Save the Children has worked in Malawi for 30 yrs and is currently operating in 20 out of 29 districts covering all regions, The core programming areas are Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS, Education and Child Development, Child Protection and Child Rights Governance, Food and Livelihoods Security, Social Protection and Emergency Response, We remain committed to developing strong partnerships to ensure that all children in Malawi thrive in a safe family environment and benefit from greater public investment and better use of society’s resources in realising their right to protection from violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect
We invite qualified, highly motivated and well experienced persons to apply for the following position
INGO Consortium Senior Programme Manager- ECHO Food Security Programme
This position is available for a period of 12 months
The Senior Manager (SPM) will lead the INGO consortium’s ECHO Food Security Programme in 5 food insecure districts of Malawi, the candidate is to ensure all consortium partners meet or exceed agreed programme targets, including reviewing cross-consortium programme performance data and programme management arrangements on daily basis, identifying and agreeing residual actions, mitigation activities and influencing consortium partners to ensure partner performance is maintained, s/he will be responsible in ensuring that humanitarian international standards and approaches are adhered to such as but not limited to Humanitarian Accountability Partnerships international (HAP-I) Benchmarks, SPHERE, DAC Accountability Framework) and Save the Children’s Child Rights Programming tools and approaches
The applicant should have a University Degree or post graduate qualification in Social Sciences, international Development, or other relevant discipline related to food security and livelihood, S/he should have substantial experience of working and living in Africa, ideally with professional experience in Malawi, The candidate should have a minimum of 3 yrs experience of ECHO contract management essential, including budget holder responsibilities, s/he should have proven ability to manage consortiums with a minimum of 4 yrs experience managing multi-agency programmes
A full role profile for all the above positions is available on the SCI Malawi Country Office website http://malawi.savethechildren.net/jobsInterested candidates are strongly encouraged to read and understand our Child Safeguarding Policy which is available athttp://malawi.savethechidlren.net/resources the successful candidate will be expected to abide by this policy among others
If you meet the requirements of the role please send an application comprising a CV and a one page cover letter outlining how you meet the job requirements, applications should be submitted as follows
By email to malawi.jobs@savethechildren.org By hand or post to The Senior People and Culture Manager, Save the Children, Ngerengere House next to Petroda Filling Station, along Mchinji Road, P O Box 30374, Lilongwe 3
Closing date for receiving applications is Wednesday 10th February at 5 pm, Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer, and qualified women are encouraged to apply.
