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TITLE Refugee Response Field Manager

TEAM/PROGRAMME Programme Operations

LOCATION Full time based in Kibondo District, Kigoma Region, Tanzania

GRADE Grade 2

CONTRACT LENGTH 2 years, renewable

CHILD SAFEGUARDING

Level 3 the post holder will have contact with children and young people
either frequently e.g. once a week or more or intensively e.g. four days in
one month or more or overnight

As part of the responsibilities the post holder will support the established
child safeguarding systems, promote a culture of keeping children safe and
ensure that potential harm to children by our own staff and/or as a result of
how we do our work is identified and addressed on an ongoing basis. The post
holder should report and respond to interventions as determined by position
related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Refugee Response Field Manager will manage Kigoma Region response in the
North West of Tanzania and provide operational support and direction to the
country programme in collaboration with the Deputy Director of Programme
Operations/Refugee Response TL.

He/she is responsible for identifying needs and resources and elaborating
programme recommendations for the Refugee response in line with Save the
Children national and global priorities. The Refugee Response Field office
manager will develop and manage programmes and negotiate and network at a
regional and national level as determined by the Country Office Senior
Management Team based in Dar es Salaam. She/he will ensure that all relevant
Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child safeguarding,
safety and security, code of conduct, Core Humanitarian Standards,
Humanitarian Principles, equal opportunities and other relevant policies are
in place.

The Refugee Response Field manager will play a strategic role in the effective
scale up and management of Save the Children Refugee programmes to increase
impact and enable positive change for children.

SCOPE OF ROLE

Save the Children has been operational in Tanzania since 1986 with an initial
presence in Zanzibar then extended to the Mainland with multi-sector
programming. Currently, the Country Program is implementing development and
humanitarian programming in 11 regions within the thematic areas of child
rights governance, child protection, education and health & nutrition.

Tanzania is supporting refugees and asylum seekers from different countries,
but mainly from Burundi and the DRC. Save the Children in Tanzania is
currently implementing a multi donor funded Refugee Response program for
Burundian and Congolese Refugees in the area of Education In Emergency EiE
and Child Protection CP at Kasulu and Kibondo Districts in Kigoma Region.

Reports to Deputy Director of Programme Operations/Refugee Response TL

Staff directly reporting to this post Child Protection Manager, , Education
Coordinator, Senior MEAL Coordinator, Construction Engineer and Humanitarian
Support Service Coordinator.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Programme Support typically will be for large/complex emergencies working
with limited support

Assume overall management of the Kigoma regional Refugee response in
collaboration with the Deputy Director of Programme Operations/Emergency
Response TL
Manage multiple grants across thematic sectors, ensuring strict compliance
of programme activities with Save the Children national and global policies
and procedures and with relevant donor regulations and agreements, SPHERE
guidelines and the NGO code of conduct.
Support on action plans, and monitoring to ensure an effective Refugee
response and in flagging needed steps towards a smooth transition to an
eventual recovery/phase out status.
Ensure Save the Children participates and leads Interagency Assessments to
update new opportunities for programme development and funding.
In coordination with the Deputy Director of Programme Operations, Awards
manager, Report and proposal coordinator and PDQ ensure the preparation of
timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with
internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.

Closely monitor the changing humanitarian context in Kigoma region and the
situation in Burundi and regularly share updates with the Country Office and
SC Burundi/Rwanda for informed decision making and guidance on response
planning, and implementation.
Proactively identify risks, monitor actions and update the Humanitarian
response risk register for sharing with the Country Office on monthly basis.
Establish project monitoring plans and systems for identifying and tracking
the indicators and develop processes/procedures and forms to support
monitoring and inform learning.
Ensure optimal safety and security management procedures and practices are in
place for the Refugee response programme and continually monitor the safety
and security situation, adapting staff safety and security procedures
accordingly in collaboration and cooperation with the Deputy Director of
Programme Operations/Emergency Response TL Country Security Focal Point.
Ensure strong accountability for humanitarian response.

Financial and grant Management

Oversee the development and management of budgets potentially for multiple
sites, several sectors and take leadership on the implementation of programme
responses, keeping relevant stakeholders informed and ensuring any corrective
actions are taken.
Ensure strict compliance with SCI for internal and donor regulations for
management of the budget
Ensure monthly monitoring of budgets and coordinate the process of financial
reporting for all awards in the Refugee Response program.
Ensure timely and accurate internal financial reporting.

People Management

Lead, manage and motivate staff members by ensuring they have clear job
descriptions, work plans, objectives and they receive proper supervision and
support including periodic performance reviews
With support from the Dar-based Deputy Director of Programme Operations, plan,
identify and resource appropriate and effective structure & staffing needs for
the response
Oversee the development & implementation of staff wellbeing policy and
ensure appropriate staff well-being policy and processes in place.
Ensure staff, interns and refugee incentive workers adhere to Save the
Children policies including Safeguarding, Anti-harassment and Anti-Fraud as
well as Code of Conduct

Capacity Building

Consider the need for capacity building plans and performance management
systems to develop the requisite competencies in staff to ensure ongoing
sustainability and quality of response.
Coach and mentor staff and partners/ counterparts and link, as needed, to
wider organisational talent development mechanisms.

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning

Represent Save the Children’s Refugee response at the local level to donors,
local administration, the media and members of the humanitarian community
ensuring effective Save the Children participation in Heads of Agencies
meetings, in co-chairing humanitarian Protection Working Group and Child
Protection Sub working Group meetings, Education Technical Work Group and
other inter-agency coordination forums.
Help shape response strategies through influence of /within inter-agency
coordination forums, ensuring the specific needs of children are being
addressed.
Explore and develop a strong partnership with local partners in the region.
Undertake high level representation and advocacy with Local Government
partners and officials as well as donor representatives. Establish systems for
communication with local Government partners, relevant line departments and
community representations in the project areas.
Oversee the implementation of Save the Children policies and procedures with
respect to child rights and safeguarding, health, and safety, equal
opportunities and other relevant policies.

BEHAVIOURS Values in Practice

Accountability

holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values;
holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the
necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
consequences when results are not achieved;

Ambition

sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to
do the same;
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and
motivates others
future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale;

Collaboration

builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues,
Members and external partners and supporters;
values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength;

approachable, good listener, easy to talk to;

Creativity

develops and encourages new and innovative solutions;
willing to take disciplined risks;

Integrity

honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of
integrity;

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Extensive experience of working within a management role within a complex
country programme in an Refugee response or fragile state
Previous experience in managing an Refugee response program at local level
with limited facilities.

Education BA/BSc level in relevant discipline or equivalent field
experience
Management experience of multi-national, multi-sector team.
Experience of managing multi-donor, multi-site programmes including for
example ECHO, BPRM and SIDA of USD 3m+ response at regional or country level
Experience of national or local level representation with key stakeholders,
and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN
Experience of developing and negotiating successful partnerships with local
partners and institutional donors
Proven ability to influence change at an operational level
Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and
diplomacy
A high level of written and spoken English
The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in
difficult working circumstances.
Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good
understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this
continues to underpin our support

Desirable

Experience of working in complex refugee camp contexts.
Working knowledge of Kiswahili or Kirundi.
Experience of working on Education in Emergence and Child Protection in
Emergence programmes
Experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability systems in complex programmes

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the
role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within
reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI
Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures;

Child Safeguarding

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes
rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of
children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI
anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI
Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Date advertised 4 Oct 2020

Closing date 18 Oct 2020 – 2359 EAT

Location Kigoma, Tanzania, United Republic of

Department Programme Operations

Type Fixed-term contract
Schedule Full-time



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