Team Leader at Trócaire: (Deadline 26 May 2025)

Team Leader at Trócaire: (Deadline 26 May 2025)

Key Staff Roles, Expertise and Responsibilities

Job Specification

Job Title: Team Leader – Twiyubakire Programme

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Division: Trócaire Rwanda Country Programme

Date: February 2025

Description

Trócaire works in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities in over 20 developing countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East to bring about lasting change. Trócaire envisions a just and peaceful world where people’s dignity is upheld, rights are respected, basic needs are met, and resources are shared equitably. It strives for a world where individuals have control over their lives, and those in power act for the common good. As the official overseas development agency of the Irish Catholic Church, Trócaire has been working in Rwanda since 1994.

The Team Leader (TL) role is a senior position, reporting directly to the Trócaire Country Director, with dotted line management lines to Trócaire’s Programme Manager and Localisation and Partnership Manager. The TL will have overall responsibility for the leadership and management of Trócaire’s 5-year Twiyubakire Programme, funded by FCDO. This includes overseeing the selection of CSO partners and providing comprehensive oversight for all project deliverables, indicators, and stakeholder relationships, including with FCDO and CSO partners. The TL will ensure an integrated vision across programme components and actors, maintaining a sharp focus on achieving the results defined in the contract.

The role requires extensive travel to operational districts to conduct regular visits to CSO partners and their projects, as well as to attend programme-related meetings, stakeholder engagements, coordination forums, and other representation duties as re- quired. The TL is also responsible for the timely and high-quality development and submission of programme update reports, financial reports, invoices, work plans, results frameworks, risk registers, and other documents in line with donor requirements and internal regulations.

The TL will lead a team of seven staff members and directly line-manage four.

Please note: This position is contingent upon donor funding approval and will only be confirmed if funding is secured.

SafeguardingProgrammeParticipants-Children&Adults:

Trócaire is committed to safeguarding people within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct), which outlines the expected behaviours and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives.

Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. All offers of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references and appropriate screening (e.g., police/Garda vetting, counterterrorism and anti-trafficking). Trócaire also participates in the Inter-Agency Mis-conduct Disclosure Scheme, and all employees will be subject to this as part of the contract of employment.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Programme Leadership & Management

• Lead the delivery of the Civil Society component of the 5-year FCDO-funded Twiyubakire Programme, ensuring compliance with donor and internal requirements and regulations.
• Ensure all activities are designed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated in line with Trócaire’s Programme Management and Accountability Framework.
• Conduct monthly Budget vs. Actual meetings to ensure partner and Trócaire activities align with budget commitments and timelines.
• Represent Trócaire at FCDO-organised meetings related to grant management, donor compliance, programme operations, and strategy.
• Oversee the timely selection of CSO partners in alignment with the programme proposal and design of high-quality CSO projects.
• Oversee tailored and high-quality capacity strengthening support provided to CSO partners.
• Conduct frequent field visits and partner office visits to monitor, document, and support CSO partners in activity implementation, work planning, and budgeting.
• Oversee the timely preparation and implementation of grant-related documents and processes, including budget entries, approvals, grant agreements, partner MOUs, amendments, reports, workplans, and stakeholder communications.
• Ensure gender, protection, and disability inclusion are effectively mainstreamed across all programme activities and stages of the programme cycle.
• Support the programme team and CSO partners to identify and develop learning opportunities, facilitating the sharing of lessons learned both internally and externally.
• Manage project-level risks by ensuring risks are properly documented, analysed, mitigated, and addressed.
• Ensure adherence to the Core Humanitarian Standards and other relevant international standards throughout pro- gramme implementation.
• Serve as the main point of contact with FCDO for contract management and information requests.
• Collaborate with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) staff to develop robust MEL frameworks and effectively track programme results.
• Ensure efficient, timely implementation of contract services in compliance with FCDO requirements.

Human Resource, Finance, Logistics & Systems Management

• Coordinate with technical advisors and support staff to ensure effective, high-quality programme implementation.
• Maintain oversight of programme finances and budgets, ensuring compliance with donor and organisational financial management standards.
• Ensure full compliance and critical oversight of the team’s use of Trócaire’s management information systems, including Salesforce, Box, and Trócaire People.
• Work closely with finance and project staff to develop, manage, and track project budgets.
• Directly line-manage four staff members: Finance Manager, MEL Officer, Capacity Strengthening Advisor, and Advocacy Advisor.
• Lead recruitment to fill positions in the case of vacancies, following Trócaire policies and procedures.
• Ensure formal performance management processes are conducted for direct reports twice annually.

Stakeholder Engagement, Policy, Advocacy and Communications

• Support the Country Director in advancing an evidence-based advocacy agenda at the country level and internationally, where relevant.
• Represent Trócaire and the programme’s progress, achievements, and lessons learned to donors and stakeholders through meetings, conferences, and presentations.
• Lead the development of high-quality, timely donor and internal reports.
• Ensure the timely convening of project governance structures and planned stakeholder meetings and engagements.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform all additional duties and responsibilities as reasonably requested by the Country Director to ensure the success- ful implementation of the FCDO-funded programme.

Person Specification – Essential Requirements

(E) Qualification

• University degree in a relevant field (minimum of Bachelor, but Master’s degree preferred)

(E) Experience

• Demonstrable experience (at least 10 years) in similar leadership roles managing commercial contracts valued at £7 million or more.
• Extensive experience managing large-scale development or humanitarian response programmes, ideally in governance and accountability or thematic areas such as gender, climate action, or civic space.
• Previous experience working in Rwanda or East Africa and a strong understanding of the local context.
• Proven expertise in budgetary and financial management, including payment-by-results mechanisms.
• Experience in human resource management, including leadership and team development.
• In-depth knowledge of programming within a partnership model and working effectively in a partnership-based INGO.
• Up-to-date understanding of development concepts, methodologies, and techniques, including results-based management, programme cycle management, M&E, organizational development, and localisation.
• Proven track record of promoting gender equity through programming and within an organisational context.
• Extensive experience in securing institutional donor funding and managing complex donor grants.
• Demonstrable ability to manage diverse, multicultural teams, fostering inclusiveness, cohesion, and staff development at all levels.
• Familiarity with management information systems and their application in programme oversight.

(E) Skills

• Proven ability to inspire and motivate staff to align with a shared vision and objectives.
• Experience in co-developing and implementing strategic plans to achieve organisational goals.
• Strong capability in performance management to effectively support and develop staff.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship management skills, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
• Proficiency in managing budgets and financial systems with a focus on accountability and efficiency.
• Highly organised, with excellent skills in planning, prioritisation, and problem-solving.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly.
• Competency in Microsoft Office packages, including Word and Excel.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

(E) Qualities

• Understanding of, and empathy with, the role of the Catholic Church in development.

(E) Other

• Ability and willingness to travel extensively within the country and internationally, if required.
• Commitment to principles of safeguarding of programme participants.

NOTE: Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply following the link provided below and submitting an updated CV in PDF format.

https://qsourcing.zohorecruit.com/jobs/Careers/735362000005398055/QSSR-TROCAIRE–TEAM-LEADER?source=CareerSite

Deadline: 26^th May 2025

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