The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is an independent, non-profit organization, founded in Sudan in 2001, currently working in seven countries in Eastern and Central Africa. The aim of the Institute is to advance useful knowledge of the region and its diverse communities, bringing a better understanding of local realities to bear on social and political action. The RVI works with institutions in the region to develop and implement long-term programmes that combine action-oriented research with education and public information.
Summary
The Somali Dialogue Platform (the ‘Platform’) is a multi-year programme funded by the FCDO, USAID, BUILD and MFA Denmark. The Platform provides a neutral space for dialogue on contentious issues in Somalia’s political settlement, such as designing and implementing elections or clarifying the federal settlement. The overall goal of the Platform is to ensure a ‘high-level and sufficiently inclusive range of political stakeholders regularly and constructively negotiate and seek solutions on contentious political settlement issues in trusted, Somali-owned dialogue spaces’.
The Rift Valley Institute is seeking a highly experienced and dynamic person to manage the Platform’s operations and financial management. The Grant and Operations Manager has overall responsibility for ensuring robust management of finances, risks, compliance, procurement, travel and logistics, and security. S/he will work closely with the Platform’s Team Leader, technical leads and RVI Finance and Operations to ensure the programme is empowered to deliver the work and achieve its key objectives through effective programme management.
General
Title: Grant and Operation Manager, Somali Dialogue Platform
Location: Nairobi or Mogadishu, with frequent travel
Reporting to: Team Leader, Somali Dialogue Platform
Salary range: $45,300-$53,467, depending on experience. Other benefits include 28 days annual paid, health insurance, pension plan, travel allowance, and flexible working hours (subject to negotiation). All programmatic roles are subject to renewal depending on available funding.
Description of Duties
Programme financial management and procurement and compliance
- Working with the Engagement and Research Leads, and RVI Finance and Operations, coordinate programme budgeting, expenditure, management and forecasting.
- Oversee all programme procurement and contracting processes ensuring adherence to RVI internal policies and compliance with donor regulations
- Manage donor contracting and compliance
- Support partners, consultants and service-providers to submit expense reports
- Support the RVI Finance and Operations team to produce financial reports
- Support RVI Finance and Operations in tracking payments and reconciling advances
- Review and track the programme’s key VFM indicators
- Maintain a list of the Platform’s current and prospective consultants
- Maintain the Platform’s asset register
- Support RVI staff with audits
Operations and logistics
- Oversee the programme’s travel, ensuring adherence to RVI travel policies, including, flights, ground transport and accommodation
- Establish and maintain a list of pre-qualified suppliers
- Manage logistics for Platform events, including event security
Risk management
- Develop and implement RVI’s risk-management methodology, including monthly and quarterly reviews of the Platform’s risk register, and procedures for rapid mitigation.
- Maintain a risk mapping of the programme’s delivery chain, including an analysis of all downstream partners and service provider
Security
- Act as the focal point for programme security, ensuring adherence to RVI’s security procedures, and coordinating with the programme’s security advisor
- Advise on the security aspects of programme activities, minimising risk to staff, consultants, partners, and beneficiaries
- Provide analysis on changing security context to advise staff and consultants and to support programme decisions-making
Requirements
- Relevant postgraduate degree in Business Administration, Development Studies or similar;
- Extensive experience in programme financial management, including budget management, analysis forecasting and reporting
- Accounting qualification highly desirable
- Over five years experience in programme management and administration in fragile contexts, including Somalia
- Demonstrable commitment to the Platform’s core vision and principles
- Track-record in ensuring compliance in programme management with institutional donors, especially FCDO (DFID) and USAID
- Extensive experience in managing programme procurement
- Familiarity with VFM concepts and ability to ensure implementation
- Ability to manage programme travel with multiple and simultaneous movements across Somalia
- Experience in implementing programme risk management and mitigation strategies
- Existing network and knowledge of security, transport and accommodation suppliers in Somalia
- Track -record in managing programme security
- Fluency in English; Fluency in Somali desirable
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