Save The Children Deputy Chief Of Party Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
Save The Children Ethiopia looking for “Deputy Chief Of Party”.
Applicants with a Master’s Degree may apply on or before 24th March, 2024.
Save the Children has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years. With the formation of the independent Republic of Ethiopia in July 2011, Save the Children established a Country Office and has staff working all over the country to help build government institutions. Save the Children has maintained its presence in Ethiopia despite significant challenges in the operating environment by adopting a flexible approach to its work with the Government of Ethiopia.
The Save The Children has published a job vacancy announcement on 14th March, 2024 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Deputy Chief Of Party to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Save The Children Job Vacancy 2024
Essential Duties:
- In collaboration with the COP, ensure that the Childhood Development Activity (CDA) is delivered according to the contractual requirements of USAID, The LEGO Foundation and the Government of Ethiopia i.e. all activities and deliverables are completed within the agreed timeline and budget, reports are submitted as per agreed schedules and any other requirements or criteria are fulfilled.
- Represent the Activity at meetings with USAID, The LEGO Foundation, Government of Ethiopia, partners, and other stakeholders when required.
- Oversee technical outputs of all partner organizations through regular field visits and facilitate work planning and regular technical meetings for all consortium partners.
- Coordinate the preparation of Activity reports, including quarterly and annual reports, and contribute to success stories and other project reporting and documentation.
- Provide technical and managerial leadership in the areas of capacity building, quality teaching and learning, community and family participation, monitoring/evaluation.
- Ensure program quality assurance and impact assessment through monitoring and evaluation of interventions, and sustained knowledge gathering and sharing through periodic evaluations.
- Supervise the technical team, consult with technical partners and other relevant national stakeholders and beneficiaries as necessary.
- Collaborate with in-country technical advisors and headquarter-based technical staff to ensure the Activity is implemented according to program design, industry best practices and regulations.
- Facilitate scenario-based planning for the CDA and provide leadership for the planning and implementation processes, modifying and adapting plans accordingly.
- Coordinate the design and routine update of detailed annual work plans and ensure these are used by the team appropriately to monitor progress towards completion and achievement of program objectives.
- Ensure that reports for donors, Government of Ethiopia, and Save the Children are prepared as required, ensuring these are of the highest quality and submitted in a timely manner to the donor. Be fully aware of the grant compliance regulations of Save the Children as well as USAID and The LEGO Foundation.
- Work closely with the Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation (LME) team to develop a research plan, analyze project data, identify key challenges, and use them to inform policy analysis and revision.
- Manage and motivate direct reports to achieve their work plan objectives, and to contribute to the achievement of the overall program goals.
- Coordinate with key stakeholders, other USG implementing partners, and Government of Ethiopia in the fulfilment of Activity goal and objectives.
- Provide consistent and high quality technical support to implementing partners using direct face-to-face methods as well as remote support.
- Monitor country-level activities, identify challenges and work with teams to resolve challenges in a timely manner.
- Ensure key project results (including outcomes of special studies, monthly, quarterly and annual reports) are communicated to the COP and Country Office senior leadership in a timely manner.
- Create and maintain an environment for learning, sharing of ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to emerging problems within the Childhood Development Activity.
- Identify performance gaps within the technical team and provide appropriate capacity building for both core team and partner staff.
- Coordinate closely with the SC offices in Ethiopia, as well as at the regional and global levels and partners in technical matters.
- Facilitate periodic program meetings and ensure a summary of progress and challenges are prepared and presented with follow-up actions as required.
- Ensure proper Activity management by ensuring that all planned expenditures are on track in strict compliance with the agreed budget lines and USAID/LEGO Foundation and Save the Children’s financial regulations.
- Ensure that KPIs for program operations are met and work closely with other functions to achieve project milestones.
Position in Organization:
- Deputy Chief of Party
- Job Identification: 5188
- Job Category: Business Support
- Posting Date: 13/03/2024, 19:17
- Apply Before: 24/03/2024, 19:17
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Locations: Addis Ababa
Minimum Requirement:
Qualification:
- Master’s degree (or higher) in education, early childhood education, developmental psychology or related field.
Experience:
- Minimum of ten years’ demonstrated technical experience in education, early childhood education and education in emergency, with experience in Ethiopia.
- Demonstrated experience in leading multi-year project, and experience in leading partners in the achievement of project milestones.
- A minimum of 12 years of experience in managing early childhood and education projects in an emergency context, and a minimum of 3 years of USAID funded early childhood/education projects.
- Effective strategic planning, program evaluation, and project management skills.
- Ability to analyze and synthesize outputs of special studies and communicate results as succinctly as possible.
- Proven experience of building and working effectively in teams.
Language Requirement:
- Fluent oral and strong analytical, written English communications skills.
How to Apply Save The Children Deputy Chief Of Party Jobs 2024
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/5188
The Closing Date: 24th March, 2024.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.