Hope for Victoria Children (HOVIC) Organisation Development Consultant and Accompanier Job in Kisumu Kenya

Title: Organisation Development Consultant and Accompanier 
 

Location: Kisumu – Kenya
 

Closing date: 24th May 2013
 

Hope for Victoria Children (HOVIC) is seeking to recruit an organisational development consultant / Mentor/ Accompanier / to perform the following functions outlined below  
 

A. Main Purpose and Scope
 

The job holder will put in  place  strategic  leadership to guide  the  organisation to innovatively deliver programs, design and  develop robust  financial and  accounting  systems, facilitate the  development of  a  strategic plan,  develop a program component for girls, build  capacity of  staff in child  rights  advocacy and  develop the  staff capacity in outreach campaigns, negotiation and  lobbying. 

And finally support the organisation to develop a robust Monitoring and evaluation frame work.
 

Main Duties and responsibilities

1. Carry out a governance audit, design and develop a governance manual, induction programme for new board members, induct new members and mentor Board of Trustees
2. Facilitate development of  a new organisational structure and Organogram
3. Conduct a comprehensive staff skills audit 
4. Develop job descriptions and person specifications  for the senior management team and operational staff  and support process of recruiting  key staff
5. Design and develop a leadership and mentoring plan  and offer leadership coaching and mentoring
6. Design and develop a capacity development plan for staff
7. Develop HR policy to guide HR practice including a comprehensive appraisal system and training staff in its use
8. Build capacity of staff in data analysis and reporting skills
9. Design and develop a learning programme for staff to learn from the project and its implementation
10. Commission an accounting firm to carry out a comprehensive review of the financial policy and systems and recommending a robust financial system and training staff in budgeting and financial reporting
11. Facilitate the development of a new strategic plan and if necessary develop a framework for annual planning
12. Commission action research on the status of girls in the hidden sector including  a study of organisations supporting street girls to assess their capacity and potential for collaborative work leading to developing a programme for integrating girls into HOVIC programme and proposal for an interim arrangement of supporting girls through partner organisations
13. Design and develop a training programme on child rights, advocacy, outreach and campaign, negotiating and lobbying; identify and select trainers and facilitate development of training manuals 

B. Job Requirement (Knowledge/Skills Competencies)
 

The consultants should have substantial knowledge and experience in organisational capacity building, child rights programming, planning, coaching and mentoring working within the East African Region with an excellent understanding of the African development context.
 

HOVIC is looking for suitably qualified consultant(s) who will meet the following person specifications:

• Extensive experience in organisational development  supporting small to medium size Non-governmental organisations
• Experience in coaching and mentoring and designing coaching and mentoring programmes
• Experience of designing governance programmes to develop capacity of board members
• Experience in facilitating strategic planning process
• Sound knowledge and experience in financial management

C. Application Process
 

We are inviting suitably qualified Consultant(s) to submit their applications to HOVIC marked for the attention of the Board Chairperson, Professor Paul Oleche on the following email hovicjobapplications@gmail.com and a copy to Cornelius Murombedzi, International Programme Manager at Widows and Orphans International on cornelius@worphan.com by 24th May 2013.

The application will include:

• detailed CV(s) and cover letter highlighting  how you meet the required specifications
• proposed methodology
• proposed work plan
• proposed budget
• Proven experience
• 3 contactable references
• Availability to start and undertake this assignment

HOVIC will be in touch with shortlisted candidates for an interview by 31st May 2013. Final decision on the successful candidate will be made by 11th June 2013 and we hope the successful consultant(s) will commence work within three weeks of appointment.
 

If you are interested in submitting an application for this assignment and would want to discuss about this assignment before submitting your application, please contact Professor Paul Oleche on his email address above or Telephone number +254 712 533 160  or 254-721573872