Deadline: 12 January 2016
Save the Children is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Deputy Response Manager Programmes in Niger. The duration for the post is of 2 years.
The Deputy Response Manager Programmes shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Diffa Response programming.
Save the Children works to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Deputy Response Manager Programmes will perform the following functions-
- Responsible for overseeing the development of high quality, innovative programs that deliver immediate and lasting change for children and monitoring the quality of the implementation of those programs.
- Provide technical assistance and appropriate monitoring and evaluation in emergency responses programming.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- A minimum of [3 years] management experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, including experience directing and implementing programs for children in both emergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than one of the Save the Children priority sectors: education, protection, rights governance, HIV/AIDs, health and nutrition, and emergencies.
- Masters Degree in Public Health or equivalent.
- Strong background in Managing Health and Nutrition programmes.
- A general appreciation of the issues concerning the NGO sector, both development and humanitarian issues.
- Solid experience of developing and managing monitoring and learning systems.
- Good analytical skills. Effective negotiator, with the ability to positively influence cross departmental and cross sector working.
- Credibility to lobby, influence and represent Save the Children at all levels.
- Resource management, training, capacity building, coaching, and mentoring skills.
- Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams, in emergencies.
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches.
- Ability to operate in English and French.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their CV and covering letter including their salary expectations for this role in English, as a single document, through online process.
For more information, please visit Save the Children.
