Latest Openings at Save the Children International

In order to be successful, you will bring/have:

Essential

• Bachelor degree in any related field
• Have a minimum of 3-5 years working experience in project management.
• Experience of Program Operations and or/ PDQ within SC.
• Experience of driving adoption and usage compliance.
• SCI PMM certified.
• Deep understanding of core SCI functions and systems.
• Experience in leading/supporting capacity building and coaching initiative
• Proven ability to work effectively with people from different cultures.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Commitment to Save the Children values.
• Proficiency in English and depending of the role location, French, Arabic or Spanish.
• High attention to detail.

Desired

• Experience of project management system.
• Experience of System Support Models.
• Experience of working in large and complex Offices.
• Experience within global, multicultural, matrix organisations.
• Experience or knowledge of global project management methodologies.

Contract duration: 1 year

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EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• University degree in the field of communications, public relations, languages, journalism, marketing, advertising or equivalent (Completed).
• Excellent written and spoken English is essential, as well as a critical eye for editing and proofreading grammar.
• Ability to think and work logically and work precisely with attention to detail.
• Knowledge in converting written text into creative works for children;
• Experience and skills in the use of software programs such as MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe.
• Experience in managing websites and in using social media tools in a professional context.
• Initiative, sound judgment, and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Demonstrated effective organizational skills and the ability to meet deadlines and handle work in a timely manner.
• Knowledge of or interest in Save the Children, as well as a commitment to the mission and vision.
• 3 years or more experience in Child Protection Programming with at least 1 year Pan African/Regional level experience.
• Demonstrated professional working knowledge and experience in international human rights and humanitarian law relating to Child Protection and specifically CAAC and Peace and Security Programming.
• Solid understanding and engagement with the African Union Peace and Security Architecture.
• Solid understanding of armed actors' engagement and relations.
• Demonstrated experience working on accountability mechanisms in situations of armed conflict.
• Demonstrated capability to make decisions with creativity and independent judgment.
• Demonstrated experience in influencing to obtain the cooperation of others.
• Proven excellence in being a team player, and significant experience working in an international organisation.
• An appreciation and understanding of how to manoeuvre in a context of shrinking space for civil society, ensuring Save the Children's integrity and child rights are not compromised.
• Demonstrated knowledge of children's issues, rights-based program approaches, and child safeguarding principles.
• Strong skills and proven experience in program management processes; also, from the knowledge and learning perspective.
• Able to work well under pressure and deadlines.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, communication, and networking skills; proven experience and effectiveness working across functional teams.
• High level of self-awareness and willingness to take feedback for growth and self-development.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Proven experience in drafting Terms of References and ability to design and review evaluation tools and approaches.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
• Exemplary level of spoken and written English.

Desirable

• Fluency in French, both verbal and written, is desirable

Contract duration: 2 year

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QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters degree in Women and Gender Studies or related degree with focus on gender equality in international and Africa regional development, social work, public health, sociology, anthropology or related area, or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 5 years' experience (including field experience) providing technical leadership for the design and implementation of development programmes focused on advancing gender equality
• Strong understanding of gender equality principles and practices, the gender equality sector, policy priorities and key gender inequalities impacting children in Africa
• Significant experience in gender equality training, capacity building, and mentoring, and a demonstrated ability to make complex concepts compelling and accessible
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills related to intersectional gender and power analysis, and to the design, piloting, implementation and evaluation of innovative technical tools and resource to advance gender equality
• Track record in contributing to institutional development, designing and pitching gender transformative approaches, models and programs
• Demonstrated strong knowledge and skills related to gender sensitive and transformative program design, monitoring and evaluation, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
• Experience of strategy development and planning to advance gender equality and social justice
• Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, grounded on intersectional gender and power analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to advance gender equality and realise children's rights.
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn't work for transforming the root causes of harmful gender norms and promoting gender equality for and with children
• Demonstrated thought leadership expertise such as contributions to academic journals, books, articles; speaking engagements, workshop facilitation, leading conference presentations and panels
• Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: resilience and climate change; adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement.
• Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery
• Fluent in English and high level of English writing skills.

Contract duration: 2 year

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EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
 

• Relevant university degree (International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Child Right, Political Science, Sociology or other Social Science, International Development, etc.)

Essential:

• A minimum of 8 years' of demonstrated experience in program management and administration, including grants management, donor compliance and managing complex grants.
• A minimum of 4 years' proven experience in managing regional and/or multi-country programs, demonstrating the ability to matrix manage
• A minimum of 8 years' proven experience of supporting partner-led capacity strengthening and OCD, in line with the Development Effectiveness and/or localisation agendas.
• Experience of working for an enabling environment for civic space
• Solid experience in working collaboratively through equal partnerships
• A minimum of 2 years' experience in directly managing Nordic framework agreements or EIDHR funding.
• Excellent written and spoken level of English
• Proven excellent skills in program performance and quality monitoring and reporting.
• Proven excellent skills in multistakeholder management, both internally and externally, with a strong ability to project strategic vision, adherence and buy-in.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan strategically.
• Ability to work with limited supervision.

Desirable:

• Solid experience in remote management and implementation in complex and insecure environments
• Knowledge of and proven experience of working in Child rights programming and Child Rights Governance
• Knowledge of and proven experience of working with gender equality, environment and climate change
• Strong skills in staff management, moderation, conflict resolution and capacity-building
• Solid experience in managing multisector programs and an integrated approach to programming
• Capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult working circumstances.
• Familiar with accountability and feedback mechanisms including for children
• Experience of developing innovative and new partnership models or support to informal actors

Contract duration: 2 years (with 6 months' probation)

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EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Undergraduate degree in Social Sciences and thorough working knowledge in Child Protection in Armed Conflict and Emergencies;
• African/Regional level experience.
• Demonstrated professional working knowledge and experience on international human rights and humanitarian law relating to Child Protection and specifically CAAC and Peace and Security Programming.
• Solid understanding and engagement with the African Union Peace and Security Architecture.
• Solid understanding of armed actors' engagement and relations.
• Demonstrated experience working on accountability mechanisms in situations of armed conflict.
• Demonstrated capability to make decisions with creativity and independent judgment.
• Demonstrated experience in influencing to obtain the cooperation of others.
• Proven excellence in being a team player, and significant experience working in an international organisation.
• An appreciation and understanding of how to manoeuvre in a context of shrinking space for civil society, ensuring Save the Children's integrity and child rights are not compromised.
• Demonstrated knowledge of children's issues, rights-based program approaches, and child safeguarding principles.
• Strong skills and proven experience in program management processes; also from the knowledge and learning perspective.
• Able to work well under pressure and deadlines.
• Excellent listening, inter-personal, communication and networking skills; proven experience and effectiveness working across functional teams.
• High level of self-awareness and willingness to take feedback for growth and self-development.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Proven experience in drafting Terms of References and ability to design and review evaluation tools and approaches.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
• Exemplary level of spoken and written English

Desirable

• Fluency in French, both verbal and written, is desirable

Contract duration: 2 year