Capacity Development Director at

1 month ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Pact World Full time

A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in more than 30 countries to improve the lives of those who are poor and marginalized.

We strive for a world where all people exercise their voice, build their own solutions and take ownership of their future.

Summary


The Capacity Development Director is accountable for leading the Activity's strategy for strengthening the capacity of local partners and leading the development and realization of local organizations' resource mobilization and sustainability strategies.

The director will lead a team that drives and monitors implementation of CD activities by mentoring technical teams, ensuring adherence to targets, timelines, budget management and achievement of objectives.

In addition to leading the technical and contextual adaptation of Pact and partner's CD tools and approaches to support achievement of Activity objectives and targets, the Director will be responsible for CD related resource sharing, knowledge management, best practices, cross learning, and innovations that yield sustainable CD results.

Key Responsibilities

Lead strategy development, implementation, and monitoring of all project activities concerning capacity development.

Provide input to the development of annual implementation plans, project reports, and other key project deliverables that contribute to the development of the project's analytical products including research policy briefs, presentations, project updates, environment scans, or newsletter articles, etc.

Facilitate network analysis and strengthening activities to identify barriers and opportunities for advancing shared civil society strengthening programming and to improve coordination and integration of activities.

Complete capacity and performance assessments of partners/subgrantees and support the development of Institutional Strengthening Plans for each partner/subgrantee.
Identify partner/subgrantee training needs, identify trainers, and support the development of curriculum for all trainings.
Identify opportunities for partner/subawardee mentoring needs and provide mentoring on a range of organizational development topics.

Regularly review subgrantee capacity needs and contribute to the development of resources/ documents for specific technical areas identified for capacity development of subgrantees, including training, mentoring, and coaching, etc.

Support collaboration with donors, multilateral organizations, host country governments, and implementing partners to apply civil society strengthening approaches and best practices for the purpose of capacity building, especially though training, mentoring, and learning activities.

Lead capacity building on quality assurance/continuous quality improvement of project tools, methodologies, and approaches. Document CD-related best practices. Regularly collect, analyze, and report on CD data.

Provide written inputs and/ contribute to the development of tools required to monitor the implementation and monitoring of project capacity CD activities.

Coordinate on/off-line training sessions, workshops, mentoring of subawards to ensure the efficient and timely implementation of project activities.
Conduct CD learning sessions/ coordinate peer exchange sessions for subawards on various technical areas. Conduct regular field visits to provide technical support, capacity development, mentorship, or coaching to subawards.
Orient Pact program team on a range of CD tools like ITOCA, OPI, CAP, CSP. Orient and coach new team members on CD tools and approaches.

Provide written inputs and/ contribute to the development of tools required to monitor the implementation and monitoring of project capacity development activities.

Perform other duties as assigned by the Deputy Chief of Party.

Basic Requirements

Master's degree and 9+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, including 5 years of management experience.

Bachelor's and 11 years of experience.

At least seven to ten years of experience in designing and implementing technical and organizational capacity building programs and application of CD tools (ITOCA, OPI, CAP, CSP).

Knowledge of, and experience with, USAID's collaborating, adapting, and learning (CLA) approaches.
Knowledge of the political, social, and economic context of Sudan.
Demonstrated ability to partner successfully with team, partner/subgrantee organizations, and other stakeholders.
Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of, and experience with, key democracy, human rights and governance programming in Sudan is a strong advantage, as is experience building the capacity of civil society organizations.

Sudanese nationals strongly encouraged to apply.
Experience overseeing and coordinating with international field offices preferred.

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