Zonal Program Manager x 2 - ( Locations still to be determined)

About the role

The Zonal Manager will ensure that World Vision programs are implemented effectively, efficiently, and in accordance with approved scopes, timelines, budgets, donor requirements, and organizational standards. The position holder will work closely with technical team and sector leads to identify and pursue influencing opportunities that advance child well-being, strengthen community resilience, and contribute to policy and systems change at zonal and national levels. The incumbent will ensure operational effectiveness across the zone by monitoring implementation of action plans arising from management meetings, audits, assessments, monitoring visits, and project reviews, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability. The position holder will provide strategic and operational leadership for emergency preparedness and response activities within the zone, including supporting assessments, capacity strengthening, resource mobilization, coordination, and the rollout of emergency programs in accordance with World Vision and humanitarian standards. The Zonal Manager will facilitate the implementation of programs quality standards and organizational policies to ensure accountability to children, communities, government, donors, and other stakeholders, while promoting evidence-based programming and effective monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning practices. The position holder will ensure risk-sensitive, proactive, and efficient finance, people and culture, supply chain, security, administration, and other support service functions across the zone. The incumbent will champion responsible stewardship of organizational resources and ensure compliance with World Vision policies, donor regulations, and applicable legal requirements. The position holder will possess strong leadership and organizational skills, capable of coordinating multiple stakeholders, departments, assets, and processes to ensure effective program delivery, operational excellence, staff engagement, and organizational impact throughout the zone.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Operational Effectiveness
• Manage a portfolio of multi-sector grants to ensure they end on-time, on- target, within budget, and meet the highest quality reporting standards;
• Maintain high execution rates through closer monitoring of program and partners and submit informative and actionable Reports. Work with Project team and a variety of internal stakeholders, to ensure that action plans are implemented in a timely manner
• Ensure Project managers and other project leads prepare timely and technically sound procurement plans ie within the first month of the project.
• Ensure projects and sectoral performance status in reference to key outcome and output indicators are up to date periodically in line with M&E plans;
• Facilitate implementation of effective accountability and reporting mechanisms to all key stakeholders, including government, donors and the communities;
• Facilitate periodic internal reflection and learning platforms to promote effective program implementation and business processes;
• Gather, collate and provide analysis of operational needs across in the area of operation;
• Work closely with Support service units; Design Monitoring and Evaluation teams and project managers, ensure that operation needs are addressed;
• Participate and or lead in various internal structures/committees (ERDM, ERM, RISK& AUDIT, CMT, TC, GIK TEECAP. TC etc.);
• Ensure effective GIK management from planning, receipt, storage, and distribution inline with GIK SOPs.
• Lead the roll out and implementation of Humanitarian accountability activities such as information provision and CMR are maintained in all projects.
• Produce monthly management reports (MMR), update grant trackers and support project managers to produce quality and timely donor reports.
• Stakeholder Engagement and donor communications.
• Ensure WV is engaged in government, donor and coordination mechanisms including Area Based Coordination (ABCs) and sub-National clusters including documentation tracking and sharing of action points.
• Strengthen existing WV information-sharing mechanisms to promote coordination;
• Ensure submission of 4Ws to the relevant Clusters and active participation including prepositioning for leadership.
• Develop strategic networks enabling World Vision to leverage a collective voice in favour of children and their families, communities and partners;
• Fost

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Additional Information

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories! Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) Job Description: Zonal Program Manager x 2 - Somali Program

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