ROLE PURPOSE: 

The Head of Office will be expected to lead on all aspects of Northwest Syria area management and contribute to the development of programming in other geographic areas, including program and budget development and management, agency coordination, partner engagement and representation and management of support service functions, along with a Deputy Head of Office overseeing technical teams. The post holder will play a key role in building capacity at area level, and in the effective scale up and management of Save the Children emergency programmes to increase impact and enable positive change for children.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Program Operations Director

Dimensions: Leads the successful management of the Syria Response area office’s portfolio, approximately $5m-$12m USD annually Northwest area

Staff directly reporting to this post: 7 direct reports
Location: Gaziantep - Turkey

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Program Operations

•    Manage the design and implementation of programme and operational activities in the Syria Response North West area, effectively using the assistance of technical sector advisors and operational support staff.
•    Represent Save the Children with Partner leadership to ensure alignment with partnership approach of the Syria Response Office as well as to ensure full respect of the principles of partnership.
•    Manage multiple grants across multiple sectors, ensuring that projects and reports are delivered according to Save the Children and donor contractual requirements, within the agreed timescale and budget.
•    Working  with  the  Program  Operations  Director  to  develop  sector  response  plans, sustainability strategies and master budgets to contribute to Save the Children’s overall response strategy.
•    Working  closely  with  the  Program  Development  and  Quality  Director  to  support fundraising including development of high quality concept notes and proposals.
•    Delegated  responsibility  of  programme  implementation  to  ensure  timely  delivery  of programme activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans).
•    Oversee multi agency coordination in the North West area, and ensure leadership for education cluster  and participation in other clusters where appropriate
Implement effective safety and security procedures for the area office, ensuring that these are updated and revised at regular intervals and that new programmes are built around security considerations.
•    Manage logistics processes to procure, store and distribute stock, supplies and services for the timely delivery of project objectives within the field base or area
•    Develop and implement participatory assessment to contribute to programme planning and MEAL processes
•    Manage  and  motivate  area  staff  to  perform  highly  in  their  respective  roles  and responsibilities. This will include leading on area staffing structure, recruitment, performance
management and implementing staff welfare policy
•    To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Core Humanitarian Standards.
•    Lead on emergency preparedness and response activities in North West area of operation.

Supervise and manage programme staff
•    Ensure appropriate staffing at all levels of the North West area
•    Ensure appropriate gender and ethnic diversity within the programme team.
•    Ensure that area staff have clearly defined objectives and understand their responsibilities vis-à-vis the Partnership Approach.
•    Incorporate staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team building process. Establish result based system and follow up
•    Ensure availability of appropriate professional development opportunities for staff
•    Encourage a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
•    Minimum 7 years senior management experience working in an humanitarian response contexts or in fragile states
•    International experience in humanitarian sector and emergency response experience is essential
•    Education to MSc/MA level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
•    Previous experience of managing a team
•    Demonstrated experience with working with local partners.
•    Previous experience of project management, including multi sector programmes
•    Budget management experience including institutional donors
•    Security management experience in insecure environments
•    Field and regional representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN
•    Demonstrable  experience  of  working  with  partners  and  establishing  strong  monitoring  and accountability mechanisms
•    Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
•    Excellent communication skills
•    Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
•    Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
•    A high level of written and spoken English
•    The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
•    Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children. In particular, a good understanding of the Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

   Desirable
•    Remote management and Multi-site management experience
•    Specific experience in designing and managing ECHO, OFDA, DFID, and UN agency-funded projects
•    National level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN
•    Media trained
•    Prior experience in Middle East & other relevant contexts
•    Fluency in English is preferred, knowledge of Arabic is desirable,

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

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.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety

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

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.  

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
•    No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
•    All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
•    Violence against children is no longer tolerated 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 
 

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

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.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

We encourage qualified women and persons with disabilities to apply.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.