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Child Safeguarding:
Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post
holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young
people
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ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children has been working in the child rights governance
(CRG) sector on Mainland and Zanzibar, and will be expanding these
activities in the coming years. The position of CRG Specialist will
advance this work on a technical level and ensure excellence in
programming, including demonstration of tangible results for children in
Tanzania. The CRG Specialist will provide strategic and operational
leadership in this process. She/he will assume the overall
responsibility for the growth, development and implementation of the
Child Rights Governance portfolio. S/He must bring an innovative
leadership profile with a proven track record of working with children
and governance and a sound technical background in programme design and
delivery. The post holder should also have a solid understanding of the
child rights governance sector and government structures (national and
local level) in Tanzania and some of the current challenges to enforce,
protect and fulfil child rights in the country.
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SCOPE OF ROLE:
Save the Children has been operational in Tanzania since 1986 with an
initial presence in Zanzibar, extending to the Mainland with
multi-sector programming. Currently five sub office locations in
Zanzibar, Shinyanga, Lindi, Mbeya and Kigoma regions provide services to
children in the areas of child rights, child protection, health and
nutrition, livelihoods and education. Save the Children is also engaged
in emergency response, particularly for Burundi refugees in Nyarugusu
and Nduta camps.
Reports to: Director of Programme Development and Quality (with strong links to Director of Programme Implementation)
Dimensions: The job has five core functions: project
management, strategy, quality programming, resource mobilisation,
monitoring and evaluation and advocacy and representation. Child rights
and child participation forms part of all that Save the Children does
throughout spectrum of humanitarian to development.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None.
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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Strategy:
- Provide overall oversight and strategic guidance, strong leadership
and technically sound decision-making processes in the CRG portfolio.
- Lead on development of thematic strategy for CRG in line with Save
the Children’s Country Strategic Plan for the United Republic of
Tanzania, with support and guidance from the Director of Programme
Development and Quality (DPDQ).
- Lead in developing and realising practical CRG plans as part of Country Annual Plans.
- Contribute to strategic discussions regarding child rights and participation in the country office.
Technical Programme Quality:
Based on guidance and in coordination with the DPDQ and DPI
- Support the operations team in identifying and addressing technical
gaps in planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of CRG
projects, in coordination with quality programmes team
- Lead on and ensure the technical quality delivery of CRG projects of the country programme
- Support operations teams and relevant project/programme managers in
relevant technical capacity of children, parents, communities, schools,
other institutions and government to improve child rights government and
child participation, including in humanitarian settings.
- Build technical capacity in the operation teams, partners and child
rights networks to produce top class donor reports of projects related
to child rights governance, by working with MEAL and Award Management
teams.
- Review all CRG reports for technical quality and ensure information
is correctly presented as per Save the Children global standards,
evidence base and reality in Tanzania.
- Collaborate with and respond to technical assistance from Save the
Children Members, coordinating inputs as appropriate for projects.
- Review research and participate in discussions related to CRG
programming to ensure technical excellence and innovation in our
projects.
- Represent the CRG portfolio to the Programme Development and Quality
team, especially in weekly and quarterly programme review meetings.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Work closely with quality programmes and operations teams to ensure
that all projects related to CRG have robust monitoring plans,
baselines, reviews and evaluations in line with project designs and
donor guidelines.
- Assist the operation team in technical assessments of local/implementing partners
- Assist MEAL team, Operation teams and partners to carry out regular
monitoring and measure and report on achievement and progress towards
project objectives and results.
- Organise periodic technical project review meetings with operation
teams (programme/project managers) and partners and internally share
progress and action
- Carry out extensive field visits to document observations and
experiences and share them with operation, MEAL and finance teams and
influence management action for improvement of technical and quality
aspects in projects.
- Work with MEAL and operation teams to carry out relevant studies and
document and disseminate good practices in projects related to CRG
- Develop monitoring and reporting systems for existing programmes
with field staff and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
(MEAL) team, and update senior management on progress towards targets,
as well as programme learning.
- Coordinate innovation and testing of new strategies through
operational research and careful documentation of project decisions and
outcomes.
- Write case studies of CRG successes and challenges.
Advocacy and Representation:
- Work with quality programmes team to support operations teams in
developing local-specific advocacy strategies and messages in the area
of CRG
- Support operation teams as requested and build their capacity to
lead representation and advocacy in technical, government and civil
society fora within Tanzania for CRG
- Participate as delegated in relevant internal and external fora
including donor meetings and clusters related to CRG and thereby take
proactive actions to profile SC’s work and exploited possible
opportunities
- Identify key opportunities and events for Save the Children to position itself as the leading organisation for CRG in Tanzania
- Identify and secure potential technical resource persons and
organisations for their support in advancing Save the Children’s
advocacy in the CRG sectors. This involves forging partnerships with
local and international child rights agencies.
- Establish and maintain strong working relationship with CRG
technical advisors of SC members and SCI CRG Initiatives (globally and
regionally), thereby ensuring that the country programme benefits from
possible opportunities (funding and other programme developments areas)
arising from such relationships.
Resource Mobilisation:
- Work together with programme operation team to initiate and design
high quality, cost-effective, innovative and sustainable project
proposals and concept notes related to child rights.
- Proactively seek information on potential donor sources and share
project opportunities in CRG with quality programmes and operations
teams linking to country CRG strategy.
- Write proposals and design logframes/results frameworks for new CRG projects.
- Develop concept notes for potential donors.
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SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- · Holds
self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- · Holds the team and
partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them
the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the
necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
- · Sets ambitious and
challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility
for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
- · Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- · Future orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration:
- · Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
- · Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- · Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
- · Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- · Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
- · Honest, encourages openness and transparency.
- · Demonstrates honesty and transparency in all financial matters.
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Degree in child rights, social science or related field; training
and experience in child rights and project planning and management
techniques, is expected. At least 5 years of professional.
- Knowledge of current regional and local debates on CRG policies and practices
- Prior experience at a senior level, managing large grants (excess of US$500,000) and complex projects.
- Technical expertise in child rights governance and child participation.
- Demonstrated experience of developing and managing relationships and funding from donors or other development partners.
- Demonstrated experience working with international, national and/or
regional level government structures to strengthen the capacity of the
government to deliver services.
- Proven experience in programme development, project cycle management
and monitoring and evaluation related to the sector including writing
up high quality project/donor reports
- Proven experience and skills in advocacy and building work
relationships with local/national governments and influencing
institutional, private and/or corporate donors
- Solid experience and excellent skills in leading and building
capacity of systems, staff, partners and other actors related to CRG
- Ability to extensively travel for project monitoring and provide on-site technical support to field teams
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
- Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
- Experience of building personal networks, resulting in securing new opportunities for the organisation.
- Experience solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in of others.
- Commitment to the Save the Children values and willingness to abide by Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
- Ability to read, write and speak in Kiswahili.
DESIRABLE:
- Exposure to NGO project design and delivery: at least 5 years working on child rights development projects.
- 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 mind sets
- Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
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