Summary
Date Posted:Friday, May 05 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Position Description:
The Head of Programs (HoP) will provide strategic program planning, design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation in line with the Programme Quality and Influencing Approach. The HoP will be responsible for leading, managing, and supporting all Programme, Monitoring and Evaluation to ensure the delivery of quality and integrated programming in line with the Country Strategy (CS), as well as organizational standards, frameworks, and procedures. The HoP will also provide external representation and recognition of Plan International Zambia with various stakeholders for collaborative working relationships to position Plan International Zambia as a global leader in achievement of girls’ rights.
The incumbent will be reporting to the Country Director.

Responsibilities:
1. Provide overall strategic oversight in the delivery of the Country Strategy through contribution to the design and management of development and humanitarian programmes that are gender transformative.
2. Facilitate engagement of other managers and staff regarding the Country Strategy to ensure maximum understanding and operationalization of the Country Programmed.
3. Lead the overall development and evolution of the Country development and humanitarian programmes within the overarching Country Strategy and their subsequent operationalisation.
4. Build and oversee managerial accountability with attention to overall development programme design, planning, programme delivery, monitoring, evaluations and research at the programme units.
5. Support staff to understand and comply with the organizational vision, mission, strategic direction and other organization policies.
6. The role assists the Country Director (CD) in the development and regular updating of an appropriate emergency preparedness plan and ensure that disaster risk management is integrated in Plan International Zambia programs. The role is expected to participate in various Development/Humanitarian Networks in Zambia including peer organizations, UN and other local, regional and international fora.
7. Lead in engaging key networks, movements and alliances relevant to the girls’ empowerment and gender equality.
8. Provide strategic roadmap for the development and implementation of partnerships management standards and guidelines.
9. Lead in the development and provide oversight in the development of standards and guidelines for partnership management are regulated updated, understood, adhered and reflected in practice.
10. Contribute for development and implementation of effective and evidence-based advocacy strategies that enable girls to Learn, Lead, Decide and Thrive.
11. Create/adapt initiatives that effectively influence duty bearers, key stakeholders and decision makers to promote and ensure rights of girls.
12. Contribute to the development of high-quality publications, media messaging and all internal/external communications that support Plan’s advocacy and influencing work.
13. Ensure integration between communications and advocacy teams to effectively deliver programmes.
14. Ensure the quality of development programme is in line with plan international global quality standards, Country Strategy, sustainable development goal and government sectoral plan.
15. Coordinate with the relevant departments at all levels during programme design, implementation and monitoring.
16. Provide overall vision and direction to the development programmes team in coordination, planning, prioritization, coaching and supervision.
17. Ensure development and humanitarian programmes team are operating as high-performance teams and have clear accountability lines (direct and matrix)
18. Socialize and nurture Plan Values and Behaviours.
19. Monitor programme performance and budget utilization and advise on corrective measures.
20. Oversees the coordination in the budget, preparation, consolidation, analysis and timely submission.
21. Build relationships with Plan International National Offices (NOs) and donors for sharing and learning to highlight impactful projects for scale up and expansion.
22. Coordinate and support programme quality and delivery on programme audit, child protection audit, and gender strategy review exercise and adequate application of management response across all impact areas.
23. Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
24. Ensures that Programme staff are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;

Educational Qualifications and Experience:
1. A Master’s Degree in Development Studies, Social Work, Social Sciences, International Relations or similar field.
2. 10 years of relevant experience in INGO Sector or demonstrated equivalent combination.
3. At least 7 years’ experience in managing development programme in the country within the INGO sector.
4. Proven experiences and ability to coordinate and collaborate with different civil society and Community based organization.
5. Demonstrable working experience in development programme.
6. Knowledge of developmental agendas in complex and protracted development and humanitarian landscape.
7. Experience in context, funding and market analysis.

Competencies:
1. In-depth knowledge of gender and inclusion and global/local development issues, with knowledge in girls’ rights and child rights, feminist movements, the key actors and institutions, and the power dynamics involved.
2. Mastery of key gender inequalities, gaps, barriers and opportunities at the national, regional and global level and gender and inclusion in programs, and especially for children and girls.
3. In-depth understanding of the policies, processes, institutions and organizations that shape the development and humanitarian context and standards within Zambia
4. Ability to lead programme managers and staff to design and implement evidence-based solutions for gender transformative programmes, and to provide monitoring and quality assurance support to the programme areas.
5. Ability to apply a range of gender and inclusion analysis tools and conduct high-quality and nuanced gender and inclusion analysis from a child rights perspective.
6. Ability to influence power holders about the need for and benefits of addressing gender equality and inclusion, including being able to offer a range of evidence-based solutions.
7. Engages sensitively with community members on issues of gender equality and inclusion, demonstrating an understanding of the local culture and context.
8. Promotes equality, including gender equality, inclusion and girls’ empowerment in Plan’s work and in its work with partners


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All Applications should be dated and addressed to:
The Country Human Resource Manager
Plan International Zambia
Private Bag 518X
Plot 87A, Off Kabulonga road
Kabulonga.

To apply for this job please visit jobs.plan-international.org.


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