ILRI Program Manager – Gender Equality Jobs in Kenya
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Program Manager to support HER+, the OneCGIAR Research Initiative with the title ‘Harnessing Gender and Social Equality for Resilience in Agrifood Systems’ (Initiative on Gender Equality; HER+) to achieve its planned outcomes.
This position reports to the Gender Equality Initiative lead and works closely with the Initiative co-lead, the work package (WP) leaders, research teams and partners.
ILRI works to improve food security and nutrition and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock. It is the only one of 11 CGIAR research centers dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, ILRI has regional or country offices and projects in East, South and Southeast Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa. www.ilri.org
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 Research Centers in close collaboration with hundreds of partners across the globe.
The Gender Equality Initiative aims to use impactful gender research to address the four dimensions of gender inequality by applying gender-transformative approaches to harmful norms (WP1 Transform), bundling socio-technical innovations for women’s empowerment (WP2 Empower), leveraging social protection to increase women’s access to and control over resources (WP3 Protect), and promoting inclusive governance and policies for increased resilience (WP4 Voice).
Key Responsibilities
Management and operations
The Program Manager will support and engage with the leadership of the Gender Equality Initiative, providing an effective enabling environment for them to be able to lead, guide and advise the program. Duties include
Work with the Initiative and work package leads to develop and implement the initiative level strategy and continually review as required.
Overseeing the development, management and implementation of work plans to ensure effective and timely delivery of outputs and ensure that intended outcomes are reached
Supporting the Initiative leadership of Gender Equality with timely and accurate documentation to enable effective leadership and management of the program. Such documentation may include but is not limited to: budgets; finance and/or performance reports; CGIAR processes, procedures, and timelines; results-based management frameworks and performance management tools.
Managing administration and overseeing day-to-day operations and logistics; such as, for instance: developing and monitoring partner and consultant agreements; ensuring that CGIAR and ILRI policies relating to intellectual property, Open Access, human resources and others are being followed at the Initiative level; overseeing travel, meeting arrangements and other logistics
Contributing to the development of proposals for future research programs
Lead the initiative program management and administrative team and build their capacity on the best project management practices
Planning and Reporting
The Program Manager will be responsible for all the Gender Equality Initiative work related to planning and reporting on results, which involves coordination of contributions from work package leaders and their teams. Duties include
Taking responsibility for understanding and meeting CGIAR’s requirements on annual plans of work and results and annual reporting and integrating this in a planning and reporting system that is useful and helpful for the Initiative and work package leadership to keep track of work, progress, and results
Managing the development of the annual plans of work and results
Managing the development of the annual report for the Gender Equality Initiative
Contributing to efforts of harmonizing reporting and planning tools/templates across Initiatives
Managing planning and reporting commitments to other stakeholders if any
Budgeting and Financial Planning
The Program Manager will be responsible for budgeting and financial planning for the Gender Equality Initiative, working closely with finance and administration teams of the Hosting Center ILRI and, where needed, liaise and follow up with finance and administration teams of any of the other involved CGIAR centers. Duties include
Overseeing Initiative-level budgeting, including development of annual budgets for approval
Monitoring and supervising budgets and expenditures of the Gender Equality Initiative; and advising on adaptive management if needed
Contributing to the development of budgets for proposals of future research programs
Managing budgeting and financial reporting to other stakeholders if any
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
The Program Manager will contribute to developing and maintaining robust and harmonized monitoring, evaluation and learning systems and structures for the Gender Equality Initiative. Duties include
Ensuring that effective systems are in place for tracking and reporting on planned results and outcomes and implemented
Managing data collection and maintaining a database on project indicators
Fostering a learning culture and overseeing the development of a learning strategy for the Gender Equality Initiative
Actively participating in CGIAR-wide monitoring, evaluation and learning efforts
Working with Communications to compile final reports and identify topics for wider communication.
Requirements
A Master’s degree in project management, business administration, public policy, social sciences, international development, agricultural or environmental sciences or closely related field with a minimum of 7 years of relevant professional program management experience with 3 years at managerial level
Bachelor’s degree level degree will be considered if the candidate has a minimum of 10 years of relevant professional program management with 3 years at managerial level
A certification in Project Management
Experience in successfully coordinating large, multi-partner projects
Excellent understanding of and demonstrated experience with program planning and reporting in complex, multi-faceted programs
Excellent understanding of and demonstrated experience with budgeting and financial reporting processes
Demonstrated experience with monitoring, evaluation and learning in complex, multi-faceted programs
Experience with developing and implementing MELIA plans and reports and supporting scientists or other professionals to understand MELIA concepts
Proven decision-making and problem-solving ability
Analytical skills relevant to research, acquisition and analysis of appropriate data for effective problem solving and/or decision-making
Demonstrated capacity for negotiation, communication, facilitation and delivery of complex tasks in challenging international environments
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, while also seeing the big picture
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
Good proficiency in the use of MS Windows-based software packages, including word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation programs
Fluency in written and spoken English
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; ILRI Program Manager – Gender Equality Jobs in Kenya
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