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Director of Cloud Strategy and Operations

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Cloud Platform Strategy and Vision:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for the design, deployment, and ongoing optimization of the organization’s cloud platforms.
• Ensure the cloud environment aligns with long-term business goals and IT objectives.

Cloud Architecture and Design:

• Oversee the architecture and design of cloud infrastructure, ensuring that the platform is robust, scalable, and capable of supporting business-critical applications.
• Lead the effort to build cloud-native solutions that can scale with the growth of the organization.

Platform Management and Optimization:

• Manage and optimize the cloud platform to ensure high availability, security, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement and optimization initiatives across cloud services and resources.

Cloud Operations and Governance:

• Establish best practices and governance frameworks for cloud platform management, including security, compliance, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Ensure platforms adhere to industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Team Leadership and Development:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of cloud engineers, architects, and platform specialists.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.

Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams:

• Work closely with engineering, security, data, and other technical teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud platforms with other IT systems and applications.
• Ensure that platforms support DevOps processes, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and microservices.

Cloud Vendor Management:

• Manage relationships with cloud service providers (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure) and third-party vendors.
• Negotiate contracts, manage SLAs, and ensure platform performance meets agreed-upon standards.

Budget and Cost Management:

• Oversee the financial management of cloud platforms, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
• Implement strategies to reduce cloud spend while maintaining performance and reliability.

Innovation and Future Planning:

• Stay current with emerging cloud technologies and industry trends.
• Provide thought leadership on new tools, practices, and capabilities that could enhance the platform’s capabilities and contribute to business success.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE:

Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field. Advanced certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure certifications) or a Master’s degree are highly desirable.

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in IT, with at least 10 years in a leadership role focusing on cloud platform management or infrastructure.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing large-scale cloud platforms.
• Expertise with major cloud service providers (AWS and Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform).
• Strong background in cloud architecture, cloud-native applications, microservices, containerization (e.g., Kubernetes), and DevOps practices.
• Experience in managing cloud costs and cloud performance optimization.
• Experience working in an Agile environment and managing cross-functional teams.
• Deep technical expertise in cloud computing platforms, architecture, and infrastructure management.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills with the ability to manage and mentor diverse teams.
• Strong project management abilities, with a focus on delivering complex cloud initiatives on time and within budget.
• Expertise in cloud security best practices, risk management, and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to align cloud technology with business needs and objectives.

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Key Responsibilities:

Project planning and implementation:

• Mobilize and sustain meaningful participation of community, government and local partners in Project interventions
• Facilitate the formation, training and strengthening of gender transformational groups i.e. Citizen
• Voice Action, Girl Child Rights Clubs in schools to lead advocacy activities promoting the elimination of FGM & Child Marriages.
• Support identification and capacity building of men and boys as champions and voices of change
• In consultation with the Cluster manager support identification and capacity building of CSOs
• Support train ToT on Community change model and facilitate issue based community intergenerational dialogues in the focus areas
• Mobilize communities and partners to participate in appropriate WV Models addressing root causes of Child protection
• Support CSOs to conduct issue-based talk shows and Anti FGM sporting activities to create Anti-FGM movement among the youth for surveillance and reporting
• Conduct sessions in local schools on child rights to strengthen child rights clubs
• Conduct training and sensitization sessions for law enforcers (Police, Chiefs, Department of Children Services, Office of the DPP, Magistrates) on their role in protection of Women and Girls and establishment of child and gender help desks.
• Train and support local community based organizations on gender based violence prevention and response, Chain of evidence custody and SOPs as well CVA (Citizen Voice and Action) to engage duty bearers and county governments on budgeting processes to ensure informed allocation towards addressing human rights violation
• In consultation with the Project Officer & Cluster Manager, facilitate partnering with local media stations to develop and disseminate locally relevant messaging on safe spaces

Quality assurance -Monitoring, Reporting, evaluation and Documentation:

• Train and support change agents and survivors on data collection (including tools), analysis and synthesis for duty bearer’s engagement
• Train community structures and Service providers on the use of CPIMS to ensure effective tracking of cases for efficient response and prosecution
• Partner organizations will be trained on innovative approaches including social media and mobile phones based initiatives
• Partner organizations will be facilitated to conduct joint monitoring visits
• Support baseline and end-line evaluation with integrated GESI assessment
• Together with partners develop monitoring tools and collect the monitoring data.
• Compile and file all the necessary, activity reports, weekly plans, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for forwarding to the Project Officer/ Cluster Manager

Strategic Engagement, Partnership and Networking on FGM/Child Marriage Prevention and response

• Facilitate networking relationships and participation with wide stakeholders such as government, church, faith based organization leaders and other key partners at local level such as NGOs, CBOs, CVA, IGA groups
• In consultation with the Project Officer & Cluster Manager and collaboration with other actors (CSOs) support development of county Child Protection related policies encompassing safe spaces
• Organize and facilitate celebration of international human/child rights campaign day, including International Day for Elimination of VAWG.
• Support local CBOs to advocate for the establishment of safe spaces, including information hubs where the survivors can openly share and receive support social, psychological support.
• Support meeting for the local structures including CUC/AAC and CP technical working group/ network to empower local & cross-border surveillance, reporting and referral mechanism
• Support the departments of Gender, Children Services, Office of the DPP, Police to conduct judicial service week and sensitization on the dissemination of National Policies i.e. the Children Act, Anti FGM Act, Sexual Offences Act which support the elimination of VAWG.

Support Resource Acquisition:

• Provide information to contribute towards fund raising initiatives for Integrated Child Protection related interventions
• Mobilize the community for contributions towards project interventions.
• Ensure Integrated Sponsorship implementation and monitoring

Required education, skills and experience:

• Diploma in Gender, Social Sciences, community development, Anthropology or related field from a recognized university/college. A degree will be an added advantage
• At least 1 year practical experience in Community mobilization, engagement and advocacy
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal in English, Kiswahili.
• Ability to communicate in the local dialect
• Motor cycle rider with valid license

Method of Application

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• Director of Cloud Strategy and Operations
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