Save the Children,Director of Program Implementation Jobs Vacancy

istricts in
Rwanda with a current staff complement of approximately 180 staff.

• Leadership
  of the Rwanda Country Office/programme
• Support
  the development of an organisational culture that reflects our full
  spectrum programing, promotes accountability and high performance,
  encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and
  frees up our people to deliver outstanding results for children and
  excellent customer service for our Members and donors
• Help
  design and implement a coherent organizational structure that is
  consistent with agency practices and appropriate to program needs.
• Responsible
  for program operations KPIs, working closely with other functions to
  achieve set out targets.
• Contribute
  to ensuring that risk management and essential standards improvement plans
  are on track and contribute towards an efficient Country office delivering
  programs for children.
• Facilitate
  program managers to prepare timely and high quality progress reports,
  programme reports, and donor reports in a manner to allow review and
  consolidation efficiently.
• Help
  establish, maintain, and improve active and regular working relationships
  with: host government authorities, donors, partner agencies including
  major institutional donors, and local and international NGOs
• Ensure
  that the required support is provided promptly, at scale and in line with
  the rules and principles during emergencies, working closely with the
  Regional Office

• Responsible
  for overall coordination of program Implementation and delegated
  responsibility for field delivery of high quality Education, Child
  Protection, Child Rights Governance, Health and Nutrition programming in
  line with the objectives of the country strategy.
• Support
  budget holders/project/program managers in ensuring proper project
  management of awards in consistently implemented for all awards.
• In
  close coordination with Senior Leadership Team members (SLT), participate
  in program proposal processes and ensure that all programs processes in
  accordance with grant agreements, are completed within time and on budget
• Working
  with Director of Program Development and Quality and other functional
  heads, participate in conceptualizing and designing cost effective,
  innovative and high quality programs to serve difficult to reach children
• Serve
  as overall budget holder for the Education, Child Protection, Child Rights
  Governance, Health and Nutrition projects; manage and support primary
  budget holders for these individual projects and grants
• Ensure
  programs are implemented in ways responsive to the communities, and
  children in line with Save the Children principles, values and strategic
  plan and following Save the Children compliance procedures. This includes
  working with government and national NGO-partners to strengthen national
  capacity
• Oversee
  all Partner led programs and facilitate internal and external engagements
• Oversee
  operational functioning of all sub-offices

• Coordinate
  overall funding process from both grants and SC members.  This
  including: developing funding strategies, creating grant proposals, and
  identifying strategic leads and concepts
• Ensure
  preparation of timely and high quality progress reports, program reports,
  and donor reports
• Coordinate
  the release of donor fund summaries from the members to ensure accurate
  and systematic accounting of grant transactions
• Provide
  guidance to finance and non-finance staff and coordinate efforts to ensure
  compliance with donor requirements
• Ensure
  timely and accurate information is provided to support Awards
  Management. 
• Develop
  the capacity of partners / sub-grantees to effectively manage resources
  through training and capacity building
• Oversee
  and monitor Partners / sub grantees/ grants as required per SC policies
  and procedures

• Ensure
  that the CO Supply chain capacity and systems meet the SCI Minimum
  Operating Standards and are able to satisfy the programming requirements
• Ensure
  appropriate and adequate emergency logistics procedures are detailed in
  the Country Office
• Emergency
  Preparedness Plan is regularly updated to enable rapid scale up
• Manage
  the CO supply chain department ensuring that all CO Supply Chain
  activities (fleet, assets, transport, logistics, base setup etc) are
  coordinated
• Manage
  all vehicles ensuring maintenance and insurance
• Ensure
  goods and services procured are cost effective and of standard quality
• Ensure
  procurement processes are effectively implemented
• Work
  closely with the procurement team in negotiating the best deals with
  suppliers
• Ensure
  proper record keeping, maintenance and control of inventory
• Ensure
  proper documentation and recording of fixed assets of the organisation
• Manage
  the fixed assets

• Strengthen
  the Rwanda CO organisational readiness to respond to emergencies in line
  with global SCI emergency goal and benchmarks
• Ensure
  that the CO designs, updates and implements a full set of emergency
  preparedness actions, drawing on SC member input and resources
• Mount
  appropriate and timely responses at scale to all emergencies consistent
  with established benchmarks, plans and organizational policies, and in
  close cooperation with incoming surge teams
• Ensure
  that all CO staff across departments and sub offices are familiar with,
  adhere to and implement the procedures and processes detailed in the Rules
  and Principles for emergency response
• In
  coordination with Country Director and Director for Program Development
  and Quality maintain consistent and coherent engagement in key
  inter-agency emergency preparedness and response coordination mechanisms
  including the Cluster system

• Work
  with Field Sub-offices managers to ensure that the staff and assets of
  Save the Children Rwanda are safe and secure
• Ensure
  that all safety and security minimum operating standards are met
• Coordinate
  preparation and implementation of staff security guidelines and support
  sub-offices in carrying out periodic security assessment and reports

• Ensure
  appropriate staffing within Program Implementation, including sub office
  staff
• Ensure
  that all staff understand and are able to perform their role in an
  emergency
• Manage
  Program Implementation team; define expectations, provide leadership and
  technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly
• Ensure
  the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as appropriate and
  ensure availability of appropriate professional development opportunities
  for staff
• Incorporate
  staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team
  building process.  Establish result based system and follow up
• Manage
  the performance of all staff in the Program Operations work area through:
  Effective use of the Performance Management System including the
  establishment of clear, measureable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic
  reviews and fair and unbiased evaluations;
• Coaching,
  mentoring and other developmental opportunities;
• Recognition
  and rewards for outstanding performance;
• Documentation
  of performance that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate
  performance improvements/ work plan

• 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

• Sets
  ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes
  responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to
  do the same
• Widely
  shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates
  others
• Future
  orientated, thinks strategically

• 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

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

•  Recommended
  a minimum of 7 years’ senior management experience in a corporate or an
  NGO environment, including significant field operations experience running
  both emergency and development programs.
• Master’s
  degree in  development  or  other  social 
  sciences 

• Robust
  experience of the NGO development and emergency program cycle management,
  and with experience of working within a complex and matrix organization
  structure

• A
  very good understanding of at least 3 of the sectoral programs and a
  working knowledge of the program priorities of the Country Office 
• Substantial
  experience in Supply chain Management, including procurement, field
  logistics, fleet management & inventory

• Significant
  knowledge of international humanitarian systems, institutions and donors,
  and of procedures, accountability frameworks.

• Substantial
  experience and knowledge of effective financial and budgetary control and
  securing and managing grants from major institutional donors

• Solid
  project management skills related to organizational development projects
  and international, cross-functional teams with a proven history of
  delivering results

• Ability
  to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
• An
  in-depth understanding of national and international development issues in
  particular in relation to children
• Previous
  experience of managing and developing a team and the ability to lead,
  motivate and develop others
• Excellent
  interpersonal, communication and presentation skills plus fluency in
  written and spoken English 

• Ability
  and willingness to change work practices and hours, and work with incoming
  teams in the event of major emergencies

• Commitment
  to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
  including rights-based approaches
• Willingness
  and ability to travel extensively in country

• This
  extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly,
  but also includes children whom staff are responsible for.  SCI
  believes that the situation of children must be improved through the
  promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of
  staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the
  standards which all staff members must adhere to.