Chief of Party

Under the supervision of the Project Director and in collaboration with the Senior Project Manager in Montreal in Canada (Québec), the Chief of Party (CoP) will lead the project, ensuring an integrated approach among diverse partners and emphasizing the achievement of the project’s objectives and results. The CoP will guide technical strategies, particularly for the blue economy and economic empowerment component of the project, integrating feminist and social inclusion principles throughout. The CoP is responsible of identifying and mitigating issues related to project implementation, emphasizing gender-responsive solutions and inclusive strategies. The individual will serve as principal liaison between the consortium (Mission inclusion and IUCN ESARO) and stakeholders, highlighting the importance of a feminist approach, significant coordination skills, and experience in inclusive and sustainable environmental value-chains. Additionally, the CoP will represent Mission inclusion in Kenya and acrossthe Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. The CoP is also responsible of the good management of Mi regional teams and regional operations in Kenya.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership & Representation: Provide visionary leadership, incorporating feminist values to drive the project’s strategic direction; Lead all aspects of the implementation and consolidation of the project, ensuring project activities foster gender equality and social inclusion and serve as the primary point of contact; Manage and oversee project execution within the framework of the consortium agreement with IUCN, promoting a culture of transparent collaboration and nurturing constructive, positive relationships among all stakeholders; Promote transparent collaboration, cultivating positive relationships with a feminist ethic, emphasizing mutual respect and equality; Create and sustain an inclusive work environment, championing feminist principles, encouraging diverse perspectives, and fostering a culture where all team members feel valued and heard; Represent the project to international and regional events.

Project: Support the team to ensure the project’s activities are implemented with a feminist lens, ensuring they promote gender equality and empower all community members, especially marginalized groups to deliver expected outcomes; Guarantee the timely and high-quality submission of deliverables, encompassing results, budget adherence, and strategies for gender equality and sustainability in accordance with donor specifications; Facilitate efficient coordination and governance between Mission inclusion’s HQ, IUCN ESARO and seascapes levels and ensure effective governance mechanisms are in place; Coordinate and lead project’s reports, work plans, monitoring and evaluation plan, project communication materials at the regional level and support external and internal project documents (when required); Support the Gender coordinator in ensuring a strategic and technical approach on gender equality and social inclusion, environment and nature-based solution, blue economy and feminist empowerment.

Safety & Security: Proactively manage and mitigate risks, monitoring national and regional developments that could impact office, staff and programming; oEnsure all staff understand and adhere to staff safety and security policies and protocols, updating these as necessary.

Staff management: Oversee the development of staffing plans and the recruitment process of staff; Coach, train, supervise, and mentor direct-report staff, setting clear expectations, performance objectives, and providing regular constructive performance feedback; Oversee a diverse team across several countries from the WIO, promoting staff care and wellbeing and modeling healthy work-life balance practices; o Encourage a management style that empowers all team members, promoting professional growth and ensuring equitable opportunities; Ensure strict compliance within the team with Mission’s inclusion internal policies and code of conduct, through regular monitoring, training, and practice updates, with the team support.

Operation management: Promote and uphold a commitment to the efficient use of Mission inclusion and donor resources; Ensure compliance with the donor’s requirements and regulations, including financial tracking and oversight of partner budgets, finance, administration, reporting and compliance with internal policies regarding corruption; Validate and approve expenses attributed to the project, in accordance with the approved budget and appropriate supporting documentation; Oversees the development of regional and seascape’s annual workplans and budgets.

Coordination: Foster partnerships and collaborations that align with feminist principles, ensuring that relationships with regional authorities, stakeholders, contractors, and partner organization (in the region) reflect mutual respect, transparency, and equality

Link to the full posting is available here : Chief-of-party-Kenya.pdf (missioninclusion.ca)