Regional Program Quality Specialist at Save the Children

Role Purpose:

As a member of the East Southern Africa Program team, the Program Quality Coordinator will support Country Offices to monitor, report on and engage in improvements to program quality. The role will support alignment and tracking of strong country strategic plans with annual plans and reports that demonstrate progress in achieving our Breakthroughs in survival, learning and protection.

The position holder contributes to the following components of program quality as supported by the regional office:

• Ensuring development and monitoring of clear country strategic plans, country annual plans and country annual reports; 
• Supporting capacity of country offices to use Save the Children Common Approaches, and access technical assistance for programme excellence through Members and Global Themes;
• Coordinating inputs to global reports, initiatives and roll-out of new tools and guidelines; 
• Supporting the Regional Program and Quality Director to strengthen ("uplift") the Program Development and Quality function in country offices, including provision of backstopping or coordination of inputs to country office program strategies.

Qualifications

• A Master's degree in a relevant field that reflects knowledge of development, or a Bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of experience in development.
• Knowledge of international humanitarian and development systems, institutions and donors, and of procedures, accountability frameworks and best practices.
• Experience programming in Save the Children's thematic areas (e.g. education, public health, nutrition, child protection, child rights, food security & livelihoods and humanitarian action) is considered a plus
• At least 4 years' experience in relevant field.
• Ability to quickly and competently consolidate and summarise information across multiple data sources.
• Experience developing country annual plans and/or annual reports.
• Strong written and verbal skills in English.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a matrix management environment.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Cultural sensitive, with highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching cross-culturally.
• Commitment to Save the Children values.
• Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours when essential to success of endeavours
• Willingness to travel within the region.

Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document.

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