Turkey: Project Manager for a Protection Project

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SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Field Manager for Istanbul

Staff directly reporting to this post: Child Protection Coordinator, Protection Coordinator and Project Officers x 2

Budget Responsibility: Approximately 2.6 Million Euro

Location: Istanbul, with regular travel to Konya and other locations in Turkey

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

ROLE PURPOSE:

This role provides an exciting opportunity to lead the start-up a new project. We are inviting candidates who have a strong commitment of working with a child focused organization in a vibrant and diverse environment.

The post will lead to the project, funded by an international donor. The Project Manager will be the principal representative of the project and will work from Istanbul office in Turkey. It will have leadership responsibility for the overall management of the award, which will primarily be implemented through a local partner. S/he will provide strategic and operational leadership to develop and implement a successful program, and ensure programmatic quality in implementation, compliance with donor rules and regulations, and the timely submission of all deliverables, including annual work plans, performance monitoring plans, reports as required. The Project Manager will also play a critical role in ensuring adherence to overall technical quality of the program, with a main focus on Child Protection and Protection. The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall direction and coordination of the activities of any sub-recipient partners under the agreement in coordination with the project team, and play a key role in supporting SC representation and coordination with key stakeholders in the areas of operation.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Project delivery, management, coordination and quality assurance

• Hold overall responsibility for high-quality design and implementation of all aspects of the program (both technical and operational), based on actual needs and response analysis.
• Provide strategic guidance, strong leadership and ensure technically sound decision-making processes in coordination with the Child Protection Advisor and other relevant advisors, to ensure adherence to quality standards and best practices in the field of Protection/Child Protection.
• Represent Save the Children in all relevant fora in the areas of operation, as well as in obtaining permissions and regular engagement with local stakeholders, including local government authorities.
• Ensure compliance with and adherence to Save the Children and donor rules and regulations.
• Ensure timely startup and implementation of the program in collaboration with program staff, partner(s) and relevant departments.
• Ensure regular and on time monitoring and monthly reporting on all program management aspects including the Award Action Plan (phased budget and actual expenses analysis, work-plan progress and updating, procurement plan revision, IPTT data collection and analysis and monitoring of indicators, partner sub-awards and capacity building plans). This component also includes quality monitoring of the child protection case management service by using e.g. agreed quality benchmarks. Flag and troubleshoot when issues arise during implementation.
• Take full responsibility for the delegated budget holding function on the programmatic aspects of the program, participate actively in award review meetings and contribute to financial decision making, ensuring that value for money can be effectively demonstrated to the donor.
• Ensure that MEAL tools are systematically implemented and used by project staff and partner(s), in cooperation with the Program Development and Quality (PDQ) team.
• Support baseline surveys, regular monitoring, review and evaluation, in cooperation with the PDQ team.
• Foster an integrated approach by coordinating and cooperating with all other thematic areas during program implementation and for future program design and development.
• Produce high quality reports within agreed reporting schedules.
• Ensure that cross-cutting themes such as child participation and gender are effectively integrated throughout implementation.
• Ensure that established international, national and inter-agency standards and guidelines are followed.
• Ensure the Child Safeguarding Policy is understood by staff and partner(s) within the program and that it is integrated into all aspects of the team’s work.
• Document program learning, and incorporate analysis and lessons learned into new strategies/activities and advocacy work.
• Ensure that program delivery happens in strict adherence to security policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular contact with Save the Children’s UK and Child Protection Technical Advisor to ensure donor needs are adhered to and technical design is in line with Save the Children’s Global strategic direction.

Partner management

• Ensure regular review of partner progress against the budget and work plan, and support partners to alter activities/strategies in light of context changes or operational challenges
• Review partner narrative and financial reporting as well as MEAL data, in line with CO internal deadlines for MEAL
• Undertake ongoing capacity assessments of partner, and provide or resource support as needed.

Performance management and capacity building

• Line-manage program staff in the areas of responsibility, ensuring they have clear objectives and receive meaningful feedback on their performance regularly, in collaboration with the human resources department.
• In collaboration with the Child Protection Advisor develop technical capacity building plans for program staff and support coordinators in delivering (Child) Protection technical supervision and coaching
• Identify capacity building requirements of staff and implementing partner(s), and lead on development of capacity building plans, ensuring resourcing and implementation.

Others

• Contribute to advocacy, strategies and research initiatives.
• Support fundraising in the areas of responsibility and in donor liaison where appropriate.
• Participate in Country Office emergency preparedness and planning processes.
• Where relevant, integrate emergency preparedness (awareness, activities) in all program planning and team meetings to ensure its consideration in all stages of programming
• In case of emergency, be prepared to contribute to the delivery of an appropriate and timely response.
• Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child safeguarding policy, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.
• Any other reasonable duty as may be assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and level of responsibility.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• At least 5 years of management experience working in a complex context, including direct experience in implementing large, and complex partner implemented programs, preferably with the focus on protection or child protection.
• Experience managing high-quality donor funded project(s).
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including government officials.
• Demonstrated skills in program planning, and all aspects of project management.
• Demonstrated skills in leadership and supervision of staff and in building and maintaining a high performing team.
• Experience in promoting children’s rights and gender, including participation in programming, design, implementation and evaluation.
• Ability to analyze information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically.
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management regulations and policies.
• Proven experience building capacity of local NGOs, and government bodies and collaborating closely with multi-level stakeholders.
• Inter-personal skills to influence and guide staff and partners in identifying programming opportunities and resolving program challenges.
• Commitment to the values and mission of Save the Children.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Turkish required.

Desired

• Education in Social work, protection, child protection, psychology, human rights or other relevant subject or equivalent field experience
• Technical experience in the field of child protection, including MHPSS, with profound understanding of social welfare systems and child protection mechanisms, preferably including experience from working with child protection case management system and provide technical supervision and coaching in this area.
• In-depth knowledge about the social welfare systems and child protection/protection mechanisms, including legal frameworks, in Turkey.
• Fluency in Arabic is a plus.

CHILD SAFEGUARING POLICY:

Any employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of Acceptance Form] and comply with the SCIs Child Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact.

This extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly, but also includes children whom staff are responsible for. SCI believes that the situation of children must be improved through the promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must adhere to.

Benefits Package provided to National Staff:

• Salary commensurate with the pay-grade of the position
• Annual leave
• Inhouse Medical Facility, Accidental and Life insurance
• Transportation allowance
• A motivating work environment

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Please apply in English by sending your up to date CV with a cover letter as a single document explaining your salary expectations to turkey.recruit@savethechildren.org and mention the position that you are applying on the subject section. The advertisement will be closed on November 10th 2017 at 5:30 PM (Turkey local time).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please be informed interviews will be conducted on rolling basis.