Access
to Justice and VAWG support Malawi

Closing date: 16 Aug 2017

Background

Palladium is seeking
a Team Leader for an upcoming programme to support capacity strengthening of
commu
nities and institutions to prevent and respond to Gender-Based Violence
(GBV) and Violence Against Children (VAC) and to strengthen access to justice for
women and children living with violence in Malawi. The programme is expected to
run from 2018-2024 and aims to reduce the prevalence of GBV and VAC as well as
fully realise women’s and children’s human rights through national and
community-based approaches.

The programme
intends to shift harmful gender norms so that Violence Against Women and
Children (VAWC) is not tolerated and that survivors have support. The programme
hopes to foster non-violent behaviours as well as to improve the accessibility,
responsiveness and accountability of the justice system to women and children.

Purpose of Position

The Team Leader (TL)
is responsible for leading and managing the programme in-country and has
programmatic, financial and management responsibility for the project.

The role will also
involve providing strategic programme guidance and representing the programme
externally. The TL ensures that project objectives, outcomes and deliverables
are met and that financial, operational and reporting requirements of the client
are adhered to.

Client Relationship
and Stakeholder Management:

Maintain
excellent working relationship with the client and ensure agreement of the
programme’s strategy, plans, resource requirements and any other contract
amendments required
Maintain
regular communication with the client and ensure that activity reports and
critical program issues are resolved in a timely manner
Represent
the programme externally and ensure that activities are aligned with
broader social policy efforts in Malawi
Represent
and promote legitimate commercial interests of the company
Program
Leadership and Management
Provide
overall guidance and strategic direction to all aspects of the programme,
ensuring that activities are implemented to a high quality within expected
timeframes and expected results are achieved

Human Resource
Management:

Assume
overall responsibility for the effective and professional management of
the project team
Lead,
guide, mentor and manage the performance of technical and administrative
direct reports and, with the DTL ensure appropriate processes are in place
for induction, guidance and management of other staff
Participate
as required in HR management including but not limited to recruitment and
contracting, performance management, disciplinary and grievance
proceedings as well as learning and development

Financial Management
and Administration:

Primary
responsibility for the use of reimbursable financial project resources,
excluding lines associated with Palladium expenditure
Resource
allocation decisions, including the choice and use of personnel and
development of budget variations, to be made based on a consideration of
past and future commercial project performance and the need to achieve and
improve on corporate income targets
Responsible
for ensuring the financial performance of the project is met and exceeded
in terms of the company bottom line
Support
the preparation and delivery to the client of budget variations and
contract amendments

Minimum education
and experience required

Essential:

A
post-graduate qualification in relevant field e.g. gender and social
inclusion, international development, economics, social science, social
policy, administration or related technical field
At
least 10 years experience working in a senior position including
significant experience in violence against children and women, promoting
gender equality, safety security and access to justice or another related
field
Good
understanding of strengthening VAWG prevention and expertise in two or
more of the following areas: gender transformative programming, child
protection systems strengthening and formal and informal justice sector
interventions including community and police victim support systems
Experience
managing large scale donor programmes, preferably in Africa and
successfully delivering planning and budgeting responsibilities
Fluent
written and spoken English

Desirable:

Familiarity
with donor programme management, reporting, and systems
Experience
managing programmes that have used flexible and adaptive approaches

Key competencies and
professional expertise required:

Understanding
of, and commitment to inclusive growth, including in relation to gender
equality and tackling extreme poverty
Successful
track record in delivery of complex programmes
Strong
track record in project operations or business management and
administration
Excellent
leadership, representation and organisational skills
Strong
management and people handling skills
Financial
acumen and the ability to interpret and analyse financial reports
Ability
to operate in complex situations
Ability
to foster successful partnership approaches and relationships among a
variety of organisations/institutions
Excellent
English language communication skills
Ability
to communicate effectively and negotiate persuasively with high level
decision makers
Results
oriented