CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Deputy Country Director, Program Implementation (DCD-PI) has a significant share in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office. The DCD-PI in her/his capacity is responsible for implementation of all program implementation (with the exception of research / technical projects) in country including the management of all sub offices, humanitarian preparedness and response (including DRR). Performs other related tasks as required and as assigned by his/her supervisor.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Country Director
Dimensions: Save the Children works nationally in Ethiopia with approximately 1,700 staff and with an annual budget of approximately $80-100 million.
Number of direct reports: Director of Program Implementation, Chief of Parties, Humanitarian Director, Supply Chain Director, National Program Directors
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team:
· Provide the leadership for Program Implementation and contribute to country office leadership
· Support the development of an organizational culture that reflects our values, 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 establish, maintain, and improve active and regular working relationships with: government, donors, partners, and local and international NGOs
· Provide the leadership to implement the Country Strategic Plan
· Support the implementation and follow up of the CO KPI Improvement Plan, audit recommendations and other general CO risk management plans.
· Contribute to strategic development and delivery of programming, in both humanitarian and development contexts, in line with the Save the Children mandate, strategy and Theory of Change
· Lead and/or champion change management initiatives
· Contribute to global knowledge and learning in Save the Children
Oversight and Management of Program Implementation
· Responsible for overall coordination of program implementation and delegated responsibility for field delivery of high quality programming in line with the objectives of the country strategy
· In collaboration with the senior Program Implementation team and SLT, define and implement an effective, efficient and sustainable operating model, including defining and developing the role of Save the Children and its partners
· Serve as overall budget holder for most programming; manage and support budget holders for 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
· Ensure preparation of timely and high quality progress reports, program reports, and donor reports
· Through the Director of Program Implementation, oversee all area and field offices and ensure all relevant SCI processes and procedures are in place with the support of the various heads of departments
· Ensure systems are in place to monitor on time, high-quality, sustainable delivery of programs (including regular spot checks of area and field offices)
· Through the Supply Chain Director, oversee procurement, warehouse, construction, and fleet
· Support Country Director to coordinate overall delivery of SCI KPIs
· In close coordination with the members of the Senior Leadership Team, participate in program proposal process and ensure that all programs progress in accordance with grant agreements, are completed on time and on budget
· Support the Deputy Country Director-PDQI in conceptualizing and designing cost effective, innovative and high quality programs to serve difficult to reach children
Budget Management
· Ensure expenditure is authorized in accordance with the budget authorization procedures within the scheme of delegation
· Monitor for significant variances between budget and actual expenditure
· Ensure appropriate action is taken for budget under/overutilization identified working closely with Award team
· Ensure that direct report budget holders prepare reports on financial performance of their award as required either by donors or by other internal demands.
Humanitarian Response Management (through the line management of the Humanitarian Director)
· Strengthen the Ethiopia CO organizational readiness to respond to emergencies in line with global SCI humanitarian goals and benchmarks
· Ensure that the CO designs, updates and implements a full set of humanitarian 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 humanitarian response
· In coordination with the Country Director and Deputy Country Director-PDQI, maintain consistent and coherent engagement in key inter-agency emergency preparedness and response coordination mechanisms including the Cluster system
Risk Management
· Chair the Country Risk Committee ‘CRC’
· Provide oversight of CO Risk Management Plan and drive key mitigations forward with functional leads
· Ensure CO SLT’s decisions on risks are captured in Country RMP
· Ensure mitigation action plans made by functional heads and the Country Risk Committee are implemented and are supporting programme implementation.
· Submitting the CO Risk Management Plan to the Regional Operations Director and Regional Head of Risk and Compliance on a quarterly basis.
Project Management Methodology (PMM) and PRIME
Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development
· Ensure appropriate staffing within the program implementation team, including area and field office staff, programs, and the Supply Chain team
· Ensure that all direct reports understand and are able to perform their role and support as needed
· Manage the 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 and implement the talent review program
·Recruit/ develop a diversified team
Representation
· Proactively seek and maintain, active and regular working relationships with host government authorities, donors, partner agencies, the UN system, and local and international NGOs
· Interact regularly with the international donors and the NGO community to ensure awareness of SC programs and to collect up to date information about the plans and programs of other actors
Safety and Security
· Support the Country Director on day-to-day management of safety, security and access and thru a dotted line of the Head of Safety, Security and Access, ensure that each operational area (i.e. all area offices and field offices) holds a clear, updated and understood contingency plan to respond to various foreseen and potential scenarios
· Emphasize and support Area Managers in ensuring that national security guidelines, and in particular those on travel and incident reporting, are adhered to
· Ensure that all safety and security minimum operating standards and in country guidelines and procedures are met by all sub offices
· Promote a culture of security awareness and a shared duty of care amongst staff
A.KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Ambition:
Collaboration:
Creativity:
Integrity:
QUALIFICATION
Experience with multi-sectoral nutrition projects such as USAID ENGINE or USAID Growth through Nutrition
KEY COMPETENCIES
Generic Competencies
· Child Rights: Promotes an enabling environment for participation, and accountability to children
· Be the Innovator: Promotes innovation to find new and better approaches to driving progress for children
Deliver Results at Scale: Promotes a clear focus on impact in a project and programme design, management, and oversight
Generic Competencies
Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers
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 SCI’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Gender Equality Policies, supported by relevant 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.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SC Health and Safety policies and procedures.
We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. The duty station of the position holder will be in Addis Ababa This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.
The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.