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Maiduguri Borno |
Posted 5 years ago |
JOB TITLE: Programme Manager – FFP
Job Id: 200001RE
LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
Child Safeguarding – Level 3
Level 3 – The responsibilities of this post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children and young people. In the overseas context, all posts are considered to be level 3.
As part of these responsibilities, the post holder will support the establishment of child safeguarding systems, promote a culture of keeping children safe, and ensure that potential harm to children (by our own staff and/or as a result of how we do our work) is identified and addressed on an ongoing basis. The post holder should report and respond to interventions as determined by position related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.
Introduction
Save the Children is seeking a Project Manager for a USAID/FFP funded EFSP program in North-East Nigeria, based in Maiduguri. The primary purpose of the position is to provide technical support and day-to-day management of the program under the supervision of the Project Director and the Program Operations Manager (POM).
The Project Manager will be part of Save the Children’s Humanitarian Response Team in Northeast Nigeria and will provide leadership to the day-to-day implementation of the project activities including work plan development, managing budget, monitoring activities at the field level, providing regular internal update reports and preparation of donor reports. The post holder plays a leading role in ensuring beneficiary selection processes follow SOPs, and will contribute to the review of technical documents.
Qualifications And Experience
Essential:
- Education: MA / MSc level (or equivalent field experience) in Agriculture, Rural Development, Development Studies, Sociology, Economics, Humanitarian/Development Studies, International Relations, or related fields of study.
- Significant experience working in FSL programming, including direct experience in implementing cash transfer programmes, working with displaced communities, experience in monitoring and market analysis.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working in FSL programmes in a humanitarian or development context including working on diverse humanitarian contexts or complex emergency situation;
- 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 first phase emergency response is essential
- Experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability systems in large complex programmes
- Experience of developing and negotiating successful partnerships with institutional donors
- 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
- 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 programming;
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Job Features
Job Category | Software/ Programming / Web development |
Deadline | 20th March, 2020. |