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Cesvi – Operations Manager- Kenya

Data: 16/01/2015

La ONG Cesvi sta selezionando un Operations Manager da inserire nel suo ufficio di Nairobi dal quale vengono supervisionate le attività in Somalia. Scadenza per le candidature: 31 gennaio 2015


Operations Manager

CODE: 02_2015 OM KEN
LOCATION: Nairobi – Kenya
CLOSING DATE: 31/01/2015
DURATION: 3+3 months

WORK CONTEXT

Cesvi opened a coordination office in Nairobi to supervise the projects in the country and to support the staff in Somalia at an institutional level. In Kenya Cesvi is actually working in a development project founded by EU focused on Child Protection. The area of involvement concerns the abolishment of every form of violence towards minors in the National Justice System in 6 counties across Kenya.In Somalia, in the regions of Puntland, Hiraan, Galmudug, Gedo and Banadir, Cesvi is involved in the mother-child health emergency with activities that ensure adequate access to primary care, the fight against child malnutrition and vaccine campaigns for rural and urban populations. Health actions are integrated with programs aimed at increasing self-support for families and the resilience to shocks caused by natural or man-made disasters. In the capital Mogadishu, Cesvi is working on water sanitation, emergency waste disposal and child health and protection.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Program operations management
Coordinate and support field project managers especially in Somalia in:
• Design procurement plan;
• Drafting of procurement procedure, running cost and HR plans;
• Follow up of procurement procedures;
• Correct archiving of the documents;
• Budget forecast;
• Ensuring strong information flow & management for the above items between Nairobi and the field.

Coordinate and support field logisticians in:
• Supervise logistic of the activities in close collaboration with Project Managers;
• Ensure the quality of the purchases and the delivery deadlines;
• Ensure regular purchases follow up in close collaboration with the Operation and Finance Department for down payments and monthly budget follow up;
• Stock ManagementEnsure the development and implementation of effective information management systems (gestionale) and processes where these are not in place;
• Ensure the teams have the operational management tools and templates required to effectively manage their projects;
• Develop and disseminate these where necessary.

Grants Management
Act as a liaison between the field teams and the finance & grants team in Nairobi to ensure effective implementation of systems.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
• Master’s degree in development, NGO management in economic and logistic or equivalent work experience;
• Demonstrable management experience in humanitarian operations, including significant field operations experience in emergency programs; experience running development programmes an asset;
• Experience with program management of institutional donors projects (i.e., ECHO, EU, USAID, DFID, etc.);
• Demonstrable financial and budget management experience, including the ability to train and mentor staff on project financial and logistic management;
• Experience as a budget holder;
• Significant knowledge of international humanitarian systems, institutions and donors and of procedures, accountability frameworks and best practices in emergency management;
• Significant knowledge and experience of logistic management and procurement procedures;
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly into the field in Kenya and especially in Somalia;
• Proven team working skills, adaptability and flexibility;
• Strong communication skills;
• Excellent written and spoken English;
• Excellent IT skills.

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS
• Experience working in emergency contest especially in East Africa;
• Experience running development and emergency programmes and field-level project implementation.

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