world – in recent years.
In the last five years, OneWorld has developed two key initiatives in the West Africa Region on sexual and reproductive health and rights – including maternal and child health – and governance, democracy and active citizenship – including election monitoring. As part of the organization’s strategic plan, this region of over 340 million people is an important area, where OneWorld aims to build on its existing initiatives and develop new ones that will help empower citizens to express themselves and reclaim their rights and to ensure access to high-quality social services. For more information on OneWorld’s projects, visit https://www.oneworld.org/our-work

Role Overview:

OneWorld UK is recruiting a Regional Manager to reinforce and further develop our West Africa Regional Office and to oversee our strategic thrust in this region.

Accountabilities

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

Key Activities

Fundraising

– Contributes to OWUK’s fundraising at the highest level.
– Proposes a regional and fundraising strategy to Programme Director (PD) and Executive Director (ED), and works with them to maintain the strategy as a living document.
– Working within the strategy, identifies and develops major fundraising opportunities, taking a proactive role in seeking funding;
° Develops a mix (to be agreed with PD and ED) of restricted and unrestricted contracts.
° Keeps abreast of developments within the sector., including in Information and Communications Technology .
° Develops high quality proposals and answers queries from funders.
– Explore and develop alliances with other organisations to extend the reach and impact of OneWorld’s programme in the region.
– Help maintain  Oneworld UK as one of the leading NGOs globally on innovative use of Information and Communications Technology to support governance, youth and women active citizenship work, and attract significant external funding to further scale up our work in the west African region

Management

– Ensure high quality performance management for direct line reports, regular appraisals, effective work-planning and harmonisation of work
– Convene and provide professional advice and support to the country managers

Planning /
Communication

Works to establish, represent and maintain OneWorld’s image as a highly reputable and well-networked organisation with excellent stakeholder relationships, particularly with its current and potential funding organisations in the region.
– Ensure excellent communications with the Regional Country Managers/Team members and the rest of the OneWorld team.
– Relationship management with key partners and stakeholders (e.g. private organisations, foundations, international agencies, NGOs and government bodies in most countries) and funders; and follow up on contacts as passed on by the PD, ED or other team members.
– Oversee and contribute to the promotion of regional programme activities.
– Support country managers in developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders in their target areas.

Operations & Finance

– Ensure the development of  operational budgets for each country, and their presentation to the Programme Director (and Executive Director) for approval.
– Ensure own chargeability targets are met, and work with PD and ED to ensure regional targets are met.
– Procurement and allocation of resources are in line with organizational objectives and available resources.
– Ensure Financial and narrative reporting is carried out to the satisfaction of the funders.

Person Specification

Education & Certifications

 Master’s degree, or equivalent education/knowledge, in health, politics, policy or social sciences relevant to health and governance

Essential Knowledge and Experience

– You have significant experience in fundraising for major projects and programmes in sub-Saharan and especially Francophone West Africa.
– You are fluent in English and French, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
– You have experience in programme management in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, including programmes implemented in partnership with both the public and private sectors.
– You have experience managing or supporting EU/USAID/DFID-funded initiatives, and you can demonstrate an understanding of donor relations and reporting.

Desirable Knowledge and Experience

– You have experience (at least 10 years) building the technical capacity of local organisations or NGOs in developing countries, with excellent interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders and partners.
– You are experienced in the development/implementation of ICT4D projects, programmes and service delivery approaches in an operational context and have proven experience of technical leadership, particularly as it relates to programme coordination and implementation, advocacy efforts and analysis of needs and gaps.
– You have strong staff management skills and experience, including virtual (long-distance) management of multi-disciplinary teams.
– You have excellent analytical, project management, budget management and IT skills, with the ability to manage your time to meet tight deadlines.
– You have experience in governance and democracy, and experience in health sector issues is desirable, as is experience in gender integration and/or youth programming.

HOW TO APPLY?

Application process

Please send your CV ,work certificates, degrees and a cover letter describing your suitability for the position to  [email protected] and copy to: [email protected] and [email protected]  
Tel:  Mali: 00223 66740547, 0022360512136 Senegal:

Deadline

July 20, 2015 at   3.00 pm