Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Thu, 21 May 2015
Job type: Contract
Location:
Nepal
United Kingdom
A powerful earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April, levelling buildings and causing a significant number of casualties. Humanitarian needs are significant, coupled with operational challenges of delivering aid on the ground. As of 28 April at least 5,057 people have died and more than 50,000 have been injured. 2.8 million children have been affected and 940,000 are in need of urgent aid (The extent of the damage is still unclear in remote areas, which remain cut off or difficult to access. 39 districts have been affected in the Western and Central Regions. According to the Government of Nepal (GoN), 30 out of the country’s 75 districts in the Western and Central Regions have been affected. This includes mountain and hilly areas with disperse rural populations as well as some very densely populated districts and Nepal’s two largest cities – greater Kathmandu and Pokhara.
Save the Children’s origins lie in emergency response and it has remained central to our work ever since. Our approach integrates our emergency and development work, through the medium of our country programmes, which we expect to have the expertise for both types of work. Save the Children is responding to the crisis with an integrated programme of Shelter/NFIs, Health, Child Protection, WASH, Nutrition, Food Security, Education and cash interventions; aiming to reach up to 1 million people.
About the role
The role holder will have to
- Coordinate awards and finance support and act as the “first line help-desk” for finance and awards management in emergency responses with a weighted focus on the Nepal earthquake response.
- Ensure high standards of financial and award management and controls in emergency responses with a weighted focus on the Nepal earthquake response
About you
- Substantial direct experience of award and financial management for an international organisation.
- Experience of preparing and managing complex, multi-donor emergency budgets and financial reports. Experience of analysing and commenting on variances between actual and budgeted expenditure.
- Good understanding of the award management cycle, logical frameworks, and M&E concepts.
- Knowledge (and working experience) of award management regulations and reporting requirements of major donors such as DFID, DEC, ECHO and UN agencies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to explain complex issues to both staff and peers.
- Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, to work effectively under pressure to organise and prioritise work for yourself and others to ensure departmental deadlines are met.
- An energetic, flexible and proactive approach with the ability to work both independently and cooperatively within a team setting.
- Strong team skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels; both within and outside the team.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Including the ability to assess the needs of colleagues and of the organisation in various situations using interpretation and judgement skills.
- Demonstrable commitment to equal opportunities and an awareness of what constitutes good practice.
- Willingness to travel for 10-20% of the year, often at short notice and occasionally to remote and insecure locations.
About the recruitment process
Due to the urgency of the position, we might review applications and appoint before the closing dates.
Emergency Surge, Finance and Awards Officer - Nepal earthquake response
Job posted by: Save the Children UK - Thu, 30 Apr 2015Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children UK
Deadline Thu, 21 May 2015
Job type: Contract
Location: Nepal United Kingdom
A powerful earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April, levelling buildings and causing a significant number of casualties. Humanitarian needs are significant, coupled with operational challenges of delivering aid on the ground. As of 28 April at least 5,057 people have died and more than 50,000 have been injured. 2.8 million children have been affected and 940,000 are in need of urgent aid (The extent of the damage is still unclear in remote areas, which remain cut off or difficult to access. 39 districts have been affected in the Western and Central Regions. According to the Government of Nepal (GoN), 30 out of the country’s 75 districts in the Western and Central Regions have been affected. This includes mountain and hilly areas with disperse rural populations as well as some very densely populated districts and Nepal’s two largest cities – greater Kathmandu and Pokhara.
Save the Children’s origins lie in emergency response and it has remained central to our work ever since. Our approach integrates our emergency and development work, through the medium of our country programmes, which we expect to have the expertise for both types of work. Save the Children is responding to the crisis with an integrated programme of Shelter/NFIs, Health, Child Protection, WASH, Nutrition, Food Security, Education and cash interventions; aiming to reach up to 1 million people.
About the role
The role holder will have to
About you
About the recruitment process
Due to the urgency of the position, we might review applications and appoint before the closing dates.