Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
By mid-2013 most of our international programmes will be delivered through a merged operation with 14 000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We're changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
The role
Save the Children is recruiting for an experienced Project Director to lead a flagship girls' education program in Mozambique. The three-year $10m program will work across 10 districts in 3 provinces, rolling out at scale a variety of interventions Save the Children has piloted both in Mozambique and around the world. Project implementation will be accompanied by a strong impact assessment component which aims to demonstrate how these interventions specifically help the most marginalised girls to access education, stay in school and achieve improved learning outcomes.
The Project Director will be responsible for the management coordination and successful implementation this project across the three provinces, which includes a broad mix of direct implementation and partner sub-granting to four smaller local partners. Strong project management and budget monitoring skills will be a particular focus of this role, since project implementation and payment by the donor is contingent on reaching output and outcome related milestones.
Qualifications and experience
Essential
• Prior experience of delivering results based education programming, (preferably in a socio-cultural and political context similar to Mozambique)
• Demonstrated experience of developing and managing relationships and DFID in excess of £5m
• Experience of project and financial management of multi partner or agency consortia
• Demonstrated experience of working with national and/or provincial level government structures on policy design, implementation and capacity building
• Full fluency in English (essential)
• Portuguese language skills
• Experience of building, leading and developing a team of senior staff with different backgrounds and expertise
Desirable
• Masters degree or equivalent in education, gender or development studies or a related subject
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Please note that the closing date for applications is 15th January 2013
For further information on this role, please see our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
