Programme Manager Response Innovation Lab NGO Jobs – Save the Children Internationa

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Job Title:   Programme Manager Response Innovation Lab  

Organisation: Save the Children International

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

 

About US:

Save the Children International is an international relief organization that was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.

 

Job Summary: The Programme Manager Response Innovation Lab will lead the day to day work of the Response Innovation Lab (RIL) in Uganda. The objective is to support social-impact innovations and innovators, especially local innovators, and to strengthen this ecosystem in order to drive impact for communities in need particularly the 1.4 million refugees living in the country.

 

The PM is responsible and accountable for effective and efficient planning as well as for quality and performance of the implementation of the RIL portfolio with technical guidance from the RIL Manager.

 

The portfolio of RIL Uganda spans across several awards/grants that all seek to execute the RIL functions of supporting the innovation ecosystem with varied thematic focus (energy, nutrition, Covid-19 response, etc): Map and Convene, Matchmake, Support, Gather and disseminate Evidence. The job holder needs to be a seasoned programme manager with strong coordination and relationship-building skills. We are looking for a doer who can contribute to building a vision for the team and operationalize the concepts to deliver this vision in collaboration with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including donors and innovators.


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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in International development, business administration, communications, social sciences or related studies
  • Ten years of experience in an incubator, a start-up, social enterprise, innovation space and/or I/NGO
  • Candidates with a Bachelor degree in a similar field and added years of work experience may be considered too
  • Experience in business administration or project management, innovation-management, partnership-management
  • A team player and self-starter who can turn ideas into concrete results
  • Eagerness to build partnerships and projects outside of traditional humanitarian field and to challenge traditional ways of working
  • Experience working with and managing ambitious innovation or humanitarian projects
  • Understanding of the refugee response context in Uganda
  • Understanding of the innovation ecosystem in Uganda
  • Understanding of main current digital tools and technological innovations
  • Good analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Capable of working independently
  • Demonstrated experience in building excellent relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
  • Confident communication and documentation skills; ability to represent the lab to a variety of stakeholders in a range of forums
  • Able to work on a cross-cultural environment with multi-national staff.
  • A commitment to humanitarian and Response Innovation Lab principles and values
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, word, etc.)

 

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Save the Children should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 21st October 2022

 

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