Feed the Children is an international, non-profit relief organization founded in 1979. The Regional Director Africa is a senior leadership role responsible for directing the organization's strategic vision and operational excellence across the African region. The role involves overseeing program strategy, business development, financial management, and knowledge sharing to ensure high-impact results in international development and humanitarian relief.
Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Management (60%)
- Develop and implement a revised regional plan, including an appropriate operational plan and staffing structure to ensure alignment with the vision of the organization and ensure optimum delivery.
- Lead change initiatives in collaboration with regional and country teams, promoting organizational agility and distributed leadership.
- Provide oversight to program strategy, design, planning, budgeting and MEAL (monitoring, evaluation, assessment & learning) in the region.
- Responsible for setting regional program goals, strategies, and performance metrics.
- Drive continuous improvement in program quality and support strengthening capacity, operations, and results across the region.
- Manage, develop, coach, and retain high-performance team members, empowering them to elevate their level of responsibility and performance.
- Work with staff to develop systems to ensure consistent, high-quality project management.
- Provide leadership in the development of inter-team communication and cohesiveness, sustaining culture and supporting staff during organizational growth.
- Work with the Country Directors and program teams in the review and presentation of unsolicited proposals.
- Ensure the effective and timely delivery of all program funder requirements, reports, and agreements.
- Ensure program operations comply with organizational standards for safety and security, child protection, and the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.
Business Development and External Relationships (20%)
- Champion business development efforts, including donor mapping and fundraising strategies.
- Working with Business Development, ensure proposal design, development, planning, and budgeting by program staff to enable timely submission of grants and contract agreements.
- Identify and participate in key fora, events, and representation opportunities to raise organizational visibility.
- Expand revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing programs and the growth of the organization.
- Build and maintain partnerships with international organizations, governments, and stakeholders.
Finance (10%)
- Work with the VP of International Finance, Grants Manager, and other program staff to coordinate the timing and amount of planned grant payout with the availability of funds.
- Develop the annual operating budget for the department.
- Review monthly reports and address negative variances.
Knowledge Management (10%)
- Develop the necessary systems, processes, and tools to better support the facilitation, collection, and sharing of knowledge that is generated by the programs.
- Develop a dissemination system to share organizational learning with a broad range of communities.
- Ensure that key project outcomes and/or policy, advocacy, and legislation are evaluated and leveraged for maximum programmatic and organizational impact.
- Ensure that program teams have access to relevant research, best practices, and data.
Qualifications & Experience
- Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., humanities or social sciences, international development, Public Health) or equivalent.
- 10+ years of experience managing NGO operations and programs, in international development or humanitarian operations.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience working in developing countries.
- Demonstrated experience leading and empowering a diverse, cross-cultural senior management team.
- Demonstrated experience in establishing strategic partnerships and alliances and serving in a senior representation role.
- Proven ability to support resource mobilization efforts and a track record of leading teams in strategy development.
- Experience and success in management, teambuilding, and consensus building.
- Ability to travel up to 30% of the time including upon occasion to remote locations with basic amenities.
- Flexibility to rapidly adjust prioritization of activities to changing contexts and requirements.
How to Apply
Please send your CV and cover letter, highlighting your suitability for the role, to the email address: feedinternationaljobs@feedthechildren.org
