Job Title: Response Team Leader
Organisation: Save the
Children International
Children International
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About US:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for
children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has
been implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a
Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development
and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We
strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through
partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children,
and by achieving results at scale. In
Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child
Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food
Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.
Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North,
Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the
Children has a staff complement of over 240 persons. We save children’s lives.
We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2014, we
reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91
million indirectly around the world.
children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has
been implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a
Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development
and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We
strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through
partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children,
and by achieving results at scale. In
Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child
Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food
Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.
Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North,
Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the
Children has a staff complement of over 240 persons. We save children’s lives.
We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2014, we
reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91
million indirectly around the world.
Job Summary: The Response Team
Leader assumes overall oversight and management of the SC Uganda (SCUG) Cat 2
emergency response to the South Sudanese refugee influx as well as the
emergency response to the Congolese refugee population, in collaboration with
the Country Director and Senior Management Team (SMT). The Team Leader leads
the development/revision of an effective resource mobilization strategy –
including donor engagement – to ensure the response programme is funded and
backstopped adequately. The Team Leader will build capacity of SMT members
Leader assumes overall oversight and management of the SC Uganda (SCUG) Cat 2
emergency response to the South Sudanese refugee influx as well as the
emergency response to the Congolese refugee population, in collaboration with
the Country Director and Senior Management Team (SMT). The Team Leader leads
the development/revision of an effective resource mobilization strategy –
including donor engagement – to ensure the response programme is funded and
backstopped adequately. The Team Leader will build capacity of SMT members
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Save the
Children Response Team Leader career placement should a Bachelor’s Degree
or equivalent field experience - Extensive experience of working within a
senior management role and within a complex country programme in an
emergency response or fragile state setting; and/or extensive experience
of setting up responses in out of area contexts (either where no SC
presence or CO presence); and/or extensive experience of working in high
income contexts - Previous experience of managing programme
teams in large-scale/complex, first phase emergency response is essential - Senior management experience of leading a
diverse, multi-function and/or multi-sector team at a Country Director or
other relevant SMT level. - Previous experience of managing
multi-donor, multi-site programmes (including ECHO, DFID and OFDA) of GBP
5m+ in a first phase response at regional or country level - Multi-site security management in insecure
environments - Experience of international level
representation with key stakeholders, and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN - Prior exposure and experience of
international media representation and advocacy - Experience of M&E and beneficiary
accountability systems in large complex programmes - Experience of developing and negotiating
successful partnerships with institutional donors - Proven ability to influence change at an
operational and strategic level - Politically and culturally sensitive with
qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy - A high level of written and spoken English
- The capacity and willingness to be
extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure
working circumstances. - Commitment to the aims and principles of
SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus
and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply in English
saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary
expectations for this role at the link below.
saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary
expectations for this role at the link below.
Deadline: 16th
February 2017
February 2017
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