Manager of Cross -Sector Programs / Multisector Program Manager in Save the Children

• Provide proper selection for all teams in sectors that are in direct responsibility (namely: education, CVA and FSL, Wash and Shelter-Nfis).
• Role.
• Ensure SCI efficiency management system for all subordinate employees through an effective approach that involves setting clear, measured goals, constant feedback, quarterly examinations and objective evaluation. and coordination with appropriate forums at the region and local authorities.
• regularly participate in meetings Tas.

To be successful, you need to have:

Responsibility:

• is responsible for making decisions, efficient resource management, achievement and imitation of values. commandBut partners are responsible for fulfilling their duties, giving them freedom to act in the best way they consider necessary, providing the necessary development to improve work and apply the appropriate consequences when the results are not achieved. For its own development and encourages its team
• widely shared by its personal vision of Save the Children, attracts and motivates others
• focused on the future, thinks strategically and global. Approachable
  • builds and maintains effective relationships with his team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporting sides
  • appreciates variety, sees a source of competitive, easy to find an approach. Communicates.

  Creativity:

  • develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
  • ready to go to disciplined Risk. demonstrates the highest level of integrity. Academic discipline.
  • skills and experience in the implementation, monitoring, viewing and evaluation of projects/programs, preferably with an approach based on the child's rights in accordance with the Children's Rights and International Humanitarian Standards. Diplomacy, the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
  • Grant Management experience, including budgeting and reporting to donors.
  • deep understanding or proven experience in security issues.
  • The ability to prepare quality offers and in English. Party -approach. Accounting for children and communities that have been affected. Shelter-Nfis.
  • Representation skills, political awareness and experience in the advocacy.

  we offer:

  • Official employment in accordance with Ukraine's legislation./
  • Working day from 9am to 5pm
  • Health insurance from the first working day
  • Life and health insurance
  • Opportunities for training and professional development

  Children's protection policy: reflects our obligation to protect children from violence. 

  Health and Safety:

  It is expected that all employees will perform their duties in accordance with our global policy to fight persecution. Effective and representative organizational culture, encouraging justice and diversity among their employees and eliminating illegal discrimination.

  ready to hire a disabled employee. Please note that the vacancy will remain open on the site until we find a successful candidate. Purpose:

  The Multisector Program Manager (PM) is Part of Save the Children (Sci) Team in South Ukraine, and Leads the planing, Implementing, MONTORATION of Programs in Education, Cash and Livelihoods (CVA and FSL), Wash and Shelter-Nfis, in Line with Save the Children's Project ManagementPolicy/Tools. The Multisector Pm is Responsible for Leading High Quality, Effective and Efficient Integrated Programs in The Sectors of ResponsIBIVITY Kherson Oblasts Through Strong Coordination Across Sectors and Departments, with A Specific Fix Attmentation to Coordinating and Integrating the Sectors of Responsibility Psychocial Support (MHPSS) Programs Under The Responsability of A Dediactated CP & MHPSS PM. Alongside Directly Implementated Activities, The Multisector Pm Oversees All Education, Wash and Shelter-Nfis, and CVA and FSL Programs Implemented BYAng. Accountability:

  Program Management

• Overall Responsible for the Timely Immplement ENSURING THAT ACTIVITIES ARE DELIVED ON TIME, ON BGGGET AND IN COMPLANCE WITH DONORS 'AND SCI'S OWN REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURS To day Project Implementation Inforced by Conflict Sensitivity, SAFE Programming, Gender Equity, Participation and Following A Needs Based Appaach. 
• ENSURE THATE EDUCTION, CVA AND FSL, Wash and Shelter-Nfis Projects Are Implemented in Ways Responsive to Communities, Partners And Children in Line by Anki. Contributing to the Country Office 2025-2027 Country Strategic Plan (CSP).
• supporting the program for kick off process for all new awards to ensure clarity on roles, timelines, and compliance requirements, 
• Ensure that procurement plans and distribution schedules of program inputs are in place and align with logistic/supply chain capacity, are tracked and updated regularly.
• Manage program budget, including phasing expenditures, provide monthly budget forecasting and quarterly budget revision for all grants- including partners’ sub-awarded budgets.
• Ensure proper and effective use of program resources, ensuring that all resources/assets in projects of direct responsibility are managed in line with SCI’s and donor’s compliance rules and regulations, and policies.
• Track and report on progress against both programmatic and budgetary targets for all awards of direct responsibility, and collaborate with the Technical Advisors to adjust program delivery as necessary. 
• Prepare timely and high quality program and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal SCI’s requirements and donors’ requirements, for all awards of direct responsibility.
• Responsible for liaising with Security team on staff movement planning and any necessary security assessments or reassessments of operational areas.
• Promote synergies and ensure the overall coherence and relevance of multi-sectoral response through internal referral and ensuring that an area-based approach is followed, with clear synergies among activities and sectors. 

