Program Manager, Humanitarian Programs at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE: 

This new role is an exciting opportunity for an engaging leader who will provide leadership and support to regional teams and response teams to ensure program quality. The post holder will bring together a community of practice of colleagues across the globe who engage in program quality. Through leadership of this group, the post holder will drive best practices, shared learning and innovation to ensure our response programs are delivering impact at scale and with quality.

Specifically, the post holder will have two key areas of accountability

• Regularly update and rollout policies, procedures and guidance to ensure response teams have the tools they need to deliver on program quality objectives
• Provide hands on support and capacity strengthening for response teams and surge colleagues to ensureintegrated, holistic, transformative programming.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and may be deployed to support responses.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Senior leadershipexperience working in Save the Children with known ability to work across a network of international stakeholders to advance humanitarian programming
• Minimum of 7 years experience working directly in humanitarian responses including in complex contexts to design, implement and evaluate programs
• Minimum of 4 years management experience driving results and impact, while fostering a supportive and positive work environment
• Experience in creating and managing high-performing teams including building shared objectives, quality control, evaluation, motivation, performance and professional development
• Demonstrated experience in strategy development and strong strategic thinking skills, as well as ability to mobilize resources to drive strategy implementation
• Thorough knowledge and track record of influencing public and programme policy and advocacy agendas to promote principled humanitarian response.
• Knowledge of policy, research and evidence-based methodologies with regards to <insert technical area> programming, and other relevant child focused programming.
• Proven experience delivering results and outputs with evidence of adapting based on context and needs analysis.
• Energy and drive to create change in a large complex organisation, while constantly adapting approaches and applying enterprise-driven thinking
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching – ability to work with all levels from CEO to junior staff and across all functions.
• Commitment to building and supporting a diverse and inclusive technical team.
• Fluent spoken and written English.

Closing Date: 27 May 2022