Reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager, the Accounts Payable Specialist is a proactive, hands-on team player who thrives working within a fast-paced, dynamic environment. The position collaborates with the procurement team and other internal stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely processing of vendor invoices.

Specific Responsibilities

Process payments to vendors and employees (75)%

• Processes and pays vendor invoices and employee expense reimbursements accurately and in a timely fashion, ensuring proper coding, expense classification, and authorization.
• Processes data from Procurement system; manipulates information as necessary to ensure the accuracy of imported data into the accounting system. Utilizes a strong technical aptitude to ensure import process runs smoothly.
• Applies solid accounting principles and utilizes established internal controls and procedures to ensure compliance with internal accounting processes and donor requirements.
• Reconciles vendor statements in accordance with established timelines. Tracks and, if necessary, requests copies of outstanding invoices to ensure proper processing.
• Processes and reconciles corporate credit card activity accurately and in timely fashion; utilizes credit card sites to pull necessary reporting information; follows up with internal approvers.
• Works with vendors directly and responds to employee expense inquiries in a timely manner.
• Effectively communicates identified process issues and discrepancies and facilitates internal approvals. Proposes solutions and enhancements to minimize payment delays.

Compliance with vendor withholding and reporting requirements (10%)

• Participates in the 1099 preparation process annually.
• Ensures that vendor files are up-to-date and required compliance documents are maintained for all vendors.

Participate in monthly and annual accounting close and audit process (10%)

• Supports the monthly accounting close and year end close and audit process.
• Reconciles balance sheet accounts for credit card accounts.
• Participates in all compliance audit requests, as required.

Other duties (5%)

• Assists the Accounts Payable Manager with special projects as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or relevant degree; or equivalent experience.
• 1-3 years of Accounts Payable experience. Prefer basic accounting experience as well as experience in handling AP processing of $100MM.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong overall technical aptitude including Excel and Google Apps.
• Maintains current knowledge of best practices and compliance developments affecting the area of specialization.
• Fluency in a second language highly desirable.

Competencies

• Must have excellent communication skills and be able to work proactively and collaboratively with culturally diverse internal stakeholders in a professional and courteous manner.
• Strong attention to detail with a demonstrated ability to independently establish priorities and complete diverse assignments on a timely basis.
• Uses innovative thinking and exercises sound judgment to achieve results.

Physical Demands

• Ability to travel internationally (less than 5%).
• Keyboard use, pulling drawers, lifting papers <10 lbs.

Notes

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single MS Word document.

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The role:

Due to the geographic and administrative bifurcation of affected populations, coordination of humanitarian actors and support to authorities is particularly critical to ensuring children and families have access to critical social services. The Coordinator would work with local administrations to assist them in their leadership and to facilitate the re-establishment of quality education and the strengthening of child protection, with the assistance of the humanitarian community in a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Education Cluster.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

1 COMPETENCIES

Core competencies:

• Understands the rationale behind Humanitarian Reform, its main components and recent developments including the Transformative Agenda;
• Understands, uses and adapts the tools, mechanisms and processes developed as part of Humanitarian Reform;
• Effectively use and transfer information to, from and between cluster participants and other stakeholders through information management tools and principles;
• Demonstrates commitment to Humanitarian Principles.
• Communicates, works and networks effectively with a wide range of people to reach broad consensus on a well-coordinated response, and demonstrates leadership where required;
• Thinks and acts strategically and ensures that Cluster activities are prioritised and aligned within an agreed strategy;
• Demonstrates commitment to the Cluster and independence from employing organisation;

Builds, motivates and leads the Cluster coordination team.

Technical competences:

• Abilitiy to develop Logical Frameworks;
• Proven ability to facilitate a diverse group of agencies and government administrations with different capacities and mandates (UN, INGO, NGO, etc.);
• Skills to craft a concise strategy and operational plan based on a consultative process;
• Understands and can use and adapt the tools, mechanisms and processes developed as part of Humanitarian Programme Cyle;
• Experience in needs assessment facilitation: questionnaire design, coordination of team, analysis of findings in strategy and EiE activity development;

Strong understanding of Education in Emergencies programming, and ability to teach and utilize the INEE Minimum Standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor degree (Masters level preferred) in a subject area relevant to Education in Emergencies.
• Extensive work experience relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for Masters level Education.

Formal training in Cluster coordination is an advantage.

Experience

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the humanitarian sector with the UN and/or NGOs, including coordination during the first phase of a major emergency response relevant to the Cluster.

Extensive work experience in Education in Emergencies may be considered as a replacement for Cluster experience.

Languages: Fluency in English is essential; Ukrainian/Russian is an asset.

Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: 'bartacho.95186.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

****ROLE****

This role will lead or coordinate the set up or scale up of emergency response logistics functions and responsibilities and may supervise and manage logistics staff, under the supervision of the HPM. The role will include logistics support either to a medium sized country programme or to a particular emergency response or field base within a larger response. As such, the role may include remote management, management of remote field bases or direct line management of a particular logistics function.

****MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES****

· Coordination of programme logistics; implement the country logistics policies and procedures for the management of the supply chain, including one or more of the following areas; procurement, transport and distribution, warehousing and stock management, management of vehicle fleets, communication systems, and assets

· Ensure that Save the Children minimum standards of logistics procedures and country policies are implemented and adhered to in the area of responsibility, supporting relevant staff as required

· Manage and support logistics staff including ensuring clear division of responsibilities, clear objectives, and management of performance

· Ensure that procedures within the specific area of responsibility meet Save the Children and donor regulations, whether that be a within a given technical sector in logistics, or a specific field base

· Provide support to senior logistics staff on areas relating to budgets, technical aspects of the programme, and implementation mechanisms as required

· Provide logistics training and capacity building as required

· The post-holder will comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child safeguarding, safety and security, code of conduct, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.

General:

· Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

****CORE BEHAVIOURS****

Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles

· Participates in the development of an organisational response based on an understanding of the contexts

Achieving results effectively

· Accountability – ensure efficient and transparent use of resources in line with Save the Children policies and procedures

· Addresses difficult situations and makes tough decisions confidently and calmly

· Maintains focus on delivery of timely and appropriate results using available resources; identifies and acts on issues and problems in area of responsibility

Maintaining and developing collaborative relationships

· 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

· Takes measures to do no harm and to minimise risks for partners and the communities

· Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the organisation

Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:

· Keeps oneself emotionally stable when helping others

· 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 impact of actions

Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others

· Delivers results and always acts with the beneficiaries in mind

· Anticipates current and future needs

· Tailors communication style to certain audiences

· Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings.

****QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE****

****Essential****

· Education-A degree in logistics or an equivalent field

· Prior experience in logistics management in the NGO sector, within complex/large scale country programmes and in emergency response/humanitarian environments

· Proven experience in all technical areas of logistics operations including procurement, transport/distribution, warehousing and stock management, fleet management, asset management, communications, and security

· Experience of working in remote field bases with limited infrastructure

· Experiencing in managing and supervising others in logistics

· Ability to synthesise and analyse information, and make clear, informed decisions

· Ability to build relationships quickly with a wide range of people, both internally and externally

· Strong planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities

· Cultural awareness, with strong written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills in English and French

****Desirable****

· Technical experience/training in specific areas of logistics eg fleet mechanics, IT/communications networks

· Technical experience/knowledge in specific types of humanitarian intervention eg Health, WASH, Food Security

Kindly send your C.V. and covering letter on or before ****31^st July, 2015**** explaining why you are suitable toNigeria.HumanitarianVacancy@savethechildren.org.State position clearly in the subject field as applications without appropriate subject will be disqualified. Also, applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

In order to apply for more great opportunities, please visit our website on www.savethechildren.net/jobs.

For more information and to support our work, please visit our website on www.savethechildren.net .

Our selection processes reflect our commitment to safeguard children from abuse. Our people are as diverse as the challenges we face.

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The Finance Analyst provides financial management support to country offices. He or she works closely with country offices and project teams, as well as with Atlas FP&A Portfolio Finance Managers, and other Program staff. S/he works with country offices to assist in the development and and management of budgets and forecasts, to prepare financial reports, and to analyze financial data as needed.

Support Atlas Finance Managers and Country Office project teams to deliver timely and high-quality budgets, financial reports and financial analyses 50%

• Analyze in-country financial skills and capacity – based on skills assessment, determine country teams’ need for support in the following areas:
• Develop budgets, pipelines, work plans and forecast in coordination with project teams in country.
• Perform math and compliance checks on budgets and forecasts.
• Provide financial data needed from the home offices.
• Prepare corporate and project financial reports.
• Provide quality control of internal and external reports.
• Engage in financial analysis activities as needed in the US and/or country offices.

Support corporate oversight activities 25%

• Test and provide input to standards, job-aids and other tools for promoting sound financial management practices.
• Test and provide input to training and orientation materials, and to organize training logistics in select area.
• Provide technical training and onboarding to Finance Managers in country.

Support corporate oversight activities 20%

• Support the monitoring of financial performance of MSH portfolios (country offices, projects, cost centers, etc.).

Other duties as assigned 5%

• Includes participation in corporate workplan activities and various Atlas activities and initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required or equivalent experience; Master’s preferred.
• 3 years of experience in international project financial management (budgeting, reporting, and analysis) or related experience is required.
• Experience with aspects of federal cost reimbursement practices, such as the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) and USAID regulations desirable.
• Prior work experience with budgeting for non-USG agencies, Foundations and other donors desirable.
• Experience working with diverse and remote groups highly desirable.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong software skills including extensive experience with database, spreadsheet, word processing tools and other applications required.
• Familiarity with accounting software, particularly QuickBooks, Serenic Navigator and/or Microsoft Navision desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively with program, finance and operations staff toward the achievement of project and organization objectives.
• Skilled at working in a culturally diverse environment.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Fluent English required; high level of professional proficiency in French required.

Competencies

• Manage work with shifting priorities.
• Manage and coordinate a variety of activities simultaneously.
• Work in a team-oriented environment while driving for results.
• Proven success independently solving complex problems.
• Ability to work remotely with team members.

Physical Demands

• Ability to travel internationally as needed (up to 20% time).
• Ability to function in a standard office environment including keyboard use, pulling drawers, lifting papers <10 lbs.

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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 Manager will be based in Antakya overseeing FSL programs in Northern Syria (currently Idlib, Aleppo, Hama, and Homs, with possible expansion to new areas). In addition to directly managing grants in these areas, the Manager will be expected to lead on programme planning, oversight of programme implementation, recruitment and procurement. A key priority of this role is to work day to day with the National Technical Coordinator building their capacity in technical and programme management skills, with the aim of transferring this capacity to the FSL field team. The FSL Technical Programme Manager will also support partners to develop their programmes and build their capacity to respond. The Manager will contribute to programme design and strategy as well as leading on proposal development and grant reporting.

Qualifications and experience

Required

• Master's degree in International Development Studies, Food Security related subject, or other relevant subject, or BA with equivalent field experience.
• At least 3 years of management experience in emergency, fragile state or development programmes
• Experience implementing and/or managing FSL programmes in other contexts, particularly cash and/or voucher programming
• Previous experience of managing an FSL team at national level
• Experience of remote managing programmes in complex settings
• Proven capacity to supervise, and coach staff in FSL technical skills and programme management
• Experience of, and commitment to, working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Specific experience of designing and managing DFID, ECHO, OFDA and other major donor projects and understanding of donor compliance
• Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• A team player who is able to work collaboratively and with people of diverse backgrounds
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

• Experience working with local implementing partners, including providing technical support and capacity building

  Desirable

• Language skills in Arabic

• Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts

• Experience with agriculture, resilience and livelihood programming

• Experience representing organisations in national level coordination mechanisms (e.g. cluster system) and technical working groups

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: 'IFarhoud.40026.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

We need two Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Programme Managers will be based in Slovyansk and Donetsk of Eastern Ukraine.

Both the Managers will oversee food security and livelihoods programs in crisis-affected regions. The Donetsk based Manager will additionally oversee the NFI and Shelter. In addition to directly managing FSL related grants in these areas, the FSL Managers will lead on programme implementation, planning, master budgeting, recruitment, management and procurement in the field locations. The FSL Managers will also lead on programme design, proposal writing, coordination and capacity building and will work with Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) staff on assessment, monitoring and evaluation activities. The post holder will be expected to do this through significant mentoring and coaching of national staff.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Needs Analysis and Program Design:

• Support design and organization required for assessments, baselines and evaluations.
• Contribute to situation/response analysis and development of food security and livelihoods strategy documents & sector response plans
• Contribute to programme design and proposal development

Programme Management:

