Save the Children Cash Consortium Director Jobs Ethiopia 2024
Save the Children Cash Consortium Director Jobs Ethiopia 2024: Save the Children has announced latest Job vacancy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You can apply to the job before the Application deadline Oct 30th, 2024. Before applying we suggest read the job description very carefully and also requirements about this position.
Position Quick Info
- Job Title: Cash Consortium Director
- Job Identification: 8614
- Duty Station: Addis Ababa
- Country: Ethiopia
- Grade: Executive B
- Job Category: Programme Operations
- Schedule: Full Time
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) team, made of one Finance manager (100%LoE), MEAL Senior manager (100% LoE); and one Grant Officer (50% LoE).
Lead the strategic development and implementation of Programs of the ECC through continuously improving programming methodologies and herniation techniques for enhanced Program delivery by the consortium members.
Takes leadership on the strategic, programmatic and technical elements of the cash assistance (CVA) and ensure projects are designed well, delivered on time and on budget, are appropriately monitored, evaluated and delivered ensuring compliance with internal and donor requirements
Oversee the implementation of monitoring and evaluation and learning systems in ECC Program, in line with Save the Children Program polices, standards and strategies
Ensure Ethiopia Cash consortium program is consistent with the country strategic plan and in line with the donor, government and cash working group strategy and guidelines.
Ensure the effective and professional management of donor relationships and grants and support the development of high quality proposals for the Consortium, to complement the ECHO Funding.
Provide ongoing mentoring, support and advice to ECC Program and MEAL team and to the wider ECC team
Key relationship holder with the donor, cash working group, and cash consortium members
Ensure integration and coordination among the various Consortium member agencies contributing to the overall goal of the Consortium through strengthening inter-agency collaboration.
Ensure high quality reporting (both internal and external) with accurate, reliable information and that reports are prepared and submitted in a timely manner according to the reporting timelines.
Strengthen the multisector team’s technical capacity of the team for effective project management through identification of training needs and putting in place capacity building and mentoring strategies.
Ensure that all expenditure of the project is in line with activity and financial forecast and that all expenditure complies to Donor
With support from the CMU finance manager and SCI Country finance team, review monthly Award, assess spending rates and budget forecasts for all consortium members.
Ensure gender and other quality markers are mainstreamed in each step of the implementation (starting from planning, beneficiary selection, disaggregated data during reporting and in the continuous implementation)
Organize regular Consortium member’s meetings for dissemination of information on the project and discussion of how to strengthen elements of the project through collaboration
Lead the Project Steering Committee, the Partners’ Implementation Unit, and the Consortium Technical Working Group.
Ensure visibility of the consortium members among humanitarian, donor and government partners throughout the project.
Frequent travel to Program locations across Ethiopia as required for trainings, monitoring and coordination with consortium partners.
Education:
Master degree in development or other Project Management, social sciences or related fields. Experience:
Experience:
Recommended 12 years of relevant progressive experience, out of which 8 years in managerial positions. experience in a humanitarian environment including significant field operations experience running both emergency & development programs is required Skills/Ability required:
Significant management experience working in emergency response or fragile state contexts.
Direct experience in implementing cash assistance Programs , market analysis and economic recovery.
Previous experience of managing highly technical teams in CVA implementation
Previous experience of working as Consortium manager would be preferable
Previous experience of project management
Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands on implementation capacity
Ability to speak and write Amharic and other local languages is preferable.