Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Project Manager

The Organization We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday · All children learn from a quality basic education and that, · Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information: Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

ROLE PURPOSE: As a member of the Programme Operation Team. the Project Manager, FCDO BPSI shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the programme. He/she is accountable to the Director of Operations and provides overall financial, administrative and operational management leadership to the project across the five governorates.

The FCDO PM will strategically lead and manage the FCDO WPS programme; accountable for the achievement of programme deliverables and provide strategic oversight to program quality through an agreed Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Framework.

S/he will serve as the coordination leader and focal point with the Local partners – Steering committee as well as the Project Manager will also serve as a key liaison point of contact with local government representatives, donors, local institutions and communities in close coordination with Project members.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Director of Operations Staff reporting to this post: Project Management Unit (CMU) comprising of: FCDO MEAL Officer, FCDO Financial Coordinator and FCDO Project Officer

Budget Responsibilities: 1.5 million per year Role Dimensions: The Project Manager will directly manage the Project responsible for implementing the Building Peace and Stability in Iraq programme funded by FCDO. The project has two objectives:

1. To support Women’s and girls’ organizations lead and champion a localized WPS agenda. 2. To Strengthen national level frameworks, policies, and systems to ensure women and girls meaningful participation in advancing the WPS agenda

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Operations Management • Ensure the implementation and monitoring of effective management systems to meet contractual requirements and in accordance with the rules of Save the Children International (SCI) and Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) • Supervise the PMU to maximize quality of program services and manage the MEAL framework • Coordinate the effective development and implementation of project processes (procurement, the personnel performance evaluation, budget projections, sub-recipient monitoring, etc.) under the compliance requirements/rules of FCDO • Conduct regular field visits to monitor the effective implementation of the program and the efficient use of systems/resources in accordance with the compliance requirements/rules of FCDO. • Maintain good relationships with all partners to ensure the effective implementation of the activities and compliance (including monitoring of agency workplans) • Maintain close oversight of key donor focus areas including gender • Ensure key policies are adhered to and kept up to date including training and awareness around child safeguarding, sexual harassment and misconduct. • Ensure key project risk mitigation measures remain clear and up to date

Governance • Work closely with the project’s Steering Committee to maintain project governance and oversight. • Represent the project as required with donors, independent evaluators

Budget Management • Supervise the Financial Coordinator for the project to ensure sound budget tracking and management consistent with the rules of SCI and FCDO • In coordination with the Financial Coordinator engage the Project financial and technical teams from each agency in the quarterly monitoring of budget consumption in accordance with the planning of activities (work schedule). • Proactively address weaknesses that may affect implementation of systems and quality of deliverables. • Monitor partner expenses with Project partners in accordance with the partner’s milestones and payments. • Responsible for the overall financial monitoring including to make sure the availability of funds from year to year and that annual budgets are correctly estimated. • Maintain oversight of risk mitigation measure to prevent financial misconduct (fraud, corruption, terrorist financing)

Team Management • Ensure CMU job descriptions are clear and up to date for all positions under the supervision and conduct annual evaluations of performance. Identify team capacity building needs. • Deal with personnel performance issues proactively by providing regular feedback and provide constructive coaching. • Develop a culture of teamwork and develop effective communication mechanisms. • Ensure joint planning and sharing of experiences between the technical and geographical teams within agencies and interagency.

Communications Ensure that a communications plan is agreed to across Project partners and that stakeholders identified in the communications plan are provided with content and materials as agreed and required. Host multi-media and other communications staff to ensure access to field sites and production of high-quality materials to support the program

Stakeholder Engagement and Leadership Engage with relevant stakeholders with appropriate and timely information and develop a strong network of stakeholders with a common vision across the Project.

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 • Master’s degree in international development and/or humanitarian related qualifications • Demonstrable track record of working in partnership with national NGOs. • Demonstrable track record of constructive collaboration with communities and local authorities. • Demonstrable experience in one or more of the following sectors: Women Empowerment, WPS Agenda), • Proven ability to manage large Projects with a minimum of 3 years of experience managing multi-regional or multi-country programmes. • Thorough knowledge of FCDO-compliant programme management, accountability, and safeguarding systems • Ability to articulate ideas clearly, communicate effectively, and have a strong ability in English, Arabic and Kurdish • EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS • 5+ years’ work in senior managerial positions in humanitarian and/or development organizations. • Analytic skills: trends and institutional analysis, critical analysis of approaches and strategies. • Cross-cultural and interpersonal skills. • Understanding of Save the Children’s vision and mission and a commitment to its objectives and values 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 the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and 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. As well as: • Sharing safeguarding information with the community is included in the Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP). • All volunteer receive safeguarding training prior to engaging directly with programme participants. Attendance is logged on the VMS. • All volunteers receive regular performance appraisal according to the VMS guidelines, which is documented in VMS. • Program staff engage with children, adults and other key stakeholders in the community to identify and contextualize safeguarding risks and mitigation

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.