|
Christian mission Aid is urgently in need of a Sudan Program Director
Christian Mission Aid, an International Christian disaster response and development organization, who has worked in South Sudan since 1993 in areas of Primary Healthcare, Food Security, Capacity building, Comprehensive Eye Care and Christian Outreach programs.
Main Objectives
The Program Director will provide strategic leadership, management, administration, planning, organizational controls necessary to accomplish our field objectives in South Sudan.
The Program Director is responsible for determining overall sectoral needs and shaping CMA's response to these perceived needs. This process entails data collection, proposal writing and presentation, and donor solicitation and reporting..
The Program Director must have an up to date understanding of the political situation in all the areas of South Sudan, and knowledge of how this affects the security of all CMA teams in the field. The Director must also maintain a current knowledge of population and sectoral needs and potential CMA response. This will necessitate constant contact with counterparts, partner NGO's, and the UN bodies, along with ongoing assessments into South Sudan itself.
Key Responsibilities - Supervise and monitor all field programs from the initial request for services, through the assessment and grant proposal submission, and throughout the implementation of all CMA South Sudan Projects.
- Will write project proposals to present to our funding agencies, governments and other donors in order to present to them new projects ideas or submission of proposals for the continuation of the present programs of CMA.
- Work closely with the Project Manager to design CMA projects to reflect the assessed needs of the entire program, and shape them in relation to the sectoral strategies laid out by the GOSS.
- Assist the Project Manager to ensure program implementation as outlined in granted proposals, and submit documentation and reports as required by Africa Director, Donors and UN agencies.
- Maintain working relationship with present donors and actively attempt to broaden existing donor base.
- Networking with other NGO's working in South Sudan to assure a consistency of strategy, for possible collaboration and working with new partners in the areas CMA operates.
- Will lead capacity building processes of government units, local NGO’s and Sudanese Churches.
- Supervise all South Sudan budgets in a responsible way to ensure projects stay within the budget guidelines.
- Make frequent visits to the field sites to assess project implementation and provide support to sector coordinators.
- Assist in the formulation of a policy and procedure manuals for South Sudan projects that includes; job descriptions for staff positions, CMA policy for common situations, and written procedures for common activities.
- Represent the South Sudan projects in fund raising and public relations efforts.
| PERSONNAL SPECIFICATION | ESSENTIAL | DESIRABLE | Academic Qualifications
| Degree in social sciences,Anthropology or other related areas | Master degree in Business Administration | | Professional | Extra training in project management, proposal and report writing, monitoring and evaluation | | | Special aptitudes | Effective oral and written communication skills
Ability to evaluate problems and determine appropriate action
Good understanding and implementation of good relief development projects with a least 3yrs experience.
Good interpersonal skills and cross-cultural experience
Good team builder with good leadership skills
Ability to communicate effectively with donors internationally | | | Personal Attributes | A mature Christian . A person of integrity.
Highly analytical and organized person with a high degree of initiative.
| | | Technical expertise | Technical expertise in composing comprehensive project proposals , report writing, monitoring and evaluation and people management
| 3 yrs experience
| | Work experience | At least 3 years working in project management | 5 years | | Special requirements | Energetic, enthusiastic and a flexible attitude towards work.
Frequent travel to different locations in Sudan to monitor projects and for meetings.35% of the program time.
Genuine commitment to the core values of the NGO | |
Applications and curriculum vitae should be:
emailed through;
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Post through;
The Personnel Manager
CMA
P O Box 57351-00200
Nairobi
|
