REGIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
This is a Consultant Role based in West Africa. Applicants
must be citizens or have authorization to work in the sub-region. GFC will not
cover relocation costs or the cost of living. We strongly encourage qualified
women to apply.
BACKGROUND
Global Fund for Children collaborates to build a world where
all children and youth are safe, strong, and valued. We pursue this mission by
investing in innovative, locally led organizations, helping them deepen their
impact and build their capacity for social change. To further advance and
protect the rights of children and youth, GFC supports its partners to engage
in grassroots advocacy initiatives to effect policy and social norm change from
the local level. Since our founding nearly 25 years ago, GFC has invested
nearly $40 million in over 600 grassroots organization around the world. Our
work advances the rights of children and youth across four focus areas:
education; gender equity; youth empowerment; and freedom from violence and
exploitation. GFC will launch a two-year initiative to fund, support, and
strengthen the capacity of locallybased partners committed to addressing the
causes of violence experienced by girls and young women, while also seeking to
empower them to act as agents of change to lead safer, more protected, and
healthier lives in West Africa. Based on learning from this initial phase, GFC
hopes to continue and expand this initiative. This initiative will aim to
strengthen 6-8 partners' capacity and programs, which target sexual and
gender-based violence (SGBV) in Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone.
OVERVIEW
We are seeking a Capacity Development Specialist with
experience supporting communitybased organizations to work with the cohort of
grantee partners, to collaboratively identify and strengthen priority areas
within their organizations. The Capacity Development Specialist will also
strengthen the network of current and alumni partners in the region, linking
and leveraging this group with relevant regional technical and funding
resources to ensure a strong GFC valueadd to regional initiatives and
investments. Because of this role’s unique geographic location, the Capacity
Development Specialist will also provide substantial leadership and support all
along the grantmaking and institutional donor/fundraising processes for
initiatives in that region, beginning with this new SGBV Initiative. The
Capacity Development Specialist will be GFC’s external face and internal
resource on the ground in the region. The Capacity Development specialist will
work remotely from West Africa (Liberia, Senegal or Sierra Leone), closely with
other headquarter-based staff and report to the Regional Program Director for
Africa based in Washington D.C. ESSENTIAL DELIVERABLES Organizational Capacity
Development:
· Build constructive and
collegial relationships with local organization partner leaders as the
foundation for peer-to-peer capacity development and support, from an
empowering partnership approach that challenges traditional donor-grantee
relationships
· Perform joint participatory
organizational capacity assessments with partners to identify areas for
organizational strengthening and progress over time
· Co-design with partners
discrete organizational development activities that may be funded; field and
recommend opportunities for professional development and participation in
conferences that may be funded by opportunity grants
· Co-design with partners,
outcomes that measure interventions focused on changing knowledge, attitudes
and practices around gender-based violence
· Build and maintain a
resource list of quality organizational development consultants, training
firms, and professional development opportunities relevant to partners,
particularly local/regional service providers
· Provide direct mentoring
and coaching to partner leadership and staff as needed and in alignment with
personal expertise and experience
· Build an understanding of
the effectiveness of partners programs through one-on-one discussions and other
means
· Share relevant technical
and organizational development resources, contacts, news and information with
partners through regular email communication and newsletters. Use field
observations, content review, periodic site visits, and regular communication
with partners, and partner feedback surveys, to collect data on partner
progress against defined overarching indicators for the project;
· Lead and support partners
in critical thinking and learning processes such as reflection and review
processes, TOC development and clarification, log frames and results frameworks
where applicable.
· Contribute to creating,
nurturing and documenting the initiative’s community of practice;
· Advise on and contribute to
the development of a learning agenda for grantee partners. Grantmaking:
· Advise on selection of new
local partners via dissemination of calls for new partners, referral of
organizations, scouting visits and vetting of potential partners, and
preparation of written recommendations for internal grantmaking committees and
official grantmaking cycles.
· Work with potential and
renewal partners on preparation of annual primary grant proposals and budgets,
and manage grantmaking process from approval to disbursement utilizing GFC’s
GIFTS online system.
·Process supplemental grants
through GFC’s internal decision-making processes and through GFC’s grantmaking
online platform from approval to disbursement.
· Ensure partners are
informed and equipped to meet grant monitoring requirements, including internal
GFC grant reporting and relevant institutional donor/project requirements.
· Provide direct assistance
to partners who may need assistance to meet these requirements. Knowledge
Sharing and Networks:
· Design and implement
regional and national convening to bring partners together for knowledge
exchange, group trainings, network-building and catalyzing of joint advocacy
efforts, including setting themes and agendas, and coordinating with additional
facilitators and local service providers to ensure effective events.
· Represent GFC on
issue-specific affinity groups, coordinating networks and coalitions;
·Leverage personal expertise
on national issues relevant to GFC’s strategy to support advocacy efforts and
educate relevant external networks to support positive social change for
children. Communications and Reporting
· Ensure timely and effective
fulfillment of grant deliverables and reporting to donors
· Contribute brief, original
content for program sections of GFC’s blog, website, annual report, and other
communications materials, as well as for external publications.
· Contribute to creation,
editing, and dissemination of regional and issue area briefs.
CONSULTANT QUALIFICATIONS
· Extensive experience
working with grassroots and/or community-based organizations in Africa
particularly within Liberia, Sierra Leone, and/Senegal;
· Experience working with
children and youth issues, particularly issues affecting adolescent girls’
education, empowerment, gender equity and freedom from violence and
exploitation;
· Demonstrated understanding
of strategic, programmatic, and operational challenges that local organizations
face, particularly in their nascent and transitional stages of development;
·Existing bank of
resources—tools, professional contacts, personal experience and knowledge—to
support partners in facing and resolving organizational challenges.
· Proven skills in organizing
and facilitating dynamic meetings and group learning opportunities with
grassroots leaders, particularly young women leaders;
· Full professional
proficiency in English and French; proficiency in one or more local languages
such as Krio or Wolof is an asset;
·Authorization to reside and
work in Liberia, Senegal or Sierra Leone. This consultancy is expected to be a
local hire in one of these countries;
· Experience working with
gender-based violence facing young girls with familiarity of safeguarding
procedures in institutional settings;
· Excellent writing,
communication, and presentation skills;
· Willing to travel within
and across Africa particularly the three countries of interest up to 40% of the
time;
· High emotional intelligence
and the ability to work collaboratively with humility across multiple cultural
contexts;
·Motivated to grow in diverse
environments with people of all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, abilities,
gender identities, and sexual orientations.
This consultancy is for a two-year gender-based initiative
across Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone. To apply: Please send a cover letter,
including your compensation preferences, and a resume or curriculum vitae, all
in English, to careers@globalfundforchildren.org, with Africa Capacity
Development Specialist in the subject line. The Consultancy is open until
filled and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Check us out at
www.globalfundforchildren.org. for more information about our organization.
Comments
Post a Comment