• Create master budgets and implementation plans, including phased budgets, Monitoring & Evaluation and indicator tracking plans for all awarded grants
• Implement project activities ensuring that services are delivered on time and on budget
• Manage program budget lines and ensure proper and effective use of program resources
• Manage FSL team ensuring that staff have work-plans in place and following up with team members regularly to ensure that activities are on track
• Coordinate with NGOs working on related issues and specifically on Shelter and NFI related issues
• Attend the Shelter and NFI working groups to ensure complementary programming with other actors which minimize gaps and avoid overlaps.
• Monitor program progress against both programmatic and budgetary targets
• Prepare timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal Save the Children requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
• Work closely with the Human Resources team to identify FSL staffing needs (both national and international) and support recruitment of FSL posts
• Identify FSL programme supply needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan

Capacity Building:

• Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children staff and work as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff
• Identify learning and training needs for partners

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

• Take steps to document lessons learned, from FSL programmes, for wider dissemination
• Represent Save the Children in external technical working groups including Shelter and NFI

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• At least 3 years of management experience in emergency, fragile state or development programmes in cash/vouchers in an emergency context
• Experience in market analysis and cash programme design
• Knowledge or experience of in-kind food programming
• Previous experience of managing an FSL team at national level
• Previous experience of working with local partners on FSL programmes
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Proven capacity to supervise, and coach staff in FSL technical skills
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• A high level of written and spoken English
• Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children. In particular, a good understanding of the Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
• Languages: Fluency in English is essential; Ukrainian/Russian is an asset

Desirable

• Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
• Specific experience of designing and managing WFP, DFID, ECHO, USAID and other major donor projects

Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: 'bartacho.22628.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

I- Advocacy Manager

The Advocacy Manager will undertake advocacy work in all thematic including Health, to advance Save the Children Senegal’s policy positions and influence decision-makers, both at national and internationally levels. The Advocacy Manager will shape and implement Senegal office’s efforts to influence and bring about change in the awareness, attitudes, behaviours and policies related to the rights of children in Senegal. S/He will manage media enquiries regarding Save the Children in Senegal and will directly manage public campaigns with special focus identified thematic.

He/she will be responsible for the following tasks :

• Identify policy and practice change that will promote and protect the rights of children ;

• Define key advocacy opportunities and targets at national, regional and international levels ;

• Develop and implement an advocacy strategy to guide SCI work in Senegal, encompassing issues such as (but not limited to) Child rights violations, emergency response and humanitarian access, child protection, education (including in emergency situations), as well as long-term needs of affected populations, and addressing a wide range of audiences ;

• Ensure that voices of children form the basis of Save the Children’s advocacy strategy, and our programming too ;

• Identify and measure indicators for assessing the impact of SCI’s advocacy work in Senegal in the approved advocacy strategy ;

• Draft media briefings, talking points, Q&As, press releases and media statements based on the advocacy priorities identified ;

• Undertake a range of lobbying, communications and other activities to inform and persuade policy makers, including donors and politicians, of the value of Save the Children’s policy recommendations;

• Contribute to the development of proposals and ensure that all Save the Children projects have a clearly developed advocacy component ;

• Support SCI Senegal Senior Management Team in high-level advocacy work towards key UN agencies, donors and other agencies.

• Develop good knowledge of state and national government structures, parliamentary and political processes and key decision making structures and how to influence them ;

• Act as a spokesperson for Save the Children to a variety of external audiences including policy makers and the media, as directed ;

• Support the Country Director in his role as Save the Children Senegal designated spokesperson.

Qualifications, experience and attributes :

• Excellent command of French AND English languages, both verbal and written ;

• Significant experience of planning and implementing successful advocacy and media work ;

• Clear understanding of the range of possible advocacy tools available to influence key targets, and their applicability in a complex situation ;

• Clear understanding of key humanitarian actors - including UN agencies and bilateral donors - and how they coordinate and operate ;

• Proven experience of external representation and direct lobbying of high-level targets ;

• Ability to synthesise complex information into concise and compelling policy briefing notes and advocacy documents ;

• Proven experience of using media for advocacy purposes ;

•Good personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure ;

• Information Communication Technology advanced skills.

If you want to make change for children, we want to hear from you!

HOW TO APPLY:

In order to apply for this job, please send your CV and Cover Letter toscidakar@savethechildren.org

For more information on Save the Children International and the position you can visit our site:www.savethechildren.net

Please note that the closing date for applications is on August 12^th, 2015 at Midnight GMT

NB: This position is local with local terms and conditions.

ONLY PRE-SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.

Our selection processes reflect our commitment to safeguard children from abuse.Our people are as diverse as the challenges we face.

Save the Children is a leading Australian humanitarian agency. With more than 90 years working with children, we are at the forefront of saving children's lives when emergencies strike. To increase our capacity to respond, we have created a dynamic and highly skilled Humanitarian Australian Response Team (HARTs) of emergency personnel. HARTs have a range of technical skills in addition to Health, including WASH, Child Protection, Education and Nutrition, and are able to support chronic and sudden onset emergencies, with the flexibility to deploy globally in line with the humanitarian imperative.

About the HARTs Health Advisor role

As the HARTs Health Advisor you will generally be deployed to the field in a complex, large-scale emergency. On occasion you may also be asked to gap fill a senior Health technical advisory role in a chronic humanitarian country program or carry out short-term assessments. You will be expected to lead on sectoral assessment, program design and master budgeting, coordination, and support fundraising, recruitment and capacity building. In between deployments, you may be asked to work on various Health issues from home, such as developing lessons learned documents based on deployments or supporting Save the Children's global technical working groups.

Required Skills: You will be either a clinical professional or an MPH, with relevant field experience in health programming. You will have significant experience working in emergency response contexts or fragile states, including previous first phase emergency response experience. In addition, your technical knowledge will be coupled with experience of managing and building the capacity of a team of international and national staff and providing program management/technical support across multiple locations.

You will be willing to travel for up to 70% of the year, with deployment lengths of up to 3 months. You will be available and ready to be deployed anywhere in the world at short notice. You will normally work unusual hours and will often working in stressful and insecure environments.

You will be rewarded by the opportunity to work for an organisation which will invest in your professional development and career aspirations: you will be eligible to apply for a place on the Humanitarian Leadership Program (www.humanitarianleaders.org) and Save the Children Technical Training Programs which Save the Children Australia will fund, in line with our training policy. In addition, you will be offered comprehensive rewards package, including relevant insurances, 30 days annual leave, and guaranteed time for R&R after each deployment.

You can be a national of any country to apply for this position, and are not required to relocate to Australia to take up the role.

The closing date is 7th August 2015, however, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and interviews arranged accordingly.

• Any offer of employment at Save the Children Australia will be subject to a satisfactory International Police Record Check
• Employees must sign onto Save the Children Australia's Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct

Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=eml0YW0uMTgxMTMuMzgzMEBzYXZldGhlY2hpbGRyZW5hdS5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20

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: Six months (expected date of joining September 1, 2015)

The role

• Work closely with key SMT members as a driver in the implementation of various organisational development actions linked to the Restructuring Plan that will have been developed and approved by the time the Change Manager arrives. To also implement, as time permits, any other action plans that have been developed and agreed upon to increase management and team efficiency and accountability.

• Assist in the preparation of communication materials, relevant to the restructure.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Solid experience and a proven track record of having managed such organisation wide structural changes in other NGOs, preferably in a developing country/fragile state
• Extensive operational or project management, planning and implementation experience. Demonstrated ability to think strategically, to analyse complex information and offer creative, practical solutions.
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills, the ability to influence and motivate others. The role will involve liaison with a wide range of people, both internally and externally, and will require the ability to deal with people at all levels with credibility, tact and diplomacy
• Demonstrated ability to remain objective/neutral
• Intellectually flexible - a lateral thinker, open to new ideas and methodologies
• Proven ability to embrace and champion change
• Results oriented, with experience in developing and monitoring performance measurement/benefits realisation mechanisms
• Demonstrated ability to promptly adapt to different ways of working (flexibility), as in this new organization the context is quickly evolving
• Results oriented, with experience in developing and monitoring performance measurement/benefits realisation mechanisms
• The role will involve liaison with a wide range of people and will require a proven track record in dealing with people at all levels with credibility, tact and diplomacy
• Demonstrated ability to act independently and take on challenges willingly
• Mobility - the role will require spending a considerable amount of time in field locations.
• Exceptional communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies
• Experience in change management processes in NGOs

Desirable

• Held progressively senior operational or management roles within a recognised INGO
• Previous work experience in Africa

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: 'sdiagne.67706.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

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 overall aim of the Child Protection Adviser is to assess, design and guide staff to initiate interventions to address violations of children's rights to protection from abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect. The post holder is responsible for ensuring that quality programmes are initiated and capacities developed to provide these kinds of protection to children in a range of Save the Children's emergency responses world-wide. The post holder will be expected to lead on sectoral assessment, programme design and masterbudgeting, National level coordination, advocacy, and support fundraising, recruitment of program.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• At least 8 years of work experience in child protection in both humanitarian and development contexts or fragile states
• Previous first phase emergency response experience is essential
• Education to MSc/MA/MEng level in Social Work, Human rights Law, International Relations, Development Studies or similar, or equivalent field experience.
• Ability to identify the main gaps in child protection in the given context to inform a holistic response for children.
• Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, such as the Inter-agency Guidelines on Separated and Unaccompanied Children, the Paris Principles, MRM, Save the Children- Child Friendly Spaces Handbook, and the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Settings.
• Previous project and team management experience
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating child protection programmes in emergency, transition and development contexts
• Ability to work both in an Advisory and a hands on implementation capacity
• Experience in capacity building and in strengthening various duty bearers understanding of and response to child protection.
• Experience of representation and ability to represent Save the Children effectively in external forums.
• Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of Save the Children, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good understanding of the Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

Desirable

• Language skills in Arabic or Kurdish
• Good working knowledge of the Inter-Agency Child Protection Information Management System
• Experience or knowledge of working and living in the Middle East Region
• Specific experience of designing and managing DFID, ECHO, OFDA and other major donor projects
• Specific experience of working in interagency projects

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

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: 'snasir.88207.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

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: 6-12 months

The role

As a Child Protection (CP) manager in Guinea Programme, Save the Children expects you to drive our programmes to be as harmonized and efficient as possible in a context humanitarian emergencies while at same time ensuring programmatic focus is in place for the on-going transitional development for strengthened national child protection systems, currently including rollout of Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) and the minimum standards on child protection in humanitarian actions.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Substantial experience working in both humanitarian and development contexts.
• BA plus extensive experience or MA Degree in social sciences, human rights, or related area
• Experience in managing CP programming, including CPiE.
• An in-depth understanding of government and inter-agency collaboration related to development of national child protection systems, in particular from countries within the WCA context.
• Understanding of social welfare systems and child protection mechanisms, preferably including experience from working with case management system, contextualizing and operationalizing these procedures as well as providing capacity building and continual mentoring.
• Experience in community-based child protection programming.
• Commitment to, thorough conceptual understanding of, and ability to train staff in accountability and child participatory methodologies.
• Ability to operationalise monitoring & evaluation systems in large complex programmes.
• Demonstrated capacity to deliver on stated objectives, on time and within budget
• Proven capacity to write clear and well-argued assessments and project reports
• Knowledge of effective financial and grant management, particularly with PAF, USAID, SC Netherlands.
• Proven ability of training, follow-up mentoring and coaching on child protection related topics.
• Experience working with civil society organizations
• Demonstrated ability to set up learning and development procedures for a large child protection team.
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• Excellent interpersonal communication (both written and oral) and presentation skills
• Fluency in written and spoken French and English; Local languages desirable
• Ability to manage stress, be flexible and accommodating in sometimes difficult working circumstances
• Ability to maintain consistent high standards of professional behaviour and achievement when working independently and as part of a team.
• Prior experience with Save the Children strongly desired
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children's aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches

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: 'sdiagne.07191.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

Invitation for International Consultancy Service

Building the capacity of local publishers/writers on developing Supplementary Reading Materials (SRMs) aligned to the New Mother Tongue Curricula (for grade 1-8)

Background:Save the Children (SC) is the world’s leading independent non-profit making organization working in diversified areas to improve lives of children. One of the many recent undertakings of the Save the Children in Ethiopia is implementing the USAID Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed Community Outreach /READ-CO Project /aiming to improve the reading and writing skills of children through reviewing existing as well as developing new and availing supplementary reading materials so as to create opportunities of children to practice reading and writing skills at school, home and community levels.

The READ-CO is a USAID funded four-year/2015-2018/ project to improve the reading skills of children in seven languages- Amharic, Tigrigna, Afaan Oromo, Wolayttatto, Sidaamu Afuu, Hadiyyissa and Af-Somali. In order to effectively realize the project’s objective, Save the Children works closely with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Regional State Education Bureaus (RSEBs-Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, SNNPR and Somali)and READ-CO’s project’s implementing partners TDA, ADA, OWDA and ANFEAE to ensure the following three Intermediate Results obtained; I**R 1: Access to supplementary reading materials in vernacular languages increased, IR 2: Opportunities for children to practice reading and writing created and IR 3: School community engagement to support learning in reading strengthened.**READ-CO will implement the project using the following three-part strategies:

• Support the development of SRMs aligned to the newly developed curriculum for the 7 MT languages and MoE’s national guideline for selection/development of SRMs and adapted to their regional /local contexts;
• Support development of school, community and home-based activities to provide opportunities for students to practice the skills of reading and writing; and
• Promote parental and community engagement in support of students learning how to read and write, including raising awareness about the importance of reading.

