Chief of Party at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in over 20 countries around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we help children and families help themselves.

We work with other organizations, governments, non-profits and a variety of local partners while maintaining our own independence without political agenda or religious orientation. Save the Children’s mission is to Inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief of Party

Location: Abuja
Contract length: Till Deccember 2018

Qualifications and Experience
Academic:

• Advanced degree in Public Health or related field.

Working Experience:

• At least 10 years of experience in programme management and administration, financial management, award contractual compliance, sub-award management, and tracking project performance and costs via specific funding streams. Five (5) of these years should be in child health and WASH programs of similar complexity.
• At least 5 years of experience managing a programme that focuses on at least four of the following areas: diarrhea prevention and treatment; social and behavioral change; quality improvement/quality assurance; and civil society capacity building, and WASH.
• Proven experience of managing large multi-million pound budgets and management of risk and proven track record for achieving expected results on projects in developing countries.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully fulfilling performance objectives, including the timely implementation and reporting of donor-funded program activities.
• Experience working in developing countries in the health sector and successfully managing a high-pace multi-disciplinary team to achieve development results.
• Strong understanding of key principles of advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, child participation and accountability.
• Strong preference for prior experience as Chief of Party with demonstrated capacity to create and/or maintain systems and procedures for managing programs with multiple implementation sites, partners and beneficiaries.
• As demonstrated by experience, appropriate level of seniority to liaise with Government officials, Donor officials, University Professors and similar research leads, executives of NGOs, CSOs, the for-profit business community, and senior members of the Nigerian donor community.
• Demonstrated ability to manage, motivate, mentor and direct staff while creating a positive team environment.
• Sound understanding of different methodologies of M&E and operational research and experience in developing integrated M&E and Learning systems;
• Ability to present results and products to the donor and other key stakeholders.
• Commitment to the values, missions, aims and policies of Save the Children.
• Excellent English writing skills.

Attitudes:

• Works well with teams
• Conscious of child protection issues
• Non-discriminatory and gender sensitive
• Willingness to work in remote, rural locations

Application Closing Date
Tuesday, 29th November, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online