Deadline: 22 January 2016
Save the Children is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Director of Program Development and Quality in Lesbos, Greece. The duration for the post is of 3 months.
Save the Children works to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Director of Program Development and Quality will perform the following functions-
- Responsible for overseeing the development and resource mobilization of high quality, innovative programs that deliver immediate and lasting change for children on the move and monitor the quality of the implementation of those programs.
- Lead and oversee provision of in-country and international technical assistance and appropriate monitoring and evaluation.
- Provides leadership to ensure excellence in serving members and their donors.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an NGO environment, including experience directing and coordinating programs both emergency and development contexts.
- Experience in more than one of the Save the Children priority sectors: education; child protection; child rights governance; health and nutrition; food security and livelihoods.
- Demonstrated high experience in Child Protection in emergency.
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills in a complex international setting.
- Significant experience leading strategic planning and in programme design and proposal development.
- Strong understanding of different methodologies of monitoring and evaluation and operational research and experience in developing integrated MEAL systems.
- Ability to effectively establish a learning culture within an organization.
- Experience in successfully establishing and managing collaborative relationships and partnerships with donors, government counterparts and local NGOs.
- Strong representation and influencing skills.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- High flexibility.
- Previous experience and knowledge of Children on the Move programmes.
- Knowledge of Save the Children systems and ways of working.
- Experience or knowledge of working in domestic emergencies and/or in middle income countries.
- Working knowledge of Greek language.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their CV and covering letter including their salary expectations for this role in English, as a single document, through online process.
For more information, please visit Save the Children.
