Save the Children International
Role Profile
Education Portfolio Manager – Kenya Country Office
Team / Programme:Programme Development and Quality
Grade: TBC
Post Type: National
Child Safeguarding: Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may
require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or
young people
Role Purpose:
S/He will provide strategic and operational leadership and
assume the overall responsibility for the growth, development and
implementation of the education portfolio (approx £8m), currently with three
projects.
S/He must bring a senior leadership profile with a proven track
record in education and a sound technical background in programme design and
delivery.
They should also have experience managing complex programming
delivery in fragile contexts.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Director of Operations (with strong links to Director of
Programme Development and Quality)
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since 1984,
providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief
programmes delivered both directly and through local partners.
Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights
governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH.
Save the Children has an operational presence in Dadaab Refugee
Camp, Eldoret, Habaswein, Mandera, Meru and Wajir and has a logistics hub in
Garissa.
Currently, we have a staff complement of approximately 370 staff
and expenditure of approximately US$30 million this year.
Staff directly reporting to this post: TBC
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Overall
oversight and implementation of a multi-million pound portfolio
- Strategic
guidance, providing strong leadership and ensuring technically sound
decision-making processes
- Provide
technical support to individual project managers of project activities and
implementation
- Build
a strong team and create external partnerships
- Identify
future funding opportunities in country and design programmes
accordingly
- Ensure
that an effective monitoring system is in place with the project managers
and M&E staff for achieving prior agreed targets in relation to
project activities
- Ensure
budget allocations and financial expenditures, ensuring that value for
money can be effectively demonstrated to all donors
- Ensure
that the project is appropriately staffed across Save the Children
including the appropriate combination of expertise across technical and
operational areas
- Develop
and maintain efficient and effective operating systems, and ensure
compliance with all Save the Children Minimum Operating Standards, with a
particular focus on safety & security management
- Nurture
strong relationships with Save the Children’s partners in country,
national and regional level government and donors, as well as other key
stakeholders in the country of operation
- Provide
high level representation and negotiations with donors and GoK
- Build
capacity of project staff and conduct trainings
- Support
and ensure donor compliance in all projects- reports narrative and
financial
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds
self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds
the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities -
giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing
the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
- Sets
ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to
do the same
- Widely
shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates
others
- Future
orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration:
- Builds
and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues,
members and external partners and supporters
- Values
diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- Approachable,
good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
- Develops
and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing
to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
- Honest,
encourages openness and transparency
Qualifications and Experience
- Masters’
degree or equivalent in education or related field
- Prior
experience at a senior level within fragile or conflict affected states,
managing programmes in excess of £10m
- Technical
expertise in education
- Demonstrated
experience of developing and managing relationships and funding from
donors such as DFID, USAID, ECHO, EC, World Bank
- Demonstrated
experience of working with national and/or regional level government
structures to strengthen the capacity of the state to deliver services
- Strong
communication, and interpersonal skills in English, with substantial
experience in managing multicultural teams
- Experience
of building, leading and developing a team of staff with different
backgrounds and expertise
- Experience
of building personal networks at a senior level, resulting in securing new
opportunities for the organisation
- Experience
of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way
forward and ensuring buy-in
- Experience
in managing programmes in complex security settings
- Commitment
to the Save the Children values
Desirable:
- Familiar
with the Horn of Africa and Kenya in particular
- Experience
in pastoralist, refugee education
- Experience
in cash transfers
- Experience
in leading a consortium
- Exposure
to NGO security management
- Highly
developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international
environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Strong
results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind sets
- Experience
of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way
forward and ensuring buy in.
- Fluency
in English, both verbal and written, required. Swahili preferred.
- Commitment
to Save the Children values and willingness to abide by Child Safeguarding
Policy.
The application period is now open and will close on Friday 30th
November, 2012 at 4.30 p.m.
To apply for an open position, please send a short cover letter
and CV to Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org indicating the
position applied for in the subject line.