The strategies are designed to help increase access to quality, curriculum-aligned and culturally-appropriate supplementary reading materials while increasing the number and quality of opportunities that primary-school children at all grade levels need in order to develop the skills of reading and writing. To this end, local writers and publishers will have an opportunity to build their capacity to produce mother tongue curriculum aligned SRMs for school children. The major focus of the capacity building workshop is to assist local publishers/writers illustrators, designers etc. to develop SRMs for primary school children in 7 mother tongue languages for grades 1-8. These materials will be developed in alignment with the mother tongue curriculum for the 7 languages and help school children develop the five core language skills: namely, phonemic awareness, grapho-phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. As a result of this workshop local publishers/writers will be able to produce need based quality supplementary reading materials for the market in the coming years after the project is phased-out.

Specific Objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants will:

• be acquainted with the new mother tongue curriculum in the 7 mother tongue languages with particular focus on scope and sequences and essentials of the new curriculum in developing the SRMs as part of the training exercise;
• be able to build their capacities and skills on evaluating and developing standard of SRMs (through the introduction of the MOE’s draft SRMs guideline.);
• acquire skills and techniques which will enable them to develop, adapt and review SRMs for grades 1-4 in 7 vernacular languages (Amharic, Affan-Oromo, Af-Somali, Tigrigna, Sidamu Afuu, Wolayttatto and Hadiyysa;
• be able to follow and understand the scope and sequence documents, including the specific languages curricular materials (minimum learning competencies, flow chart, student textbook, teachers’ guides) and use them in developing grade-level supplementary reading materials;
• develop supplementary reading materials in 7 mother tongue languages aligned with the new curriculum for Grades 1&2, including decodable texts and leveled readers; and
• identify the learning support needs of Ethiopia’s primary school children to further guide the development, review and adoption of priority SRMs.

Approaches and Processes for the capacity building workshop:

READ CO SC will work throughout the project to build the capacity of local language content creators and publishers to develop high quality children’s literature that is aligned with the new mother tongue curriculum.

As part of the READ-CO project’s capacity building plan, first the selected publishers/writers will get hands-on training on how to develop SRMs aligned to the Mother tongue languages and develop new SRMs on given titles for grades 1&2. The publishers/writers will also get orientation on the new mother tongue curriculum’s scope and sequence and MoE’s SRMs guideline in order to develop quality SRMs with the required titles. In addition, they will be given a brief orientation on how to consider gender and disability inclusion in the development of materials to ensure the materials are free from gender and disability bias and promote equal representation. To ensure the publishers/writers understand and meet the expectations, they will be required to develop some sample SRMs during the training. Following the training, the publishers/writers will develop SRMs with the required titles for each grade and language level based on the agreed up on scope of work and timeline.

The newly developed SRMs for the grade levels (1&2) will be internally reviewed with standard checklists by the READ CO project team and will then be submitted to the MoE first for a review before being submitted to RSEBs/ZEDs for approval and printing and distribution to schools. The publishers/writers will be responsible to incorporate comments and feedbacks provided by SCI/MoE/RSEBs/ZEDs on the SRMs they developed in timely fashion. The final revised SRMs will be checked by MoE and RSEBs/ZEDs to ensure comments are incorporated. The publishers/writers will submit grade 1&2 Camera Ready SRMs to READ-CO/SC in soft and hard copies for the language/s and grade/s level they agreed to develop. SC/READ-CO will check the materials and officially communicate in writing with publishers/writers for their acceptance. SC/READ-CO in turn will submit the documents to MoE and USAID as part of project deliverables. Payments will be effected whenever the development materials are accepted by MoE and RSEBs/ZEDs.

Supplementary Reading Materials required

Development of SRMs: The supplementary reading materials will be prepared in alignment with the new mother tongue curriculum developed for the 7 MT languages (for Grades 1-2) with the required number of titles and pages for each grade level/for details specification of SRMs, please see the attached MoE’s Guideline for your reference/. In addition, the following details shall also be taken in to account during the development of SRMs:

a. Culture and religion;
b. Gender and disability;
c. Language specific considerations

Job Requirements

The consultant is expected to have a PhD or Masters with 5 years of experience in reading (or equivalent educational background) and possess extensive experience in:

• supplementary reading materials development (i.e. “decodable” and other grade-level texts, Read aloud for grades 1and 2);
• providing training on development of mother tongue materials (textbooks, supplementary reading materials etc.) development , implementation and evaluation;
• supporting children who have reading difficulties (hands on techniques for children with reading difficulties);
• involving parents and the community in enhancing their children’s reading skills and interest;
• translation and developing and adaptation of mother tongue curriculum;
• providing training on materials development and evaluation;
• working with multinational groups on language materials development, implementation and evaluation;
• participatory techniques to engage participants to produce materials at workshop;
• mother tongue reading materials evaluation; and preparing brief notes to distribute to participants(in soft or hard copies for participants for further use)

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the consultancy work can be found by requesting from Mekdes Ephrem through mekdes.ephrem@savethechildren.org. From the TOR; applicants can get full information on what to incorporate in the proposal.

Interested applicants should submit two separate sealed documents in which one document should include the technical proposal including curriculum vitae of the proposed professional(s) with supporting document that shows previous work experience. The second document should include professional fee on the bases of daily rates, VAT and per diem costs, as well as transport costs separately for the stated work along with copy of renewed Consultancy License to Save the Children Ethiopia Country Office through mekdes.ephrem@savethechildren.org, before Monday August 3, 2015at 4:30 P.M in person.

Only proposals from individuals will be accepted. Proposal from firms will not be accepted.

“Save the Children aims to be a child safe organization”.

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: Fixed term contract of 12 months renewable

The role

SCI is seeking an Operations Director, who will support the Head of Mission in managing the Save the Children programme in Guinea. The Operations Director in his/her capacity is responsible for implementation of all programming in country, including the management of all sub offices. He/she will also establish systems, support set up of sub offices and focus on partner engagement and direct implementation. The post-holder will effectively and efficiently coordinate operations systems, processes and activities so that programmes are delivered on time according to organisational strategy, donor requirements and within allocated budgets. They will take leadership on aspects related to staffing structure and management, security, logistics and M&E systems. The post holder will play a strategic role in the effective scale up and management of Save the Children emergency programme to increase impact and enable positive change for children in Guinea.

