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Regional Awards Management Specialist

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Strategic Portfolio Planning:

Review the pipeline and portfolio in the region to assess if it meets the cost of doing business for full strategy delivery in coordination with PDQ, Finance and Operations.
Prepare monthly KPI commentary analysis and on request working with NBD, use information from AMS and Power BI to provide sound trend portfolio analysis reports.
Participate in monthly performance review calls with Country offices by demonstrating the impact of the analysis on better quality programming and use of analysis in East and Southern African region.
Working with the Regional and Centre analysts, on a regular basis and on request, use information from AMS and Power BI to provide sound trend portfolio analysis reports.
Risk Management:
Use key performance indicators, other Awards management information and the portfolio analysis reports to identify and address operational issues that could impact negatively on the delivery of programmes and jeopardize SCI commitments to donors and beneficiaries.
Lead on award monitoring with a focus on critical and high-risk awards. On a monthly basis, support the Head of Strategic Portfolio and Awards Management to maintain a log of key issues identified.
Support the Head of Strategic Portfolio and Awards Management in reviewing the Country offices quarterly risk management plans and highlighting any new areas of risk.
Award Management Systems, Processes and Essential Standards
In collaboration with the Country Office Award Leads, ensure effective dissemination of award information. Ensuring that all key contributing staff have a clear understanding of Save the Children policies, procedures, processes and donor requirements and expectations throughout the lifecycle of an award (opportunity to close-out).
Support the Country Offices Award Leads in embedding of Award Management processes i.e. Award Kick-off, Reviews and close-out meetings throughout the entire Awards cycle.
Support the Country Award Leads to improve the Award Management standards working with other functions such as Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, M&E to ensure accountable reporting to donors.
Support in the rollout of High Performing Organisation (HPO) projects including Coding, PMM/PRIME, AMLP, RFT.
Support the Country Offices in improvement of the Awards Key Performance Indicators. Where appropriate coordinate the internal processes for preparation of timely and high-quality donor reports.
Facilitate effective and prompt communication by relevant staff within Save the Children funding members and donors on their awards.
Support award closeout process, helping Country Office project managers and Award teams to ensure all tasks are completed on time as per the close out checklist and that all required close-out documentations are kept on file.
Promote a culture of learning and improvement on awards management throughout the region by sharing best practices.

Donor Compliance

Ensure effective dissemination of donor compliance requirements and guidance from Save the Children members to our country offices.
Support in Liaising with members to ensure that all appropriate donor requirements/ are available in-country and in the donor resource library.
Strengthen donor compliance across all the Country Offices in the region and be the go-to-person on rules and regulations for key donors i.e. USAID, EU, DFID, ECHO, NORAD, IGAD
Support the Head of Awards Management to identify potential compliance issues and amendment requests and ensure they are flagged promptly to donors via the relevant Save the Children member.
Support the country offices to ensure robust and comprehensive donor records are maintained for all awards to meet audit requirements.
Work with internal and external auditors as necessary.
Conduct regular donor compliance trainings and Webinars.
Develop donor compliance review checklists and follow on quarterly basis to ensure the regional programme and Country Offices are aware and compliant.
Partnerships – Sub awards and sub grantee management
In collaboration with the Centre and the CO’s Partnership Focal Points, ensure that the partnership policies and procedures are understood and used in all the CO’s.
Support program staff to comply with Save the Children partnership policies and procedures, and ensure all implementing partners undergo legal vetting on AMS and preparation of partner agreements are undertaken as per partnership processes to ensure donor compliance.
Capacity building and compliance support to CO’s to ensure all new and existing partners have regular monitoring and systems in place so that partner delivery meets donor expectations and requirements, in collaboration with programme operations.
Ensure that the partner data integrity and completeness of information in the system for all partner documentation including reports is uploaded onto AMS through spot checks of AMS data.
Coordinate the monthly calls with Partnership Focal points to discuss partnership management and share best practices.
Award Management System (AMS)
Monitor that all awards have all documentation as required uploaded and updated on AMS.
Support Country offices with system support where needed.
Drive AMS data quality in the region by ensuring AMS system is an accurate reflection of current award status at all times; including partner sub-awards and all attachments.
Capacity Building
Assess capacity building needs for awards and programmes staff in the region
Coordinate and facilitate trainings and webinars to address the gaps identified.
Develop training modules, awards management guidance tools
Plan and Facilitate Awards Management Community of Practice Sessions

