Chief of Party - Save the Children International - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.

We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.

Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We're changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.

Contract length: 2 years with possibility of extension

Save the Children are bidding for an £18-23m nutrition project through DFID to Reduce the number of stunted children by 7% (50,000) in targeted regions within a period of 5 years.

Outcomes are anticipated to be: 

1. Improved maternal, infant and young child feeding practices;
2. Enhanced quality of nutrition services through the health system;
3. Improved household access to diverse and nutrient rich foods through own production and purchased from the local market;
4. Improved multi-sectoral response to nutrition at sub-national levels (Agriculture, WASH, ECD, Community Development, Livelihoods);

The CoP will have overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the project. S/he will ensure that planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation as well as donor reporting functions are executed efficiently and effectively to ensure that the project achieves its purposes and outputs. S/he will co-ordinate the process of learning, capturing and disseminating lessons from the project.

They will lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team including virtual and matrix management across the globe of in-country technical teams to deliver project objectives set out in the donor terms of reference, our technical and commercial proposals and the logical framework.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• Prior experience of delivering large scale nutrition or other social sector donor funded programmes;
• Experience in successfully establishing and managing collaborative relationships and partnerships with donors and government counterparts at a senior level;
• Masters' in nutrition, health or related field;
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in programming in nutrition, health or related area an international development environment;
• Proven ability to manage consortia with a minimum of 4 years' experience managing multi-agency programmes;
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills in a complex international setting;
• Sound understanding of different methodologies of M&E and operational research and experience in developing integrated M&E and Learning systems;
• Proven experience of managing large multi-million pound budgets and management of risk;
• Proven ability to lead, motivate, retain and manage a diverse team of professionals;
• Experience of effective team work and outstanding inter-personal communication skills;
• Commitment to the values, missions, aims and policies of Save the Children;
• Highly diplomatic and emotionally intelligent with strong oral and written communication skills;
• Strong knowledge of Tanzania context, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) priorities in Tanzania;

Desirable

• Substantial experience of working and living in Africa, ideally with professional experience in Tanzania ;
• Demonstrable understanding of Value for Money and DFID results agenda;
• Ability to coach and mentor multi-sectoral partners;
• Fluency in Swahili;

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.