Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Thu, 4 Aug 2016
Job type: Permanent
Location:
United Kingdom
We are looking for an experienced professional to join us as HIF Programme Manager to take responsibility for this globally influential programme of work and ensure delivery of the complex portfolio of innovation management and grant making programmes currently being undertaken by the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF).
Elrha, a collaborative network currently hosted by Save the Children UK, is an initiative dedicated to improving humanitarian outcomes through partnership, research and innovation. We work to achieve our mission through three streams of work:
Enabling partnership: We enable people to work effectively together on research and innovation programmes.
Driving research & innovation: We invest in the highest quality research and innovation to address pressing humanitarian challenges.
Transforming practice: We commit to sharing quality research and innovations within our stakeholder communities to improve humanitarian policy and practice.
Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund (The HIF) supports organisations and individuals to identify, nurture and share innovative and scalable solutions to the challenges facing effective humanitarian assistance.
As HIF Programme Manager you will lead the development and delivery of the HIF strategy and programme of work. This will require robust strategic and operational planning and the ability to lead a small but talented HIF staff team. You will oversee the core elements of the HIF programme including the planning and delivery of events, conferences and other outreach activities. In addition you will:
- Lead preparations for the quarterly HIF Board Meetings and over governance requirements
- Oversee the planning and implementation of HIF proposal assessment and review processes, ensuring the involvement of independent expertise
- Ensure grant funded projects understand and meet all their reporting and evaluation requirements
- Encourage funded programmes to communicate their work and results with relevant audiences and stakeholder communities
- Ensure systems are in place to monitor overall programme performance including supporting funded projects to put in place appropriate monitoring frameworks.
To be successful you will have a relevant post-graduate qualification or demonstrated track record of relevant experience. You will also have considerable experience of working in a similar management role. In addition you will have:
- Experience of managing large programme budgets
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to design and implement robust project management systems
- Experience of implementing project monitoring, learning and evaluation methodologies
- Knowledge of the international humanitarian system and current practices and challenges in operational humanitarian programmes
- Demonstrated leadership, planning and management competencies.
If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you
Closing date: 4th August 2016
To apply please visit our website.
Programme Manager - Humanitarian Innovation Fund
Job posted by: Save the Children UK - Tue, 26 Jul 2016Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Thu, 4 Aug 2016
Job type: Permanent
Location: United Kingdom
We are looking for an experienced professional to join us as HIF Programme Manager to take responsibility for this globally influential programme of work and ensure delivery of the complex portfolio of innovation management and grant making programmes currently being undertaken by the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF).
Elrha, a collaborative network currently hosted by Save the Children UK, is an initiative dedicated to improving humanitarian outcomes through partnership, research and innovation. We work to achieve our mission through three streams of work:
Enabling partnership: We enable people to work effectively together on research and innovation programmes.
Driving research & innovation: We invest in the highest quality research and innovation to address pressing humanitarian challenges.
Transforming practice: We commit to sharing quality research and innovations within our stakeholder communities to improve humanitarian policy and practice.
Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund (The HIF) supports organisations and individuals to identify, nurture and share innovative and scalable solutions to the challenges facing effective humanitarian assistance.
As HIF Programme Manager you will lead the development and delivery of the HIF strategy and programme of work. This will require robust strategic and operational planning and the ability to lead a small but talented HIF staff team. You will oversee the core elements of the HIF programme including the planning and delivery of events, conferences and other outreach activities. In addition you will:
To be successful you will have a relevant post-graduate qualification or demonstrated track record of relevant experience. You will also have considerable experience of working in a similar management role. In addition you will have:
If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you
Closing date: 4th August 2016
To apply please visit our website.