Others

Step in and back stop the Head of Strategic portfolio and Awards management as and when requested.
Work closely with members, other functions (Operations, Finance, NBD), the regional Awards team to deliver on the team objectives including any other duties not prescribed above.
Establish strong links with SCI Centre Awards team and networking with Awards teams in the region.
Country office support visits as requested by the Head of Strategic portfolio and Awards management.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)

Achieving results effectively
Collects, analyses and disseminates information to and from communities and other stakeholders
Ensure efficient and transparent use of resources in accordance with internal controls
Addresses difficult situations and makes tough decisions confidently and calmly
Considers the wider impact of decisions to be made in the short and long-term
Continuously provides feedback and updates to achieve improved results
Coordinates with stakeholders to avoid duplication and maximise resources
Documents lessons learned and applies them to future projects
Demonstrates understanding of agency project cycle management
Maintaining and developing collaborative relationships
Actively participates in networks to access and contribute to good practice
Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance

Operating safely and securely

Identifies and communicates risk and threats and minimises these for oneself and the agency
Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the organisation

Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:

Helps team members to practise stress management through prioritisation of workloads and modelling of appropriate self-care
Remains effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding situations
Maintains ethical and professional behaviour in accordance with relevant codes of conduct
Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well under pressure
Takes responsibility for own work and for the impact of own actions

Leadership & Developing Others

Delivers results and always acts with the beneficiaries in mind.
Builds own awareness of the bigger global picture by using a broad range of sources to gather data
Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses
Tailors communication style to certain audiences
Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to another for the purpose of his/her development

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential

Undergraduate Degree in Business, Social Sciences, Finance, Accounting or any other related degree
Minimum 5 years’ working in International Development with a specific emphasis of Fund Management, Project Management and / or Risk Management
At Least 3 years’ experience managing and / or implementing USAID/USG grants or contracts
Knowledge of guidelines / regulations and reporting requirements of major donors such as EU, DFID, ECHO, UN agencies, DANIDA.
Experience in proposal development and coordination processes for complex awards.
Demonstrable financial skills, particularly, budget development, BvA Analysis and reporting
Ability to engage with and coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups.
Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a workload comprised of varying and changing tasks and responsibilities
Strong communication (written and spoken) in the local language and minimum intermediate level in English.
Very strong capacity for attention to detail, problem solving, and analysis of trends.
Computer literate with very strong excel and analytical skills.

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October 29, 2024
Programme Funding Specialist

This role is an exciting opportunity to join the PFIP team to lead and collaborate on key projects supporting our Market and Governance Development workstreams. The role will work closely with the Global Head of Institutional Partnership Development & Growth and Global Lead for Institutional Funding Governance & Risk Assurance to deliver strategic inputs to support delivery of the Global Funding Framework. These may include but will not be limited to leading a review of cross organisational donor due diligence practices, overseeing the annual account allocation refresh, managing PFIP inputs to the Quality Framework and ‘Good to Great Partnership Guide’ and related content on OneNet page’, and coordination of reporting on our Big Bets and Income engines, as well as other projects to enhance accountabilities and performance and maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of the PFIP team.
This work will include close collaboration with the other parts of the PFIP team (Market Development, Insight Development; Portfolio Development; People Development; Governance and Strategy Development) and with other teams at SCI Centre. It will rely on strong and productive relationships with key stakeholders across the movement, including cross-functional teams within SCI, Regional Resource Mobilisation teams and institutional funding teams across the members.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Knowledge of general and donor-specific good practices in institutional partnership management (both internal and external)
Excellent project management skills, including stakeholder engagement and cross-functional project delivery
Attention to detail and the ability to follow tasks and ideas through to completion
Experience and knowledge of award or institutional partnership management, or comparative experience.
Experience of coordinating and developing content and undertaking knowledge management in a complex organisation
Understanding of capacity building approaches; experience and knowledge of developing specific tools and guidance would be an advantage.
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
Experience in complex stakeholder management and collaborating with others across a matrixed environment, including ability to influence and gain agreement for ideas and proposals from a variety of stakeholders
Commitment to Save the Children values
A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs

Desired:

Experience of working with Save the Children in an award management or institutional partnership management-related role.

