Field manager

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent children’s charity; it inspires really dramatic change for children around the globe. It works with children in vulnerable situations. Providing safeguards for them against any form of abuse is a priority in all work. Combining short-term relief with long-term development, the Programmes represent a huge undertaking. And this is why Save the Children needs you.

Role Purpose

To assume the responsibility for the overall management of the Bossaso, Puntland field office. This includes overseeing programme activities, support functions such as finance, administration, HR, logistics and security, all field staff, security policy, and managerial representation of Save the Children UK. Your management of an effective, productive, and safe field office in Bossaso, Puntland will play a key role in the expansion of Save the Children programmes in Somalia to increase impact and enable positive change for children.

Qualifications and Experience

- Minimum three years practical experience managing a large programme in a complex emergency context, with a particular focus on business administration in large international non-governmental organisation or other international relief/development body.
- University degree in a relevant academic discipline, experience of managing resources, people, finance, material and security including policies development, implementation, monitoring and reporting on the same and design, proposal and report writing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Key Areas of Accountability

Support the delivery of effective Programmes, in both development and humanitarian contexts, by:

- Managing the design and implementation of programme and operational activities in the Bossaso, Puntland field office
- Effectively using the assistance of technical sector advisors and operational support staff
- Ensuring coherence with SCUK’s national programme approach, global strategy

Advocacy Priorities

- Promoting and ensuring quality programming and best practice approaches and standards – including the SCUK & NGO Code of Conduct, SCUK core values, SPHERE standards, incorporation of cross-cutting areas and approaches such as child rights, participation, gender, disaster risk reduction, and refugee protection – by liaising with key departments at Hargeisa and global headquarters;
- Supporting and advising the Country Director in developing strategic plans for project and organizational expansion in Somalia and particularly Puntland, by maintaining an overview of the external political, social, economic and humanitarian context both locally and nationally;
- Ensure that Puntland projects and reports are delivered according to SCUK and donor contractual requirements, within the agreed timescale and budget;
- Partnering with Project Managers in overseeing budgets, ensuring proper authorisation and monitoring expenditure in line with SCUK and donor budgets, grant management and financial guidelines, preparing budget plans, supervising variance analysis reports, and managing all sub-budget holders;
- Managing and supervising the Finance & Administration Officer and Logistics Officer directly, as well as all field project staff, ensuring they have clear objectives and receive effective coaching, performance management frameworks, and review and development plans, and that they are familiar with key SCUK tools of child participation, child right programming and mainstreaming of gender, diversity and HIV/AIDS;
- Maintaining project documentation, supporting the programme’s advocacy plan through regular planning, documenting, monitoring, reviewing and reporting, implementing the project Monitoring & Evaluation plan in an efficient and effective manner, and managing any factors which may impact project implementation;
- Acting as security focal point for Puntland, assisting in the development of its security procedures and protocols, and ensuring the understanding and strict compliance of staff at all times;
- Establishing communication and management protocols with project team, ensuring the field team is aware of all donor and government monitoring reports to facilitate their area reporting and coordination roles;
- Representing the principles and work of SCUK to donors, United Nations, NGOs and INGOs, government, media and other stakeholders when required;
- Complying with and promoting all SCUK's Global policies such as Child Safeguarding, Whistle blowing, Fraud, and Health and Safety.

Skills and Behaviours

Accountability

- Takes responsibility for decision-making and efficient resource management, and holds team and partners accountable for delivery of their responsibilities by delegating effectively, affording staff professional autonomy, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved; 
- Creates a managerial environment across the Country Programme to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values.

Ambition

- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development, and encourages team to do the same;
- Engages and motivates others by widely sharing their personal vision for Save the Children;
- Future orientated, strategic and global thinker.

Collaboration

- Builds and maintains effective relationships with team, colleagues, members, donors and partners;
- Values diversity as a source of competitive strength;
- Approachable, diplomatic, and supportive, with well-developed listening skills.

Creativity

- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions both on a personal level and by building and leading teams willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity

- Honesty, openness, and transparency;
- A strong commitment to Save the Children’s vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

- Minimum three years practical experience managing a large programme in a complex emergency context, with a particular focus on business administration in large international non-governmental organisation or other international relief/development body;
- University degree in a relevant academic discipline;
- Experience of managing resources, people, finance, material and security including policies development, implementation, monitoring and reporting on the same;
- Design, proposal and report writing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
- Excellent planning, coordination, and reporting skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities;
- Highly developed research, analytical, monitoring and evaluation, and report-writing abilities;
- Sound financial management skills, particularly in budgeting and reporting;
- Practical knowledge of current thematic issues and debates in developing countries, and of the major institutional donors such as ECHO.
- Computer literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
- Strong communication, people management and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in leading multicultural, multi location, values driven teams;
- Willingness to work and travel in often difficult and insecure environments;
- Commitment to Save the Children UK’s global policies and values.

Desirable

- Masters degree in a related academic discipline.