Partnership and Localisation 

• Work with the partnership team, and get support from TAs, to identify appropriate partners for implementation of the sector response in the sectors of responsibility (namely, Education, CVA and FSL, WASH and Shelter-NFIs), including conducting capacity assessment and developing capacity strengthening plans based on gap assessments.
• With support from TAs, work with partners to develop their program design and proposals, ensuring they align with the CO’s 2025-2027 CSP and award tools.
• Overall responsible for the review of so-called ‘Annex A’ and ‘Annex B’ in partners subaward agreements (PAA), and for submitting PAAs on time to SAO / CO Awards and partnership  teams.
• Ensure frequent review of partner progress against budget and work plan, and support partners to course-correct activities/strategies in light of context changes or operational challenges.
• Review partner narrative and financial reporting as well as MEAL data, in line with CO internal deadline for MEAL, Finance and Awards Review Meetings.

Needs Analysis, Programme Design

• With support from TAs, contribute to situation/response analysis, sector strategy documents and sector response plans as well as program design, working with partners to ensure design is appropriate and implementable.
• Support the Area Director in scenario planning and trend analysis to capture the pressing needs of vulnerable children and families in the area of operation. 
• Identify and support opportunities for assessments to inform responsive program design. 
• With support from PDQ Team, oversee and guide teams on technical assessments in coordination with other thematic areas and/or other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs.
• InvolvING actively engaging with partners in the early stages of proposal design to ensure that their expertise, insights, and capacities are effectively integrated into programmatic strategies. 
• Support the Technical Advisors in the development of project proposals, in close coordination with Supply Chain, Finance and Awards unit, ensuring effective integration at design phase.
• Contribute to country and area level contingency and emergency preparedness plans and where possible, integrate contingency planning for program planning and proposal design.
• Support partners and direct teams to respond to new emergencies and spikes.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability

• Support MEAL department to develop MEAL and indicators tracking plans for all awards under direct responsibility, input into the development of M&E tools as necessary to monitor project progress.
• Support Knowledge Management/MEAL to collect appropriate, timely and accurate data against agreed indicators to enable both internal and external reporting.
• Submit activity database on a monthly basis to MEAL and ensure that timely communication takes place on start up of activities to support MEAL planning cycles.
• Increase use of data from monitoring (including Quality Benchmarks) to informing program revision and design.
• In coordination with the MEAL  Manager, assist partners in developing appropriate strategies for monitoring and evaluating implemented activities. 
• Provide feedback on TAs and MEAL visit reports and implement actions identified following the observation/reccomandations reported.
• Identify and increase opportunities for Child Participation in program implementation.

Staff Management, Mentorship and Development

• Ensure appropriate staffing for all the teams of the sectors under direct responsibility (namely, Education, CVA and FSL, WASH and Shelter-NFIs).
• Ensure that all education staff of the sectors under direct responsibility (namely, Education, CVA and FSL, WASH and Shelter-NFIs) understand their duties and are able to perform their role.
• Ensure adherence to SCI’s performance management system of all line-managed staff through and effective approach that includes the establishment of clear, measurable objectives, ongoing feedback, quarterly reviews and fair and unbiases evaluations.

Coordination 

• Ensure external representation and coordination with relevant area level fora and local authorities.
• Regularly attend and report back (to AD and TAs) on area-level cluster coordination mechanisms in the sectors under direct responsibility (namely, Education, CVA and FSL, WASH and Shelter-NFIs). 

BEHAIOURS (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 their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• At least 3 years’ experience working with a humanitarian/development organisation.
• University degree (bachelor level, masters preferred) in a relevant academic discipline.
• Skills and experience in project/programme implementation, monitoring, review and evaluation preferably from a child rights approach in accordance with the Child Rights Convention and international humanitarian rights standards.
• Substantial people and program management experience.
• Advanced interpersonal skills, tact and diplomacy competences and ability to communicate at all levels.
• Solid experience in grant management, including budget holding and donor reporting.
• Substantial understanding or proven experience of security management issues.
• Ability to produce high-quality proposals and reports in English.
• Ability to work with limited supervision from line-manager. 
• Experience working with partners and a participatory approach.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and computer literate.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children. In particular a good understanding of the SC’s mandate and child focus, and to uphold SCI’s policies and regulations, with a focus on safeguarding (child safeguarding and PSEA) and child participation/accountability to affected children and communities. 

Desirable

• Previous work experience with a humanitarian/development organisation in South Ukraine.
• Technical expertise in at least one of the sectors covered by the role, namely, Education, CVA and FSL, WASH and Shelter-NFIs.
• Representational, political awareness and advocacy skills.

We offer:

• Official employment
• International working conditions
• Working day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m
• Location of the office in the center of Mykolaiv
  

Child Safeguarding: 

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. 

Health and Safety:

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: 

SCI is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organizational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating unlawful discrimination. 

Ready to hire an employee with disability.