Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. We work together, with our partners from civil societies and government, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We reach approximately two million population and invest over 30 million US dollars annually to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in Health and Nutrition, Education, Child Rights and Governance and Child Protection, Child Poverty, HIV & AIDS, and Humanitarian.
Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. We work together, with our partners from civil societies and government, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We reach approximately two million population and invest …
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GRADE: 7+
TEAM/PROGRAMME: PPRM/PDQ
LOCATION: Kathmandu
POST TYPE: National
Child Safeguarding: Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.
ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners from civil societies and government, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We reached approximately three million populations and investing over 70 million US dollars in 2016 to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in Health, Nutrition, Education, Protection and Child Rights and Governance, child poverty, HIV and AIDS, and Humanitarian crises.
The Senior Award Manager is responsible for delivering an efficient and effective award management function. They will lead award management for all programmes, and develop best practice award management processes across the Nepal & Bhutan Country Office. The role has four main aspects to it: lead and develop the Country Office award management effort; capacity building staff; contributing to the development of best award practices systems and processes; and donor engagement.
In addition, the position holder will also be responsible for business development of programmes and provide technical advises in the development of proposals, concept notes and to carry out needs assessments. S/he is expected to lead the coordination between technical and operational teams to ensure that proposals are developed in coordination.
The role offers a challenging opportunity for an individual experienced in awards management, business development and donor communications. It requires an individual capable of providing strategic leadership to a dynamic team which is responsible for supporting ambitious fundraising targets as well as the management of a portfolio of awards currently valued at $65 million.
The individual will be responsible for working with all other teams in the Country Office to develop the capacity of all staff and provide on-the-job support to develop an awards management process that supports Save the Children quality standards.
The individual will play a coordination role across the Save the Children global network and with donors to identify funding opportunities. S/he will co-ordinate development of high quality proposals that are reflective of Save the Children and donor strategic objectives, ensuring proposal budgets are accurately costed. During implementation they will provide support and information to the technical and field-based teams to deliver donor compliant awards and high quality and timely donor reports.
The maintenance of systems, processes and day to day management of the team will be a primary function of the Senior Awards Manager. The individual will play a key role in the development of a culture that promotes the primacy of ensuring Save the Children delivers high quality programmes whilst always seeking to improve national staff capacity to take on roles currently held by international staff.
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.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Leadership, portfolio management, business development & strategy
Compliance (Systems and Processes):
Monitoring and analysis:
Communicating with impact (Pipeline, Proposals, Reports):
Team Management and Capacity Building:
Networking:
Other:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
"Qualified candidates from minorities, indigenous groups, women and people with disabilities from local level are highly encouraged to apply."
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