LOCATION: Lilongwe
GRADE: TBC
POST TYPE: 10 months
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3 - The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The KGIS Team Leader will lead the Cash Transfer and the School Experience components of DFID’s Keeping Girls in School (KGIS) programme. The 3-year programme will reach approximately 100,000 mothers with regular conditional cash transfers to help adolescent girls stay in school and work with various structures including Mother Groups, Community Child Protection Committees, female teachers, etc. to help keep girls in school. The programme works very closely with the Government of Malawi Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), building the capacity of the MoEST to sustain programme interventions at the conclusion of the programme. The Team Leader will strategically lead and manage the two KGIS components (SE and CT) and be accountable for the achievement of programme deliverables and delivery of the joint log-frame within the consortium and with DFID.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Director – Education and Child Development
Staff directly reporting to this post: 3 – 5, TBD
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
· Manage and lead programme related strategic liaison with in-Country government, donors, and consortium partners. Manage relationships to ensure ongoing programme performance and technical quality assurance.
· Ensure the programme meets or exceeds agreed targets. To include reviewing cross-consortium programme performance data and programme management arrangements on a monthly basis, identifying and agreeing residual actions, mitigation activities and influencing consortium partners to ensure partner performance is maintained.
· Proactive identification of technical support requirements for all areas of the programme. This will include, but will not be limited to the development of a cash transfer mechanism, Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning, ensuring that the programme achieves technical excellence, embedding continuous improvements in operational aspects of programmes.
· Inspire, lead and motivate programme teams to deliver on programme objectives.
· Ensure that the project is appropriately staffed across Save the Children and consortium members, including the appropriate combination of expertise across technical and operational areas
· Identify, implement and improve accountability mechanisms for operating under commercial arrangements across partnerships and programme consortium arrangements.
· Focus on and respond to requirements of scale-up through replicating and ensuring value for money on identified effective approaches and techniques. Develop programme systems that are flexible and responsive to changing demands.
· Ensure that an effective monitoring system is in place for achieving prior agreed targets in relation to programme activities, budget allocations and financial expenditures, ensuring that value for money can be effectively demonstrated to the donor
· Identify and effectively manage all key risks related to the programme
· Ensure that you work to the best of your ability and demonstrate high levels of commitment to Save the Children and our vision, mission and values in order to ensure the objectives of your role and the country programme are met.
· Ensure the effective and efficient use of all Save the Children resources in order to keep costs low and ensure safety in the workplace.
· Comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy to ensure maximum protection for children.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
- Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same
- Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners
- Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency
- Always acts in the best interests of children
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential
· Prior experience of designing and/or delivering large scale cash transfer programmes - desirable
· Proven ability to manage consortiums with a minimum of 4 years’ experience managing multi-agency programmes
· Demonstrable track record of meeting or exceeding programme targets, while maintaining technical quality.
· Ability to represent the cash transfer 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 articulate 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
· Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
Desirable
· Post-graduate qualification in social science, international development, or other relevant discipline
· Substantial experience of working and living in Africa, ideally with professional experience in Malawi
· Demonstrable understanding of Value for Money and DFID results agenda.
· Ability to coach and mentor multi-sectoral partners
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply by going to malawi.savethechildren.net/jobs