South Sudan: Team Leader

Job Description – Team Leader Fund Manager of the Civil Society Fund South Sudan

Imatong Employment Solutions (IES) is recruiting on behalf of Ecorys who are the Fund Manager of the “Civil Society Fund South Sudan.” This contract was awarded after an international competitive tender process. The Civil Society Fund (CSF) for South Sudan is a multi-donor fund established to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations to bring about positive changes in the lives and well-being of communities and groups. CSF is funded by the Embassies of Norway, Sweden and The Netherlands, with the latter acting as lead donor. The project has a long-term outlook of 20 years based on five-year cycles.

CSF is specifically established to provide long term investments in the development of South Sudanese civil society. Up to now, civil society organisations in South Sudan remain overwhelmingly dependent on meeting donors’ programmatic priorities for financial support. The CSF aims to depart from this practice and build stronger organisations that deepen linkages with citizens and build up constituencies around certain thematic areas or for certain geographic locations. Together with it partners CSF will support communities and groups to engage constructively with authorities/decision makers on their needs and priorities.

During a 12-month Inception Phase (April 2016 – March 2017), the donors and the Fund Manager created a programme that is flexible and scalable in its aim to support local civil society organisations in South Sudan. To lead the implementation of the project, Ecorys is currently recruiting a Team Leader who will oversee the first cycle – four (4) years - of the implementation of the project.

Location: You will work from the CSF project office in Juba, located on the ground floor of the NPA Building on Martyrs Road (opposite the UNICEF compound). Frequent field trips to locations outside Juba will be required.

Input: The intended start date is as soon as possible. Contract will be for 24 months (or +/- 440 working days), with plans for extension based on satisfactory performance.

Role: The Team Leader will be responsible for overall project coordination and supervision of the team. You will:

• Lead and coordinate the roll out of the different strategies of the Fund (granting, capacity development, monitoring, evaluation & learning and direct actions) in Juba as well as field locations;

• Guide the CSF activities towards the development of CSO’s throughout South Sudan and engage with all relevant stakeholders;

• Plan and coordinate the opening of funding windows and identifying target beneficiaries and objectives in an inclusive approach;

• Manage and develop procedures for selection of Grantees, service providers and consultants (procurement) on a needs basis;

• Manage the Team on a day-to-day basis in collaboration with the Ecorys project manager;

• Manage the relationship with the CSF contributing donors on a day-to-day basis and provide secretariat services to the CSF Steering Committee.

• Represent the Fund manager and the consortium when required.

Key tasks and deliverables:

• Create further buy in from key actors, continuously update political economy/conflict analysis, review policy environment, update the CSO mapping data;

• Take responsibility for capacity assessment and wider due diligence with an objective of ensuring performance of intermediaries and partner CSOs;

• Manage the CSF according to the Project Management and Grant Management Manual and tools that include: Policies on fund disbursement, application, appraisal of various funding windows and execution of capacity building activities;

• Manage the different budget lines of the Fund in consultation with the requirements of the CSF contributing donors.

• Prepare quarterly progress reports (in collaboration with the team and project management);

• Coordinate, agree and facilitate the activities of the Third Party Monitoring and Evaluation Agent (TPMEA) of the CSF.

Reporting: The following reporting arrangements shall be observed:

Reports to:

• The Ecorys Project Manager

• Briefing the Embassy Officer, Management Board and / or Steering Committee when requested

• Monthly Activity Reports

• Quarterly an Annual progress reports.

Essential skills and experiences that are required for the position:

Technical

• Extensive experience (+10 years) in working with CSO’s in South Sudan or similar fragile and post conflict States in a leadership role;

• Previous experience in the management of grants to civil society organisations. (Proven experience in operating effective financial management over substantial funds USD 3 million or more);

• Experience in delivering institutional capacity building to CSO’s at the national, provincial and grass-root level in Africa;

• Extensive knowledge on result frameworks (logframes, Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning frameworks) in implementing complex national programmes.

Other

• A University degree in Social studies, International development or similar relevant fields

• Very strong team management and people skills, communication, facilitation and mediator skills, adaptability and social awareness;

• Excellent organizational, administrative and logistics skills.

• Ability to develop close working relationships with key officials at (decentralised) government levels , CSO’s and other non-governmental stakeholders;

• Excellent working knowledge of English and excellent report writing skills.

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter, detailing your motivation and suitability for the position, to info@imatongemploy.com

Applications should be submitted by 18 June 2017. Candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted on a rolling basis.