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 Project Coordinator will be primarily responsible to support the Program Operations Team in coordination and implementation of Emergency Response and Anticipatory Action Programming. Although the project implementation is primarily through local partners across the country S/He will support partners for ensuring high quality program delivery; and is expected to represent the organization at provincial and district level while ensuring participation at meetings with INGOs, UN and stakeholders. He/She will be resource person for program information, coordinating and following up with partners, all relevant departments and stakeholders including MEAL, Technical Advisors, Awards and NBD. 

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to:  Program Operations Manager

Role Dimensions: Coordination with country office and field teams, partner staff, PQEI, Awards and Partnership teams.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

The Project Coordinator will be responsible for Partner/Stakeholder coordination, Quality Oversight and monitoring of the following deliverables:

• Act as focal point for a designated portfolio of awards, supporting the relevant Program Operations Manager to deliver high quality, timely interventions in line the objectives of response strategy and in accordance with donor requirements
• Support and follow up with operations team in following adequate planning and implementation processes including development and updating DIP, procurement plan, recruitment plan, MEAL plan, budget phasing etc.
• Provide support in capacity building trainings and developing protocols, SoPs, ToRs, where required.
• In consultation with the MEAL section and technical advisor, ensure that all project implementation plans incorporate appropriate monitoring and impact assessment mechanisms and tools.
• Coordinate with SC and partner MEAL teams to ensure proper documentation, data collection, and monitoring of project deliverables.
• Ensure quality assurance during collection, analysis, and dissemination of research and other relevant dataSupport Awards team in follow up and finalization of timely quarterly and donor reporting.
• Support in CO humanitarian preparedness and response programming including revisions of EPP and development of contingency plans.
• Update and maintain program data repository on the online shared drive through support of program team including operations tracker.
• Schedule and organize program-related meetings and events.
• Preparation of Minutes of Meetings (MoM), field visit plans for visitors, program meetings’ agendas and dissemination to all concerned.
• When required liaise with different Government departments, NGOs/INGOS, UN and government agencies, for ensuring good working relationship and timely facilitation for CO.
• When required, represent the organisation in coordination as requested by supervisor.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice):

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving 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.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• 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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Master or Bachelors’ degree in development, project management, social sciences, or relevant field.  
• 5-6 years’ working experience in development sector, working with NGO/INGO in both emergency and development programs. 

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Essential:

• Significant experience of working in humanitarian programmes.

• Significant experience in coordinating program implementation across multiple provinces, engaging with multiple departments and stakeholders.
• Has good communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Awareness and knowledge of different humanitarian sectors in general and their relevance to the humanitarian emergency and recovery setting. 
• Has in depth knowledge of donor reporting regulations including EU, ECHO, DEC, USAID etc. and had significant experience in preparing external reports for these donors.
• Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner. 
• Must be able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment. 
• Good analytical, interpersonal and communication skills 
• Proficient in speaking and written English. 
• Proficiency in relevant data collection and analysis. 
• Flexibility to work independently and as part of an integrated, diverse team and be comfortable in multiple, high varied settings, and tight deadlines with different work and learning styles. 
• Willingness to travel to field sites. 

Desirable:

• Willingness to learn and contribute to the key results of save the children program. 

• Ability to manage multiple and competing demands and establish priorities. 

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.

Save the Children has zero tolerance towards Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Fraud, Bribery and Corruption.