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Sr.Technical Programme Manager(DFID Migration Project)
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Internal/External Vacancy Announcement
INTRODUCTION
Save the Children is an exciting and dynamic organization that follows a holistic approach to
achieve more for childre and use its resources in an efficient and sustainable way. In every
programming we aim to achieve results at scale, buil partnership to influence others and increase
our impact; look for innovate solutions to the problems children face campaign for better practice
and ensure that Children’s voices are heard.
Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and
perspectives. We are prou that our people are representative of the children we work with and we
thrive on our diversity. We are an equ opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of
Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity an Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these
values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protoco ensuring that all
representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards childre
both in their private and professional lives.
Save the Children offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and
development. you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic
change for the most vulnerabl children, we encourage you to look through the job profile below.
Job Title
Sr.Technical Programme Manager(DFID Migration Project)
Code 0341
Place of Work Addis Ababa
Programme/Unit FSL
Monthly Salary in ETB As per the organization Scale
No. of Positions 01 (One)
Reports to Chief of Party (DRC)
Length of Contract One-year contract depends on both funding and performance
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Senior Technical Programme Manager is responsible for overall strategic and technical
guidance in ensuring the programme interventions across all consortium members are
implemented to the highest standard. Providing high-quality and timely technical support; ensuring
context specific and common implementation approaches across implementing partners for quality
programming; strategy design, developing strong external relations with key stakeholders;
maintaining and managing a highly-qualified team of specialists; and producing and utilising high
quality and well-articulated project evidence and research for learning, and advocacy.
The Senior Technical Programme Manager oversees the work of field offices and short trem technical
specialists who support programme implemntation. S/he will ensure cross functionality,
coordination, standardisation of programme implementation across different implementing partners,
and that quality of programme are implemented according to nationally/internationally accepted and
recommended standards. He/she represents SC values and principles in interactions with staff and
external audiences. These values and principles include commitment to the mission of Save
the Children, team orientation, quality management and leadership development, introducing
systems and procedures to strengthen staff motivation and productivity.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Oversees progress and coordination of the programme’s migration, protection and livelihoods
activities in collaboration with the Chief of Party and field-based team.
• Work with technical specilists and ensure timely and quality delivery of capacity building
activities for
programme staff and other stakeholders in cooperation with Learning and Knowledge Management,
ensure proper documentation of experiences and lessons learned from the programme under
supervision.
• Work closely with the Programme Specialists and field based staff to ensure work plans are
adequately resourced to deliver effectively.
• Coordinate, manage and motivate field teams, ensuring that they have clear
objectives/individual work plans as part of performance management and receive meaningful feedback
on their performance.
• Lead the programme, continually encouraging team members to re-evaluate their strategies,
gather
and incorporate tacit information, and adapt programming to new learning and
environmental conditions.
Ensuring the guiding documents draw on international best practices and global research, lessons
learned from the field-level and reflect implementation realities related to key migration,
protection and livelihoods issues in Ethiopia.
• Provide ongoing technical advice to the field-based programme implementation teams, including
consultants, and sub-contractors, as needed.
• Collaborate with field-based teams to ensure protection records and documentation are
properly managed and compliant with organisational requirements and international best practices.
• Ensure Value for Money is mainstreamed across technical areas of responsibility, is
incorporated into decision making, and effectively reported to the donor.
• Document and communicate programme achievements against agreed strategic objectives
and milestones for a wide range of internal and external audiences.
• Actively communicate and coordinate with the CoP (DRC), other relevant and technical advisors
and project managers to ensure integrated approaches across themes.
• Build and maintain relationships with key external stakeholders including relevant Government
of
Ethiopia Ministries and departments, donors, research institutes, and other INGOs.
• Identify and advise on key risks related to the programme’s response to migration, protection
and livelihoods issues and ensure effective reporting of such risks.
• Provide technical reviews of all programme reporting related to migration,
protection and livelihoods, ensuring reports are completed to a high standard.
• Travel frequently throughout the programme’s areas of intervention to monitor and provide
technical guidance.
Programme Quality and Effectiveness
• Oversee that all field level interventions and related researches is technically managed to
a high standard.
• Support the development and continual revision of a dynamic, programme-wide monitoring
and evaluation system linked to programme strategies, indicators, and information management
tools, which supports programme management, accountability and learning.
• Work with MEAL unit to contribute to the technical development of an M&E framework/systems
that monitors the impact of the programme activities and progress towards achievement
of programme objectives and outcomes, with quality; including the identification and design of
needs assessments, profiling exercises and other research initiatives, which contribute to
enhancing knowledge on migration and protection issues relevant to the programme
• Ensure proper understanding of cross-cutting issues among technical managers and advisors
(e.g., gender, child protection and safeguarding) and integration of same in the programme
management.
• Ensure a quarterly review is conducted to monitor progress and where appropriate take
corrective measures.
• Ensure an integrated approach to programme implementation in order to maximise
resource utilisation and synergy between the staff and different programmes.
• Exercise sound judgment to ensure project expenses are reasonable, allocable and prudent.
Ensure
all project funds are spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations.
• Review, edit and submit timely written reports on the programme activities capturing impacts
related to all activities.
Job Requirement
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Advanced degree in a related field, such as law, migration or refugee studies, social
sciences, or internati development from a recognised institution.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience working in international humanitarian or development aid,
with
significant experience in implementing migration and protection-related programming for
an international NGO, UN agency or relevant government ministry.
• Significant understanding of DFID donor requirements and DFID’s results agenda.
• Robust analytical and strategic planning skills, with a demonstrable track record of
meeting or exceeding programme targets, while maintaining a high-level of technical quality.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills, including political
awareness and understanding, and demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with
host governments, donors, partners, local organisations, and other stakeholders.
• Experience in documenting and sharing lessons learned across a multi-location programme,
ensuring that knowledge is captured effectively to contribute to improved performance.
• Excellent verbal and written proficiency in English.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Essential
- Striving for Excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
- Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
- Taking the Lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating Integrity: Acting in line with DRC’s vision and values.
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.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities
and
Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks,
reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety
policies and procedures.
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