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October 29, 2024
Senior Global Campaigner Leadership Communications Advisor (Maternity cover)

The Senior Global Campaigner is a critical role to helps us realise this vision and build powerful campaigning for and with children. This role will lead and drive critical campaign projects across the world. It will help ensure child campaigning as a central and leading element of our global campaign; this will include supporting campaigns, communications and advocacy teams in Members and Country Offices to build their capacity to support child campaigning. You will help build and nurture partnerships with a range of movements, organisations and child and youth networks to achieve change for children.
In order to be successful you will bring/have:
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Experience and interest in the development of impactful campaigns, built from the experience of using a range of campaigning and movement building tactics.
Experience of leading and supporting child and / or youth activism; especially using a variety of tools and approaches to engage with children from diverse backgrounds
Proven experience of mobilising public audiences to affect policy change across a range of campaigning and organising techniques and tactics.
First class high level project management skills – ability to hold and delivery complex campaign projects independently, under pressure in a global / international context
Natural, collaborative leadership style and ability – ability to lead, convene and inspire in a complex networked organisation across a range of cultures
Understanding of the external campaigning landscape, including in global political contexts.
First class communication skills: the ability to communicate complex information verbally and in writing in a clear, simple way to wider staff, partners and campaigns audiences
Experience and passion for nurturing, developing and supporting relationships with external networks and organisations to deliver campaigning impact
Experience of developing and delivering campaign trainings and capacity building programmes directly as well as with / through colleagues
Passionate commitment to supporting children to campaign; ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with children of all backgrounds / ages and to ‘see the world through a child’s eyes’;
Creative flare, with experience of a range of campaigning techniques and approaches; with strong digital literacy in approaches to inspiring change
Passion for and ability to work effectively in a diverse global organisation
Understanding of and commitment to Save the Children’s values and ways of working
Ability to operate within a predominantly self-servicing administrative environment.

Desirable

Ability to communicate in Spanish, French and / or Arabic an advantage
Strong experience in public engagement and mobilisation through digital approaches and tactics
Experience of overseeing campaign contributions from a range of functional experts (advocacy, comms etc) including matrix management of staffed in dispersed team.
Demonstrable experience of successfully using insights and data into public behaviour and attitudes to shape campaigning strategies.

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October 29, 2024
Lead Advisor READY (Technical Lead)

Role Dimensions:
The Lead Advisor provides technical leadership and guidance for SC and its consortium partners in developing and implementing the READY program strategy and ensures the technical and methodological soundness of activities. The Technical Lead provides expertise in infectious diseases, pandemic preparedness and response, humanitarian response, and providing technical support to large-scale outbreak responses. The Technical Lead serves on READY’s core team and as a member of Save the Children’s broader Humanitarian Public Health Team.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, significant experience implementing emergency health programs in technical lead or technical advisor capacity, with experience in outbreak preparedness, surveillance, and response
Significant experience in infectious diseases and prevention, preparedness, and response and experience in humanitarian response are essential
Proven technical skills in multi-sector program design, supervision, monitoring, evaluation, and research skills
Experience developing and implementing blended-learning capacity-building initiatives across networks
Knowledge of outbreak response architecture and coordination mechanisms such as GOARN and the Global Health, WASH and Nutrition Clusters
Experience and knowledge of USAID regulations and requirements and implementing USAID/Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance programs
Previous experience interacting with US government agencies, host country governments, and other global and national stakeholders
Experience building networks and acting as organizational/project representative
Quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills
Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
Ability to assess priorities, solve problems and competently complete a variety of activities with a high level of accuracy and timeliness
Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing and editing programmatic and research reports
Excellent visual presentation and facilitation skills
Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
Ability to travel to remote and/or insecure locations (estimated 15% travel expected)

