Project Manager – Child
Protection and Nutrition

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work; or the post holder will be working  in a ‘regulated’ position; therefore a police check  will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Project Manager will be responsible for the planning, organizing implementation, monitoring and coordination of UNICEF funded  integrated Child Protection and MNCH project through nationwide strategic policy engagement. He/She will be responsible for the said project’s management with support from project team and PKCO team at national level and maintain good coordination at both national,provincial and at district level with relevant stakeholders in Health department & Nutrition Cell/Directorate and Child Protection thematic areas.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: DCD Operations

Staff reporting to this post: Project Coordinator – Nutrition & Project Officer - CP

Budget Responsibilities: Yes

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme planning and implementation

• Ensuring effective project management of the UNICEF funded project by maintaining the delivery of appropriate technical, operational, financial, and administrative outputs, while tracking the project progress through monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
• Technical support to implement the activities of the project, to ensure the implementation in accordance to proposal guideline and standard.
• Managing and coordinating the implementation of the multisectoral activities based on the relevant project documents, including, as needed, supervision and guidance of project staff with a view to achieving project results.
• Developing comprehensive/detailed project work-plans with corresponding milestones in consultation with the project team, relevant TEs and operations team members.
• Mobilizing goods and services to support project activities, including drafting TORs and works/product requirements and specifications.
• Ensuring adherence of project activities to the existing financial, procurement and administrative processes that are in line with prevailing SCI rules and regulations and, at the same time, observing the project timelines.
• Supervise the project team in conducting needs assessments, survey, monitoring, etc.
• Keep close coordination with relevant stakeholders (Govt. line departments, district administration, clusters, and others at the district, provincial and national level)
• Organize capacity-building events (training, workshops, orientations, sessions, etc.) where required, for relevant stakeholders with the technical support of T.Es, and Area Directors.
• Coordination with Logistics, Admin, Finance, Award departments for cash projection, procurements, timely payments, and budget reviews and phasing.
• Report all technical and non-technical related issues in the field in a timely manner and follow up on the procedures.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly project planning, review, and progress meetings with project team and donor.
• Report any security related or other incidents in the field that may interrupt activities directly to DCD, and Security Manager.
• Oversee compliance of all program activities with Save the Children national and global policies and procedures and with relevant donor regulations and agreements.
• Support monitoring, evaluation and research activities of the program.
• Compile narrative reports and support awards team in compliation of financial reports where needed for timely submission to donor.
• Perform any other task relevant to the role.

Technical support and quality assurance:

• Maintain regular coordination and technical support from UNICEF technical team in regards to CP and maternal, neonatal and child nutrition.
• Jointly with Advisor CP&CRG and H&N Advisor, lead development/adoption of technical guidelines/protocols for planned CP and Nutrition interventions. 

• Jointly with UNICEF, MEAL Team and TEs set quality standards for CP; H&N and ensure implementation.

Children Participation and Child Rights Programming

• Include SC approach to child participation in all project work, wherever practicable, and seek to develop and incorporate child-friendly methodologies to promote child participation in project implementation.
• Apply in all project work approaches to child- rights based programming, diversity / non-discrimination, children as stakeholders, impact assessment, and organisational learning.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Masters Degree in Development Studies, Project management or related field.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• 5-7 years of experience working in development sector.
• At least 4 years of project management experience with good understanding of the project cycle, including project implementation, monitoring and design of project frameworks.
• Prior working experience with federal or provincial government, specifically health and social welfare departments and national/international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) is desirable
• Thematic expertise or experience in Child protection, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Nutrition in context of Pakistan is desirable.
• Familiar with advocacy and policy engagement with parliamentary forum, government actors, I/NGOs and multisectoral stakeholders is considered an asset.
• Excellent understanding of finance, budget preparation and grants management.
• Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to lead project teams to meet objectives in and across multiple program areas.
• Ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships with government departments and other implementing partners.
• Proficiency in relevant data collection and analysis.
• Fluency in English; Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Gender Equality Policies, supported by relevant procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Save the Children holds its Safeguarding principles and policies with high importance and commits to rigorous procedures to ensure all our personnel and programs are safe, particularly for children. All candidates will, therefore, be subject to strict background checks. Qualified candidates from minorities, indigenous groups, women and people with disabilities from local level are highly encouraged to apply.