Save the Children Project Directors Jobs Vacancies

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the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with
programs in over 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire
breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate
and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and
economic opportunities. In times of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance
to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural
disasters. Each year, we and our partners reach millions of children in
communities around the world. Join our dedicated and diverse staff in their
work to improve the well-being of children everywhere.

We
are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job
Title: Project
Director
Location: Abuja

Job
Summary

Save
the Children is recruiting for an experienced Project Director to lead on
both technical and operational aspects of the Reaching and Empowering
Adolescents to make informed Choices for their Health (REACH) project in
Gombe, Katsina and Zamfara states Northern Nigeria.
The
project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of married and
unmarried adolescents by improving access to high quality, gender-sensitive
and adolescent-friendly SRH services for unmarried and married adolescent
girls and boys; increasing the decision-making of married and unmarried
girls about their own SRH and rights; and improving the integration of
civil society contributions and evidence-based best practices in ASRHR
policy design and implementation at local and state levels.
The
Project Director will provide overall strategic and operational leadership
in program implementation.
The
Project Director must bring a senior leadership profile with a proven
track record in managing complex programming delivery in Nigeria.

Responsibilities

The
Project Director is responsible for ensuring programme delivery and
quality, through capacity building of staff and partners, activities
planning linked to budget management, implementation and monitoring
including data collection and analysis of impact and durable changes
brought about by the programme in the areas of responsibility.
S/he
is also responsible for representing the organization with the donor in
country, in all programmatic coordination platforms in Nigeria and in
meetings with the government.
The
Project Director will have budget holding responsibilities.

Programme
Delivery, Management and Quality Assurance:

Hold
overall responsibility for development and implementation of all aspects
of the REACH project in Nigeria.
Provide
strategic guidance, strong leadership and ensure technically sound
decision-making processes.
Lead
and motivate the project teams in the areas of responsibility in the
delivery of the projects goals and objectives.
Support
spot checks and audit processes throughout the project lifecycle while
ensuring the implementation of recommendations.
Create
and nurture external partnerships; and in particular identify suitable
local partners and ensure adherence to the partnership manual.
Take
full responsibility for the delegated budget holding function on the
programmatic aspects of the managed grant, participate actively in finance
meetings and contribute to financial decision making.
Ensure
value for money can be effectively demonstrated to the donor.
Ensure
monitoring and evaluation tools are systematically implemented and used by
the teams, in cooperation with the technical education coordinator and
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) staff.
Produce
high quality reports within agreed reporting schedules.
Ensure
programming interventions are implemented in cooperation with affected
communities, particularly children.
Ensure
compliance with and adherence to Save the Children and the donor’s rules
and regulations in all aspects.
Ensure
timely start up of the grant in collaboration with the field managers of
the relevant bases and the senior awards manager, the director of
operations, through planning the project opening meeting, and developing
all grants management documents such as phased budget, work-plan of
implementation, procurement plan, monitoring plan, grants filing, staff
recruitment plan, etc.
Ensure
regular monitoring and reporting on all grant management aspects: phased
budget and actual expenses analysis, work-plan progress and updating,
procurement plan revision, data collection and analysis and monitoring of
indicators.
Ensure
programming interventions are designed based on an analysis of gender
relations and that programmes seek to support the different needs and
opportunities of women, men, boys and girls.
Conduct
regular field visits, including discussions with beneficiaries, where a
report is produced and corrective actions put in place and monitored.
Ensure
Save the Children’s Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy is
understood by staff within the programme as well as partners and
stakeholders, and that it is integrated into all aspects of the team’s
work.
Document
programme learning, and incorporate analysis and lessons learned into new
strategies/activities and advocacy work.
Ensure
programme delivery happens in strict adherence to security policy and
procedures.

Performance
Management and Capacity Building:

Line-manage
the programme’s staff in the areas of responsibility.
Lead
on capacity building of staff and partners through coaching, mentoring and
training.
Create
and maintain a cooperative and positive working environment where staff
have clear roles and responsibilities, participate in decision making and
are supported in progressing towards their objectives.
Lead,
manage and motivate the programme’s staff, ensuring they have clear
objectives and receive meaningful feedback on their performance regularly,
in collaboration with the human resources department.
Identify
capacity building requirements of staff in collaboration with the human
resources department.

Coordination:

Represent
the programme and Save the Children at donor meetings in country and
internationally as required.
Communicate
regularly across Save the Children and with SC Canada to ensure
strong communications internally and externally.
Participate
proactively and regularly in senior management meetings in the areas of
responsibility, making concrete contributions to strategic and operational
orientations.
In
collaboration with the field managers in the areas of responsibility,
represent Save the Children Nigeria with local authorities and
governmental counterparts (Ministry of Health, Women Affairs, etc.),
donors and members of the humanitarian community, and ensure that Save the
Children’s work is coordinated with these bodies.

Programme
Development and Fundraising:.

Identify
the most appropriate Sexual and Reproductive Health programming
interventions for meeting the needs of children based on assessment
findings.
Lead
on situation analysis/needs assessments in the area of responsibility and
ensure all proposals respond to beneficiary needs.
Play
an active role in the development of a fundraising strategy in the areas
of responsibility and in donor liaison where appropriate.
Incorporate
analysis and lessons learned into new strategies/activities.

Others:

Contribute
to advocacy and research initiatives.
Advocate
for the importance of child protection and education in emergency and
post-emergency settings.
Comply
with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect
to child safeguarding policy, health and safety, equal opportunities and
other relevant policies.
Any
other reasonable duty as may be assigned that is consistent with the
nature of the job and level of responsibility.

Additional
Job Responsibilities:

The
duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the
role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within
reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Behaviours
(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.

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
Widely
shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates
others
Future
orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

Builds
and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues,
Members and external partners and supporters
Values
diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength, approachable, good
listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

Develops
and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing
to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

Honest,
encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of
integrity

Requirements
Essential:

Sound
knowledge of Adolecent Sexual Reproductive health issues and gender
in Nigeira including institutions, policies and legal frameworks.
Knowledge
and working experience of Child’s Rights Programming approach.
Proven
skills in programme management and administration, including grants
management and donor compliance.
Experience
of building, leading and developing a team of senior staff with different
backgrounds and expertise.
Skills
and experience in programme monitoring review, reporting and evaluation.
Strong
skills in people management, moderation, conflict resolution and
capacity-building.
At
least 8 years’ experience of working at senior management level within
fragile or conflict affected states.
Ability
to lead a programme and support a team working from remote locations.
Strong
analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan
strategically.
Ability
to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan
strategically.
At
least 8 years experience of working in the Health sector essentially in
the area of sexual and reproductive health;
Prior
experience in managing GAC/ USIAD/ DFID funded programmes.
Management
of large grants and complex budgets
Excellent
report writing skills and fluency in written and spoken English
Commitment
to and understanding of Save the Children aims, values and principles.

Desirable:

Experience
in protection programming and promoting children’s participation in
programming, design, implementation and evaluation.
Capacity
and willingness to be extremely flexible
Fluency
in written and spoken Hausa will be an added advantage
Previous
safety and security training for working in conflict settings
Gender
and sexual & reproductive health issue experience especially on girls’
education
Working
experience in Northern Nigeria and ability to wirk in difficult
circumstances.