Program Operations lead at Heifer International
| Location | NAIROBI, Kenya |
| Date Posted | April 11, 2025 |
| Category |
Administration
Secretary |
| Job Type |
Full-time
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| Currency | KES |
Description
- Organization: Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)Online job training
- Country: Kenya
- City: Nairobi
- Office: Aga Khan Foundation East Africa
4225BR
IB PYP Homeroom Teacher
Aga Khan Academies
The position
The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is an International Baccalaureate World School. It is the first in the network of Aga Khan Academies established by His Highness the Aga Khan.
The Academy features state-of-the-art facilities, a multicultural student body, and an experienced team of educators and staff. We provide students with education of the highest standard in order to prepare them for lives characterised by leadership and service. Admission to the Academy is means-blind and is based on merit. We consider all eligible students regardless of socio-economic status.We are looking for a passionate IB PYP Homeroom Teacher with an ability to teach in Kiswahili to join an experienced team of IB educators in the Junior School department. The PYP Homeroom Teacher will deliver high-quality interactive lessons that enable each student to reach their potential. The successful candidate will create a safe and exciting learning environment with high expectations and lead learning and teaching practices. He/she will develop formative and summative assessments to accurately report on the progress of students in line with the IB PYP curriculum as well as collaboratively plan units of study designed for maximizing learning for all students.Duti
Responsibilities
- Support and ensure achievement and timely reporting of assigned country-level KPIs.
- Work with Regional Program leadership to provide leadership and support to assigned Country Program teams in establishing policies and procedures in administration and management capacity-building.
- Ensure assigned country program operations follow Heifer and local policies and procedures consistently.
- Develop and implement strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Operational Quality to effectively engage partners, donors, and governments.
- Ensure timely communication with Heifer HQ stakeholders and assigned country program teams, meeting deadlines.
- Ensure assigned country programs conduct an annual review of goods and service providers to ensure cost-effective decision-making.
- Ensure each assigned country maintains compliance with country-level legal requirements for Heifer’s operations.
- Ensure close coordination with other relevant global, regional, and in-country initiatives.
- Provide support to all assigned country offices in developing annual budgets and work plans aligned with project documents and donor contracts.
- Support assigned country program teams in planning and undertaking corrective management actions based on budget monitoring reports.
Program Excellence (20%)
- Ensure assigned country program semester reforecasts are completed based on accomplished and planned activities.
- Support assigned country programs in maintaining and sharing knowledge management resources with stakeholders.
- Develop and implement strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Operational Quality to engage stakeholders effectively.
- Develop strategies and promote innovations to improve the effectiveness of assigned country programs.
- Provide strategic planning advice to assigned country program teams on best practices, standards, partnership principles, tools, and MEL to ensure high-quality impact.
- Monitor and provide feedback on Operational Quality.
- Ensure quarterly budget monitoring and monthly variance analysis for assigned country programs, with reports prepared ahead of meetings and deadlines.
- Work with assigned country program signature program leadership to ensure quality delivery of Heifer’s model.
- Support the development of 5P activities and effective monitoring of the same.
- Review and provide feedback on regular quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports from assigned country programs to ensure compliance with quality reporting standards and deadlines.
- Provide leadership in assigned country program audits and reviews.
- Support country-level adaptation and changes to operating and program models that drive excellence.
- Support performance review and ranking systems and processes in countries.
- Manage and direct country program progress reporting for assigned country programs to ensure high-quality reports are completed, reviewed, and submitted within Heifer and funder deadlines.
Strategic Partnership Development and Engagement (20%)
Applying Instructions
eifer International is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with some form of disability.
The Organization
Since 1944, Heifer International has supported more than 36 million Small Holder Farmer (SHF) families globally to lift themselves out of hunger and poverty while caring for the earth, in partnership with the communities we serve, including youth and women. Heifer International is now accelerating its strategic approaches to closing the Sustainable Living Income (SLI) gap for 10 million additional SHF households globally by 2030 using the Sustainable Locally Led Development (SLLD) approach.
Function
The Program Operations Lead - East Africa will provide operational leadership and support to Heifer’s programs in East African country offices to improve accountability, team unity, project planning, performance and delivery, reporting, project development and risk management, performance and evaluation.
S/he will support the development and monitoring of 5P activities and implement country-specific and cross-region new business strategies that align Heifer’s programmatic priorities with funder priorities. The Lead will work with the East African country program leaders to improve timely program reporting, achievement of country-level KPIs, and partnership development and management, with the ultimate goal of moving families out of poverty. S/he will provide end-to-end operational support in the effective administration of country programs to support Heifer’s mission and signature programs. The Program Operations Lead – East Africa will report to the Senior Director, Africa Programs - Operations.
The role may be located in any of the following countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda/Rwanda.
Responsibilities and Deliverables
A. Strategy Implementation, Program Administration, Systems Strengthening & Coherence Building (30%)
- Support and ensure achievement and timely reporting of assigned country-level KPIs.
- Work with Regional Program leadership to provide leadership and support to assigned Country Program teams in establishing policies and procedures in administration and management capacity-building.
- Ensure assigned country program operations follow Heifer and local policies and procedures consistently.
- Develop and implement strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Operational Quality to effectively engage partners, donors, and governments.
- Ensure timely communication with Heifer HQ stakeholders and assigned country program teams, meeting deadlines.
- Ensure assigned country programs conduct an annual review of goods and service providers to ensure cost-effective decision-making.
- Ensure each assigned country maintains compliance with country-level legal requirements for Heifer’s operations.
- Ensure close coordination with other relevant global, regional, and in-country initiatives.
- Provide support to all assigned country offices in developing annual budgets and work plans aligned with project documents and donor contracts.
- Support assigned country program teams in planning and undertaking corrective management actions based on budget monitoring reports.
B. Program Excellence (20%)
- Ensure assigned country program semester reforecasts are completed based on accomplished and planned activities.
- Support assigned country programs in maintaining and sharing knowledge management resources with stakeholders.
- Develop and implement strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in Operational Quality to engage stakeholders effectively.
- Develop strategies and promote innovations to improve the effectiveness of assigned country programs.
- Provide strategic planning advice to assigned country program teams on best practices, standards, partnership principles, tools, and MEL to ensure high-quality impact.
- Monitor and provide feedback on Operational Quality.
- Ensure quarterly budget monitoring and monthly variance analysis for assigned country programs, with reports prepared ahead of meetings and deadlines.
- Work with assigned country program signature program leadership to ensure quality delivery of Heifer’s model.
- Support the development of 5P activities and effective monitoring of the same.
- Review and provide feedback on regular quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports from assigned country programs to ensure compliance with quality reporting standards and deadlines.
- Provide leadership in assigned country program audits and reviews.
- Support country-level adaptation and changes to operating and program models that drive excellence.
- Support performance review and ranking systems and processes in countries