Desired:

Advanced degree in Public Health or medicine
Direct experience managing or providing senior level technical support in humanitarian environments, ideally with national or international NGOs
Proven experience working effectively in a matrixed management environment
Written and oral fluency in at least one other language (i.e., French, Arabic and/or Spanish)

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October 29, 2024
Regional Head of Business & Technology Solutions (BTS) ESA

ROLE PURPOSE:
The role holder is accountable for leading and driving the delivery of technology services, business solutions and setting direction to all field/country office IT staff and act as the key link between the regions and their countries and the centre. The role holder will also act as the primary Technology Business Partner and point of contact for the Regional Director and senior management team along with the Country Directors within the region to deliver high quality programmes for children. The role holder is accountable as part of the Global IT Operations team to ensure the operation of all SCI IT services consumed in the region whilst ensuring all Regional and Country Offices comply with IT Standards, Policies and Procedures as laid out in the SCI Quality Framework. Supporting Transformation and Project Delivery team to help implement any new IT projects into countries within the region.
SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Director of IT Global Operations
Dimensions: East and Southern Africa (ESA) region consisting of 13 Countries located in East and Southern Africa with an estimated 4000 staff in the region. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

The scope of the role includes:

To ensure all CO’s deliver safe, secure and effective IT services.
Ensure services are complaint with COOM, apply appropriate escalation to CO/RO and Centre IT leadership where required to achieve compliance.
Working with the Global IT Leadership in other locations to provide reliable, scalable IT services to all SCI countries & members that consume shared service to agreed standards.
Ensuring level 1 and 2 support and maintenance of all operational systems are delivered to SLAs and KPIs to the countries including user IT devices such as laptops and mobile phones.
Technology business partner to Regional and Country leaders, with focus on helping them understand how to use technology to deliver high quality programmes for children.
Effective Oversight of Regional and Country Infrastructure including telecommunications networks, Field technologies, IT Security and Data Protection ensuring all Co’s are meeting the security standard and fully compliant with all aspects of Data Protection.
Ensuring new Technology 4 Development and business simplification Process Initiatives get the required approval and T4D Catalogue is kept up to date.
Supporting the delivery of global priority projects in the region, in line with any agreed PMO plans as well as regional projects which are approved by RD and CIO
Technology and Brand Advocate, including speaking at Technology/NGO conferences.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

To ensure IT across the region is delivered in a safe, secure and effective manner.
Ensuring all COs and ROs comply with the IT Controls as laid out in the Country Office Operating Model. Where any risk is identified, hold the RD/CD to account for the delivery of the remediation plan to agreed timelines.
Leading a small regional IT team to provide effective oversight, support and direction to the regional & country office IT staff.
Ensure Child safeguarding, personal safety and security and protection of sensitive digital data is foremost in all activities.
Supporting Global Head of IT Security & Director of IT Global Operations to ensure effective Risk Management & Information Security processes and adherence to IT policies and standards in the region
Capacity-building through coaching, training and mentoring the technology staff within the regions to continuously improve their personal and team performance, and staying updated on IT guidelines, standards, policies and strategy.
Coordinating IT needs during emergency operations where required.
Working with each global IT service domain leader (applications, user devices, Enterprise and field technologies) to develop specific regional and country service strategies and sourcing arrangements, which collectively help deliver the overall SCI IT Strategy.
Adhering to global ‘service management framework’, based on ITIL industry standards and tools, with focus on effective incident, problem and change management across centre , regional and country IT staff
Maintaining supplier management process for regional IT suppliers, working with procurement to ensure alignment and adherence to SCI Technology Minimum Requirements.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

holds self accountable for IT delivery across the region and the delivery of central services to the region
holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values
holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
future-orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

Collaboration:

builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members, donors and partners
values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

honest, encourages openness and transparency always acts in the best interests of children

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
Essential

A master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
At least 7 years of professional experience in information technology management, including at least five in a senior leadership role.
Substantial experience of working at regional IT leadership level, preferably working with IT service and project delivery teams;
Experience of managing regional IT staff and suppliers;
Significant experience of implementing IT service management processes and tools, in accordance with recognized industry standards such as ITIL.
experience of working in a fast-paced environment with quick turnaround times, whilst delivering to the highest standards
evidence of having operated successfully in a ‘matrix’ organisation, with global, regional and country based staff.
ability to resolve complex service issues, with a balance of pragmatism and rigour.
commitment to Save the Children values.

