Jobs at Save the Children

The Regional Procurement Specialist will have technical responsibility for the procurement element in the region, the management of Regional Procurement Unit (RPU), strategic sourcing and all procurement transformation/capacity building initiatives for ESA. The incumbent will also be responsible for supporting the development and owning the country execution of global and regional sourcing strategies and ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of the Regional Procurement Unit in processing international procurement transactions for country offices in the ESA region. The role holder will also be responsible for ESA regional office (RO) Procurement requirements.

The role will also include taking a lead role in advising ESA country offices to achieve improved quality assurance and better sourcing outcomes of their procurement processes. The role holder will own and drive the comprehensive transformation/continuous improvement agenda across people, process, policy and digital initiatives, the role holder will contribute technical and local context input to global initiatives and be responsible for their deployment into ESA countries.

The role holder will be responsible for ensuring annual financial benefit targets are met from all of the sourcing conducted in ESA countries.  The 2022 target is approx. $3m. The role holder will also steward and influence the work of all staff that conduct procurement in ESA countries (estimated at 250 people), maintaining the procurement essentials certification database.

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

Essential/ Desired

•  At least 5 years in a regional procurement managerial position
• International procurement, preferably having extensive knowledge of the East and Southern Africa market. Having previously worked in a regional procurement management level is a strong advantage.
• A first Degree in related area, Master level degree will be an advantage.
• CIPS Diploma or equivalent professional certification, MCIPS certification desirable
• Pharmaceutical qualification will be an added advantage.
• Working knowledge and skills in use the of Sap Ariba or other ERPs.
• Having experience in the INGO sector and in handling, Cash Transfer Procurement, pharmaceutical procurement and construction contracting will be an added advantage. 
• Experience in running complex and high-volume procurement processes and in high volume contracts negotiation (>USD 1 million) with financial benefit delivery
• Proven ability to review supply demands and trends; to develop strategies to fill identified gaps
• Experience working with large institutional donors and knowledge of their rules and regulations
• Strong change management and transformation programme experience
• Ability to synthesize and analyse information, and make clear, informed decisions
• Ability to build relationships quickly with a wide range of people, both internally and externally
• Strong planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
• Experience in developing the capacity of procurement staff through the use of training, performance management frameworks and development plans.
• Experience in implementation of efficient procurement systems, policies and procedures.
• Excellent written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills
• Cross-cultural experience, understanding and sensitivity
• Excellent ability with MS-Office applications particularly Excel
• Willingness and ability to travel within the region
• Sense of diplomacy and negotiation skills
• Experienced in managing people is a must
• Able to prioritize and work with limited supervision, self-motivated, resilient to stress

Closing date: 30 May 2022

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Role Purpose:

This role supports the Membership and Organisational Director and team to ensure people, processes and systems in place work optimally. It is a hands-on role supporting the work of the team, e.g. planning and coordination of work streams, efforts to share knowledge and strengthen engagement and participation of leaders across the Save the Children movement.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Strong written and oral communication skills, fluent in English
• Strong planning/anticipation skills and attention to detail.
• Experience coordinating work, outlining key activities, tracking actions and timelines
• Experience planning and organising meetings and events, virtual and/or in person
• Ability to manage knowledge and information, including how to capture, organise and share it. organisation, analysis and visualisation of data and information
• Experience in coordination of meetings and events and international travel arrangements
• Proficiency and confidence using Excel, Word, Power Point and MS Teams and Sharepoint.
• Sound judgement and ability to prioritise multiple tasks in a constantly changing environment
• Ability to adopt a pro-active approach to problem solving working closely with senior colleagues as required and offering solutions as appropriate.
• Proven ability to work effectively at a senior level, gaining trust and confidence with stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence others.
• The ability to liaise and communicate effectively with a broad range of people at all levels, across different cultures and to act with credibility, discretion, tact and diplomacy.
• Thorough – takes pride in delivering high quality work and gives a high level of attention to detail.
• Self- motivated and ability to work autonomously
• Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children.

Desirable

• Data analysis skills, ability to use Power BI,
• Data and information visualisation, incl in Power point
• Fluency in other languages – e.g. Spanish, Arabic

Closing date: 17 June 2022

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The Opportunity

Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit (EHU) is recruiting experienced Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Managers to join the EHU Roster.

The EHU is designed to enhance and expand Save the Children’s life-saving work in acute emergencies, including disease outbreaks, with a focus frontline health (including surgical), nutrition and WASH programming. The EHU initiates direct health response within 3 days of a declared emergency, creating the space for in-country response teams to focus on longer term response planning and scale up.

The EHU MEAL Manager position will be activated from the roster and deployed to support EHU responses. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning mechanisms are in place, both integrating with the wider health and nutrition response where appropriate, and ensuring EHU-specific systems are in place.

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 post holder will be roving to multiple locations where the needs are high. 

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

• Degree in Health Records and Information, Health Information Systems, Health Statistics, Information Management, Public Health, or equivalent
• Previous experience working in humanitarian settings
• 5+ years demonstrated experience previous working in MEAL the sector
• Fluency in French and/or Spanish is required
• Experience using DHIS 2 Health Information System
• Ability to organize and plan information systems
• Knowledge of monitoring, evaluation, and accountability methodologies
• Knowledge of conducting surveys, assessments and data quality audits
• Experience with MS Excel
• Ability to work in a team
• Willingness and ability to live and work in hardship areas
• Commitment to abide by the Save the Children Child Safeguarding Policy
• Fluent in English is desirable but not essential

Closing date: 15 June 2022