Humanitarian Business Development Manager – East & Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia & Uganda) Full Time

Finn Church Aid (FCA) Kenya is looking for an experienced Humanitarian Business Development Manager. The primary role of the Humanitarian Business Development Manager is to ensure growth of the programmes including high quality timely humanitarian and emergency preparedness, response and programming across the East and Horn of Africa region, aligned with FCA humanitarian strategy*.*

Areas of responsibility:

• Lead on developing and growing a humanitarian programme that is adaptive and can respond to humanitarian crisis as and when necessary, including programme design, fundraising and capacity strengthening
• Oversee implementation of durable solutions efforts of country offices in the region, including Education, Livelihoods, Peace and Complementary Pathways programmes, with specific guidance and capacity building to country offices on Complementary Pathways
• Support donor and partner engagement efforts of country operations and in the region, though active networking, advocacy and effective communication of humanitarian needs and FCA response capacity.
• Monitor humanitarian needs and occurring emergencies in the region
• Support countries and head office in making quick assessment on the sudden onset of disasters and recommendations for potential emergency response in a timely fashion, including proposal development for urgent humanitarian situations
• Provide leadership in assuring that FCA humanitarian programme in East and Horn of Africa region is closely coordinated with the humanitarian community and coordination structures at regional and national level, incorporating assessments and best practices to inform the quality of FCA work
• Mentor local staffs in the targeted countries to take up similar roles in future
• Provide technical inputs into country strategies, annual plans, assessments, proposals and reports, and Emergency Preparedness and Response plans, and coordinate capacity development and cross-country learning and harmonized programming where applicable
• Lead on ensuring application of humanitarian standards, government and internal policies, and child safeguarding to programme design
• Lead on humanitarian grants acquisition and management

Competence and Personal Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Humanitarian Assistance, Development Studies, International studies or related field
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in working in humanitarian and development program related operations and activities in the region of East Africa, specifically Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia
• Demonstrated experience with key donors and stakeholders, including Finnish MFA, UNHCR, BRPM, ECHO, EU, Enabel, LEGO, MCF, Women’s Bank, Danida, NORAD, and government stakeholders such as DRS, RRS and OPM
• Knowledge of and proven experience working in Education in Emergencies, Livelihoods, and Complementary Pathways programming
• Proven ability to build and foster relations, fundraise and grow a programme and general business development experience
• Experience with the Finnish Education system and FCA Programming is an added value
• Proven experience and capacity programme management (PMER), including financial management and keeping oversight of multiple projects and locations and complementarities between these
• People management skills and understanding of HR issues in a large operation
• Strong understanding of humanitarian approaches and standards, and working with refugees, IDPs and host communities
• Good understanding of, and ability to strengthen the quality of, MEAL, communications and advocacy procedures
• Strong external relations skills and experience in cooperating with local organizations, donors, partners and authorities, and international actors and UN agencies
• Strong strategic and context analysis skills, from the humanitarian, nexus and development space
• Proven team orientation skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment with both technical and non-technical staff
• Excellent inter-personal and inter-cultural skills
• Ability and willingness to travel in the region including hard to reach areas

The fixed-term contract for this position is for 24 months, until October 2026, and extendable based on income of funding, with six months’ probation period. The compensation is based on FCA salary scale and the candidate’s level of experience. Duty station in Nairobi, with frequent travel to programme locations in the region

Please apply by using the link no later than on 18th of October 2024. Applicants will be short-listed and contacted for an interview on a progressive basis.

Finn Church Aid (FCA) is Finland’s largest international aid organization with operations in 12 countries and more than 70 years of experience in humanitarian assistance and long term development cooperation. FCA specialises in supporting local communities in three priority areas: Right to Education, Right to Livelihood, and Right to Peace. Qualified and interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic affiliation are encouraged to apply for the position.

FCA practices zero tolerance against child abuse. FCA’s Child Safeguarding Policy applies to all FCA staff. FCA has zero tolerance concerning aid diversion and illegal actions and may screen applicants against international lists to ensure due diligence and compliance with Anti-money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism requirements.

FCA is certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS).

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