Desirable

experience of ‘field operations’ and the IT-related issues associated with working in remote, inhospitable and insecure environments
strong understanding of/willingness to learn key trends in international and humanitarian development and how technology can and is being utilised to support these developments

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October 29, 2024
Solutions Developer (Business Intelligence)

ROLE PURPOSE:
Working with members of the global IT team, the role holder will be responsible for building, implementing and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) solutions within the organisation. This role will partner with business stakeholders in order to understand their analytic requirements, and implement and maintain BI solutions to meet these needs, utilising best practices. The role requires experience in adapting existing solutions as well as creating new solutions.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Provide the organisation with accurate and timely BI solutions based on requirements gathered through business partnering activities
Maintain and support existing BI solutions
Proactively source new and innovative solutions that provide clear business value and construct ‘proof of concepts’ to demonstrate the new solutions
Proactively identify any technical project risks/issues related to BI
Estimate and deliver BI project tasks to agreed prioritisation and timeframes
Support the IT Service Delivery team with the BI reporting environment
Assist product owners in designing, agreeing, implementing and managing changes to the BI environment
Maintain accurate technical documentation
Communicate data and insights

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)
Accountability:

holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds team members and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

computing degree – BSc, BA or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Proven understanding of Data Modelling and Analytics
Advanced knowledge and experience working with relational and NOSQL databases as well as data warehousing.
Experience of working with Microsoft’s BI technology stack SSIS, SSRS, SSAS (tabular model), Power BI, Power Query, Excel.
Experience with Microsoft Azure Analytics tools and technologies such as Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Bricks, HD Insight, Azure Data Factory, Azure Machine learning, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Data Lake, Azure Analysis Services, Event Hubs, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Time Series Insights.
Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex technical ideas and problems clearly to non-experts
Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and strong problem solving skills
Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally working in an agile project delivery environment.
Experience maintaining source control in Git or Azure DevOps
Strong experience with various Software Development Life cycles (SDLC) methodologies: Agile or Standard waterfall initiatives
Proven experience working with various Project Management practices and disciplines
Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to augment a close working relationship with cross functional teams
A history of designing and implementing reporting solutions that are both functional and engaging
Meticulous attention to detail

Desirable:

Proficiency in DAX, MDX, Python/Scala/Spark SQL
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
Cosmos DB
Machine Learning

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October 29, 2024
Child Poverty, Climate and Urban Director

This is the most senior Climate Change, Child Poverty and Urban role in Save the Children. This role has overall accountability for the quality and impact of our Child Rights Programming (Service delivery, system building/policy/Advocacy, and civil society/partnerships) in Child Poverty, Climate Change, and Urban programmes and advocacy across Save the Children. The role holder will promote programme innovation and draw on and contribute to the best global evidence on what works to guarantee children’s rights, and particularly their right to an adequate standard of living, and their right to a healthy environment.
As part of Save the Children’s 2030 Ambition, the organization has chosen to inspire three Breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, so that every child, and especially those suffering from inequality and discrimination can Survive, Learn and be Protected.
This role will lead organizational efforts to achieve our 2022-24 strategy for children, particularly the 4th goal, working to ensure that:

Children have a healthy start in life
Children go safely back to school and learn
Children live free from violence
Children benefit from safety nets and resilient families

Although leading on the fourth goal, our work on climate change, child poverty and urban issues cut across all Breakthroughs and Goals. We are looking for a leader who can work collaboratively and in integrated ways across the full spectrum of contexts.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
In order to be successful you will bring/have:
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential:

