Response Innovation Lab Coordinator NGO Jobs – Save the Children International
Job Title: Response Innovation Lab Coordinator
Organisation: Save the Children International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Save the Children International is an international relief organization that was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.
About Project:
Joining Forces to End Violence Against Children is a global collaboration between 6 leading child rights organisations – ChildFund, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages, Terre des Hommes and World Vision. In Uganda Joining Forces focuses on ending violence against children and ensuring children’s voices are amplified as agents of change.
Job Summary: The Response Innovation Lab Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the Response Innovation Lab Manager in developing and running operations for the Response Innovation Lab in Uganda, with a focus on stakeholder engagement and management, event coordination, reporting and logistics. The incumbent will provide support in building the country wide humanitarian innovation ecosystem as well as with all operational and administrative tasks necessary to support the development of the Lab.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
The Response Innovation Lab (RIL), is a global collaboration that serves as a support center for stakeholders to learn and adapt global and local solutions, innovations, best practices to more effectively meet the needs of the populations affected by crises, including refugees and host communities. In Uganda, it is hosted by one of its founding members, Save the Children International.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Save the Children Response Innovation Lab Coordinator employment vacancy should hold a Bachelor’s degree in International development, business administration, communications or related studies
- 3-5 years’ experience in an incubator, a start-up advisory, social enterprise, innovation space, project management, I/NGO or entrepreneurial experience
- A team player and self-starter with good networking skills and project management skills
- Eagerness to build partnerships and projects outside of traditional humanitarian field
- Basic understanding of digital innovations and new technology
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Capable of working independently and with demonstrated experience engaging a wide range of stakeholders
- Excellent communication skill and able to synthetize information from various sources
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Good oral/written and interpersonal skills
- Confident communication and documentation skills; ability to represent the lab to a variety of stakeholders in a range of forums
- Able to work on a cross-cultural environment with multi-national staff.
- A commitment to humanitarian and Response Innovation Lab principles and values
- Good knowledge of Microsoft office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, word, etc.)
Desirable
- Experience working with and managing Innovation projects
- Good understanding of innovation and the issues and challenges around it
- Experience working in the private sector and with start-ups
- Familiar with new technology-based innovation and innovative approaches/methodologies, and entrepreneurship skills
- Able to produce high quality reports/papers.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 16th July 2020