Area Manager - ChildFund Indonesia Program

Job Advertisement ChildFund Indonesia Program

Job Title: Area Manager
Based in : Kupang - NTT
Reports to: Bright Futures Coordinator/ Provincial Coordinator
Department: Program

1. Overall Purpose:
To achieve ChildFund Core Intent, Outcomes, Area of Excellence, Values and Strategic Objectives, through the effective management of the Area.

2. Job Summary:
ChildFund Area Manager provide strategic leadership and effective management to ChildFund program in an specific geographical area.
Responsible for planning, coordinating, organizing and monitoring activities which support the participatory development and implementation of the Area Strategic Plan and Projects, harmonized with ChildFund Global Strategy and Indonesia Country Strategic Paper.
Guarantees compliance with ChildFund policies and systems, and articulation and networking with government and key stakeholders.
Responsible to demonstrate the impact of programs in the life of children of the Area.

3. Key Result Areas & Duties and Responsibilities:
Key Result Area Duties and Responsibilities Strong Core Program that drives the outcomes we seek for children and youth, implemented in the Area (40%)

Coordinate Area Strategic Plan development process, ensuring alignment with Core Programs, including:

• Child Focused Assessment and Analysis
• Prioritization and Program and Budget formulation(facilitating clear articulated strategic choices)
• Quality Children and Youth participation
• Community and Stakeholders Participation
• Quality Project Designs
• Sound Monitoring and Evaluation Plans
• Incorporation of Disaster Risk reduction and Child Protection.

Support the efficient implementation of the ASP, including:

• Development of Annual Operational Plans and Budgets
• Providing of appropriated technical assessment according to needs
• Elaboration of Agreements with Partners
• Development of Community Action Plans
• Organization of Activities, ensuring the best use of resources.
  

Coordinate quarterly reporting ensuring quality data, including:

• Coverage Tables,
• Routine monitoring
• FIT reports
• Quarterly Reporting
  

Promote continuous reflection and learning about the work in the Area, fostering innovation and creativity, by:

• Community Based Monitoring
• Children and Youth Monitoring
• Technical program reviews
• Annual participatory reviews
• Documentation of Best Practices and Lesson learned

Define clear partnership principles, goals and values with Area Based Organization that support Core Intent, Outcomes and Area of Excellence.

Influential relationships built in the Area. (30%)
Identify, build and maintain relationships at area level, which brings technical, material or financial resources to support the implementation of the ASP, including governments, NGO´s and other potential partners.

Identify grant seeking opportunities at area level and contribute the development of Grant proposal.

Link with existent advocacy initiatives or with other stakeholder and actor to influence policy, which impact children and youth, at area level.

Build the capacity of Area Based Organization to network and promote children rights and well being, including:

• Assessment of Organizational capacities of the area base organization, Develop Capacity Building Plans as part of the ASP process.
• Incorporation of Children and Youth Representatives Structures
• Development of Capacities building Plans as part of the ASP.
  

Support the Organization of Children and Youth structures in the Area, according to their own perspective. Visibility and profile of ChildFund in the Area increased (15%)

Demostrate results of ChildFund work in the area, by:

• Collection of Baseline Data beginning-end for impact assessment and report of results at area level.
• Regular reporting to Stakeholders including government, partners, families, children and youth.
• Sharing best practices among stakeholders
• Introduce ChildFund new brand in the Area
  

Coherent organizational systems and structures in place in the area (10%)
Manage ChildFund staff in the Area, including:

• Recruitment, orientation and development of all ChildFundarea office staff, including Performance Management.
• Building a strong effective area team.
• Training of area staff in ChildFund strategy, policies, systems, processes, procedures.
• Ensuring that staff understand and practice ChildFund Values, Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct.
  

Ensure that Area operations are carried out according to corporate systems and procedures, as well as with local law. Aligned sponsorship in the Area to support core outcomes for children. (5%)
Ensure that sponsorship activities are developmental in nature, and aligned with core program; that children voice is in the center of the communication with sponsors, and processes are streamlined. Maintain a high sponsor retention rate.

4. Qualifications:
The Area Manager is self-disciplined, responsible, positive, enthusiastic, have good leadership skills, get on well with people, is able to motivate staff and make them feel that they are an important cog in the business wheel, he/she acts as a good example to them. He/She knows the area and has strong experience in project management cycle and working in partnership.

Competences:

• Build Relationships
• Commitment
• Communication
• Accountability
• Critical Think and Decision Making
• Strategic Thinking
• Manage Others

Preferred Experience:

• At least three years as a development professional.
• Experience managing at least 5 staff members and yearly budgets of at least US$500,000.
  

Skills:

• Speaks local language, Bahasa Indonesia.
• Fluent in English
• Computer: Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project
  

Please transmit CV and application letter with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are qualified for these positions

to: mmailangkay@indonesia.childfund.org
& plambe@indonesia.childfund.org

by close of business day of August 31, 2009.

To fasten the process recruitment, please kindly put in the CV your current or last salary/benefits amount and expected salary/benefits for this position.

PLEASE PUT IN THE EMAIL TITLE SUBJECT LINE :

Area Manager for KUPANG