FSD Africa Chief Operating Officer Job in Kenya

Vacancy: Chief Operating Officer
 

FSD Africa (FSDA) is a regional financial sector development programme operating across Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Its goal is to reduce poverty by boosting financial inclusion and helping financial institutions and markets drive economic growth.

The Role: Reporting to the Director, and working as a core member of the leadership team alongside the FSDA Pillar heads, the Chief Operating Officer will be responsible for all operational and contractual aspects of the programme. 

He/she will oversee procurement and project delivery across all the FSDA Pillars (Skills development and training; Knowledge and evidence; Thematic programmes; Regional platform), as well as ensuring the smooth functioning of programme operations and administration, including talent management and HR.

Key Responsibilities:

The Chief Operating Officer will make an important contribution to the achievement of FSDA’s overall impact through responsibility for the following. 

He/she will:

• Design, build and operate a comprehensive programme/project management, monitoring and evaluation system based on FSD best practice;
• Be responsible for all aspects of risk management (including IT) across FSDA (whether related to programme delivery or programme management);
• Be responsible for HR and talent management, working closely with the Director and outsourcing administrative functions to a suitably qualified service provider;
• Support colleagues across FSDA on all contracting/procurement-related matters, ensuring adherence to FSDA’s operating principles and agreed procurement procedures;
• Manage the relationship with the Finance Manager (financial management is to be outsourced to a professional services firm);
• Provide high quality FSDA-wide management information to the Director and other FSDA colleagues and DFID as may be requested;
• Act as a focal point between FSDA and major funders, especially DFID, providing them with reports and project information in a timely fashion;
• Coordinate meetings across FSDA’s governance structure;
• Manage FSDA’s administrative team.

Essential: 

• Professional qualification in accounting/legal; 
• 10 years of programme management/grants management experience; 
• 15 years of working experience in financial sector development in Africa; 
• knowledge of donor reporting processes (ideally DFID); 
• Demonstrated first-hand experience of rigorous project management skills; 
• excellent skills in written and spoken English.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong strategic focus, be results-driven, innovative and committed to high standards of performance.
 

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Send your application letter and detailed CV to reach us on or before Friday, 9 January, 2015 by 1200 (EAT) to recruit@fsdafrica.org.

Please put in the subject line” FSDA Chief Operating Officer”. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.