Team Leader

Job Summary

Job Title:	Team Leader
Grade / Level:	TBA
Country:	Zimbabwe
Location:	Bulawayo
Reports to:	Country Director
Supervision given to:	Programme Management Unit, Consortium partners

 

Overview / Objectives of the position:

GOAL is seeking for a highly qualified, systems thinker and experienced Team Leader for an anticipated SDC – funded Urban Resilience, Inclusion and Socio- Economic Empowerment (U-RISE) project in Zimbabwe. The project (4.5 – 12 years), aims to enhance the economic resilience and well-being of vulnerable urban communities in Zimbabwe’s secondary cities. This will be achieved through economic empowerment activities including developing technical and business skills, improving financial inclusion and promoting inclusive market participation of targeted project communities with focus in food systems and green value chains. In addition, the project aims to foster an enabling policy environment by addressing barriers to agriculture production, entrepreneurship, informal business operations and other economic opportunities in urban areas. The project also aims to support enhanced learning, knowledge sharing and coordination on urban resilience building in Zimbabwe.

As Team Leader, your strategic vision, leadership, and adaptive management will deliver results while expanding GOAL’s position as a key actor in Urban Resilience and economic growth programming in Zimbabwe. You will have overall leadership and management responsibility for the implementation of the U-RISE project and the consortium coordination unit.

This position is contingent upon receipt of funding and requires donor approval.

Duties & Responsibilities

Strategy & Vision

• Lead the development of a programme-wide urban resilience-building framework to guide coordination and integrated implementation.
• Recognize opportunities for innovative action and create an environment where alternative viewpoints are welcomed.
• Set direction by prioritizing and organizing actions and resources to achieve objectives.

Program Management & Leadership

• Oversee programme start-up and ongoing programme management and administration of consortia members and teams across different programme locations.
• Directly supervise the programme management unit and ensure accountability to GOAL policies and SDC rules and regulations.
• Lead the development and adaptation of detailed strategy and implementation plans, work-plans, and ensure the delivery of the same.
• Ensure that effective targeting criteria are developed and documented based on different approaches.
• Integrate community approaches, gender sensitivity and capacity building into all activities as appropriate.
• Provide managerial and programmatic oversight to consortium partners.
• Provide leadership to ensure the Urban Resilience programme remains agile and adaptive to shifting context/reality on the ground and responds to emerging evidence of resilience and landscape related changes.
• Document processes and achievements to ensure best practices are captured and disseminated. This will include the continual re-evaluation of programme activities and information, with resulting activity adjustments in keeping with new insights.
• Oversee efforts to design effective M&E systems for the program, and linkages with internal M&E systems.
• Create and follow effective stakeholder management plans, ensuring good communications with GOAL Zimbabwe, consortium partner organizations, SDC, Government of Zimbabwe authorities, and peer agencies.
• Conduct frequent field visits to all programme sites.

 Team Management

• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations and provide constructive feedback via regular performance reviews.
• Develop the capacity of the team, lead team-building efforts, help team members identify problem solving options and ensure the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.
• Supervise and manage the programme management unt to ensure day-to-day activities are implemented in a coordinated fashion according to schedule, budget and quality.
• Supervise and manage all programme partnerships to ensure sound coordination in the context of an overall programme strategic and urban resilience-building framework.
• Manage and help with the recruitment, orientation, professional development and ongoing training of staff to ensure they are of the quality and technical capacity necessary to ensure the successful implementation of activities.

 Finance & Compliance Management

• In collaboration with the country programme’s operations and finance departments, ensure proper financial management, procurement, administration, human resources and logistics (including transport and asset management) needs of the programme are conducted within GOAL policy and with the maximum benefit to the programme.
• Create and maintain systems to ensure effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with programme, SDC and GOAL needs.

 Influence & Representation

• Lead the socialization of the programme with Government of Zimbabwe stakeholders and existing resilience initiatives, ensuring necessary approvals and collaboration as required.
• Liaise with and represent programme to SDC and other cooperating sponsors and stakeholders.
• Represent GOAL at government, donor, NGO and other relevant events in the field, in close coordination with the Country Director.
• Ensure close coordination and information sharing with consortium partners, sub-grantees, local government and other implementers, as well as with other GOAL programs.
• Work closely with the country team’s security focal point to develop and maintain systems that promote the safety and security of all team members.
• Ensure that Urban Resilience activities are designed and implemented with a clear analysis and understanding of security.

 Safeguarding

Children and vulnerable adults a must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

 Accountability within GOAL

Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:

• Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols.
• Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area.
• Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.

 Knowledge and Experience

• Academic qualification in development, management, agriculture, economics, business resilience and/or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience in managing similar complex programmes, a minimum of eight (8) years.
• Significant experience in resilience and systems-strengthening programming, private sector engagement, urban agriculture, inclusive employment, and/or other related fields, with demonstrated experience in urban contexts.
• Strong managerial and analytical skills, including results-oriented management, evidence use for learning and advocacy, strategic planning, human resources management, financial management, and reporting skills.
• Strong experience in steering and mentoring, capacity to anticipate issues and identify forward-looking solutions.
• Proven track record of cooperating with a large range of different stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage complex teams, including problem solving skills, and capacity to meet deadlines and deliver quality deliverables to meet objectives; and
• Very strong written and verbal communication skills (proficiency in English)

Desired

• Previous experience with SDC and/or managing SDC programmes of similar complexity
• Proficiency in local languages an added advantage.

Summary of the desired candidate

The successful candidate will be a systems thinker and experienced and motivational leader with exceptional management and soft skills, relevant programme experience, and experience in nurturing and maintaining local stakeholder, donor, and partner relationships. They will have an outstanding ability to develop and adaptively manage innovative programmes. They will also have proven experience in capacity strengthening, team and partners. Multi-tasking, prioritizing, problem solving and simultaneous attention to detail and strategic vision are essential. The most successful candidate will have a strong commitment to teamwork and accountability, thrive in evolving and changing environments and make effective written and verbal communication.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated.  Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible.  This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date.  We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

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