Save the Children Program Development Manager Jobs 2024 – Zambia NGO Jobs

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Save the Children Program Development Manager Jobs 2024 – Zambia NGO Jobs.

Save the Children Zambia looking for “Program Development Manager”.

Applicants with a Master’s Degree may apply on or before 29th January, 2024.

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in around 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children strives to achieve a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. We work to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Across all of our work, we pursue several core values: accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity and integrity.

The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on 16th January, 2024 for qualified Zambia’s to fill in the vacant post of Program Development Manager to be based in Lusaka, Zambia.

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Key Areas of Accountability:

As a member of the Zambia Country Programme, demonstrate behaviors that are consistent with Save the Children’s Mission, Vision and Values and ensure their broader application by staff across the programme.
Contribute to a conducive and productive work environment typified by teamwork and collaboration.
Contribute to the wider country programme agenda.
Support the effective implementation the SCI Programme Quality Framework
Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way that reflects Save the Children’s commitment to safeguarding children, in accordance with our Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding Policy.
Ensure a child rights approach with integrated child participation, resilience, protection, and gender strategies across all our thematic areas from design to implementation.
Ensure the design and development of child focused emergency and development programs of a high quality that contribute to the Country Office’s strategies and plans, informed by child participation when and where possible.
Ensure that the Zambia Country Office has a first class, multi-sectoral and dual mandate program reflecting all priority technical and sector aspects of the Save the Children global strategy and Theory of Change.
Ensure excellent coordination and cooperation with incoming member, regional and center-based technical advisors as well as surge teams during emergencies.
Provide inputs and support to the advocacy and communications teams to communicate and market our vision internally and externally.
Contribute to providing technical assistance and capacity building for and with partners on proposal development and new business development as needed.
Reporting to the Country Director, develop and submit a comprehensive Business Development Strategy and Process, in line with the Country Strategy, for SMT contributions and approval.
Oversee the implementation and follow-up of Business Development Strategy and Process, reporting monthly to the Director of Program Development & Quality.
Identify, research, and disseminate information on new funding opportunities from bilateral, multi-lateral, and other institutional donors. Use creative approaches to link SCI and Zambia programme ambitions to donor priorities, while also effectively contributing to
SCI Zambia and Save the Children Members’ efforts to influence the strategies of donors.
Support the cultivation of business relationships with external stakeholders and potential partners for large scale or strategic funding opportunities and help shape and contribute to strategies and ambitions for priming or subbing in joint ventures.
Track upcoming funding opportunities and donor engagement strategy and processes, providing monthly updates to the SMT.
Assist in developing the SCI Zambia funding strategy for thematic and cross-thematic programme strategies and ambitions, with a focus on cross-sectoral integration. These strategies should reflect our ambitions with an eye toward encouraging innovation and creative thinking to achieve more quality and immediate impact for children.
Examine and evaluate innovative new partnerships and ensure that Save the Children maximizes its efforts to implement its Theory of Change.

Position in Organization:

Position Name: Program Development Manager
Job Identification: 3216
Job Category: Programme, Development and Quality
Posting Date: 16/01/2024, 14:02
Apply Before: 29/01/2024, 14:02
Job Schedule: Full time
Locations: Lusaka

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

Skilled in social sciences, development area with a relevant masters’ degree.
Proven track record in producing winning bids, proposals, and reports for institutional donors, corporations and others.
Proven ability to design high quality programs.

Experience:

Recommended 5-7 years’ experience in both an emergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in at least 2 priority sectors of Save the Children: education, protection, child rights governance, health and nutrition or child poverty.
Experience in presenting project information to donors and partners.
Experience in coordinating development of large-scale or strategic proposals, including the development of multi-million-dollar project budgets.

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