JOB DESCRIPTION

NEXUS (https://nexusom.org/) is a platform for civil society leadership to advance a new community-driven model of partnership promoting peaceful, thriving, and empowered communities in Somalia and Somaliland. This unique platform, led by nine pioneering Somali NGOs, aspires to lead a locally driven agenda for change, finding common cause and syncing interventions with government authorities, private sector, and the international community.

Reports to: Nexus Consortium Director.

Duty Station: 100% Somalia/Somaliland with external travels (However, remote working/work from home arrangement is in place due to the Covid pandemic)

Responsibilities

• Represent Nexus externally under the guidance of the steering
• Cultivation and management of external relationships, including with high level donor
• Lead, coordinate, manage and supervise the Project Management & Implementation Team
• Oversee and manage short term consultants that may be hired short-term consultancies
• Based on existing program and regional strategies, develop high quality multi- year proposals with directions from the steering committee
• Lead and develop materials such as Nexus statements, policy briefs, Nexus strategic plan, stakeholder presentations and other publications as requested by the Nexus Steering
• Manage and oversee the day-to-day activities of the Nexus secretariat, including project management, monitoring, evaluation and documentation.
• Prepare progress reports, annual reports, project completion reports and other reports that may be required by Nexus Steering and other stakeholders including
• Lead the development of work plans, convene workshops, set and organize meetings to drive forward the work of the Nexus secretariat.
• Effective representation of Nexus in donor meeting and other external meeting under the directions of the Steering
• Maintain partiality among Nexus
• Manage, archive and maintain in centralized platform all Nexus data.
• Other duties appropriate to the role as required.

What does Success Look Like?

• Demonstrable evidence of the impact of triple nexus programing within the first one
• NEXUS assuming leading role in the setting of the Somalia national agenda through its thought
• Attainment of $20m+ funding portfolio for Nexus in 2021.
• A vibrant Nexus Secretariat.

Person Specification

• Excellent writing skills
• Strong background in international development, humanitarian and/or peacebuilding (5 years+).
• Experience of coordination of multi-stakeholder consortia and/or complex
• Proven Fundraising experience and engagement with major
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building
• Good knowledge of the Somali context.
• Excellent networking skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

How to Apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications, an updated CV with a comprehensive summary of similar or comparable work. The CV should include three (3) referees.

Complete applications should be sent to: [email protected] and [email protected], CC: [email protected]

We regret that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Early application is encouraged as this position is urgently required. This is a rolling recruitment and Nexus reserves the right to appoint a suitable candidate as soon as they are identified.