Regional Director East Africa

Children's aid organisation Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH-NL) is passionately dedicated to stopping child exploitation, taking a goal and result-oriented approach. We work in four regions, South Asia, South East Asia, East Africa, and Latin America with partners to enable change, and use a combination of long-term development, campaigning and humanitarian programs. TdH-NL pursues a child rights approach at national and international level consistent with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and works in collaboration with local project partners and the Terre des Hommes International Federation.TdH-NL East African (EA) portfolio currently includes over 100 individual projects across Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and incorporates health, education, social economic development and child protection interventions. In late 2011, the TdH NL “Policy Paper against Child Exploitation” was approved, ensuring that “the fight against child exploitation” with a focus on child protection, became the thematic priority for the organisation.TdH-NL has undergone transformational changes and we have a decentralized management structure such that the Regional Director and staff are responsible that country operations raise their own funds, run their own programs, and make their own alliances with governments, private sector actors and civil society. As the Regional Director East Africa you will represent TdH-NL in East Africa and have management oversight for all TdH-NL programmes in the region, ensuring high levels of programme impact and accountability.Commitment to TdH-NL mission and values, together with excellent managerial, entrepreneurship and fundraising skills are essential components of the post – only candidates with these characteristics need apply. For the right individual, the TdH Regional Director post presents an exciting and competitively remunerated job opportunity in a challenging environment, with the possibility to have a positive and lasting impact on the lives of vulnerable children.Your primary responsibilities will be:Ø Providing strategic and inspiring leadership to the regional and national offices in East Africa and support team on developing and implementing quality programmes.Ø To implement and report on the objectives and results outlined in the MFS2 2011/2015 subsidy scheme (by Dutch Foreign Ministry) and any future similar programmes.Ø Leading, coaching and supporting 25+ staff members across the region, with 4 direct reports (Regional Programme Manager, Regional Finance Manager, Operations Manager and the Regional Marketing and Communication Officer), providing leadership and inspiration and providing guidance and support where required. We aim for a transparent organisational culture in which people are stimulated to take responsibility and to develop themselves.Ø Networking, representation and fundraising: Identifying new funding sources and negotiate funding opportunities to support programme implementation. Building strong and effective working relationships with stakeholders on behalf of TdH-NL in East Africa including national government, the UN, the European Union, other (I)NGOs as well as the private sectorØ Ensuring high quality programme implementation across regional portfolio, providing support to local partners & implementing projects in keeping with the strategic plan of TdH-NL.Ø Project monitoring/ supervision and evaluation: Guaranteeing effective, efficient and accountable services to project partners by putting monitoring, evaluation and audit systems in place and by providing advisory services to partners.Ø Reporting: (quarterly financial/ narrative report, annual report, annual plan): Ensuring that control mechanisms and reporting mechanisms are in line with the agreed upon frameworks and meet the stringent criteria and deadlines.Ø Developments in the region: Keeping track of major political and social developments in the region and acting as a spokesperson on behalf of TdH-NL.Ø Administration and Human Resources: Overseeing the administration and Human Resource requirements of the regional office and staffØ Inspiring leader with at least 10 years of international working experience of which at least 3 years in a leadership position such as Regional Director or Country Director for a comparable INGOØ Previous experience in East Africa is an advantage.Ø Relevant university degree at Master’s Level, preferably in Development Studies, Business Administration, International Relations, Economics, Social or Agricultural Sciences.Ø Commitment to and understanding of TdH-NL objectives, values and principlesØ Good intercultural communication skills and fluency in English, both written and verbal (basic knowledge of Dutch is an advantage)Ø Cross cultural aware and able to gather important information on developments in the region.Ø Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically, including the ability to think beyond the country programme context and to act within a regional and global framework.Ø Demonstrated successful experience with fundraisingØ Experience with project planning, monitoring and evaluation. Knowledge of Dutch funding streams an advantageØ Financial and administrative skills.Ø Entrepreneurial, result driven and able to cooperate.Ø Persuasive, able to create & maintain good rapport with project partners and a good networker.Ø Computer literate and acquainted with Google Apps and MS Office.Ø Valid driving license (C/E) and willingness to frequently travel to partner organisations.For the official job description, please click please click here.TdH-NL is a development organisation dedicated to stop child exploitation. TdH-NL’ mission is to prevent child exploitation, to remove children from exploitative situations and to ensure these children can develop themselves in a safe environment. In 2014 TdH-NL supported some 235 projects in 16 countries worldwide. Areas receiving particular attention are child exploitation, education, health and socio-economic development. Regional offices in Bangalore, India (region South Asia), Jakarta, Indonesia (region South East Asia), Nairobi, Kenya (region East Africa) and Cochabamba, Bolivia (region South America) are charged with the responsibility of developing, monitoring, reviewing and evaluating the projects which are initiated and implemented by local partner organisations. TdH-NL depends on private fundraising and is partly subsidized by the Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry ( ISO certified (NEN-EN-ISO 9001:2008).Structure: TdH-NL is a Dutch foundation. The highest body is the supervisory board (unpaid). The foundation is led by the executive director and the director of Finance/ICT. TdH-NL is member of the International Federation.We offer a challenging and responsible position in a changing environment. TdH-NL is a result driven, professional organisation staffed by individuals dedicated and determined to prevent and fight child exploitation. TdH-NL is an informal organisation where innovative plans are very much appreciated and decisions can be made quickly given the transparent, decentralized and basic organizational structure. We offer a salary in accordance with the labour market, a contribution towards the costs of a health scheme and participation in a pension scheme.Please send your motivation letter and curriculum vitae by e-mail to Ms. Liesbeth Zonneveld, Head of Programme Development, vacature@tdh.nl, clearly demonstrating how you meet the qualifications for this position before October 5, 2014. References are required and will be verified.Responses by employment agencies are not appreciated.