Project Manager NGO Job Placements – Save the Children
Job Title: Project Manager- ECHO INCLUDE
Organization: Save the Children
Duty Station: 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 Project Manager will be the principal representative of the project to the consortium and will work with Save the Children’s field, regional and country offices, but will have leadership responsibility for the overall management of the award. S/he will provide strategic and operational leadership to develop and implement a successful program. The Project Manager will ensure adherence to overall technical and programmatic quality in implementation, compliance with donor rules and regulations, and the timely submission of all deliverables, including annual work plans, performance monitoring plans, reports as required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Education to MSc/MA/MEng level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
- At least 5 yrs’ management experience including working in emergency response, direct experience in implementing large, multi-thematic and multi-location programs.
- Experience managing high-quality ECHO funded project(s).
- Experience managing large education programs for an international NGO
- Experience managing livelihoods projects, including small business development
- Demonstrated skills in program planning, and all aspects of project management
- Demonstrated skills in leadership and supervision of staff and in building and maintaining a high performing team
- Experience in promoting children’s rights and gender, including participation in programming, design, implementation and evaluation
- Ability to analyze information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
- Demonstrated knowledge of ECHO regulations and policies
- .Inter-personal skills to influence and guide staff and partners in identifying programming opportunities and resolving program challenges
- Experience applying remote management techniques
- Commitment to the values and mission of Save the Children
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Fluency in English required. Experience working in a refugee context.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by clicking on the title link below.
Click Here ,please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document, indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been your direct supervisors.
NB:
Testimonials/certificates SHOULD NOT be attached to application that is submitted online. Hand delivered applications will not be accepted and are therefore not considered during the shortlisting process.
Deadline: 16th December 2019