Response Team Leader (Humanitarian Surge Team) Job at Save the Children

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Descriptions;

Responsibilities:

Assume overall oversight of country-wide or regional, most often categorised as Category 1 or 2 emergency response in collaboration with the Country Director and other relevant CO SMT members, or where applicable set up response programmes in countries with no SC presence.
Ensuring strict compliance of programme activities with Save the Children national and global policies and procedures and with relevant donor regulations and agreements, SPHERE guidelines and the NGO code of conduct.
Lead on country or regional level strategic planning for the humanitarian response to ensure an effective emergency response in all of its phases of delivery
Having oversight over the development of relevant master budgets, aligned with the Response Strategy objectives, for the duration of the response and for multiple sites and multiple sectors where appropriate.
S/he will take overall leadership on the implementation of the Response relevant national level budgets, while keeping relevant stakeholders informed and ensuring any corrective actions are taken where required.
In coordination with relevant (E)SMT level members from both the Response and CO teams, s/he will ensure the preparation of a timely programme delivery and submitting the donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal SCI requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
Ensuring that the relevant project monitoring plans and systems for identifying and tracking the indicators and develop processes/procedures and forms to support monitoring and inform learning are established and implemented.
Oversee effective functioning of logistics systems to procure, store and distribute stock, supplies and services for the timely delivery of project objectives at national level
Ensure strong accountability to beneficiaries
Ensure that capacity strengthening plans and performance management systems are in place to develop the requisite competencies in staff to ensure ongoing sustainability and quality of response
Coach and mentor international staff and national level counterparts and link in to wider organisational talent development mechanisms.
Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:
Represent Save the Children’s emergency response on a national, regional and international level to donors, the media and members of the humanitarian community.
Help shape broader sector strategies through influence of and leadership within inter-agency coordination forums, ensuring the specific needs of children are being addressed

Required Qualifications:

Extensive experience of working within a senior management role and within a complex country programme in an emergency response or fragile state setting; and/or extensive experience of setting up responses in out of area contexts (either where no SC presence or CO presence); and/or extensive experience of working in high income contexts
Previous experience of managing programme teams in large-scale/complex, first phase emergency response is essential
Senior management experience of leading a diverse, multi-function and/or multi-sector team at a Country Director or other relevant SMT level.
Experience of managing multi-donor, multi-site programmes (including ECHO, DFID and OFDA) of GBP 5m+ in a first phase response at regional or country level
Multi-site security management in insecure environments
Experience of international level representation with key stakeholders, and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN
Experience of international media representation and advocacy
Experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability systems in large complex programmes
Experience of developing and negotiating successful partnerships with institutional donors
Proven ability to influence change at an operational and strategic level
Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
A high level of written and spoken English
The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
Fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic