Shining
Hope For Community (SHOFCO) seeks to recruit qualified candidates for the
position below to join us in the Programs department.
Position: Program Manager
Location: Mathare, Nairobi
Reports to: Director of Programs and Operations
Hours: Monday- Friday, 8am to 5pm
Management
and Strategy
- Build
capacity for organizational leadership, helping to lead strategy, goal
attainment, and professional development. Manage diverse
stakeholders and program officers.
Programs
- Supervises
the core program officers and is responsible for ensuring consistent and
effective program development, implementation and maintenance.
- Works
with Senior Management Team to lead the development and dissemination of
organizational strategies, models and standards for core program areas.
- Works
with the Senior Management Team and Program Officers to develop and
implement new program as needed.
- Works
with the Director of Programs and Operations Chief Program Officer and
M&E team to ensure timely and efficient collection of service and
impact data.
- Works
with community stakeholders to ensure community input in service delivery
and improvements.
Operations
- Responsible
for hiring all site staff and insuring they are properly trained and
managed.
- Ensure
effective hiring and supervisory practices:
1. Contribute
to the development and use of training and coaching programs.
2. Identify
and build leaders within the organization
3. Assure
timely completion of performance appraisals and work plans.
- Work
with the Procurement and Inventory and Operations Managers to ensure
smooth daily operations
- Ensures
all organizational protocols and procedures are followed
- Creates
timely working documents for ongoing project planning, evaluation and
tracking.
Development
- Coordinate
with the Director of Programs and Operations and US Staff to provide
reporting for donors including project reports, sponsorship updates,
photos, collaboratively manage opportunities to tell the story of project
success.
- Serve
to promote the organization’s vision, mission and values in the country
and play a key-networking role.
- Liaise
with donors and local partners
Educational Background & Experience
- Degree
in Social Science or Development related field
- At
least 5 years’ experience in Urban Programming in the informal
sectors
- Strong
problem solving and group work leadership skills
- Ability
to interact with people of all ages and cultural in the informal setting
- Ability
to work independently and as part of a team
- Sound
computer skills
- Effective
oral and written communication skills
- Ability
to work flexible hours
- Demonstrated
ability for strategic thinking and analysis,
- Strong
coordination and negotiation skills with stakeholders,
- Proven
technical competencies in planning, design and implementation of
programmes as well as sound financial skills (e.g., budgeting),
How to Apply:
Interested applicants should send their applications together with a detailed CV to the HR Officer, jobs@shininghopeforcommunities.org quoting their current and expected salaries.
Applications
without this information will not be considered.
DO NOT
ATTACH TESTIMONIALS at this point.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applications
should reach us no later than 3rd May 2016.
