NGO Pulse Opportunities – Programme Manager

Job Description:

To manage AI South Africa’s research, campaigns, advocacy and media activities centered on human rights work in South Africa. To deliver a high impact integrated strategy on the country’s human rights agenda, overseeing its application, and ensuring consistency between AI’s policies and strategies for work in South Africa with those in other global regions;

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Job Responsibilities:

• Work with the research, campaigns, movement building and media officers to increase activist and public engagement in AI’s campaigns and support both growth and human rights impact;
• Promote innovation in campaigning and activism including trying new tactics, techniques and methodologies to deliver effective campaigning strategies;
• Creating and managing long-term goals;
• Working with the program team and Finance and HR Manager to develop annual budgets and operating plans for the program;
• Managing a team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities;
• Ensuring goals are met in areas including impact, safety, quality, and team member performance;
• Implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved;
• Providing the ED with accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle;
• Developing an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement;
• Writing program funding proposals to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of services;
• Work with the program team to develop and implement a Monitoring Evaluation and Learning strategy and ensure the delivery of the a high level of human rights impact;
• Ensure integration at the national level of research and action in order to provide an effective, coherent program of work which delivers tangible outcomes for human rights in conformity with AI’s mission and consistent with its priorities, strategies and standards;
• Manage the staff and other resources of the program, including remote management, to ensure their most effective use, in line with agreed priorities and policies. Manage risk assessments and oversee the implementation of security procedures for program staff;
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with AI’s sections and structures in order to identify and exploit opportunities for co-operation, information-sharing and problem solving;
• As a key member of the senior management team, support the ED in the development and delivery of an effective strategic plan to deliver AISA’s vision;
• Managing the program team to organize programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization;

Job Requirements:

• Able and willing to work in a manner that is consistent with the organization’s core values, behaviors and competencies.
• Personally credible, with a professional demeanor that generates the trust and confidence of managers, staff and external stakeholders;
• Proven experience in managing and buIlding cohesive, high impact, delivering teams;
• Proven ability to develop strategies and plans, and review/adapt them to fast changing political situations, exercising and promoting creative thinking;
• Excellent political judgment and the ability to spot both risks and opportunities and use this information to develop risk/mitigation strategies;
• Proven ability to negotiate, challenge and confront conflict, brokering solutions to achieve goals;
• Leads by example and possesses a high degree of integrity;
• Possess a high level of resilience, initiative and drive, able to be flexible and change orientation as required;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to lead and manage staff and financial resources;
• At least 7-10 years experience as a Program Manager or in another senior management position.
• Excellent understanding of human rights work, including the international legal framework, human rights architecture and the requirements of campaigning work, with a proven record of success in using these tools to change policy;
• Apply concepts and learning from outside own field/environment, looking ahead over the long-term to deliver improvements and avoid problems;
• Able to engage and influence, utilizing a challenging but respectful approach;
• Set themselves and others challenging but achievable targets;
• Use new approaches, theory and technologies to develop innovative solutions;
• Strategic thinker with a developed capacity to build and convey the “big picture” while enabling others to identify the implications of this for their daily work;
• Experience of research for campaigning and advocacy purposes, including field research, and a demonstrated ability to assess human rights research;
• Politically aware and emotionally intelligent;
• BA Honors in Human Rights or a related field.

Job Details:

Company: SANGONeT

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA

Application Deadline: N/A

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