Job Overview:
To coordinate and drive the CFS' transformation efforts based on refreshed Mission and Vision, working in close partnership with the CEO and Chief of Staff.
Key Responsibilities & Duties include:
Strategic Planning:
- Lead the department's work with Board and Senior Management to drive the development of CFS' strategic and long-term goals in alignment with its vision, mission and values, and within its dynamic operating environment
- Point of contact with key stakeholder, MCCY, for the setting of annual deliverables and long-term outcomes
- Work with the heads of various departments on annual workplans and transformation projects to ensure alignment of efforts
- Evaluate strategies and activities to measure achievement of outcomes and goals
- Analyse business structures, management practices, organisation culture, system policies and procedures and utilization of resources in line with vision, mission and values
- Manage CFS' annual strategic or corporate planning exercise
- Advise departments in their development of annual workplans and programme implementation
Corporate Secretariat & Governance:
- Oversee the secretariat work processes for and communication to Board of Directors, and sub-committees.
- Oversee secretariat services required for Board and Senior Management Meetings e.g. calling for agenda, minute-taking, follow-ups etc.
Managerial Functions
- Oversee the team, providing leadership to solve operational, resource allocation, work processes and talent development challenges
- Ensure timely submissions of required reports to stakeholders for purposes of meeting funding requirements
- Prepare management reports of department to Board of Directors where required
- Work with finance team to budget and draft funding requirements for delivery of organizational strategies and long-term outcomes
- Supervise office administration
Requirements:
- Tertiary qualifications with 5 years of experience and successful track record in a planning role, with at least 2 years of experience in a leadership role.
- Possesses strong analytical and systems thinking ability, recognizes patterns and frames issues clearly
- Emotionally and socially intelligent; able to work with ambiguity, and across different stakeholder groups
- Strong planning, organizational and project management skills ability to oversee multiple projects
- Resourceful, self-starter; resilient, with skills of persuasion
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Familiarity with the non-profit sector or philanthropy will be an asset.
