Deadline: 15 February, 2022
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Save the Children International has opened applications for the role of Regional Area Manager.
The organisation works to ensure children around the world get health care, food and shelter as well as learning and child-protection services.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for all of the region’s programme management, operations and implementation of all awards, including the management of subarea and district-based operations and offices, emergency responses (including DRR), supply chain, partnership, and safety and security
- Ensure compliance to policies and standard operating procedures of Save the Children with regard to child safeguarding, safety and security and other relevant policies
Requirements
- Master’s degree or higher or equivalent field experience
- Eight years of progressive experience in programme implementation, with five years, minimum, in a middle management position in an NGO
- Thorough understanding of national poverty strategies as well as current national and international trends in global poverty and development
- Strong financial, planning and budget management skills and experience
- Strategic management skills
- Strong negotiation and effective interpersonal skills
- Networking and policy development and policy engagement
- Analytical skills
- Experience of working with local partners and local governments
- Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities
- Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team
- Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills
- Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- Ability to handle crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, including influencing, negotiation and coaching
- Excellent time management and planning capacity
- Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses
- Commitment to Save the Children values
To apply and for more information, click here.
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