Global Leader in climate change and development and/ or child poverty work with strong external global network. Ideally with knowledge of programming in urban as well as rural contexts.
Educated to Master’s level or equivalent in Climate Change and Development, International Development Studies, Development Economics, Food Security and Livelihoods, Social Studies or similar
Technical familiarity with Climate Change and Child Poverty – to an ‘accomplished’ level within our Competency Frameworks, with leading edge expertise in at least one sub-thematic area.
Inspirational leader with ability to communicate the vision for the Safety Nets and Resilient Families Goal.
Strong leadership skills, including demonstrated experience in motivating large direct and indirect teams
Significant international development and humanitarian contexts experience designing, implementing and evaluating programmes relating to Child Poverty, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Urban Poverty, and other relevant child rights programming.
Thorough knowledge and track record of influencing Climate Change and/or Climate Change public and programme policy, and other relevant child rights programming, in development and humanitarian context. This should ideally include work on some or all of the following areas: universal/categorical social protection (such as Child Benefits), shock-responsive social protection, cash and voucher programming, resilient livelihoods and food security programming, youth skills development, Disaster Risk Reduction, Anticipatory Action etc.
Demonstrable ability to engage effectively across internal/external stakeholders and communities
Knowledge of policy, research and evidence-based methodologies with regards to Child Poverty, Climate and Urban programming, and other relevant child-focused programming.
A clear understanding of and commitment to inequality and anti-discriminatory practice eg gender and disability analysis in informing programmes and policy.
A combination of technical, research, public advocacy and, local experience.
Understands that work of development and humanitarian action can be complex and volatile.
Country level experience in international development, preferably through long-term assignments.
Proven experience delivering results and outputs
Energy and drive to create change in a large complex organisation
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching – ability to work with people of all levels from CEO to junior staff and across all functions,
Experience creating and managing high-performing teams including building shared objectives, quality control, evaluation, motivation, performance management, staff development and training.
Commitment to building and supporting a diverse and inclusive technical leadership team
Ability to make technical expertise relevant and available to inform programs
Engaging with donors and public finance stakeholders across humanitarian, development and developed contexts.
An understanding of and commitment to Save the Children’s mission, values and programme approaches.
Fluent spoken and written English
Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of time.

Desirable:

Additional languages, particularly French, Spanish and/or Arabic
Economic and quantitative skills
A publications record

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October 29, 2024
Education Coordinator

ROLE PURPOSE:
To coordinate effective implementation of education in the refugee and the host Community, inter-camp coordination, and monitoring of activities. The holder will be responsible for effective budget management and utilization as well as quality internal and donor reporting. The education coordinator will be responsible for effective project management, implementation and supporting teachers and other education staff. The position will work across all the three camps and support the digital literacy project, the alternative basic education project and the ECDE project in Dadaab. The role holder will also be tasked to supporting the education consortium members and providing technical guidance.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
PROGRAM DELIVERY

Performance management and supervision of all Education staff.
Lead and motivate the education Team to ensure effective project implementation.
Ensure key problems are brought to the attention of the Program Manager and other relevant senior staff for discussion and review.
Develop planning documents- Phased budget, detailed implementation plan and procurement plans for the education projects and ensure timely implementation.
Preparation of monthly education project reports and ensure consistent filing of all education documents.
Work with MEAL to ensure updated project indicators and target beneficiaries.
Digitize the record keeping for learners and ensure electronic files of all learners in the education program.
Ensure that all relevant staff receives appropriate induction and training.
Make regular support visits to camps.
Monitoring and evaluation of programme activities:
Maintain and update the education data base and ensure cross-referral between education and CP sectors.
Management and supervision of ABE centres and capacity development of teachers.
Work with project staff to assist in the development of new project proposals and the evaluation and documentation of programme activities.
Mentor the relevant staff to facilitate the continued development of his project, budget and personnel management capacity.
Lead in assessments, evaluations and report writing for all education related projects.
Act as the consortium focal person with support from the PM.
Update project tools in line with SCI project management platforms (PRIME).

