Deputy Team Leader-Programme - Humanitarian Surge Team at Save the Children

About the role

We are currently looking for a Deputy Team Leader-Programme to join our team. eputy Team Leader-Programme will lead on and be accountable for developing a sound response strategy and coherent programmes; and identifying resources in line with Save the Children national and global priorities. The post holder will play a leading role in the effective scale up in complement to existing local capacity and management of Save the Children emergency programmes to increase impact and enable positive change for children.

You will bring to the role with you:

• Extensive experience of working within a senior management role within a complex country programme in an emergency response or fragile state.
• Previous experience of managing programme teams in large-scale first phase emergency response is essential.
• Experience of managing multi-donor, multi-site programmes (including ECHO, DFID and OFDA) of GBP 5 – 10m, preferably in insecure contexts.

Proficiency in English and working knowledge of a second language (French, Spanish, or Arabic) is a must.  

About us 

The Global Expertise and Humanitarian Surge Platform (GEHSP) is Save the Children's global humanitarian surge, technical expertise and new business development deployment management function, operating o behalf of both members and SCI. It is dedicated to identifying, developing and deploying skilled and experienced talent from across the movement to meet the needs of our domestic and international programmes and humanitarian responses. Our vision is to help to improve the quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of our humanitarian responses and programmes; directly contributing to Save the Children's capability to deliver the best outcomes for children and their families.

About HST

HSTs work alongside country, regional and member teams to support the scale up and management of international and domestic emergency responses, enabling positive change for children. The role of the surge staff varies depending on the needs of the response and could include: 

• deploying in the first days or hours following a natural disaster or crisis to lead the first phase of a response to sudden onset emergency; 
• supporting ongoing emergency response and recovery work through providing advice, guidance and expertise in a specific skill area; 
• providing short term interim cover for country office staff;  
• supporting delivery of capacity building initiatives.