Deputy Education Consortium Manager NGO Jobs – Save the Children International
Job Title: Deputy Education Consortium Manager
Organisation: Save the Children International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has been implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale.
Job Summary: The Deputy Education Consortium Manager will be responsible for day to day oversight and successful implementation of programmes implemented through the NGO Education Consortium. Under the guidance of the Consortium Manager, the Deputy will ensure that programme activities are implemented by consortium partners in a coordinated, harmonized and aligned manner, in line with donor requirements and commitments.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicants for the Save the Children Deputy Education Consortium Manager job placement must have extensive knowledge of current global and regional debates on quality education policies and models
- Proven experience of developing and managing high quality, innovative and cost-effective technical education projects in complex environments, preferably in Uganda and with International NGOs
- Proven experience and skills in research and advocacy and influencing institutional, private and/or corporate donors and writing up high quality donor reports
- Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staff
- Ability to extensively travel for project monitoring and provide on-site technical support to field teams
- Ability to coach and mentor partners
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, steering and coaching
- Experience in management of finance and budget monitoring and risk management.
- Highly numerically articulated with a track record of data manipulation and reporting systems.
- Demonstrable understanding of ECHO and ECW guidelines as well as other donors’ agenda.
- Prior experience working in consortium structures and projects, or in consortium / programme management units
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by clicking on the title link below.
Deadline: 27th January 2019
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