Consortium Lead at Oxfam

Responsibilities for the Consortium lead Job:

• Reporting to the Oxfam Kenya Country Director, the post holder will lead the Consortium to ensure delivery of plans and accountability to donors.
• He/she will be responsible overseeing project progression towards agreed objectives by appropriating correct M & E tools, coordinating and keeping strong networking relationships with partners and other Oxfam affiliates and taking lead on fundraising efforts.
• Management of complex donor relations and representation in coordination meetings will form part of the key responsibilities.
• The post holder will play a key role in influencing responsibility holders in conjunction with the policy team.

Qualifications for the Consortium Lead Job:

• The successful candidate will have a broad set of management skills including financial, fundraising and donor management expertise.
• A University Degree in the relevant field (humanitarian action, international development, food security or any other related field) will be required.
• Good insight on key cross cutting issues in resilience and humanitarian work as well as the ability to link these issues to regional and global context and the wider organization will be essential for the role.
• We will be looking for a person who is innovative, models good practice and has repute for high level interpersonal, communications and representational skills.
• Travel within Kenya and other parts of the region is inevitable, flexibility will therefore be required.
• It will be important that the post holder be given to work well under limited direct supervision.
• Experience in managing ECHO contracts and large consortia is desirable