Monitoring , Evaluation and Reporting

Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team for monitoring and evaluation of programme activities including taking corrective action where necessary.
Ensure IPTT and indicator progress are updated on a monthly basis
Document programme learning and ensuring it contributes to organizational advocacy.
Maintain an up to date information pack of various aspects affecting the beneficiaries in liaison with the other program teams and do analysis of the reports.
Ensure timely implementation of budgeted activities in addition to budget tracking and control and ensure clarity of reports on the various advocacy aspects in the camps.
Develop and track quality project indicators and MEAL framework for education projects with support from the MEAL officer.

Partnerships and coordination.

Ensure close coordination of outreach activities with other agencies in the three camps to ensure complementarity and synergy.
Compilation of the consortium members reports and data.
Supporting the consortium partners- providing technical support and monitoring guidance.
Build partnerships to enhance community participation, ownership and sustainability of programmes.
Collaborate and coordinate with other child protection agencies, governmental institutions, host community partners and community level structures in order to promote community ownership and sustainability of education initiatives.
Represent Save the Children and the in interagency working groups and camp coordination meetings and build from the strategies developed through the education Working Group.
Represent the education programme and advocate with community, partners as well as other external visitors. Liaise closely with other actors in the child protection sector on issues related to vulnerable children. Ensure that consideration is given to their particular needs within general child protection strategies.
Where necessary, represent the Program Manager and Coordinators in meetings, both internal and external and engage with the Host Community partner.

Grants Management and Accountability.

Coordinate with finance and awards team to ensure effective budget monitoring for the project in line with donor requirements and contractual obligations, including Grant opening, mid-term and closing meetings.
Coordinate the timely implementation of all grants and ensure sound and accurate expenditure.
Proposal development – continuously analyse needs and develops concept notes, outlining clear areas of sensitization and awareness raising.
Oversee project activities budget expenditures and ensure they are allowable and allocable according to SCI and donor regulations; review monthly Budget vs. Actual and expenditure sheets and collaborate with the finance department to ensure accurate expenditures and reporting.
Ensure timely production of activity/events reports as well as monthly reports as per the agreed timelines.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.

Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

At least Degree social work/social sciences, education, developments studies or equivalent.
At least four (4) years relevant experience in education with experience in coordination and sector integration.
Experience in ECHO funded projects is a plus.
Substantial management experience, preferably in emergency programmes.
Demonstrable competence in proposal and report writing
Experience of financial planning and expenditure monitoring
Experience of community participation, ownership and empowerment
Competent in using email and computer packages such as Word and Excel
Commitment to Save the Children’s child safeguarding Policy
Has high-level communication skills’, including engaging and informative formal public speaking.
Fluent in English and Kiswahili (both spoken and written).
Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
Sets high standards for quality and consistently achieves project goals.
Maintains and extends an effective network of individuals within the organisation and with government and development partners
Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.
Demonstrates and shares detailed technical knowledge and expertise.
Understanding of Save the Children’s vision and mission and a commitment to its objectives and values
Proven ability to work as a team.

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kenya.savethechildren.net

October 29, 2024
Project and Change Manager – CMS Senior Project Manager (Digital Programming Enablers)

The role of the Project and Change Manager – CMS will be to support the Project Lead to deliver on our CMS priorities for Save the Children to include ensuring we have a clear strategy and path to reach our defined outcomes. We have recently completed a feasibility and are now ready to move forwards to design and develop the required system and associated processes and supporting shared service. Upon joining, this role will be required to develop a detailed plan for delivery of the project and work with the wider Project and Change team to refine our existing methodology to enable agile working. The role will have a key role in the tender process for an implementing partner to support the design / development and will be required to ensure close management of the plan holding relevant parties accountable for their delivery in support of the Project Lead. In addition, the role holder will be responsible for further developing existing project management practices utilising SCA’s Project Lifecycle, managing relationships with key stakeholders and driving continuous improvements. This role also requires the holder to work closely with the Global Fundraising Department and Fundraising Leads for Save the Children, from across the globe.
Alongside the project management responsibilities, this role will also be responsible for managing the end-to-end change and deployment deliverables specific to the project including regular communication to stakeholders to inform, engage and motivate the impacted functions ensuring acceptance and necessary buy in as well as completion of the required preparatory steps. The role will also be required to work closely with the Business Analyst.
In terms of deliverables, the role holder will be responsible for all items as outlined in the Project Lifecycle and Change Approach that are relevant to this deployment, examples include the Project Plan, stakeholder matrix, Change and Comms Plan, Change Impact Assessment etc. Core to this role will be ensuring effectively alignment with wider transformation initiatives as well as effectively managing relationships with key stakeholders and driving continuous improvements.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

