Save the Children NGO Emergency Response Manager Jobs in Kampala Uganda
Save the Children NGO Emergency Response Manager Jobs in Kampala Uganda
About Us For over 90 years, Save the Children has been making a difference in children's lives in more than 120 countries.
We are the world's largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by a vision of a world 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.
Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity.
We are an equal opportunity organisation dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity.
Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives.
In Uganda, we implement programmes in five thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Child Poverty, Health and Nutrition in Development and Emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern, West Nile and Central regions of Uganda. We save children's lives.
We fight for their rights.We help them fulfil their potential.
We are currently recruiting for a Emergence Response Manager to lead on SCI Uganda Humanitarian strategy and help us re-imagine Humanitarian work in the 21st century.
Responsibilities
In this role you will provide leadership and strategic direction on the delivery of Country Office humanitarian responses, with a focus on the Cat 2 refugee response (South Sudanese and Congolese refugees)
You will lead in the early warning, preparedness and planning for emergency response and support the implementation of humanitarian responses in SC Uganda.
Your main focus will be to provide SCUG strategic response in close cooperation with the Programme Development and Quality (PDQ) team, followed by detailed planning and monitoring to ensure timely, adequate and well-funded activities in support of the affected population.
The Job role Includes
Working closely with the PDQ and Advocacy teams to support donor engagement and advocacy around humanitarian emergencies in Uganda.
You will coordinate and collaborate with the PDQ, Finance and Operations departments and field units to ensure Save the Children's commitment to improving quality and accountability in humanitarian work is upheld, and complies with all relevant policies and procedures with respect to child safeguarding, safe programming, health and safety, and donor compliance.
Ensure timely and accurate communications and media contributions and outputs to support the Appeal or member fundraising and submission of/quality reports and Sitreps as required by the internally classified emergency response category and RACIs.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is consistently dissatisfied with the status quo, but enough of a realist to understand
when to drive for change and when not to; to help ensure positive and lasting change in the lives of the most marginalized and vulnerable children.
In order to be successful you will bring:
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.
Senior management experience of leading a diverse, multi-function and/or multi-sector team at SMT level.
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 in representation with key stakeholders, and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN
Experience in media representation and advocacy
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
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.
Good understanding of the SC.
How to Apply
Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document.
Please apply online by following this link fhttos://uganda.savethechildren.net/jobs). indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been your direct supervisors.
Application closes on 26th March 2019
Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to application that is submitted online. Hand delivered applications will not be accepted and are therefore not considered during the shortlisting process.
Candidates from the district/community listed above are encouraged to apply.
All successful applicants will therefore be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and organizational Code of Conduct.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children NGO Emergency Response Manager Jobs in Kampala Uganda
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