Platform Manager - Peace Building & Conflict Transformation at Act Change Transform (Act)
Act Change Transform (Act)
Nairobi, Kenya
Permanent
Published 1 month ago · Expires 3 weeks from now
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated professional.- Provide strategic visioning, guidance and technical leadership to the PBCT platform.
- Work with the head of programs and other senior managers in designing effective PBCT programming strategies.
- Lead new business development (resources mobilization) efforts and the identification of new potential partners and initiatives under the PBCT platform.
- Collaborate with the other platform managers and the broader program team members to ensure that all current and future programs are delivered according to the approved plans and that adequate consultations happen with all key stakeholders (internal and external).
- Ensures that staff and partners within the existing PBCT programs engage effectively with target communities, CSOs partners and the government (National and Sub National).
- Ensures that the platform undertakes regular political, economic and conflict analyses to inform choices and design of interventions (evidence-based programming).
- Financial Management
- Responsible for the overall PBCT Platform budget within Act!.
- Provide oversight in budget preparation and tracking for all programs within the platform.
- Provide oversight for all expenditures related to grants and administration within the platform.
- Provide up-to-date advice to the CEO on the financial health of the platform.
- Provide oversight to the budgeting process for all proposals submitted within the platform.
- Work closely with the Grants departmental Lead, in providing up-to-date reports on partner’s performance.
- Monitoring Evaluation Reporting & Learning
- Collaborate with the MERL team to design and operationalize integrated platform-level MERL plans which are linked to the overall Act! organizational MERL framework.
- Develop content for relevant internal publications and liaise with Act! communication team for production (case studies, end-term reports, biennial impact reports, and features, etc.) for the Platform.
- Provide technical support to research experts, consultants and internal teams by coordinating their work ensuring coordination, process thoroughness and high-quality final outputs.
- Participate in setting baseline and target indicators in line with the overall strategic goals of the individual programs/projects.
- Lead the timely preparation of all periodic technical reports and financials, coordinating downstream partners’ reporting while linking with donor partners’ contact persons on high-quality deliverables.
- Lead the archiving and efficient storage of all communications and documentation related to the platform in the central reposi...