SENIOR INTERVENTION MANAGER – LIVESTOCK SECTOR at
DAI Nigeria
Closing date24 Feb 2019
TITLE: SENIOR INTERVENTION MANAGER – LIVESTOCK SECTOR
REPORTS TO: TECHNICAL TEAM MANAGER
REPORTS TO: TECHNICAL TEAM MANAGER
OVERVIEW:
The Senior Intervention Manager (SIM) position will be integral to achieving MADE’s stated aims. Reporting to the Technical Team Manager, She/he will provide technical leadership, guidance in managing multiple programme interventions. The SIM will manage and lead a portfolio team of Intervention Managers, intervention and field officers in select value chains The SIM will develop and maintain close relationships with project partners while overseeing and coordinating the implementation of project interventions.
S/he will work in close collaboration with the Technical Team Manager (TTM) to develop, realize, and communicate the programme’s strategic vision to internal and external stakeholders.
The SIM will have line management responsibilities for the select intervention managers. She/he will be responsible for ensuring that Intervention Managers and Officers are effectively and appropriately managed to deliver and report on programme results.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
*Intervention Design and Implementation**
• Overseeing Intervention Managers in the effective project planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of progress and outputs against the plan for their interventions.
• Overseeing and maintaining the quarterly, annual and full project plan in timely manner to meet quarterly reporting and planning requirements.
• Supporting and overseeing Intervention Managers performance using the project plan to ensure implementation is undertaken in accordance with the plan and any avoidable deviations are minimised.
• Contributing to the early stages of intervention design to ensure they comply with M4P principles.
• Defining or assessing market systems that are of chief importance to develop the markets for the poor in the select sector.
• Related to these market systems, identifying and analysing the value chain and core transactions, key rules & supporting functions, and assessing key constraints.
• Identifying appropriate intervention areas and develop potential project interventions in close collaboration with external partners / stakeholders in the market.
• Ensuring that project interventions conform with M4P principles and have the potential to have sustainable impact at scale for the targeted poor and have the potential for up-scaling within the sector to have indirect outreach to a wider group of poor within the sector.
• Supporting other intervention managers and project staff to think strategically about the scaling-up potential across the programme.
• Supporting the development and updating of a detailed monthly intervention work programme of intervention tasks and activities.
• Identifying outputs and outcomes in line with planned activities and logframe indicators as agreed with the MRM team, TTM and Team leader.
• Ensuring monthly monitoring and reporting of intervention performance against these outputs, outcomes and indicators.
• Ensuring that intervention records, data and files are up to-date and accessible for review as needed by the team.
• Contributing as appropriate and as agreed to the development of intervention tools and the capacity building of key stakeholders in the market.
• Identifying the need for external advisory support, along with the TTM, the team leader and project director.
• Drafting terms of references for consultants and identify potential candidates. The SIM will lead and manage consultants in the development of respective outputs and interventions.
• Facilitating collaboration across interventions as appropriate to ensure value for money of the project.
• The SIM defines in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and potential partner organisations the scope of implementation and where applicable negotiates a formal agreement.
• Overseeing Intervention Managers in the effective project planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of progress and outputs against the plan for their interventions.
• Overseeing and maintaining the quarterly, annual and full project plan in timely manner to meet quarterly reporting and planning requirements.
• Supporting and overseeing Intervention Managers performance using the project plan to ensure implementation is undertaken in accordance with the plan and any avoidable deviations are minimised.
• Contributing to the early stages of intervention design to ensure they comply with M4P principles.
• Defining or assessing market systems that are of chief importance to develop the markets for the poor in the select sector.
• Related to these market systems, identifying and analysing the value chain and core transactions, key rules & supporting functions, and assessing key constraints.
• Identifying appropriate intervention areas and develop potential project interventions in close collaboration with external partners / stakeholders in the market.
• Ensuring that project interventions conform with M4P principles and have the potential to have sustainable impact at scale for the targeted poor and have the potential for up-scaling within the sector to have indirect outreach to a wider group of poor within the sector.
• Supporting other intervention managers and project staff to think strategically about the scaling-up potential across the programme.
• Supporting the development and updating of a detailed monthly intervention work programme of intervention tasks and activities.
• Identifying outputs and outcomes in line with planned activities and logframe indicators as agreed with the MRM team, TTM and Team leader.
• Ensuring monthly monitoring and reporting of intervention performance against these outputs, outcomes and indicators.
• Ensuring that intervention records, data and files are up to-date and accessible for review as needed by the team.
• Contributing as appropriate and as agreed to the development of intervention tools and the capacity building of key stakeholders in the market.
• Identifying the need for external advisory support, along with the TTM, the team leader and project director.
• Drafting terms of references for consultants and identify potential candidates. The SIM will lead and manage consultants in the development of respective outputs and interventions.
• Facilitating collaboration across interventions as appropriate to ensure value for money of the project.
• The SIM defines in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and potential partner organisations the scope of implementation and where applicable negotiates a formal agreement.
Collaboration and Coordination with Cross-Cutting Functions
• Supports TTM to engage cross-cutting area managers on intervention strategies and workplans
• Supports TTM to identify and communicate required areas of input and support in both intervention design and implementation.
• Supports TTM to identify and communicate required areas of input and support in both intervention design and implementation.
• Supports TTM to identify and leverage synergies between cross-cutting functions and value chains activities
Strategic Leadership
• Supports TTM in collaboration with the Team Leader, to inform programme’s strategic vision and direction, identifying areas for new intervention, scale-up or scale-down.
• Supports TTM to liaise with key programme stakeholders and participate in multi-stakeholder platforms on programme’s strategic approach, achievements, and lessons.
• Supports TTM in collaboration with the Team Leader, to inform programme’s strategic vision and direction, identifying areas for new intervention, scale-up or scale-down.
• Supports TTM to liaise with key programme stakeholders and participate in multi-stakeholder platforms on programme’s strategic approach, achievements, and lessons.
People Management
• Supports intervention managers in ensuring quality programme delivery (technical and financial) through mentoring and providing constructive feedback on areas of strength as well as required improvement.
• Supports TTM to identify and proactively resolve conflict between technical team as well as cross-cutting function members.
• Supports TTM to identify and proactively resolve conflict between technical team as well as cross-cutting function members.
Key Performance Indicators
• Undertake tasks provided in agreed deliverables as planned and agreed with the TTM, Deputy Team Leader or Team leader to time and budget;
• Take responsibility when requested for periodic activities and ensure these are completed in a regular and effective manner
• Take responsibility when requested for periodic activities and ensure these are completed in a regular and effective manner
• Helpful and positive attitude
Last date for submission of applications is 24th February 2019.
How to Apply
To apply follow the link below:
https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=DAINC&cws=1&rid=4286
Country
Nigeria
Source
DAI Global
Type
Job
Career category
Program/Project Management
Years of experience
10+ years