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Project Manager – (220005M8)

The Opportunity

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In Nepal and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and future we share. Save the Children expects that anyone associated with it abides by its Safeguarding and other Zero Tolerance Policies.

The project manager will be overall responsible for providing strategic, technical and managerial leadership in SCK-funded Integrated Project on Education and Livelihoods with components of WASH and Construction in Bara district under the Eastern Field Office (EFO), Madhesh province. S/He will ensure high quality and results-oriented program implementation, innovations including strong monitoring systems in place and applied at all levels. The position requires ensuring compliance on project management at various stages of implementation as guided by the donor policy and as advised by the donor and member country. The manager will be responsible to submit high-quality program plans, progress reports as well as quality review reports and associated action plans and other stakeholders as required. S/he will also extend support and work closely with multi-thematic teams at the field office and all other stakeholders including municipalities, provide backstopping support to SC staffs and partners on monitoring and MEAL action response including evaluations and associated action plan. Partnership, financial, stakeholders, and budget management for this project is one of the key roles for this position. S/he will also be responsible for the representation and networking with donors and government (local, provincial, and national), as well as key internal stakeholders from across SCI.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

S/He provides managerial support to implementing partner and the associated project staff for the timely implementation of program, monitoring and reporting of the project activities and ensure the quality. S/he also represents Save the Children at District/ Municipal level in different forums, meetings and consultations on policy and coordination, advocacy related issues. The role holder will be responsible to document and produce the good practices, innovations, learning products and disseminate these internally and externally.

In addition, s/he ensures the regular monitoring of key process indicators, alignment with refinement of the packages, related training content, and support to behaviour change communications, coordinate with relevant stakeholders for sharing of lessons learnt for consistent uptake by other stakeholders. Furthermore, s/he works in close coordination with the field office technical managers of Education and Child Poverty and seeks required technical support for day-to-day implementation of the project from other thematic areas of Save the Children.

The job holder also works in close collaboration with and guidance from the Country Office based TAs on technical aspects of quality implementation of the project

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Budgeting

• Leads the planning processes and ensures partners have annual detailed implementation plan including realistic phased budget outlining major activities and timeline for the funds allocated in required planning templates provided by the organization.
• Ensures appropriate fund allocation and expenditure on a monthly basis and take corrective measures by revisiting plans and communicating timely with Thematic Coordinators/Managers/ project team, finance and Award department.
• Reviews the project’s BVAs and report on any glitches identified in comparison to the Finance sent Program BVA monthly basis.
• Coordinates with Field office and District teams including thematic focal person to design a robust field visit plan, self-assessments and monitoring systems including follow up on recommendations with relevant department and impact areas.
• Leads the revision of budgets during budget forecast and on exchange rate fluctuations as per organizational procedures.
• Coordinates with cross thematic colleagues for technical assistance as required.
• Ensure project activities are aligned with country strategy plan and priorities

Programme Quality

• Ensure overall planning, quality implementation and monitoring of the project as per the given guidelines.
• In collaboration with Curriculum Development Centre (CDC), non-formal section of Centre for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), and Provincial Education Training Centre (PETC), develops Alternative Learning Package, assessment tools, training materials and contents for online TPD courses on literacy and numeracy.
• Ensures that the programs have minimum quality benchmarks/standards in place and is exclusively followed at all levels.
• Ensure effective implementation and reporting of the relevant common approaches those reflected in the project design
• Ensures the M & E plans, log-frame of the project and themes is well familiar and understood by SC and partner staff , is exclusively used and reported.
• Ensures that all action plans developed after project reviews, monitoring visits, evaluations and assessments are followed up and completed by respective themes on time.
• Identifies strengths and improvement areas of staff members and partners for quality delivery of the projects and comes up with plans to improve such gaps via coaching, mentoring, on the spot support etc.
• Ensures that OPMIS is well understood, optimized for all themes at all levels – by partners, project team in the clusters and regular update is done
• S/he responsible to coordinate with MEAL for analysing data from OPMIS, identifying concerns or learnings and scaling up to Field thematic coordinators/Managers/MEAL or to partners as relevant that data from including development of Quality Benchmarks.

