Vacancy title:
Program Specialist
Jobs at:
Save the ChildrenDeadline of this Job:
18 November 2022
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Essential
• 7 years or more experience in Child Protection Programming with at least 3 years Pan African/Regional level experience. Demonstrated Postgraduate Professional or Specialist working knowledge and experience in Child Protection and specifically CAAC and Peace and Security Programming.
• Demonstrated professional or specialist working knowledge and experience in advocacy, campaigns and communication, and specifically CAAC and Peace and Security Programming.
• Solid understanding and engagement with the African Union Peace and Security Architecture.
• Solid understanding of Armed Actors engagement and relations
• Demonstrated experience in humanitarian advocacy and communication.
• Demonstrated capability to make decisions with creativity and some independent judgment
• Demonstrated experience in influencing to obtain the cooperation of others.
• Proven excellence in being a team player and significant experience working in an international organisation.
• An appreciation and understanding of how to maneuver in a context of shrinking space for civil society, ensuring Save the Children's integrity and child rights are not compromised
• Demonstrated knowledge of children's issues, rights-based program approaches, and child safeguarding principles.
• Strong skills and proven experience in program management processes; also from the knowledge and learning perspective.
• Able to work well under pressure and deadlines
• Excellent listening, inter-personal, communication and networking skills; proven experience and effectiveness working across functional teams and in a matrixed structure; and an ability to work with diverse populations.
• High level of self-awareness and willingness to take feedback for growth and self-development.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Effective negotiator, with the ability to positively influence cross departmental and cross sector work
• Proven experience in designing Terms of Reference, and ability to design and review evaluation tools and approaches.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
• Exemplary level of spoken and written English.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 84
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to Save the Children on stcuk.taleo.net to apply
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