Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Thu, 19 Mar 2015
Job type: Contract
Location:
South Sudan
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Contract length: 12 months
The role:
The Senior Programme Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership and assume the overall responsibility for the implementation of a large-scale ($5.94m), consortium based education project. This is a senior role providing leadership to a consortium of four NGOs. The post-holder provides overall direction and functional management to the programme, as well as coordinating the relationship and information flows between all the key stakeholders: MoEST, UNICEF, and consortium partner agencies.
Qualifications and experience
Essential
- Master’s degree in related field (or an equivalent high-level professional qualification)
- Minimum of 5-7 years of managing education with a focus on primary education.
- Exceptional project management skills (finance, budgeting, managing staff, planning, donor-management)
- Solid international experience (minimum 2 years) working with an international NGO or a Ministry of Education, with a proven ability working in insecure environments
- Outstanding skills in leading consortia of INGOs and Teacher training colleges
- High-level communications, diplomacy, and interpersonal skills for working in multi-cultural teams and with the Ministry of Education
- Technical understanding of school leadership and / or School Inspection
- Willingness to travel extensively across all areas of South Sudan
- Commitment to the values and principles of Save the ChildrenDesirable:
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- Demonstrated experience of managing large milestone based projects
- Strong technical knowledge of policy and practice in the field of education and states affected by conflict, with the ability to provide education technical guidance at policy and implementation levels
- Previous experience in South Sudan
- Previous experience in managing a UNICEF payment-by-results contract
- Experience in leading, designing and implementing Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability Learning systems
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: jkingara.60790.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com
Snr Programme Manager: Primary School Leadership and Inspection
Job posted by: Save the Children - International - Thu, 5 Mar 2015Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Thu, 19 Mar 2015
Job type: Contract
Location: South Sudan
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Contract length: 12 months
The role:
The Senior Programme Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership and assume the overall responsibility for the implementation of a large-scale ($5.94m), consortium based education project. This is a senior role providing leadership to a consortium of four NGOs. The post-holder provides overall direction and functional management to the programme, as well as coordinating the relationship and information flows between all the key stakeholders: MoEST, UNICEF, and consortium partner agencies.
Qualifications and experience
Essential
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: jkingara.60790.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com