COUNTRY DIRECTOR – KENYA

About Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is powered by the assumption that a greater world is feasible. To do that, we all know our groups do their finest work when they’re numerous, and each group member feels that they belong. We welcome numerous backgrounds, views, and abilities in order that we will be stronger and have long run impression.

The Program / Division / Group

Mercy Corps started working in Kenya in 2009 to deal with the societal wounds following the 2007 post-election violence. Since that point, Mercy Corps has constructed a strong and numerous portfolio in Kenya that’s working to deal with structural causes of poverty and injustice and to strengthen techniques that allow males, girls and youngsters to entry alternatives, take part in and contribute to peaceable democratic processes, and thrive within the face of ecological and social change. To do that, we ship built-in programming to strengthen market and governance techniques, handle the basis causes of battle, and equip weak populations- specifically youth, girls, adolescents and marginalized social groups- with the abilities, alternatives and sources they should be wholesome, productive and to drive the event of their communities. Mercy Corps Kenya additionally collaborates with neighboring nation workplaces to implement a number of multi-country and cross-border packages.

Working with a various base of donors that features the US Company for Worldwide Improvement (USAID), UK International, Commonwealth & Improvement Workplace (FCDO), European Fee (EC), United States Division of State, Swiss Improvement Cooperation, Netherlands, Invoice and Melinda Gates Basis, Google.org, Cisco, and different donors, Mercy Corps empowers folks to get well from disaster, construct higher lives and rework their communities for good. We work intently with the personal sector, civil society and governance buildings at native and nationwide ranges to drive constructive change and be sure that alternatives are inclusive of all Kenyans.

Mercy Corps Kenya is a rustic the place there’s appreciable strategic curiosity for the company and excessive development potential, together with an current portfolio of enormous and extremely strategic packages. Furthermore, with most donors and worldwide businesses having regional hubs in Nairobi, there’s vital potential to drive regional affect, advocacy and illustration aims from the Nairobi workplace. Mercy Corps Kenya is acknowledged as a pacesetter in resilience programming, market techniques growth, battle mitigation and youth employment, bridging humanitarian, growth and peacebuilding interventions to drive resilient outcomes for communities throughout Northern Kenya. We champion and lead progressive options, guided by our complete resilience framework, and are strongly positioned to affect donors, growth actors, personal sector and authorities to foster collaboration and strengthen the techniques that communities depend upon to manage, adapt and thrive within the face of exterior shocks and altering environments, centering local weather adaptation and battle mitigation on the coronary heart of our work.

The Place

The Mercy Corps Kenya Nation Director (CD) is an progressive and visionary chief chargeable for resourcefully creating and managing all programming and operations in Kenya to ship impression, harness progressive options and affect lasting and systemic change. Constructing on a powerful basis of programming that has improved the lives of greater than 2.9 million Kenyans, the CD will proceed to supervise the supply of high-impact, multi-sector programming that’s accountable to each program members and donors, whereas prioritizing methods for considerate development, exterior affect and partnership constructing. Putting a excessive worth on progressive options to growth points and inventive partnerships, the Nation Director will place Mercy Corps to drive ahead strategic programming, each inside Kenya and sub-regionally (with a concentrate on the Horn of Africa), strategically connecting packages right into a cohesive nation portfolio, guided by a long-term Nation technique that aligns to the regional and Company’s world imaginative and prescient. With a complete annual price range of roughly $199 million, the Nation Director has full supervisory duty for the portfolio and is chargeable for constructing a cohesive group that works collectively to ship high-impact programming throughout the nation.

Important Tasks

STRATEGY & VISION

• Refine and articulate a transparent and compelling imaginative and prescient of Mercy Corps’ technique in Kenya, and contribute to the regional strategic imaginative and prescient, drawing on Mercy Corps’ key company distinctives and expertise in Kenya and the area to encourage group members, donors, authorities stakeholders and companions to assist the nation aims and develop impactful and related programming inside our associate communities.
• Construct strategic partnerships and relationships to attain the imaginative and prescient outlined within the nation and regional technique.
• Set path for the nation group by prioritizing and organizing actions and sources to attain the aims outlined within the nation technique.
• Lead nation technique growth and annual nation planning utilizing a collaborative course of.
• Leverage headquarters and regional technical assist groups to assist program design and supply according to Mercy Corps’ finest practices.
• Acknowledge alternatives for progressive motion and create an surroundings the place various viewpoints are welcome. Stay present with growth considering, together with resilience approaches, techniques considering, nexus approaches, social impression, worth for cash, and so forth.
• Lead engagement with donors, companions, and communities to design and safe sources for high-impact packages which might be aligned to neighborhood priorities.
• Associate with the regional group and different nation packages in East Africa to raise Mercy Corps’ experience and profile throughout the broader subregion, resulting in strategic regional programming that works throughout borders and delivers impression throughout the subregion.
• Help program and operations group members to pivot and adapt programming to be aware of contextual modifications, comparable to environmental and local weather change impacts, battle, or rising alternatives to deepen impression.

