Regional Manager Francophone Africa

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Project HOPE is an international NGO of more than 500 engaged employees and hundreds of volunteers who work in more than 25 countries, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 60-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients and provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world. We have helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.

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Background

In order to strengthen the existing emergency preparedness capacity of local and national NGOs (L/NNGOs) across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and West and Central Africa (WCA) regions, and in an effort to support improvements to their organizational and operational response capabilities, Project HOPE will deliver a learning program that will reinforce L/NNGO response to humanitarian crises and ensure meaningful engagement with the international humanitarian ecosystem.

The initiative will support eight L/NNGOs, selected from across the LAC and WCA regions. Beginning in the spring of 2021, the learning program participants will undergo an extensive period of training activities, including individual study, in-person workshops if circumstances warrant over the foreseeable future, work plan development, a mix of onsite and distance support from subject-matter experts (SMEs) and capacity transfers between participating L/NNGOs for peer-to-peer learning. The various phases of the project include:

1) Pre-workshop learning needs assessments to explore the specific gaps identified by the selected NNGOs,

2) A 5-day regional workshop (date TBC but likely May 2021),

3) Post-workshop capacity assessments leading to the development of work plans for targeted on-site interventions by appropriate subject-matter experts over an estimated period of 10-12 months.

Purpose

The Regional Manager for Francophone Africa (RMFA) will support the capacity strengthening of participating L/NNGOs by overseeing SME engagements with assigned organizations from across the WCA region. With assistance from the Program Director, s/he will bear primary responsibility for ensuring the support being provided by the SMEs is in accordance with the needs identified by the L/NN|GOs. The RMFA will also be responsible for ensuring the SMEs are well equipped with the necessary tools to meet their objectives.

The RMFA is a key position within the project management team.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Serve as a point of contact for participating L/NNGOs from Francophone Africa

· Oversee Subject Matter Expert (SME) engagements with their assigned L/NNGOs

· Serve as co-facilitator for the French-language Africa regional workshop together with other identified co-facilitators

· Contribute to SME orientation sessions, together with other members of the project management team

· Together with the SMEs and the project M&E Advisor, oversee the compilation of individual L/NNGO work plans for furthering capacity in the specific areas of need identified in organizational capacity assessments

· Along with the SMEs, provide oversight to ensure the L/NNGOs are fulfilling their obligations in the agreed-upon work plans

· Organize and, along with relevant SMEs, participate in distance learning exchanges and provide further training and support when and as needed

· As requested by the Program Director, provide input into project documents such as reports and budgets in reference to the above activities

· Provide assistance with compilation of information for donor reporting purposes

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

· 5-10 years experience implementing and/or managing humanitarian programming during emergency response

· Demonstrated experience managing complex multi-stakeholder projects and relationships

· Experience evaluating operational and organizational response capacity in the emergency NGO context (including but not limited to review of protocols and procedures given the size/scope of organizations and their respective operating environments)

· Knowledge of adult learning principles and experience with workshop facilitation

· Experience providing training for national NGO staff working in complex operating environments and added bonus

· An understanding of the psychological effects of working in a hostile environment and how appropriate mitigation can be included into training packages

· A comprehensive understanding of the Humanitarian Principles and their practical application in humanitarian response programming

· Direct experience with humanitarian coordination system or working with NGO consortia is desirable.

· Superior organization and presentation skills

· Ability to work from a distance and multi-task effectively

· Mastery of the various communication and distance learning platforms

· Ability to communicate effectively (written and spoken) in both English and French. Candidates who also have fluency in Spanish are strongly encouraged to apply.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: **

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.
• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form, and must be able to travel internationally.
• Project HOPE employees may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”

Work environment:

• Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level.
• Emergency deployments may be in resource-deprived environments with austere living conditions.
• Travel for extended periods may be by air and/or other modes of transportation.
• While international travel is not a regular part of every job, programmatic needs may require it intermittently.
• Project HOPE employees may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”

Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be considered. No phone calls please.

However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise.

Thank you very much for your interest in Project HOPE.