Qualifications and experience

• Extensive experience of working within a senior management role within a complex country programme in an emergency response or fragile state
• Previous experience of managing programme teams in large-scale emergency response is essential
• MA / MSc level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
• Previous experience of managing a large multi-sector, multi-national team
• Previous experience of programme management across multiple locations
• Experience of managing multi-donor, multi-site programmes (including ECHO, DFID and OFDA) of $5+ million
• Security management experience across a large programme.
• Demonstrated ability to set up operational management systems in a large complex programme
• In depth knowledge and experience of logistics systems and requirements in a multi field office, multi programme setting
• Experience of supporting M&E and beneficiary accountability systems in large complex programmes
• Proven ability of mentoring and coaching
• Experience of senior level representation
• Experience of developing and negotiating successful partnerships with institutional donors
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven ability to influence change at an operational and strategic level
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English and French
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
• Experience of international media representation and advocacy
• Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/context

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: 'sdiagne.59527.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

Invitation for International Consultancy Service

Organizing the Supplementary Reading Materials Review Capacity Building Workshop for MoE, RSEBs/ZEDs

Background

Save the Children (SC) is the world’s leading independent non-profit organization working in diversified areas to improve lives of children. One of the many recent undertakings of the Save the Children in Ethiopia is implementing the USAID Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed Community Outreach /READ-CO Project /aiming to improve the reading and writing skills of children through reviewing, developing new and availing supplementary reading materials as well as creating opportunities of children to practice reading and writing skills at school, home and community levels.

The READ-CO is a USAID funded four-year/2015-2018/ project to improve the reading skills of children in seven languages- Amharic, Tigrigna, Afaan Oromo, Wolayetegna, Sidama Afuu, Hadyegna and Af-Somali. In order to effectively realize the project’s objective, Save the Children works closely with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Regional State Education Bureaus (RSEBs-Amhara, Oromia,Tigray,SNNPR and Somali)and READ-CO’s project’s implementing partners TDA, ADA, OWDA and ANFEAE to ensure the following three Intermediate Results obtained;

Objective of the workshop

The major focus of the review workshop is to ensure primary school children get access to quality supplementary reading materials in vernacular languages so as to develop their five core reading skills: namely, phonemic awareness, grapho-phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension as stated in the new curriculum developed in the 7 mother tongue languages.

Thus, the objective of the review workshop is to build the technical capacities of MoE, RSEBs/ZEDs staff on how to identify and review both existing and newly developed Supplementary Reading Materials/SRMs/ for grades 1- 8 in 7 MTLs. The workshop will ensure the reviewers’ team has acquired all knowledge, skills and talents to review grades 1-8 materials developed as per the new mother tongue curriculum. Thus, at the end of the workshop, the participants will be able to:

• Acquire skills and techniques which will enable them to technically identify, review and adopt quality SRMs prepared for grades 1-8 in 7 vernacular languages (Amharic, Affan-Oromo, Af-Somali, Tigrigna, Sidama Afuu, Wolaitigna and Hadiyigna).
• Understand and use the scope and sequence in the new mother tongue curriculum for the review of materials.
• Identify the learning support needs of Ethiopia’s primary school children to further guide the development, review and adoption of priority SRMs.
• Develop a comprehensive standard tool for SRMs review, using the draft guidelines for development and selection of supplementary materials.
• Make actual review of the existing and the new supplementary reading materials in order to verify that the materials meet the MoE’s/RSEBs/ZEDs objective to develop the five core reading skills for the intended grade levels. They will use the standard tool to determine the alignment with the new mother tongue curriculum as well as evaluating them based on the MoE’s SRMs guideline. Accordingly, the participants will review selected existing materials for grades 1-4 available from the current market. Besides, they will also review the newly developed decodables, leveled readers and read aloud by READ-CO for grades 1&2.

Approaches and Processes for the SRMs review:

According to the MoE SRMs guideline, ‘Supplementary reading materials can either be developed locally or be selected and purchased from local, national, or international markets. However, in both cases, materials must meet the minimum quality standards outlined in the document for supplementary reading materials.’ Regarding the quality; ‘The guidelines in this document ensure the selection and/or development of appropriate and quality supplementary reading materials by stakeholders at federal, regional, and school levels.(Page 1 of the draft SRMs Guideline of MOE)

Therefore, the MoE, RSEBs/ZEDs will send qualified and experienced participants for the workshop in reviewing SRMs based on MoE and SC agreed up on selection criteria. (This will be stated on the invitation letters.) This will enable the project to obtain qualified and experienced professionals in mother tongue instruction, development and review of curriculum and text books in evaluation and approval of textbooks / supplementary reading materials

Job Requirements

The International Consultant is expected to possess the following qualification and experiences:

• PhD or MA degree in reading and/or curriculum, with experience in the evaluation of reading/writing programs and/or materials
• 5 or more years of Extensive experience in early grade supplementary reading materials development and evaluation—including decodable texts and leveled readers and other grade-level texts; experience in Ethiopia or similar contexts preferred;
• Proven experience in training curriculum specialists and others in the evaluation/review of reading materials;
• Experience in designing and testing/evaluating instructional materials
• Experience in facilitating training activities to support the development and/or review of pedagogical materials, with experience in evaluating early grade supplementary reading materials preferred;
• Experience in designing of curriculum guides and other tools or instruments to evaluate and/or review early grade reading materials, including the use of readability criteria and scope and sequence documents;
• Experience in developing and implementing reading improvement programs and/or activities for children who have difficulty in learning to read/write; and
• Experiences in mother tongue curriculum and/or instruction

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the consultancy work can be found from Reception at Save the Children Ethiopia Country Office in Addis Ababa, situated around Bisrate Gabriel Church Dire Complex Building. From the TOR; applicants can get full information on what to incorporate in the proposal.

Interested applicants should submit two separate sealed documents in which one document should include the technical proposal including curriculum vitae of the proposed professional(s) with supporting document that shows previous work experience. The second document should include professional fee on the bases of daily rates, VAT and per diem costs, as well as transport costs separately for the stated work along with copy of renewed Consultancy License to Save the Children Ethiopia Country Office in Addis Ababa, situated around Bisrate Gabriel Church, Dire Complex Building, before Monday August 3, 2015at 4:30 P.M in person. mekdes.ephrem@savethechildren.org

Only proposals from individuals will be accepted. Proposal from firms will not be accepted.

