Regional Area Manager - Central at Save the Children

Save the Children

Position: Regional Area Manager - Central

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Wakiso - Uganda

Posted date: 5 months ago

Deadline: Submition date is over

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Regional Area Manager (RAM) oversees the long-term Baana project implemented in Wakiso District as well as other projects in the Central Region. In regards to Baana, the RAM has a specific accountability ensuring timely and quality deliverables that feed into the global programmatic, financial, operational, and marketing strategies of the sponsorship-funded Baana project. The RAM provides strategic leadership and coordination of the Regional Office, ensuring compliance with the policies and procedures of Save the Children, and driving operational excellence.

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THE ROLE

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Field Office Management

• Overall responsible for leadership, coordination, operations, staff, compliance, program management, and performance within the assigned SCI location
• Provide leadership and management of all field office operations, awards, staff, and organizational performance.
• Coordinate management of all awards implemented in the field office operational area ensuring adherence to SCI policies, procedures, and donor regulations and agreements.
• Coordinate and ensure timely and adequate technical support needed for the projects in the assigned location in consultation with the Project Managers.
• Implement safety and security standards and procedures for the office location, including reporting, and ensure that new programs are built around security considerations.
• Ensure strategic alignment and contribution of the region’s projects to both CO and SCI global strategic priorities and that SMT is kept updated on critical and strategic project engagements and risks.

Planning and implementation, budget and financial management

• Ensure timely submission of quality Annual Plans for the Baana project and all the complimentary projects with the respective phased Budget aligned with the DIP, attachments (RIPT, PIT, SIP), and a Procurement Plan.
• Ensuring that a quality and timely phased budget aligned with the DIP is in place.
• Ensure that all financial policies and regulations relating to cash flow management, expenditure controls, cash management, accounting information, and advances management as put in place for the management and control of funds are followed by the staff and partners in implementing the different project activities.

Sponsorship Operations Management

• Ensure that all Sponsorship business operations (including Child Death, Correspondence, Annual child Data update, photo and video updates, child enrollment and reactivation, and sponsor visits) meet the required timelines and quality as stipulated in the sponsorship policies and procedure standard guidelines before being submitted to GSO.
• Ensure that all sponsorship operations risks are effectively and efficiently managed in line with both local and international Save the Children policies and procedures. These include timely reporting of child deaths
• Ensure that systems are in place to monitor child eligibility and participation in sponsorship-funded programs. When standards are not being met, take proper and timely action based on agency policies and procedures.

Program Quality and Reporting.

• Ensure that projects in the location adhere to SCI Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning, and Reporting standards; update Activity and Indicator Tracking Table (A/IPTT), and functional feedback mechanism, adhere to Quality Benchmarks, hold regular monitoring reviews and reflection, etc.
• Coordinate and ensure timely and adequate technical support needs to the program/projects in the assigned location in consultation with the Project Coordinators.
• In close collaboration with the PDQ department, ensure timely and quality Baana project design and study processes which include assessments, baseline, research and evaluations

Office and team oversight

• Create an enabling and motivating working environment for staff to thrive through intentional staff development programs and addressing work challenges or promptly raising them to DPO.
• Ensure all staff have clear monthly and annual work plans, performance objectives, and regular performance reviews with their line managers in line with SCI policies and procedures.

To be a strong supporter and advocate for children in this role you will need to have:

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Education, Public Health, or related discipline. a diploma in Project Planning and Management will be an added advantage.
• At least 8 years of progressing experience in managing development programs.
• Experience with child sponsorship Operations
• Experience working with local partners and District Local Government in Health, Education, and Child Protection program delivery or in a related area.
• Demonstrated financial and budget management skills
• Excellent planning, coordination, and reporting skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Good understanding of national strategies, and current national and international trends in global development and humanitarian fields
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, and coaching
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values, and principles.