Programme Operations & Management

• Ensures programmatic and financial accountability including tracking of program progress and budget expense in the use of funds and achievement of all related projects in alignment with Annual Plan and CSP.
• Ensure the POM- program operations manual and its components are prepared, understood by relevant staff, and kept in place for monitoring.
• Ensure and collect the information about project progress from field staff, analyse the expenses Vs activity delivery and submit to Supervisor in a monthly basis.
• Ensures that programs meet KPIs and /or excels Minimum Operating Standards of key programmatic interventions including, safeguarding and Gender and Social Inclusion principles.

Innovation and Scale

• Identifies best practices, problems and issues around program implementation and works toward finding solutions for improvements, documenting, disseminating internally and externally in consultation with relevant departments and themes.
• Coordinates with technical managers/Specialists, TA providers to promote and pilot innovations in program areas as relevant.
• Works with individuals and teams at all levels to encourage and facilitate operational research and materialize findings of all research and evaluations including OPMIS information during program design/planning.
• Engages with government line agencies and profile programs for influencing future scale up, including advocacy for children related policy and procedures at local level/provincial level.
• Contributes towards developing and implementation of new ideas/innovations and its documentation of processes and its results
• Ensures effective monitoring and evaluations are carried out for deriving lessons learned, best practices and that monitoring is effective in terms of deriving quick analysis of progresses for immediate corrective actions and measurement of results.

Documentation & Reporting

• Is responsible for timely and quality report preparation and ensure timely submission to country office Award and TAs for feedback and ensure timely submission of the report to member country/donor.
• Coordinates with Thematic coordinators/Managers and project focal points including MEAL, and Documentation Officer to ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and documentation of program activities and best practices.
• Develops a sharing and learning culture within organization for promoting best practices from related programs to other programs.
• In close consultation with Technical Advisors/ managers, take initiatives in generating information that are required to add values in on-going programmes or for the programmes visualized for future
• Ensure proper documentation of the project including and not limited to learning, lessons learned, best practices, case studies. In this context coordinate with Media and Communication, Program Planning and Documentation unit to develop the documentation plan and dissemination at various levels.

Partner’s management

• Supports and is responsible for the partnership in terms of compliance, zero tolerance, audits and management response, identification of capacity gaps and recommends for improvements.
• Ensures strong linkages and coordination among provincial Network Partnerships including those with line government agencies and offices
• Ensure the partners have understood, fulfilled all the clauses mentioned in the agreement and aware about SC partnership essence and policies for better implementation of the projects.

Representation and Networking

• Collaboration and coordination with government counterparts, external development partners and donors at field and provincial level
• Is part of relevant provincial (regional) networks and coalitions and ensures field/district/local level networks is well represented as necessary
• Supports program areas to build strong networks with other NGOs, CSOs, UN agencies, Government line agencies and private sectors working on children’s and youth’s issues to promote coordination and resource sharing at the local level.

Qualifications and experience

• Master’s degrees in education, management, economics, livelihoods or in any disciplines of social sciences.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in a related field, including 5 years in a management role, including grants management. Experience of managing integrated project on education and livelihood is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated significant experience in managing projects funded by multiple donors including networks.
• Prior experience in working with NGOs/civil societies and government counterparts
• Proven sound strategic thinking and planning skills, including ability to think creatively and be innovative, set priorities, manage work plans and evaluate progress.
• Good report writing skill.
• Good interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication skills.

Required No.(s): 1 (Nepalese Citizen Only)
Contract length: Fixed Term
Location: Bardibas, Eastern Field Office (EFO)

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Location: Mahottari
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Closing Date: Aug 2, 2022