Muti Sectoral Senior Programs Manager, head of programs in Save the Children

Save the Children International is a humanitarian organization with more than 100 years of history. Save the Children was founded in May 1919 in London. SCI has been working in Ukraine since 2014. It started its work in the territory of Donetsk region. Currently, SCI is expanding its activities to eight cities of Ukraine, and Kharkiv is one of them. We work in the areas of education, child protection, overcoming child poverty, health care, and also carry out advocacy activities related to the protection of children's rights.

The Program Manager (PM) will have overall responsibility for overseeing the implementation of projects in Kharkiv in CP, Education, FSL, CVA, WASH, Shelter and NFI. Reporting to the Field Manager, they will manage the Coordinators and Program Managers and ensure that gaps are filled when the Operations position(s) at the Coordinator or higher operational level becomes vacant.

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience working with a humanitarian/development organization, preferably in eastern Ukraine
• University degree (Bachelor's level, preferably Master's ) in a relevant academic discipline
• Skills and experience in project/programme implementation, monitoring, review and evaluation, preferably with a child rights approach as appropriate to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and international humanitarian rights standards.
• Significant staff and program management experience with good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Significant grant management experience including retention budget and donor reporting.
• Significant understanding or proven experience of security management issues.
• Ability to produce quality reports in English language.
• Representational, political awareness and advocacy skills.
• Ability to work with limited line manager supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the implementation of all programs in the relevant area, supporting the field manager to achieve relevant KPIs
• Provide direct support and strategic direction to Kharkiv operations teams for the transition to PRIME, including updated logic diagrams , DIP, PP, HR plans, etc.
• Collaboration with operational teams to ensure accurate and timely delivery of monthly reports MEAL
• In collaboration with HoP / AD and FM, develop and monitor the master budget forecast and cash requests for events in Kharkiv, make recommendations for adaptive measures.
• Provide guidance to operational teams on compliance deadlines related to applications
• Planning for the efficient use of Program resources, ensuring that all resources/assets in the project are managed accordingly to SC and Donor policies.
• Monitor and report on Program progress on program and budgetobjectives, as well as work with Technical Advisors/Specialists to make adjustments to the Program structure as needed.
• Collaborate with the Awards reporting teams and coordinators to provide input, review and deliver timely and high-quality donor reports .

Full list of duties at the link

We offer:

• Official employment
• International conditions of labor
• Working day from 9 to 17 hours
• Location of the office in the center of Kharkiv

Child Protection Policy:

We must ensure the safety of children , so our selection process involves a strict background checks and reflects our commitment to protecting children from abuse.

Health and Safety:

All employees are expected to comply with our global anti-harassment policy.

Rdiversity, equity and inclusion:

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

Ready to hire an employee with a disability.