Programme management/Technical support
II. Program Staff Management ( Human Resource Management)
III. Budget management
· Conduct Budget planning, cash forecast and prepare budget phasing for each project based on approved Detailed Implementation Plans (DIPs)
· Manage budgets, including phasing of budgets as per work plans, monthly review budget versus accomplishment (BVA) reports, identification of under/overspending and required actions to address same
· Ensure effective and efficient utilization of projects budget and other resources for intended purpose; follow up on budget utilization and project expenditure as needed
· Work in coordination with the field office’s finance team to ensure stewardship of resources and appropriate budget management of projects
· Ensure that partners finance planning and reports are in line with the project agreement and requirements from donors and governments; support partners as necessary to ensure proper financial management, utilization and reporting
· Prepares timely donor reports, including review and verification of both narrative and financial reports from partner implemented projects and confirmation of accuracy and consistency between narrative and financial reports.
· Delivers reports to the thematic leads for quality assurance before handing in the reports to the Awards Team for delivery to the donors.
· Facilitates communication and interaction between partners and the SCI Award Compliance and Reporting Coordinator; facilitates budget transfer to partners
· Closely work with the Awards Team to efficiently monitor and track burn rates, reporting and financial compliance issues
IV. Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance
· Undertake situation analysis of health, nutrition and WASH issues in the location and establish baseline data for impact monitoring, as well as for use in for new business developments
· In coordination with and support from relevant MEAL staff, design results based monitoring and evaluation process for projects under supervision
· Document implementation lessons, best practices and innovations for projects under supervision; and ensure that such information is fed into new business development.
· Facilitate mid-term, terminal and other review and evaluation of projects through participatory process
· In coordination with MEAL staff, lead and coordinate the development of TORs and management of tasks, including rapid assessments, formal surveys, evaluations, and documentations, for projects under supervision as required
· Facilitates visits for donors, members and others as necessary
V. Partner management
· In coordination and collaboration with the partners team, ensure that proper assessment of financial, procurement, and other relevant operations system are conducted for each partner and issues are identified (for subsequent capacity building and monitoring)
· Closely work with partner organizations in the course of project planning and implementation
· Conduct regular monitoring visits, support partners at the project sites and prepare reports for documentation and follow-up actions
· Closely work with partners in the preparation of periodic and project completion reports
· Support partners in preparing annual and quarterly project budgets and making budget revisions
· In consultation with the Partnership Team, assess the capacity of partner organizations and develop capacity building plans to address the gaps; support the implementation of the plan and monitor and document changes.
· Ensure that all relevant partnership documents are centrally maintained both in hard and electronic copies.
VI. Representation
· Representing Save the Children at coordination and cluster meetings, and with local government, donors, UN and other NGOs;
· Work in close cooperation with regional, zonal, and Woredas, Health, and water, energy & mines offices in relation to the health, Nutrition and WASH activities.
General:
In order to be successful you will bring/have: