Executive Director

Panos Eastern Africa www.panosea.org

Job Purpose:

• Provide overall strategic leadership and direction to PEA.

• Development of medium to long-term strategies, including a strategy for institutional sustainability through international and regional fund-raising, cost recovery and sale of services, where appropriate.
Duties and responsibilities:

• Ensure that PEA maintains a strong profile in all its relevant constituencies and particularly among donors, the media, national governments, regional and international government bodies,NGOs and Research communities.

• Promote the role of information in development and raise the profile of PEA through research, writing, broadcasting, conference papers and well-targeted communication of PEA’s publications and activities.

• Maintain links with the Panos Network, other NGOs, media partners, regional and international institutions.

• Provide overall strategic leadership to PEA in planning, budgeting,setting targets and standards for monitoring and evaluation.

• Responsible for all financial matters of PEA according to the Guidelines for Financial Management.

• Prepare annual regional reports as required by the Board of Directors • Lead the Regional Team in planning, Implementation,
Monitoring and Evaluation • Develop an orientation/ training, programme, tools and procedures for the Regional Team • Identify PEA staff to serve on different regional bodies and associations that are of interest to Panos Eastern Africa • Provide leadership in the recruitment of new staff at the regional and country offices • Maintain regional files including regional rosters, annual reports, minutes of meetings and other appropriate material.

• Attend all meetings as required by the Board of Directors.

Job requirements:

• National of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, South sudan,Ethiopia,Somalia,Eritrea or Djibouti.

• Honors or Masters degree in a relevant field of study

• Fluency in English (fluency in French is an added advantage)

• A minimum of eight (8) years work experience as chief executive or in a senior management position • A track record of successful resource mobilization/fundraising ability • Excellent understanding of communications and development issues in both international and regional context • Familiarity with ICTs and the media in Eastern Africa • A track record of writing/publishing in the fields of communication and development • Experience of working in both an NGO and media sectors as well as in training, organizing and managing workshops.
Job Package:
PEA offers an attractive remenuration package commensurate with the qualification and experience of the successful applicant. This is a three-year contract with possibility of renewal.

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