TEAM/PROGRAMME: Humanitarian Department -Consortium Management Unit
LOCATION:
Nairobi with frequent travels to the field
GRADE: 2
CONTRACT LENGTH: 6 months
CONTRACT TYPE: Kenya National
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the role 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 in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The H&N Consortium Manager will be responsible for rapid, effective and high quality coordination and management of the Consortium. This emergency award has high pressure, high stakes and high responsibilities to deliver for the Children and families of Somalia delivered through nine INGOs. The role will include leading the fast establishment and rapid implementation against very deadlines, strategic planning, coordination, monitoring and reporting on this award.
Under the guidance of the Steering Committee and the line management of the Humanitarian Director, the H&N Consortium Manager will be responsible for supporting the consortium members to ensure the urgent, unhindered delivery of essential life-saving supplies and program delivery.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: The H&N Consortium Manager will report to Save the Children Somalia/Somaliland Humanitarian Director and s/he will work under the overall guidance of the Steering Committee.
Staff directly reporting to this post: Finance and Awards Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, Consortium IM Officer
Staff indirectly reporting to this post: TBC
Dimension of Role:
This is a challenging role in a complex environment. It requires a dedicated, experienced and highly motivated individual who can manage the difficulties of working in such an environment and still be fundamental in helping to drive forward our programmes and ambitions. The H&N Consortium Manager will be part of a H&N Consortium Management Unit made of a Finance and Awards Coordinator, a MEAL Coordinator and Consortium IM Officer to provide sound programme/award management services and key emergency response leadership to Consortium members.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Programme Development and Planning
- Ensure that the program will produce the outputs as set in the DFID proposal within required timeframes, while also allowing the consortium to refine and finalize strategies, methodologies and inputs as the program goes on and as relevant.
- Provide strategic guidance and reporting to Steering Committee and implementing partners in particular in planning and implementing a high quality and innovative nutrition consortium programme
- Institute a practice of joint project planning and reviewing with consortium members.
- Ensure that the programme adapts best practices gained through establishment and maintenance of high level of professional engagement with relevant actors (including academic/research institutions, international organisations, etc.)
- Ensure the development and application of appropriate system for systematic documentation, dissemination and storage of best practices and knowledge gained from implementing the programme
- Support the Steering Committee and members of the consortium in identifying opportunities for improving the quality and scope of the programme
Programme Implementation
- Ensure the development and application of harmonised approaches for implementing the programme including the development of standards and frameworks for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL)
- Ensure that technical support areas of implementing consortium partners are identified and addressed to ensure quality programme delivery by the team designated for consortium management
- Provide continuous guidance to the Consortium Management Unit
- Provide centralised technical support across all consortium members and to ensure the development and application of common standards and practices for programme planning, implementation, monitoring, learning and reporting within all members of the consortium
- Ensure the effective planning and implementation of activities that cut-across all consortium members including assessments, studies, capacity building initiatives, setting up and running of a centralized evidence and knowledge management and dissemination initiatives etc.
- Ensure that implementation of the programme across all consortium members is regularly monitored; evidences, results and lessons are documented and communicated; challenges are tracked and addressed in a timely manner
- Ensure that the project is appropriately staffed across the consortium members, including the appropriate combination of expertise across technical and operational areas.
Reporting
- Ensure that fortnightly programme sit reps are produced and shared with Consortium Members and DFID
- Ensure the adoption of nutrition data/information collection and management system including the production and communication of professional quality reports to users and the donor as required
- Institute a practice of producing a harmonised quality programme report by consortium members (develop relevant tools and training of staff)
- Ensure the production and submission of evidence based and high quality technical/narrative and financial reports to be submitted to the donor and consortium members
Coordination
- Ensure that all consortium members both at field and Nairobi levels coordinate and regularly represent the H&N Consortium at the coordination and technical working group meetings, and other relevant fora.
- Strengthen and maintain links between Nutrition and other thematic areas in areas of operation
- Liaise on a regular basis with other departments of the Lead Agency and other Consortium members to guarantee the smooth running of the programme.
Advocacy
- Ensure that evidence is adequately produced and use learning to advocate for good practices with key stakeholders (international agencies, local government, civil society and communities).
- Support Save the Children and other partner’s advocacy agendas.
- Ensure that the team is disseminating effective interventions at a wider scale.
Other duties:
· Serve as secretary of the Steering Committee
· Comply with and promote all Global Policies such as Child Safeguarding, whistle blowing, fraud and safety
- Perform other duties as may be requested by the Steering Committee and incumbent’s line manager
COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Problem solving and Decision Making (Accomplished level)
· Produces data and evidence to drive decision making and quality improvement
· Provides frameworks to support decision making
· Explores and analysis external trends and their potential impact on strategic choices
Delivering Results: (Accomplished level)
· Maintains a broad strategic perspective at the same time as an awareness of the detail of a situation
· Establishes clear and compelling objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance
· Creates and applies measures and metrics to track performance
· Holds others accountable for achieving results and challenges underperformance
· Demonstrates financial awareness and a concern for cost effectiveness
Developing self and others (accomplished level)
· Gives regular positive and constructive feedback to others
· Identifies clear development needs and development plans through regular constructive reviews of their own performance (and their team’s where appropriate)
· Creates space for others to learn and provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments when people are ready for them
· Coaches others to learn from their experiences on the job and to use the resources available to them
Working Effectively with Others: (accomplished level)
· Enables people from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives to contribute to positive outcomes
· Breaks down silo working and challenges behaviors that are not collaborative
· Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with
· Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities
· Knows when to follow and lend leadership to strengthen other leaders
- Recognises when trust is broken and seeks to resolve conflict and re-establish trust
Networking (accomplished level)
· Builds trust with contacts through openness and honesty
· Participates effectively in sensitive, complex and/or high impact relationships and networks
· Builds strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders
· Spots opportunities to bring together partnerships/working alliances that have not been used before
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES:
Essential
· Post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline
· At least 5 years of delivering large scale emergency response integrated programmes.
· Proven ability to manage consortia with an extensive experience managing multi-agency programmes.
· Demonstrable track record of meeting or exceeding programme targets, while maintaining technical quality.
· Ability to represent the nutrition programme at a strategic level and engage and influence key stakeholders at district and national level.
· Demonstrated experience of working with national level government structures to strengthen the capacity of the state to take ownership for and deliver services.
· Self-motivated and results orientated.
· Highly numerically articulated with a track record of data manipulation and reporting systems.
· Experience in management of finance and budget monitoring and risk management. Proven ability to motivate and develop others
· Highly diplomatic and emotionally intelligent with strong oral and written communication skills.
· Strong communication skills in English, with substantial experience in managing multicultural teams
· Experience of building, leading and developing a team of senior staff with different backgrounds and expertise
· Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in
Desirable
· Substantial experience of working and living in the Horn of Africa, ideally with professional experience in the Somalia.
· Demonstrable understanding of Value for Money and DFID results agenda.
· Ability to coach and mentor partners.
CHILD SAFEGUARING POLICY:
Any employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding - Declaration of Acceptance Form] and comply with the SCI’s Child Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact.
This extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly, but also includes children whom staff are responsible for. SCI believes that the situation of children must be improved through the promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children International's Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must adhere to.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory cover letter quoting the Job Title and Vacancy Announcement No. SCI/SOM/16/17 on the subject line. The file name of the CV and attachments must be the applicants name and sent to Somalia.vacancies@savethechildren.org. For more information please visit
Applications close on 17th February 2017
Those who had previously applied need not re-apply
Disclaimer:
Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents
