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Key Result Areas and Responsibilities

Strategic planning

• Provide leadership and oversight for developing and evaluating strategic plans for CEHURD's programs, ensuring clear communication of program vision and goals to team members and stakeholders.

• Lead the design and development of new programme initiatives, ensuring that they are evidence based, innovative and responsive to community needs.

• Ensure that CEHURD’s programme areas remain relevant and feasible and respond to the changing operational environment, proposing necessary amendments for enhanced programme effectiveness.

• Identify key strategic issues, risks, and opportunities specific to institutional programmatic goals.

• Articulate connections between organizational strategy and program objectives and ensure the implementation, resourcing, and continuous review of programmatic areas of CEHURD’s strategic plan.

• Provide oversight for programmatic and operational excellence.

• Support the development and implementation of strategic communication linked to CEHURD’s technical programme areas,

• Supervise programme implementation, and guide the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning function to benefit programmatic work.

• Provide oversight for periodic planning and reporting across various programme areas under the portfolio.

Governance and Leadership

• Establish and Implement Programmatic Governance Systems: Oversee the establishment and implementation of robust governance systems, ensuring effective coordination and preparation of activities and quarterly reports for governing bodies of CEHURD.

• Executive and Senior Team Collaboration: Support and actively participate in program-specific executive and senior management team meetings, ensuring the implementation of identified actions and fostering collaboration across the program.

• Leadership Development and Empowerment: Conduct regular meetings with program managers

• to facilitate realistic planning at all levels, providing leadership and support to empower staff members to maximize the impact of CEHURD programs while adhering to high standards.

• Grants Management and Budget Oversight: Provide support for the effective functioning of program-specific grants management functions. Collaborate with the Director of Finance and program teams to generate and manage annual program budgets.

• Represent CEHURD in relevant spaces and platforms showcasing our programmes and their impact.

• Participate in all activities of CEHURD’s leadership and management team.

Programme Design and Development

• Strategic Program Development and Planning: o Lead programme development in alignment with the organization's strategic objectives. o Be responsible for work planning, approving budgets, and ensuring adherence to legal guidelines and internal policies.

Program Management and Oversight:

• Supervise programme and project managers, providing leadership and resolving complex problems.

• Coordinate and monitor the day-to-day implementation of inception activities, maintaining quality and compliance.

• Oversee field activities, ensuring timeliness and budget adherence.

• Community-Responsive Program Design and Implementation: o Ensure programmatic interventions are designed and implemented responsively to communities, authorities, partners, and beneficiaries.

• Support programme implementation, reporting, and accountability in line with organizational and donor policies and requirements.

Efficient Program Implementation and Integration:

• Oversee programme implementation strategies, including partnership frameworks, beneficiary targeting, distribution processes and capacity building of partners as needed.

• Workplan and Budget Management Support: Support Program Managers in generating workplans and budgets.

• Provide continuous support and feedback to managers and project leads, identifying strategies to enhance efficiency and productivity.

• Collaborate with finance and administration teams to develop and manage programme budgets, ensuring efficient and effective use of resources.

• Strategic Leadership, Knowledge Management, and Partnerships: o Provide strategy and leadership on knowledge management and capacity building for program innovation.

• Facilitate the building and managing of strategic partnerships with like-minded organizations, donors and other development partners, beneficiaries and other key stakeholders.

• Actively contribute to the implementation of CEHURD’s risk management policies and plans in collaboration with the leadership and management team.

• Staff development and growth

• Provide oversight and guidance to programme managers and staff, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning and accountability.

• Motivation: Develop and implement a culture that ensures consistent team cohesion and motivation.

• Staff Development: Develop a staff development plan aligned to the skills gaps of programmes staff and implement it in line to the strategic goals of programs and CEHURD. Liaise with the Human Resource Office to inform capacity development interventions. Monitor execution of staff development targets against agreed action items.

• Performance management: Ensure effective performance management for programme teams including the development and implementation of performance improvement plans when necessary.

• Ensuring that team members are meeting programme objectives and behaving in accordance with best practices.

• Nurturing innovation, learning and technological adaptation culture among programme teams.

• Fundraising and resource mobilization

• Actively participate in the review and implementation of CEHURD’s resource mobilization strategy and financial sustainability plan.

• Sustain collaboration with the directorate of business development to ensure that resource mobilization efforts are aligned with programme objectives and priorities.

• Support the implementation of cost recovery approaches within programmes, with the objective of generating unrestricted funds and foster the growth of CEHURD’s reserve fund in line with ethical and sustainable financial practices.

• Donor Relations Management: Effectively manage donor relations, emphasizing the cultivation of new funding sources while nurturing positive relationships with existing and former funders.

Effective Grants Management

• Technical Program Support: Provide technical support for the implementation of CEHURD’s grant management manual and associated processes.

• Streamlining Program Grant Management: Support the streamlining of grant management functions within programmes, facilitating sub-granting to implementing partners aligned with program goals in collaboration with the directorate of business development and Grants Unit.

• Program-Centric Function Growth: Cultivate the growth of grants management functions specific to programmes, ensuring alignment with programmatic objectives and guidelines in collaboration with the directorate of business development and the Grants Unit.

• Programmes Compliance Oversight: Oversee and monitor compliance with donor grant agreements and requirements within the programmes, collaborating with relevant departments for comprehensive oversight.

Program Oversight and Quality Assurance:

• Compliance and Administrative Excellence: Ensure programme adherence to robust financial and administrative procedures. Guarantee transparent use of programme resources, aligning with donor and CEHURD regulations. Monitor adherence to CEHURD’s policies and statutory requirements within program operations.

• Financial Oversight and Accountability: Provide programmatic oversight for financial planning, forecasting, and procurement processes. Conduct financial evaluations, ensuring accountability for all program resources.

• Internal Audit and Quality Assurance: Support the growth and development of the internal audit function specific to programmes. Establish and operationalize quality controls and quality assurance measures within programs.

• Prudent Resource Management: Facilitate compliance with donor regulations and ensure transparent resource utilization.

• Quality Oversight: Contribute to the development and implementation of a Program-Specific Quality Assurance Manual. Coordinate outsourced services relevant to programme activities

• Monitor programme implementation and progress towards objectives, identifying and addressing challenges and opportunities for improvement.

• Lead programme evaluation and learning efforts including impact assessments.

• Follow emerging trends, best practices and policy developments in relevant areas if CEHURD’s work and integrate new knowledge into programme strategies.