This position will lead on child protection and psychosocial support programs for the Hurricane Maria Response in Puerto Rico. The position will lead the technical oversight of sub-grants and material support to partners engaged in child protection and will lead on designing and implementing large-scale psychosocial support programs for children across Puerto Rico who have been affected by Hurricane Maria. The position will manage day to day implementation, monitoring and reporting of SC’s child protection projects. The Manager will lead assessments, recovery plans and high-profile collaborations.
As a representative of Save the Children the position holder is required to ensure the safety and security of children and families that he/she comes in contact with and represent the agency values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. This position is based in Puerto Rico. This position is expected to last a minimum of 6 months, with a possibility of extension to one year.
Program Management (60%)
- Responsible for ensuring the technical quality of Save the Children’s child protection and psychosocial programming
- Lead the continuous assessment of child protection and psychosocial needs and ensure that these are appropriately reflected in sectoral strategies and program implementation
- Develop operational work plans, establish clear targets and activity plans
- Line manage staff who lead on psychosocial trainings and on child protection interventions
- Develop program quality assurance tools, such as needs assessment tools, quality checklists for use in spot checks, complaints and response mechanisms, internal review and program evaluation workplans, and others
- Ensure clear plans in place for monitoring and evaluating project
Capacity Building (15%)
- Build the capacity of child protection staff through delivering trainings, information management and skills, and mentoring staff.
- Contract and arrange trainings for teachers and caregivers through schools and child serving programs.
- Link the recovery process with training to improve quality procedures and practice
External Representation (15%)
- Develop strong working relationships with government counterparts
- Design program activities and program monitoring plans with key sub-grant partners
- Represent Save the Children at external meetings with key stakeholders including donors, government representatives, and partner organizations
Proposal Development (5%)
- Liaise with the relevant external stakeholders including donors,
- Support fundraising initiatives including feeding into the development of high quality concept notes and proposals.
General (5%)
- Deliver results in line with the job description in a way which maintains the reputation of the Save the Children
- Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
- To perform such other responsibilities as agreed with your line management.
Required Qualifications
- You have a minimum 3-5 years' experience in International Development
- Strong background in program development and grant management.
- Experience working with government agencies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of different audiences including donors, journalists, beneficiaries, and the ‘general public’.
- Experience delivering communications assets across multiple channels, including print, social and digital.
- An initiative-taking, proactive, inspiring attitude with the ability to manage and prioritize an unpredictable workload and solve problems quickly with needed support.
- Experience in delivering training, presentations and other capacity building activities to varied audiences.
- Experience working with other NGOs, coordinating inter-agency activities, developing strategies and information products.
- High-level analytical and strategic thinking skills and strong research skills.
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy; ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people.
- Patience, adaptability, flexibility, and ability to improvise and remain responsive and to communicate clearly and effectively under pressure.
- Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children.
- 100% travel/deployment to Puerto Rico.
Preferred Qualifications
- You have 5+ years’ experience in Psychology, Social Work or related field in a relevant subject.
- You have a college/ advanced degree in international development, social work, psychology, or related field
- Experience working in Puerto Rico preferred
- Spanish language capacity preferred
- Meaningful work, with a knowledge that you are changing the lives of children all around the world
- A family friendly work environment
- Highly collaborative and innovative teams
- Generous paid vacation days, holidays, family leave days, and sick time
- Healthcare plans including medical, dental, and life insurance
- Retirement savings account with matching company contributions
- Structured and formalized management development and coaching programs for mid and senior level managers
- Extensive e-learning opportunities on a variety of topics offered through our affiliation with several prestigious universities, as well as language learning opportunities