A strong track record of successfully managing medium to large complex projects and/or programmes
Proven experience of using and leading change management activities including change impact assessment, stakeholder analysis, managing resistance, building change capacity, designing and defining roles and responsibilities
Demonstrable experience and in-depth knowledge of programme and project practices and standards
Prior experience in managing and reporting on projects within a Portfolio Office/PMO structure
A proven ability to deliver projects on time / on budget, using project management processes and tools including risk management, benefits management, financial management and quality assurance
Good management and influencing skills with experience of working with senior level executives
A proven ability to resolve issues swiftly and decisively whilst safeguarding standards and procedures
Strong team leadership abilities with the ability to motivate and mobilise individuals within or outside their reporting line
Strong business requirements collection, and process/workflow analysis skills
Excellent communication skills (written & oral English), including the ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organisation
Able to demonstrate instances of initiative that have delivered organisational benefits
Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally

Desirable

Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
Experience in working with off-site project team members
Experience of delivering solutions internationally

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October 29, 2024
Partnership & Philanthropy Content

To meet this ambition, we have identified that we lack the capacity to deliver the necessary fundraising content and proposals suitable for P&P audiences, enabling us to deliver against Save the Children’s Global Strategic Goals. The Global P&P Team at SCI is tasked with supporting Save the Children’s members to build their P&P capacity and further diversify our international member income base. P&P therefore needs a highly capable proposal writer who can engage directly with other teams across SCI to deliver timely and high quality content and fundraising propositions for P&P donors and partners. Engaging directly with other fundraising and technical teams across SCI, including the Global Goal and the Communications and Engagement Teams. The proposal writer will create strong, high quality fundraising content and proposals, tailored for P&P audiences, which fundraisers will use to deliver the income needed to realise our ambition.
The Proposal Writer will:

Create bespoke content for P&P fundraisers so we can bring compelling propositions to P&P prospects rapidly and responsively
Actively seek and identify fundraising collateral that aligns with Save the Children’s strategic priorities, adapt if necessary, and distribute to P&P fundraising communities
Work closely with the P&P Project and Content Manager to manage content storage so it is easily accessible by fundraisers across the movement.
Adapt and produce fundraising toolkits and talking points for fundraisers in quick response to sudden-onset humanitarian crises, in coordination with other teams
Coordinate with other content producers across the movement, including SCI Centre, Save the Children UK and US, to collate and distribute the best content, and prevent duplication of effort
Work with fundraising leads and programme teams to create bespoke, compelling propositions for very high level prospects at $1 million+ level.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

A deep understanding of Corporate and Philanthropy fundraising, donor motivations for giving and the different content requirements from different donor audiences
Excellent written and presentation skills and confident ability to deliver verbal and written proposals up to CEO level
Track record of producing high quality fundraising proposals that have secured gifts at $100,000+ level
Up to date knowledge of best practice and innovation in fundraising content for corporate and philanthropy audiences within the sector
Experience of delivering high quality content within a large, complex organisation with multiple stakeholders, preferably in an international development charity or similar
Acts without guidance on a frequent basis, limited oversight required
A proven team player. Someone who is open and who is able and willing to deliver beyond his or her personal brief
Proven ability to work collaboratively across departmental boundaries internally and externally to achieve shared organisational goals
A strategic thinker who is able prioritise and balance a busy work load
High fluency in written and spoken English essential and second language of Member country ideally.

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kenya.savethechildren.net

October 29, 2024