Job Description
Job Overview
The Country Programme Manager is responsible and accountable for the
programme components of CBM Global’s Country Plan. As the leader of the
Programme team in country, this is a central and strategic role. Success
requires working in close collaboration with partners, Thematic Teams and
Member Associations to develop, win support for and ensure effective delivery
of a growing portfolio of programme work, across all three vehicles of change
detailed in the organisation’s programmatic strategy. S/he will ensure high
standards, in line with our Programme Quality Framework and the
development and maintenance of effective and authentic partnerships in line
with our Approach to Partnership. S/he will establish strong capacity in project
design, proposal development, effective project implementation, monitoring,
evaluation and learning within CBM’s Country Office and partners.

Duties and Responsibilities
Based: We welcome applications from those with the right to work in Zimbabwe.
Hours: Full time.
Salary range: The salary offered will be competitive, dependent on skills and
experience. We offer a local contract.
Responsibilities and Duties
1. As a member of the Country Programme Senior Management Team, support
the Country Director with the overall leadership of the Country Programme.
2. Provide programmatic leadership in the development and implementation of
the Country Plan.
3. Lead the Programmes team within the country Team. Clearly articulate a
compelling vision and direction for the team. Inspire and direct the team
towards achieving this vision. Build team performance through management,
coaching and mentoring.
4. Build and maintain authentic partnerships with stakeholders, in particular with
the disability movement, ensuring our work reflects and is responsive to the
needs of people with disabilities. Foster a model and approach to partnership
that aligns with and supports our partnership principles.
5. Working with partners, Thematic Teams and Member Associations, lead the
development of a coherent portfolio of programme work, across all vehicles of
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change detailed in CBM Global’s programmatic strategy. Champion an
approach that embraces CBM Global’s operating model; programme quality
framework; and partnership with the disability movement.
6. Identify funding opportunities for CBM Global’s work. Actively support
fundraising and cost recovery and raise funds from in-country sources.
7. Work with and support partners to ensure effective and timely delivery of
projects in line with required standards, objectives, activity plans and
budgets. Ensure project reporting requirements are met in line with CBM
Global and donor requirements, standards and timelines.
8. Foster a culture of learning and accountability by promoting the inclusion of
good monitoring, evaluation, feedback and learning practices within projects.
Support learning dissemination, and documentation of good practice cases.
9. Support the Finance Manager to ensure that programme and financial aspects
of project design, budgeting and implementation go together.
10. Monitor in-country calls for proposals from institutional donors and support the
Country Director in building focused relationships with representatives of such
donors and other NGOs with whom CBM can collaborate.
11. Advocate, champion and model disability inclusion to promote inclusion of
people with disabilities in their communities and in all aspects of society.
12. Ensure that all children and adults who come into contact with CBM’s
programmes, are safeguarded to the greatest extent possible. Comply with all
aspects of the CBM Global Safeguarding policy and associated standards and
procedures.
Key outcomes expected from this role
1. A coherent and growing portfolio of programmes, aligned to the country plan
and organisation programmatic strategy that is developed and delivered to an
exemplary standard, achieving agreed outcomes and impact.
2. A high performing, agile programmes team with a culture that reflects CBM
Global’s values and champions the foundation principles detailed in the
Operating Model.
3. Authentic and effective partnerships, developed and maintained in line with
CBM Global’s approach to partnership.
4. Compliance with CBM Global procedures and standards relating to project
design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, evaluation and learning.
5. CBM Global and its work with partners is recognised as a driving force for
promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in their communities and in
all aspects of society.
Safeguarding Responsibilities
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Focuses on self-awareness and behaviour regulation, observing and reporting
others’ behaviour, and training.
Knowledge
• Understands what safeguarding means for the teams/departments they
manage and the work they do. Understands power imbalances, how
team/organizational culture may be reinforcing negative stereotypes and
biases, and the impact of these dynamics on the vulnerable and
marginalized.
• Understands how to incorporate safeguarding into good quality programme
design. Understands how power imbalance, gender inequalities, bias, and
discrimination influence and impact access to interventions.
• Knowledge of donor safeguarding requirements and partner
capacity. Contextual knowledge.
Skills
• Leads teams to develop the necessary skills and expertise to undertake
their roles and responsibilities for safeguarding. Explicitly and visibly
challenges power imbalances, inequalities, gender bias, and discrimination
in organizational systems and processes.
• Leads on organizational change within their teams to embed safeguarding in
their work and processes.
• Develops indicators and frameworks for measuring how well teams deliver
on safeguarding roles and responsibilities. Creates organizational
mechanisms which strengthen accountability to communities, Members, and
donors on safeguarding.
• Able to make sound judgments and timely decisions on safeguarding risk
management to ensure the programme is safe. Able to develop and
implement innovative solutions to minimize risks to programme
participants.
• Analytical and skilled in participatory approaches used for mapping social
norms, and patterns of violence and identifying risks and mitigation
measures within their interventions. Able to source required technical and
professional expertise to design and deliver safe programming.
Behaviors
• Holds teams accountable for delivering on safeguarding standards.
• Articulates and promotes the strategic importance of safeguarding all
aspects of the organization’s work.
• Demonstrates leadership in ensuring that staff, programs, and operations
are safe for all program participants, staff, and volunteers.
• Always considers safeguarding risks in all activities and interventions.


Qualifications and Experience
Person Specification
All of the following requirements are essential, unless marked with a * when they
are desirable, and will be assessed from a combination of information provided from
the application form and interview process.
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CBM Global welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and people
with lived experience of disability.
Experience.
• Professional experience in a national or international NGO with a minimum
of 3 years at senior level, with a track record in successfully designing and
managing large-scale programmes.
• Experience and a track record in developing and managing large scale
inclusive development and/or humanitarian programmes in collaboration
with national partners, including consortium led projects. Experience of
programmes related to inclusive eye health is desirable.
• Experience and a track record of identifying fundraising opportunities;
successfully securing grants from donor organisations and of building
productive relationships with donors.
• Proven experience in results-based management and project cycle
management, including assessment, monitoring and evaluation, with a
sound understanding of budgeting and programme finance management.
• Demonstrated experience in managing internal and external relationships
and partnerships particularly with national / local governments.
• Experience in working with various government/bi-lateral/major
institutional donors.
Skills/competencies/personal qualities.
• Skilled in building collaborative relationships with partners and
stakeholders, internal and external.
• Outstanding interpersonal, relationship building and employee
coaching skills.
• A self-starter. Proactive, resourceful and entrepreneurial.
• Diligent, persistent with a can-do, positive attitude.
• Ability to demonstrate focus and decisiveness.
• Passionate about effecting change at a global level for and
alongside people with disabilities and their communities, with a
deep commitment to the vision of CBM Global and sympathetic to
our Christian values.
• English (professional proficiency), and local language
(professional proficiency as relevant).
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• Lived experience of disability and knowledge of disability issues
an advantage.*

Qualifications
Relevant university degree in social sciences, international development or related
field, or equivalent experience.
Employee Benefits
• We offer flexibility and working from home arrangements.
• As part of our commitment with inclusion, CBM Global aims to encourage
applications from people with disabilities and those with health conditions.
We have a comprehensive equality and diversity policy.