Chief of Staff Somalia Network

1 month ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya British High Commission Nairobi Full time

ABOUT THE COMPANY

The British High Commission in Nairobi is responsible for developing and maintaining relations between the UK and Kenya.

JOB SUMMARY

Essential qualifications, skills and experience Excellent communications skills and ability to engage with partners from across teams and geographiesProactive, able to work independently and follow workstreams through to completionExperience of drafting high quality documents, and at paceStrong people skills and experienceProven systems management and improvement experienceDesirable qualifications, skills and experience Experience of working on or in fragile or conflict-affected contextsProgramme or policy work on development/humanitarian issuesFinancial and risk management experienceChange management experienceKnowledge of Somali culture and Somali language skills

RESPONSIBILITIES

Chief of Staff jobs are highly diverse, responsive and flexible, and evolve according to the needs and challenges at any point. In this role you will:Support, guide and provide leadership on the Somalia Overseas Network's governance to ensure this effectively supports the delivery of the Country Plan and the Network's agreed values which underpin this. This will include providing the secretariat for the Country Strategy Board, ensuring the Board operates according to central guidance and meets the network and senior leadership's needs and objectives. You will also support the effective management of the local Senior Leadership Team (SLT). In both cases this will involve shaping agendas, ensuring effective document management including preparation of papers for meetings, record keeping, and circulation of minutes and ensuring action on points of follow-up.Lead Network engagement with development actors and partners. This will include co-ordinating senior engagement with other external partners, and managing the Network's relationships with commercial partners to ensure appropriate accountability and oversight for UK resources. Working with others in the Network, the postholder may also support the secretariat for the Somalia Donor Group (SDG) whilst the UK is chair. This would involve working with the Development Director (DD) and Deputy DD (DDD) on the UK's key policy objectives, feeding points into meetings and multi-donor processes.Ensure effective functioning of Somalia Network, supporting the leadership to make effective decisions through proactive cross-network co-ordination. This includes responsibility for keeping network documentation and system information up to date (organograms, distribution lists, post information documentation and MS Teams areas), developing and maintaining information products such as programme summaries and results scripts, overseeing the Somalia Enquiries mailbox, and commissioning work to teams and managing delivery where appropriate. Through line management of two EAs, you will also build and lead an effective Private Office function to provide strategic and administrative support to the Network leadership.Provide strategic support to the Network leadership on a range of often sensitive corporate, policy and people issues, providing advice to seniors and communicating leadership views to the Network. This will include areas such as Business Planning, agility, prioritisation, the Africa Network Review and Spending Reviews.Line manage the Executive Assistants to the Ambassador (HMA) and DD. You will guide their work day-to-day to ensure that they provide effective support to HMA and DD including excellent diary management, strategic prioritisation of their time, appropriate briefing and effective travel management. You will also support their personal and professional development.Have the opportunity to work on cross-cutting policy areas such as climate change and resilience, to support policy development and implementation.Need to be willing to flex/adapt to changes in role according to evolving priorities.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Project management, Leadership skills, Data analysis

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

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