Emergency Aid / Next Manager At SOS Children’s Villages International

Context: Operating in the field of child protection, SOS VEM co-finances and supports the implementation of development and emergency programs, currently in Africa and Latin America with the financial support of the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs ( MAOEE ). The organization actively promotes and defends the best standards of ethical and professional conduct in matters of child protection and safeguarding ( SE ) and prevention and protection against harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse ( PHEAS ). She is a member of the SOS Kinderdorf International Federation ( SOS KDI ).

The. The Emergency Aid / Nexus Manager, based ( e ) in Luxembourg, will have the main function of ensuring the coordination and monitoring of emergency projects implemented in the field by NGO partners.

Responsibilities

• Program management
  • Design
    • Ensure the quality and efficiency of the program design and development process : ensuring and coordinating stakeholder participation throughout the different phases of the program development and formulation process ; ensuring the quality of program formulation through the support of technical experts to national and local teams ;
    • Ensure the quality and compliance of program documents to be submitted to the donor ;
  • Support
    • Ensure the quality of the implementation of the programs and their progression according to the GAR ( Management Axed Results ) / NEXUS towards the results aligned with the international indicators ( CAD, CHS, etc. ) ;
  • Administrative and financial monitoring
    • Ensure efficient and effective use of financial resources, and the quality of financial reports ;
    • Ensure the objectivity and completeness of narrative reports ;
• Partnership management
  • • Accompany local implementation associations in their organizational development
• Supervision
  • • Supervision of the field technical support team accompanying the program implementation teams
• Internal collaboration the SOS Children’s Villages International KDI Federation
  • • Ensure and maintain links with Federation entities involved in the implementation of programs for programmatic, strategic and operational purposes ;
• External operational collaboration
  • • Identify potential partners ( NGOs, agencies ) and establish contacts for collaboration according to a Nexus approach ;
• Child protection
  • • Collaboration with the other members of the SOS Luxembourg program team, national directorates and program teams in taking into account and implementing child protection and anti-harassment action plans, sexual exploitation and abuse ;
• Program funding
  • • Guarantee the quality and confidence of the relationship with donors ;
• Internal communication
  • • Provide the communication and fundraising departments with complete and reliable information on the programs implemented ;
• Internal collaboration within the office
  • • Participate in internal reflections and be united if necessary.

Profile :

Know-how :

• Master in project management or equivalent
• Confirmed experience in management of international solidarity projects on the ground, ideally in NGO or OSI, with application of child protection standards ;
• Mastery and confirmed practice of Results-Based Management and very good control of the project cycle ;
• Affirmed powers to manage projects under institutional funds ( compliance with donor rules, drafting of project proposals, etc. ) ;
• Capacity building / training experience ;
• Strategic vision and ability to formulate and popularize it ;
• Financial management skills ( accounting reading and monitoring of internal control )
• Previous experience in managing partnerships with local associations is an asset ;
• Very good organizational and editorial capacities ;
• Mobility in intervention countries and in Europe ( participation in working groups and international meetings ) ;
• Master of French and English Languages ;
• Mastery of classic IT tools in Windows environment
• Previous experience in the nutrition / health and education sectors are assets.

Know-how :

• Ability to collaborate within a team but also in distance mode ;
• Know how to listen and leave the initiative on the ground, advise, influence without imposing ;
• Be creative ;
• Have relational ease and respectful oral and written communication ;
• You are oriented ( e ) results ;
• You adhere to the values of SOS Children’s Villages.