CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: War Child Holland
Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 15 Dec 2014

“A seasoned programme manager with excellent people skills”

War Child Holland’s programme in South Sudan

The Republic of South Sudan became the world's newest nation in 2011. Due to decades of conflict and mass displacement of communities during the war, access to basic services is severely limited and the country has some of the lowest rankings in human development indicators. In the end of 2013 a severe internal conflict broke out which caused the displacement of 1.3 million people.

War Child Holland has been working in South Sudan since 2006. The programme has been focused on the consequences of decades of conflict and its purpose is to ensure that children, youth, communities and government are able to promote awareness on child rights, protect children from abuse, exploitation and all forms of violation of their rights. The programme has been achieving this by ensuring a protective environment for children and promoting access to good quality basic education in the Central and Eastern Equatoria States. War child is not working in the heat of the current conflict, but the number of IDP’s are increasing in the States we are working in. IDP’s are included in the programme in the EES and the number of activities for this group should be extended. War Child Holland in South Sudan has its country office in the capital Juba and field offices in Yei and Torit.

Your challenge

The Manager of Programmes is responsible for developing and follow-up of the implementation of the programme, content wise and geographically. She/he builds up proposal writing and multiple donor grants management capacity within the War Child Programme Country, aiming at diversifying the sources of funding in accordance with the War Child Holland fundraising corporate policy. She/he oversees partners and War Child staff members’ technical capacity building for sustainable high quality programming. She/he has to guarantee that the actions and projects implemented respect WCH’s and donor’s policies and principles and ensures the quality of all programme aspects within the projects implemented by WCH in the country. She/he is responsible for the monitoring and evaluation, documentation, communication and dissemination of lessons learnt. The programme is partly (75%) implemented by War Child staff members and 25% by local partners.

The is member of the country management team and reports to the Country Director (CD). She/he directly manages 1 Programme Manager, 2 Programme Advisors. There will be functional lines with Programme Coordinators in the field locations, who are directly managed by a field location manager.

Your main tasks and responsibilities

· Contributes to the country strategy and annual plan;

· Ensures the programme content is in line with WCH approach and policies and with the country strategy;

· Leads and facilitates process of developing programmes, annual plans and project proposals;

· Coordinates the different programmes in terms of content, coherence, planning and ensures quality of the implementation;

· Coordinates PM&E cycle and tools development, updates PM&E system to programme developments;

· Ensures participation of programme staff, local partners and children (target groups) in planning, monitoring and evaluation (PME) cycle;

· Coordinates base line studies;

· Coordinates programme reporting and data base;

· Manages own staff members (e.g. performance & development cycle) and supervises the technical performance of the programme team members;

· Builds the capacity of program team members & local partners (e.g. facilitation, development of training materials);

· Maintains network of contacts and representation of War Child in technical coordination mechanisms.

Profile

· Five years of experience in a similar position in Africa including management of staff;

· Proven experience in programme and training manual development, ideally in developing country contexts;

· Relevant academic background (Community Development, Child Rights, Education, Pedagogy, Social Sciences);

· Experience, familiarity with major donors (EC, ECHO, USAID, DFID, SIDA, etc…);

· Experience with working with partners.

· Understanding of quantitative and qualitative planning, monitoring and evaluation tools;

· Knowledge of and experience with participatory assessment and community based programming with an (I)NGO in a post conflict context;

· Near native level of English is a must (verbal and written), working level of Arabic is an added value;

· Strong advisory and leadership skills;

· Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) for writing proposals and reporting;

· Strong coaching and intercultural communication skills;

· Creative, participatory and innovative approach;

· Willingness to undertake frequent travels (up to 50% of the time) within the programme area and on specific occasions to other WCH programme countries or Head Office.

The organisation

War Child Holland offers a challenging job, within an inspiring and motivated team of people and the backup of a strong and professional organisation in The Netherlands. War Child Holland offers its international staff a fair salary and comprehensive secondary benefits that includes free housing, good insurances (including health, travel and disability) and opportunities to develop and learn professionally. Please visit our website www.warchildholland.org for more information on the organisation and the programmes.

Job Location:Juba, Republic of South Sudan

Contract:War Child Holland is looking for someone committed to invest at least 2 years in this position, starting with a 1 year contract with the intention to prolong

Starting date:As soon as possible

South Sudan is a non-family duty station. The expatriate is not allowed to bring a partner and/or children.

How to apply:

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to send a CV and a letter of motivation before 15 December 2014.Make sure to use the following hyperlink to apply: http://warchild.onlinevacatures.nl/en/Vacancy/Apply/40257

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