LEADERSHIP & CULTURE

• Decide to preserving an organizational tradition of belief, transparency, range, fairness, and inclusion throughout the group and world group.
• Uphold a tradition of integrity by way of moral decision-making, safeguarding and compliance with the Code of Conduct.
• Lead by function modeling self-awareness to foster an surroundings of mutual respect, range and inclusion so that each one group members are included, supported and might thrive.
• Create a tradition of accountability for extremely efficient communication techniques and relationships to make sure each voice issues.

TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Recruit, handle, encourage, and onboard an knowledgeable, expert and environment friendly group with an emphasis on prime quality impression, inclusion and achievement.
• Encourage a group tradition of development, studying, creativity and innovation by incorporating a tradition of steady suggestions, growth and efficiency administration.
• Set up credibility throughout the group by demonstrating private accountability, flexibility, resilience and dedication to high quality programming by creating constructive relationships and having composure in advanced conditions.
• Guarantee people-focused human useful resource techniques are in place and in keeping with Mercy Corps’ world insurance policies, together with place descriptions, group member onboarding, efficiency administration, skilled growth plans and reporting mechanisms.
• Contribute to nation team-building efforts, assist group members establish problem-solving choices and make sure the integration of all group members into related decision-making processes.

PROGRAM IMPACT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION AND LEARNING

• Oversee program high quality and impression by making certain packages are based mostly on sound design ideas and make the most of Mercy Corps and donor required M&E techniques.
• Establish and drive alternatives for deep dive analysis on Mercy Corps’ Kenya and cross-border packages to deepen program studying and thought management in resilience, local weather change, peace and governance, and market techniques growth.
• Collect proof of program impression by way of sturdy company customary procedures for knowledge gathering, reporting, and evaluating program outputs and outcomes.
• Lead nation group to attempt for impression at nation and regional stage resulting in sustained change based mostly on strong techniques and incorporation of learnings into packages.
• Fulfill Mercy Corps Program Administration Minimal Requirements (Guarantee compliance with PM@MC Insurance policies).
• Guarantee all interventions adhere to Mercy Corps’ Gender Coverage, Do No Hurt ideas, and program participant accountability requirements, together with an efficient Group Accountability Reporting Mechanism and safeguarding mechanisms throughout all packages.

INFLUENCE & REPRESENTATION

• Lead Mercy Corps’ outreach and engagement with key donors, companions, suppose tanks, authorities, UN our bodies and personal sector representing Kenya and the broader sub-region/Horn of Africa with a purpose to affect growth and funding priorities, drawing on Mercy Corps’ key distinctives, analysis and coverage & advocacy initiatives to form the agenda and align with neighborhood wants and alternatives.
• Construct partnerships with main organizations, personal sector, authorities, foundations, neighborhood representatives, and different crucial companions to reinforce collective impression, voice, and form related coverage agendas.
• In partnership with the regional group, symbolize Mercy Corps’ Kenya and cross-border packages in regional coordination mechanisms, comparable to USAID’s studying platforms (i.e. PREG, RLA) and IGAD occasions, amongst others.
• Arrange techniques to remain abreast of contextual modifications, anticipate wants, and contribute to shaping donors’ views on humanitarian and growth priorities in methods which might be aware of modifications within the context.
• Make sure that Mercy Corps packages proactively have interaction with nationwide and worldwide media and different advocacy platforms with a purpose to form messaging and priorities and be sure that precedence points are highlighted.

PROGRAM OPERATIONS & COMPLIANCE

• Coordinate total nation price range; handle price range inside authorized spending ranges and set up an annual money stream plan to make sure a gentle and enough provide of funds for program actions.
• Construct and preserve operational buildings that guarantee correct segregation of duties between finance, administration and logistics and allow the well timed, compliant and efficient supply of subject packages.
• Construct and preserve an surroundings of collaboration amongst program, finance, operations and human useful resource group members leading to optimum assist for program actions.
• Guarantee program implementation is on time, goal and price range, utilizing efficient M&E techniques to succeed in desired impacts.
• Create and preserve techniques making certain efficient and clear use of economic sources for well timed and informative reporting according to donor and Mercy Corps insurance policies and procedures.
• Guarantee compliance with donor and Mercy Corps laws, insurance policies and procedures, and the implementation of acceptable danger mitigation measures to cut back Mercy Corps’ publicity to potential danger.

SECURITY

• Handle safety and security of the complete nation group and Mercy Corps’ property in response to finest practices, Mercy Corps working requirements and subject realities.
• Guarantee the security and safety of employees members by way of common evaluation and adaptation of safety protocols and procedures together with the nation safety plan. Proactively be sure that group members function in a safe surroundings and are conscious of insurance policies.
• Liaise with the Regional Director and Africa Regional Safety Advisor on essential occasions, excessive danger durations, incident reporting or safety coverage modifications.

Supervisory Accountability

Director of Applications, Finance Director, Operations Director, Ethics and Compliance Supervisor, Director of Individuals and Tradition, Chiefs of Celebration (COPs).

