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The role: Awards and New Business Development Manager – Humanitarian Surge Team (HST)

ROLE PURPOSE:

As part of our humanitarian ambition and 2030 global strategy, Save the Children is developing and implementing a new Surge Capacity Model to further improve the efficient deployment of high quality surge staff to support the delivery of our Humanitarian Responses directly and in collaboration with SCI partners. The model will be a stimulus for other areas of the organisation, demonstrating more collaborative and cost effective ways of working to
drive resources closer to children and honour our commitments to sector wide developments including the Grand Bargain and Core Humanitarian Standard.

People surge is a vital component of our humanitarian responses, providing a much-needed expertise and capacity which can be called upon when it is needed most, helping to ensure high quality and timely humanitarian responses and ultimately saving the lives of children and their families. The postholder will provide dedicated surge support for all categories of humanitarian response efforts, interim cover for critical roles and capacity building to country
and regional office staff and SCI partners within humanitarian contexts around the globe. When not on deployment the postholder will undertake work at the base location agreed with their subject matter line manager and deployment manager and contribute to the further development of the surge capacity model.

This role will be responsible and accountable for full cycle awards management and new business development in SCI emergency responses, from portfolio planning to implementation and managing awards. The post holder will also provide ongoing support to develop best practice emergency awards and new business development management procedures and processes when deployed to SCI Country Programmes.

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.

Qualifications and experience 

Essential

• Experience of and well developed skills in staff management, supervision and capacity building
• Proven track record of supporting a senior management team, and providing strategic support for portfolio management across multiple sectors and/or regions
• Experience in coordinating and preparing successful proposals and reports  for major donors (i.e. ECHO, DFID, USAID)
•  Good understanding of the award management cycle, logical frameworks, budget monitoring and experience of working with major institutional donors such as DFID, ECHO, USAID etc.
• Good attention to detail and analytical skills
•  Computer literate (i.e. WORD, advanced Excel, Outlook)
•  Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
• Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure, working with a wide range of stake holders
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a workload comprised of varying and changing tasks and responsibilities .
•  Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural team
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic or Swahili

Desirable  

• Experience with Save the Children award management system (AMS)
• Significant experience with NGOs in an international emergency environment

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.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.