COUNTRY DIRECTOR Full Time

Job Summary

Serves as FH’s chief representative in Kenya. Provides leadership to and manages all FH programs and staff in Kenya. Within the framework of the FH Heartbeat values, develops and is responsible for delivering on plans that contribute to the achievement of the Strategic Plan goals, summarized by the graduation of communities, moving people out of poverty, and increasing relief capacity.

Principal Responsibilities

Leadership, Vision, and Staff Development

• Promotes and models a healthy and visionary organizational culture along with a harmonious and effective workforce.
• Champions our Heartbeat values and exercises spiritual leadership, modeling and promoting the mindsets, skills, and behaviors that contribute to a rewarding, empowered organizational culture.
• Facilitates a learning environment that enables staff to develop professionally and spiritually.
• Attracts, acquires, retains, motivates, and promotes qualified talent.
• Coaches, develops, counsels, and ensures accountability of the senior leadership team.
• Provides leadership, direction, and vision in managing change initiatives within the country, bridging different ways of working, and diverse working cultures within the teams.
• Articulates, promotes, and advances FH global initiatives, priorities and systems that enable the organization to achieve its vision and mission, consistent with local context.

Strategy Realization

• Ensures that the Kenya office is planning and executing strategically at all times in alignment with FH’s organizational direction.
• In collaboration with the local board and senior leadership, and consistent with corporate strategic priorities, develops country strategy and related goals, outcomes, and objectives.
• Identifies and secures the appropriate resources (personnel, funds, materials, and partnerships) needed to accomplish the country strategy through field, Affiliates, and other donor contacts.
• Ensures that the development of annual work plans and associated project activities, objectives and key results are aligned with the strategy and organizational targets.
• Ensures FH makes strategic investments in time, resources and planning that will position FH for greater impact and effectiveness into the future.
• Provides overall leadership to and enhancement of FH business development, guiding the strategic pursuit and acquisition of new sources of income and partnership opportunities.

Programmatic and Administrative Excellence

• Ensures FH keeps its promises and fulfills its vision and mission by executing projects and supportive functions with the highest excellence.
• Ensures FH projects are implemented effectively and with the highest quality standards in compliance with FH and donor requirements.
• Ensures FH achieves stated outcomes, objectives, and results of its projects and that they are delivered on time, on budget.
• Promotes performance monitoring and evaluation management, ensuring data and learning are maximized to assist in the achievement of stated objectives.
• Ensures the organization is in compliance with all international, national, and local laws and labor regulations as well as the policies and requirements of the partnerships to which FH belongs and the best practices of our sector.
• Ensures close collaboration between business units and implementing partners through regular planning and performance meetings and reporting, especially focused on the link between program performance and financial compliance and accountability of the organization and program burn rate.
• Promotes innovative and breakthrough programming by facilitating the development, testing and growth of new approaches, effectively balancing incremental innovation with core program models.

Representation and Partnerships

• Encourages, promotes, and expands appropriate and value-added partnerships and collaboration with external organizations and groups.
• Keeps abreast of the trends and priorities of the relief and development community in Kenya, including environmental, economic, social, political, and religious conditions, by participating in working groups, task forces and other bodies.
• Promotes FH brand, abilities and programs to donors, partners, and the public.
• Identifies, cultivates, establishes, and maintains relationships with partners which may directly or indirectly contribute to the advancement of FHC strategic priorities or FH implementation objectives. These include but are not limited to bilateral and multilateral aid agencies, foundations, private businesses, churches, Affiliates, and alliances to which FH is a member.
• Represents FH as “chief of mission” at official functions, and as necessary, speaks on behalf of FH in accordance with stated FH positions.

Safeguarding and Risk Management

• Ensures appropriate protection and well-being of FH staff, community partners, assets, and organizational reputation.
• Ensures that children and vulnerable adults are protected from safeguarding issues by all staff and FH representatives in the delivery of projects and programs in the country.
• Ensures that systems, policies, and procedures are properly developed and implemented in order to strengthen safety and security of all staff and FH resources.
• Actively identifies, mitigates, and monitors all risks to the organization and initiate corrective action where organizational gaps or weaknesses heighten risk.

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