Location: Dakar, Senegal
Deadline: 14, August 2013
Description
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
The role
The HEA Program in West and Central Africa is now at a historical juncture, where it has gained support from two major donors: ECHO and OFDA. This position is therefore critical in moving the HEA Program into the next phase: expansion at the country level, consolid ation at the regional level. This is a multi-dimensional role that requires multi-tasking across a wide range of responsibilities in support of program delivery in West and Central Africa. The Project Manager will ensure that partners and Save the Children Country Offices are meeting program quality standards. To this end, the Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating support from various staff in the region: Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, Logistics Manager, and the Awards Manager.
The Project Manager will ensure that human and other resources necessary to strengthen the capacity of Sahelian food security and nutrition stakeholders to integrate Household Economic Approach (HEA) in food security and nutrition analysis, are made available through the HEA Project.
Key areas of accountability
* Project Coordination/Alignment
* Technica l Support
* Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
* Project Leading/Line Management
* Representation/Relationship Management (Internal & External)
Qualifications and experience
Essential
* Four years operational experience and a track record of success in delivering high quality food security and livelihoods response programmes in emergency and development contexts
* Strong analytical capacity and understanding of food security and nutrition analytical methods such as the Household Economy Approach
* Proven conceptual skills and an ability to think and plan strategically
* Proven advocacy skills and experience
* Strong interpersonal and partner building skills
* Ability to travel at short notice, occasionally to remote and insecure locations.
* T rack record of success in donor proposal development and grant management
* Highly developed writing and verbal communication skills in both French and English
* Strong communication appropriate for high-level external representation
Desirable
* Experience with Household Economy Approach and possible uses
* Experience and an understanding of the complex and inter-related causes of malnutrition
* Experience in programming strengthening safety nets, such as cash-based programmes
* Experience of working in the Sahel
* Knowledge of regional food security institutions
* An academic/professional qualification at post graduate level or equivalent in nutrition, economics, rural development, development studies or related subject
* Knowledge/experience of Save the Children
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
The role
The HEA Program in West and Central Africa is now at a historical juncture, where it has gained support from two major donors: ECHO and OFDA. This position is therefore critical in moving the HEA Program into the next phase: expansion at the country level, consolid ation at the regional level. This is a multi-dimensional role that requires multi-tasking across a wide range of responsibilities in support of program delivery in West and Central Africa. The Project Manager will ensure that partners and Save the Children Country Offices are meeting program quality standards. To this end, the Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating support from various staff in the region: Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, Logistics Manager, and the Awards Manager.
The Project Manager will ensure that human and other resources necessary to strengthen the capacity of Sahelian food security and nutrition stakeholders to integrate Household Economic Approach (HEA) in food security and nutrition analysis, are made available through the HEA Project.
Key areas of accountability
* Project Coordination/Alignment
* Technica l Support
* Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
* Project Leading/Line Management
* Representation/Relationship Management (Internal & External)
Qualifications and experience
Essential
* Four years operational experience and a track record of success in delivering high quality food security and livelihoods response programmes in emergency and development contexts
* Strong analytical capacity and understanding of food security and nutrition analytical methods such as the Household Economy Approach
* Proven conceptual skills and an ability to think and plan strategically
* Proven advocacy skills and experience
* Strong interpersonal and partner building skills
* Ability to travel at short notice, occasionally to remote and insecure locations.
* T rack record of success in donor proposal development and grant management
* Highly developed writing and verbal communication skills in both French and English
* Strong communication appropriate for high-level external representation
Desirable
* Experience with Household Economy Approach and possible uses
* Experience and an understanding of the complex and inter-related causes of malnutrition
* Experience in programming strengthening safety nets, such as cash-based programmes
* Experience of working in the Sahel
* Knowledge of regional food security institutions
* An academic/professional qualification at post graduate level or equivalent in nutrition, economics, rural development, development studies or related subject
* Knowledge/experience of Save the Children
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
How to apply:
Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: jobs.88986.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com
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