Accountability

Reviews Straight To: Regional Director, East and Southern Africa

Works Straight With: HQ-based Program, Operations, Finance, Regional Program Group, Compliance, Fundraising and Technical Help Unit

Accountability to Contributors and Stakeholders

Mercy Corps group members are anticipated to assist all efforts towards accountability, particularly to our program members, neighborhood companions, different stakeholders, and to worldwide requirements guiding worldwide reduction and growth work. We’re dedicated to actively participating communities as equal companions within the design, monitoring and analysis of our subject initiatives.

Minimal Qualification & Transferable Expertise

• BA/S or equal within the related subject required; MA/S most well-liked.
• 10+ years of subject expertise in worldwide reduction and growth packages, together with demonstrable success in managing massive, advanced, transitional growth packages.
• 7 years of senior-level management, capability constructing and subject administration expertise.
• Demonstrated success managing and bringing collectively a multi-cultural group with group members in a number of workplaces.
• Profitable and confirmed illustration, negotiation, communication and group abilities.
• Demonstrated success representing advanced programmatic aims to numerous stakeholders with a purpose to place Mercy Corps as a powerful implementer and thought chief with donors, growth companions, authorities and different stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in securing funding from a broad spectrum of donors.
• Demonstrated success working successfully and respectfully with host nation authorities, personal sector, INGO, NGO companions and different stakeholders in advanced environments.
• Confirmed abilities in monetary and grants administration, together with expertise managing grants from USAID, FCDO, Basis companions and different strategic donors.
• Internationally acknowledged qualification in mission or program administration or a dedication to acquire the qualification within the early months of labor.
• Glorious oral and written English abilities required.
• Capability to work successfully with a various group in a delicate surroundings.
• Earlier work expertise in nations the place journey to insecure areas is required, and administration of packages in insecure places.
• Capability to answer emergency and catastrophe conditions as acceptable.

Success Components

The profitable Kenya Nation Director will skillfully symbolize Mercy Corps’ programmatic priorities and company distinctives to donors and regional companions whereas offering efficient management to the Mercy Corps program group to make sure high-impact programming. The Nation Director may have excessive emotional intelligence, constructive mentoring abilities and confirmed expertise with capability constructing and can be dedicated to long-term program sustainability and the supply of high-impact actions on the neighborhood stage. The function is a hands-on place and success can be decided by the extent of direct engagement in program growth, oversight of program supply, fundraising for brand spanking new initiatives and representing the company to a various vary of stakeholders. The profitable Nation Director ought to welcome multi-tasking and taking an energetic function in program design and overarching technique, in addition to exterior illustration and partnership constructing. Profitable Mercy Corps group members have a powerful dedication to teamwork and accountability, thrive in evolving and difficult environments, and make efficient written and verbal communication a precedence.

Dwelling Situations / Environmental Situations

The Nation Director place relies within the capital metropolis – Nairobi. The situation is accompanied and safe. Housing is in household lodging with limitless freedom of motion past the home/workplace. There are a lot of worldwide colleges in Kenya of top quality. Workers have a excessive diploma of entry to companies (medical, electrical energy, water, and so forth). This place requires 35% journey by highway and air to subject workplaces in typically insecure environments.

Ongoing Studying

In assist of our perception that studying organizations are more practical, environment friendly and related to the communities we serve, we empower all group members to dedicate 5% of their time to studying actions that additional their private and/or skilled development and growth.

Range, Fairness & Inclusion

Attaining our mission begins with how we construct our group and work collectively. By our dedication to enriching our group with folks of various origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and methods of considering, we’re higher capable of leverage the collective energy of our groups and clear up the world’s most advanced challenges. We attempt for a tradition of belief and respect, the place everybody contributes their views and genuine selves, reaches their potential as people and groups, and collaborates to do one of the best work of their lives.

We acknowledge that range and inclusion is a journey, and we’re dedicated to studying, listening and evolving to turn into extra numerous, equitable and inclusive than we’re right now.

Equal Employment Alternative

Mercy Corps is an equal alternative employer that doesn’t tolerate discrimination on any foundation. We actively search out numerous backgrounds, views, and abilities in order that we will be collectively stronger and have sustained world impression.

We’re dedicated to offering an surroundings of respect and psychological security the place equal employment alternatives can be found to all. We don’t have interaction in or tolerate discrimination on the idea of race, colour, gender identification, gender expression, faith, age, sexual orientation, nationwide or ethnic origin, incapacity (together with HIV/AIDS standing), marital standing, navy veteran standing or another protected group within the places the place we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics

Mercy Corps is dedicated to making sure that each one people we come into contact with by way of our work, whether or not group members, neighborhood members, program members or others, are handled with respect and dignity. We’re dedicated to the core ideas concerning prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary Normal and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. We won’t tolerate youngster abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our group members. As a part of our dedication to a secure and inclusive work surroundings, group members are anticipated to conduct themselves in an expert method, respect native legal guidelines and customs, and to stick to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values always. Group members are required to finish obligatory Code of Conduct elearning programs upon rent and on an annual foundation.

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