DREAMS Provincial Manager: Economic Strengthening at FHI 360

Responsibilities

• Oversight, communication and coordination
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with PEPFAR Partners and other critical provincial and district
• stakeholders
• Coordinate timeous and quality implementation of all DREAMS economic strengthening activities
• Provide coordination, monitoring and support for District Coordinator implementation of economic strengthening
• training for AGYW
• Track and provide technical assistance to AGYW Mentors to ensure all ES curricula modules are implemented timeously,
• sufficiently and to acceptable, high standards
• Advise DREAMS ES Technical Advisor and senior leadership on matters of concern and elements of risk regarding
• DREAMS ES implementation and target achievement
• Track work plan activities and deliverables, keeping DREAMS leadership updated on program progress on a daily,
• weekly, and monthly basis
• Collaborate with the data analyst and SI Officer on performance results analysis, visualization, and reporting
• Undertake periodic data-driven program reviews and troubleshooting as necessary
• Collaborate with SI Officer on closing of identified data irregularities and gaps
• Provide rapid bi-directional updates and communications between DREAMS leadership and provincial staff and stakeholders

Target tracking, progress review and reporting

• Report on progress, issues, challenges and local risk management
• Compile routine and ad hoc reports for DREAMS ES Technical Advisor
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual narrative progress reports
• Track, analyze and manage periodic target achievements, AGYW linkage opportunities and curricula rollout on a daily,
• weekly and monthly basis
• Coordinate, develop and maintain high quality program documents, e.g. trackers, work plans, agendas, minutes of
• meetings, training reports, etc.
• Work with the MER unit to track program implementation and routinely review, evaluate and strengthen program

implementation.

Linking AGYW to Youth Economic Strengthening opportunities

• Establish and maintain provincial, district and local stakeholder relationships and economic strengthening partnerships
• to ensure successful AGYW employment and income generating activities
• Coordinate ES Linkage Consultant activities at provincial, district and local level
• Drive the uptake and linkages of AGYW to concrete employment and income generating activities in the province
• Complete local labor market assessments to ensure efficient AGYW linkages to concrete employment and
• entrepreneurial opportunities
• Support the ES linkage consultants and AGYW to perform effective and timely local labor market assessments to
• support AGYW linkages to employment and IGA
• Undertake any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in economics or developmental sciences or related field
• At least 5-8 years’ project management experience in coordination, implementation and monitoring of youth economic
• strengthening programs
• Experiences in private sector and government department stakeholder management and coordination of consultancy
• work deliverables
• Ability to represent FHI 360 to donors, government officials and the NGO community.
• Experience managing, supervising and building the capacity of staff
• High degree of proficiency in written and spoken English and other local languages including excellent presentation,
• training and report writing skills.
• Ability to manage work independently, set realistic priorities, and plan for the successful implementation of activities
• Ability to work under pressure and strong interpersonal skills
• Flexible and willingness to undertake additional responsibilities
• Well-developed computer skills, with proven proficiency in Microsoft Office suites
• Valid South African driver’s license
• Eligibility to work in South Africa

Travel

• 40 -50% travel time