Job Purpose:
The Strategic Planning Unit Head is responsible for leading the organization's strategic planning, execution support, and performance management activities. The role oversees the development of long-term vision, multi-year strategic plans, and annual operating plans, while ensuring alignment across departments and with external stakeholders.
The position also provides strategic governance, execution oversight, analytical insight, and ad-hoc strategic support to leadership, enabling informed decision-making and institutional effectiveness
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of the organization's long-term vision, strategic objectives, and value proposition.
- Coordinate and review departmental plans to ensure alignment with institutional priorities and leadership direction.
- Support the development of key strategic submissions and institutional strategies.
- Oversee strategic execution governance, including regular updates, reviews, and monthly execution tracking.
- Establish and support transformation taskforces and cross-functional strategic initiatives.
- Coordinate cross-functional planning efforts to ensure organizational alignment, coherence, and efficiency.
- Act as a focal point for strategic coordination with internal departments and relevant external stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment of the organization's strategy with higher-level government, sustainability, and sector-wide strategies.
- Establish and maintain institutional performance management frameworks, including KPIs, dashboards, and monitoring tools.
- Oversee monthly KPI data updates and ensure accuracy, relevance, and consistency of performance reporting.
- Lead outcome-based reporting and support integration with enterprise reporting systems.
- Provide strategic insights and recommendations to senior leadership based on performance data.
- Lead institutional research, forecasting, and scenario analysis to support strategic decision-making.
- Conduct portfolio-level program and initiative risk assessments and recommend mitigation actions.
- Support capability-building and training initiatives related to strategy, planning, and execution.
- Prepare for and support leadership-level engagements, strategic submissions, awards, and high-visibility initiatives.
- Lead the unit by managing performance, developing staff, and ensuring achievement of assigned objectives
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Strategic Management, Business Administration, Public Policy, Economics, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
- 5–7 years of experience in strategic planning, performance management, or institutional strategy roles.
- Strategic thinking and analytical capability.
- Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills.
- Performance management and KPI design.
- Executive reporting and presentation.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and ad-hoc demands.
- High level of judgment, accountability, and organizational awareness
