Deputy Programme Manager, Child Development Grant Programme at Save The Children

Job Details

• To lead the operational planning and implementation of the Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP), a five year multi-million pound cash transfer pilot in Northern Nigeria funded by DFlD. The CDGP is shortly coming to the end of a 9 month design phase and will begin full implementation in January 2014.
• The Deputy Programme Manager (DPM) will work closely with the National Programme Manager (NPM) to ensure robust internal management and operational systems to deliver the programme with responsibility across the following areas: logistics & procurement, human resources, financial management & reporting, management of internal consortium partner relationships and management of contracts with service providers to deliver cash transfers.

Qualifications:

• The candidate must possess at least 5 years' international experience in programme and grant management with a proven track record in managing development and/or humanitarian operations in complex operating environments with at least one (1) year experience in the non-profit sector.
• Previous experience of managing and developing a multicultural team and the ability to lead, motivate and develop others from different backgrounds.
• Proven experience managing multi-million pound budgets and excellent financial planning and monitoring skills; ability to manage consortia and multiple partnerships; substantial experience and knowledge of effective financial and compliance controls and managing donor funding including strong technical programming literacy and working knowledge of social protection, cash transfer or nutrition programming.
• The candidate must have excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills in English with substantial experience in managing multicultural teams.