Regional Program Lead vacancy-South Africa
Job Purpose
The Regional Programme Quality Lead works with country and regional teams to improve program quality – providing leadership, coordination and strategic support on program design, planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning and partnership in long-term development, humanitarian and influencing interventions.
Key Responsibilities:
· Strategic programme quality resourcing including coordinating thematic and foundational programme quality processes and initiatives and ensuring that synergies are leveraged.
· Engaging with local/national authorities, sector peers, partners and allies on the basis of the knowledge that Oxfam is generating to influence the sector.
· Providing Country programme quality support, guidance and prioritization.
· Designing and leading the delivery of proactive strategic regional programme quality capacity building plan, capacity building initiatives.
· Providing technical advisory support for the larger strategic programme initiatives in the region.
· Coordinating the corporate processes and reporting at regional level.
The ideal candidate will have:
· A tertiary qualification with over 3 years experience in leading on developing strategic thinking on quality.
· Operated at senior level programme advisory or management level with proven project cycle management experience in rights-based development programmes, influencing and humanitarian work.
· Had hands-on experience in budget management, monitoring, evaluation and learning with management of multiple projects.
· Effective negotiation abilities and informal leadership skills in a multi-stakeholder, network environment.
· Have a right to work in any of the Southern African countries (Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe).
Closing date: 20 May 2016 (only short listed candidates will be contacted).
HOW TO APPLY:
How to apply: to find out more about this role and how to apply on line please visit our web job pages using the INT2401 number at: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs
*Oxfam is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from people living with HIV and AIDS, people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people. [
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