Save the Children,Field Manager Jobs in Rwanda

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12/02/2016

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Rwanda Country Programme, Kigali Rwanda

BACKGROUND:

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent
organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We work together, with
partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to
achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Save the Children works in
thirteen districts in Rwanda with a current staff complement of approximately
134 staff.

SC Rwanda
Country Office seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced national to fill the following
position:

Position: Field Manager

Place of Work: Burera Field Manager
Reports to: Programme Operations Director
Staff directly reporting to thispost: 4 Staff

Time frame: 1 Year

Tentative start date: 12st February 2016

PURPOSE
OF POSITION:

The Field Manager will be expected to lead on all
aspects of Burera field base management including budget development and
management, agency coordination and representation, security, logistics and
management of the team. The post holder will play a key role in building
capacity at field level, and in the effective scale up and management of Save
the Children programmes to increase impact and enable positive change for
children.

KEY AREAS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY:

1. Field
office programs coordination and implementation

Assume overall management of the field office in
Burera.

Ensure that programme objectives and activities
are agreed upon within the context of Save the Children values, aims and
objectives.

Ensure production of high quality, analytical
reports, and collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant
information and data relevant to the programme.

Evaluate, monitor and review programme activities
to ensure strict compliance with Save the Children national and global
policies and procedures and with relevant donor regulations and
agreements.

Ensures the programme budget is adequately
monitored and that expenditures conform to planned activities.

Provide guidance to partner organization that
implement Save the children project in his/her area and receive its
reports and propose the review if necessary

Comply with all relevant Save the Children
policies and procedures with respect to child rights and safeguarding,
health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and
support the partner organization to apply them.

Lead, support and motivate programme team
members, ensuring that team members have clear objectives and receive
meaningful feedback on their performance.

2. Monitoring,
Evaluation, Accountability and Learning / Research

Include baseline studies, formative assessments,
mid-term evaluations, final evaluations and other research studies as well
as learning events as part of annual DIPs and inform MEAL team when new
grant will begin and development of MIS is required;

In collaboration with MEAL unit, develop process,
output and outcome level Quality Benchmarks and regularly review progress
on indicators/achievement of targets (LFA);

Discuss monitoring findings during program
coordination/review meetings, review MEAL reports to highlight key project
strengths and areas of improvement, and use learning from monitoring
reports for project planning and implementation

Provide programmatic inputs for the development
of the ToRs, review ToRs of evaluations/baseline studies which includes
background information and scope of work and proposed methodology;

Review accountability to beneficiaries data and
reports and provide technical support to implementation team and use key
learning from accountability system for program development, planning,
improvement and implementation

Identify staff MEAL capacity needs and inform
MEAL unit and set aside MEAL capacity building budget for programme staff

3. Staff management

Manage the performance of all supervisees through
the Effective use of the Performance Management System and ongoing
mentoring/coaching

Ensure that all supervisee have clear job
description and performance objectives

4. Save the Children representation

Effectively participate in coordination
mechanisms with CP stakeholders in Burera district;

Ensure that Save the Children’s CP/CRG program is
represented in District fora and round-tables

Builds and maintains effective relationships with
Burera district stakeholders

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

·
Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing
resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

·
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on
their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way
they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and
applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

·
Creates a managerial
environment to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding

Ambition:

·
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves
and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and
encourages their team to do the same

·
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a
global scale

Collaboration:

·
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds
and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external
partners and supporters

·
Values diversity and different people’s perspectives,
able to work cross-culturally.

Creativity:

·
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

·
Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an
entrepreneurial approach

Integrity:

·
Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds
trust and confidence

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

At least 3 years/substantial experience working
in programme management.

Skills and experience in project/programme
implementation, monitoring, review and evaluation preferably from a child
rights approach in accordance with the CRC and international humanitarian
rights standards.

Substantial people and programme management
experience with good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at
all levels.

Solid experience in grant management, including
budget holding and donor reporting.

Substantial understanding or proven experience of
security management issues.

Ability to produce high quality reports.

Representational, political awareness and
advocacy skills.

Ability to work with limited supervision from
line manager.

Experience of working with partners and a
participatory approach

Fluency in written and spoken English and
computer literate.

Commitment to and understanding of Save the
Children’s aims, values and principles

Desirable:

Ability
to speak other international languages and French in particular

Child
Protection

The responsibilities of the post may require the post
holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

How
To Apply

Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in
English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org. The deadline for
receiving applications is 12th
February 2016.

*Note that only shortlisted candidates
will be contacted.