“Save the Children aims to be a child safe organization”.

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: 6 months

The role

The Program Manager (PM) is a member of Save the Children's International's (SCI) Program Operations Team. Under guidance from line management of the Guinea Country Office, the Program Manager will be responsible for managing, planning and implementing the health and CP program in Conakry, Macenta and Kerouane in coordination with the technical managers. The Program Manager will be responsible for (1) developing monthly/quarterly plans based on master plans, (2) ensuring implementation of all activities to achieve expected results with high quality and (3) information / data collection and reporting (narrative) (4) Budget forecast and Budget Follow-Up, ensuring funds are spend accordingly to the phased budget. The Program Manager will also ensure that project activities follow Save the Children programming principles and approaches, draw on relevant best practices and lessons learned, improve the wellbeing of the target communities, and are compliant with donor regulations.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Experience in Emergency Responses Programs.
• Understanding of and commitment to Save the Children aims, values and principles, including rights-based approaches in development programming
• Proven Program Management skills including reporting, planning and budget tracking capacities
• The ability to think critically and to recommend good solutions to problems.
• Strong organizational skills
• Proven ability to lead a team and being part of a team
• Ability to mentor staff to work professionally and verifiably deliver results for project participants
• Willingness and ability to work long hours
• Advance knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• English and French

Desirable

• Experience in the region.

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: 'sdiagne.59477.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

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 Health and Nutrition Coordinator is responsible for the overall coordination of the health and nutrition program.

The Health and Nutrition Coordinator also represents the health and nutrition program with local technical partners, Ministry of Health, UN agencies (WHO, UNHCR, UNFPA, UNICEF) and other stakeholders such as local committees and ensure that close cooperation is maintained with them in the implementation of interventions.

He / she is responsible for strengthening the skills and mentor project teams to make them sustainable and autonomous competent in coaching , supervision and strengthening the medical staff of the supported health facilities supported

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Doctor / Clinical officer with strong nutritional and medical skills, with public health degree

• Experience in the management of acute malnutrition, prevention of malnutrition and maternal and child care.

• At least 5 years of professional experience in the coordination of interventions in health and nutrition humanitarian contexts

• Significant working experience in emergency situations or fragile countries

• In-depth knowledge of nutrition and public health

• Demonstrated experience in the clinical management of people living with HIV

• confirmed experience in M & E of health and nutrition projects

• Good analytical skills

• Proven management capacity and motivation of teams and capacity building

• Significant experience in identifying needs, writing project proposals and technical health and nutrition.

• Very good analytical skills and adaptation to different contexts (from humanitarian crises to structural vulnerability)

• Good organisational skills, anticipation and taking initiatives

• Good analytical and problem-solving

• Fluency in spoken and written French, good knowledge of spoken and written English

• Commitment to humanitarian principles

• Flexibility

• Ability to work in unstable environments with basic living conditions.

Desirable

• Experience in coordinating humanitarian health and nutrition projects in unstable contexts
• Experience in the implementation of rapid assessments and drafting concept notes and proposals in health nutrition

Previous experience with Save the Children

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: 'sdiagne.02862.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

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: 2 years fixed term

The role As a member of the Senior Management Team, the Director of Programme Implementation shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office. The Director of Program Implementation in his/her capacity is responsible for the implementation of all programming in country, including the management of all field offices, emergency preparedness and response (including DRR), and logistics for the Country Office , as well as for the direction, support, and evaluation of senior staff within the Program Implementation Department.

Qualifications and experience

• Master's degree in the social sciences or humanities.
• Excellent understanding of at least three of the following programmatic sectors: Health; nutrition; education; disaster risk reduction and emergency response; community development and livelihoods; child protection; and child rights governance.
• Substantial experience and knowledge of programme and implementation management, project management, budget oversight, donor regulations, and grants acquisition, especially in regards to USAID, DFAT, EuropeAid, ECHO, DFATD, SIDA, and other major donor agencies.
• Functional capacity to analyze information, evaluate options, and think and plan in an effective, strategic manner.
• Substantial experience of line management, effective team building, and capacity development.
• Proven record of successful team leadership, management of implementing teams and delivering programme objectives in complex, fragile and challenging environments, in particular in regards to the safety and security management.
• Experience of working in Humanitarian Response and Preparedness programmes.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Commitment to, and understanding of, Save the Children's principles and values, including child rights and child protection.

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: 'sdevaux.98370.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

CONSULTANCY: Development of a School Safety Comprehensive Training Package for Nepal

To support the implementation of DIPECHO VIII: "Promoting and strengthening school safety in Nepal through operationalizing the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF)"

Context and background

Globally, Save the Children, Plan International, World Vision and UNICEF work together on the Children in a Changing Climate Coalition and are among the leading agencies at the global level and instrumental for the development and endorsement of the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF). In Nepal, these organizations have established the Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium (CC-DRR) that aims to raise awareness and ensure child well being in disaster risk reduction programmes in Nepal. Moreover, each agency brings significant expertise and experience in DRR and education programming as well as on the integration of DRR into the education sector. Each agency also brings strong and existing relationships with Ministries at national, regional and district level as well as with schools and communities.

In the context of this collaboration, Save the Children leads the Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction (CC-DRR) Consortium consisting of Save the Children, Plan International and World Vision, and having UNICEF and UN-Habitat as strategic partners in the implementation of an 18 month project under the current DIPECHO VIII action plan for South Asia, co-funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Directorate (DG ECHO) with a focus on school safety in Nepal by operationalizing the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF).

The project aims to increase the resilience of children, communities as well as the government education and disaster management systems in Nepal to be better prepared for and able to respond to natural hazards. This will be done through the development of common models and tools for the education sector that are developed in partnership with key education and disaster management actors in Nepal and especially with the Ministry of Education and Department of Education to ensure ownership. The key is to align tools and approaches to ensure that DRM is integrated into the education system as well as connected to Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) and Annual Development Planning (ADP) processes and structures in Nepal. The CC-DRR consortium will work intensively at the national level in coordination with the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC) and Flagship 1: School and Hospital Safety, Flagship 2: Emergency preparedness and response and Flagship 4: Community based disaster risk management, but will also align to the processes taking place under the School Sector Reform Programme and the Education Cluster. It will also test one component of the model approach – Pillar 2 of the CSSF - in six focus districts (Baglung, Parbat, Banke, Kailali, Kalikot and Doti) across three regions in 60 schools and communities in partnership with sub-national education authorities and community based organisations and school management committees (SMCs).

For the achievement of the first result of the Action "A harmonized SBDRM model that contextualizes the CSSF in Nepal along with a set of associated tools has been developed in partnership with the Ministry of Education and other education and disaster management stakeholders", the support of a set of consultancies was envisaged structured as per below.

Main role of the consultancy

• Undertake a review of school safety guidelines and tools in Nepal and other countries and produce a full package of resources agreed by the Ministry of Education and other school safety actors for use and testing. ( language- English)
• Translation of the resource/training pack into Nepalese ( language- Nepali)
• Facilitate TOT to National Centre for Educational Development (NCED) and Department of Education (DOE) master trainers in the use of the common tools so they are able to deliver trainings to the target districts( language- Nepali)

Key Tasks: The work will be built on previous training materials on DRR / school safety used by the government, consortium agencies and other stakeholders in Nepal, with the objective to improve and harmonize what was used before and come up with one package of materials to be used and endorsed by all actors. In this process, the consultant (s) needs to further assess the following:

• Document review of what already exists on school safety training in Nepal.
• Review of relevant training materials produced by government, Plan, Save the Children, World Vision and other likeminded organizations in Nepal and the Asia region.
• Host a workshop, with support of the consortium and Ministry of Education (MoE) and DOE, to bring together all actors to share their school safety training materials and best practices.
• Lay out a process for drafting and finalization of the harmonized training package both in English and Nepali – including all the feedback from consultations and findings from desk review. Ensure buy-in with the MoE and DOE with support of the consortium.
• Develop and facilitate a TOT for NCED and DOE master trainers in the use of common tools.

As well the consultant is expected to:

• Involve the NCED and other relevant government agencies in the process (mandatory)
• Coordinate with the consultant assigned for development of the school safety model
• Coordinate with VISTAR, Red cross, NRRC and other agencies/network
• Present a first draft to the technical group and incorporate feedback in the final draft of the training materials

Duration: The consultancy will take place during 25 August – 24 November 2015, period in which a maximum of 50 working days will be allocated to deliver the products.

Line management: the Consortium Coordinator manages the consultancy and will supervise the work progress. Consultant (s) will have to liaise closely with the DRR Regional Technical Advisor (TA).

Offer: To apply for the consultancy the candidate must submit the following:

• Work plan
• CV of consultant (s) and profile of organization ( in case of organization)
• Sample of previous work on training development and facilitation
• Price/budget – fees for consultant(s), and any other expenses in relation to the consultancy ( don't need to include the logistics cost such as venue, accommodation, food etc. for the TOT)

Qualifications for the consultant(s)

• Individuals, Team or Institutions (Academic Institution or University, Private firms, NGOs) with strong education experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in developing training materials / curriculum development
• Strong knowledge of DRR / education / education in emergencies / school safety (at least a combination of 2 of these topics)
• Fluent in English (spoken and written). Fluency in Nepali would represent an advantage.

Expression of interest need to be submitted electronically to Save the Children Nepal, HR section, contact Namrata Shrestha, to the following email:eoiconsultant.nepal@savethechildren.org by 10 August 2015 stating in the subject line: DIPECHO 8 Consultancy – [Name of applicant] – Training package

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

As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) in the country office, the Advocacy, Media and Communication Director shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office. The Advocacy , Media and Communication Director in his/her capacity is responsible for providing leadership to ensure excellence in our public and private facing advocacy, media and communications on the crisis in Yemen as well as our longer term development work.

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

· Prior management experience working in an emergency response contexts or fragile states.

· Significant prior experience working in advocacy on humanitarian issues, child rights, human rights, and/or development issues.

· Experience of influencing and advocacy work including lobbying, policy development and information provision in humanitarian issues.

· Excellent skills in advocating towards government officials in developing countries.

· Experience of and strong skills in developing and implementing humanitarian advocacy strategies.

· Good attention to detail.

· Extensive knowledge of child rights and international humanitarian law.

· Understanding of UN and donor operations at country level.

· High level analytical and strategic thinking skills.

· 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 substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities.

· Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills, with experience in managing multicultural teams.

· Commitment to Save the Children values

Desirable:

· Proven skills in media work, including interviews on Radio and TV.

· Fluent in Arabic

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

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Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: 'Lucille.75510.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'

MSH seeks a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist for bids and proposals. The individual is responsible for managing the delivery of full life cycle recruiting and staffing on a worldwide basis for new business development proposals. He/she will source, generate leads, identify, screen, interview, negotiate offers with, and recommend candidates to be included in MSH proposals. This position will be located in MSH’s Arlington, VA or Medford, MA office.

Specific Responsibilities

• Identify top talent for MSH proposed positions for global bids.
• Take the lead in the full spectrum of recruitment activities from initial job identification and posting to submission of proposal. Activities include: drafting and posting job descriptions; conducting internet and database searches; networking both internally and externally; and recruiting in-country and at professional association conferences and selected college career fairs.
• Work with individual MSH hiring managers and Technical Strategy Leads to define recruitment needs in the context of proposal staffing plans; develop clear job descriptions and recruitment plans; solicit CVs and other required candidate information such as compensation, citizenship, work authorization, letters of commitment, bio-data forms, etc.; negotiate offers; prepare and keep updated a staffing matrix; and keep hiring managers and applicants informed in a timely manner.
• Create a positive candidate and hiring manager experience through the full cycle of screening, interviews, offer, acceptance and beyond.
• Travel periodically to our international locations to participate in field recruitment activities, including helping to obtain information on local-market HR practices, and benefits and compensation offered by local organizations.
• Maintain ongoing relationships with candidates that may be best suited for other current/future MSH open positions.
• Contribute to the continual improvement of recruiting strategies and processes within the Talent Acquisition team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of 6 years (or Master’s degree and 4 years) of demonstrated success supporting recruiting for proposals preferably in international locations and with USAID, World Bank, DfID, Gates Foundation or similar donors;
• Solid recruiting, sourcing, research, and cold calling experience with wide variety of sourcing vehicles, including internet sourcing/advertising, direct sourcing, social media, and employee referral campaigns;
• Significant knowledge of HR and recruiting functions, practices, and approaches;
• Strong collaborator with effective interpersonal communication skills who enjoys working across countries, cultures, and organizational units;
• AIRS Certification strongly preferred;
• Demonstrated ability to work, manage, and meet competing deadlines;
• Effective written and verbal communication skills required. Capable of managing conflict and conflicting views;
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally to countries in which MSH works, and domestically;
• Proficiencies with Applicant Tracking Systems, MS Office Suite, and Human Resources Information Systems.

Notes

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