Senior Program Officer Emergencies

Save the children is a leading non profit humanitarian relief and development organization working in more than 120 countries throughout the world. Our mission is to create lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need. Save the Children has grown enormously in the country and today we operate in 13 provinces across Indonesia. Our program approach now brings long term and sustainable benefits to more Indonesian children and we work to establish effective, self-sustaining approaches to issues related to child protection, health, education, livelihoods, emergency response and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Save the Children partners with children, communities, local organizations and the government of Indonesia to transform the lives of Indonesia children and their families. Currently Save the Children has an immediate need for experienced staffs to be a part of our emergencies/DRR program and will be based in Jakarta.

Senior Program Officer - Emergencies (code: SPO Jkt) - 1 post based in Jakarta

The incumbent will support the Education in Emergencies Capacity Building Program for Asia-Pacific in Indonesia (80%) and Save the Children Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs (20%).

Core Duties and responsibilities are as follow:

1. Assist the Emergencies Program Manager (EPM) in overall planning, implementation and monitoring of the Save the Children Emergency Preparedness and Response programs.

2. Coordinate and maintain relationship with partners (local NGOs, government, community) at that national level and in Jakarta.

3. Ensure ethical and meaningful child participation in all aspects of the Emergency Preparedness and Response programs.

4. Assist the EPM in establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with the government, NGOs, teachers, community leaders, and other stakeholders with the objective of their participation in the program.

5. Assist the SC's Regional Advisor for Education in Emergencies in establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with MoNE and UNICEF for Education in Emergencies activities.

6. Play an active role in developing the Education Cluster including development of agreements, work plans, co-ordination of response activities and taking into account the cross-cutting issues.

7. Ensure that information is shared amongst cluster members and between sectors/clusters in order to improve planning, integration and implementation. This includes facilitating meetings, taking and sharing minutes of meetings and taking an active part in OCHA co-ordination meetings.

8. Assist in conducting and in facilitating capacity building workshops for key SC staff members and stakeholders to understand children's involvement in DRR.

9. Assist in conducting and in facilitating capacity-building workshops related to the topic of Education in Emergencies for project stakeholders and SC staff members.

10. Assist the Jakarta-based SC's Regional Advisor for Education in Emergencies in the implementation and monitoring of the Education in Emergencies Capacity Building Program for Asia-Pacific in Indonesia

11. Assist in the preparation of narrative progress reports and ensure their timely submission.

12. Assist SC Australia Regional Emergencies Manager (based in Melbourne) with administrative aspects of the Education in Emergencies project.

13. Assist the Emergencies Program Manager in collecting data needed for assessing the capacity-building needs of partners in relation to certain thematic areas, such as DRR programming, overall programmatic and financial management and reporting.

14. Ensure that partners submit reports to SC as required by the cooperation agreement in a timely manner.

15. Support the initiation of the DM&E processes for the DRR project, in cooperation with the Emergencies Program Manager.

16. Assist in documenting learning throughout program in written and video form to be shared with Save the Children colleagues in the region.

17. Support the Emergencies Program Manager in advocacy work and in developing materials, publications and training manuals on DRR program(s) and other Emergency Preparedness & Response programs, in collaboration with relevant SC staff and partners.

18. Establish and follow-up partnerships with local organizations in the DRR program.

Requirements of skilled and experiences:

* Min. bachelor degree in Social Science or other related discipline.

* At least 5 years in project/activity, 2 years experience in the Education sector and 1 year of experience responding in the first phase of an emergency and

* We will appreciate working experiences within International NGO and UN Agencies

* Experience in implementing DRR programs is preferred

* Demonstrable ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders and develop consensus and joint working

* Proven expertise on working children with a good skill on child-friendly facilitation and involving children in programming

* Strong oral and written communication skills in both Bahasa Indonesia and English

* Good understanding of Government of Indonesia structures, functions and general operations

* Ability to work in a fast-paced, pressured environment

* Sound reasoning and decision making skills

* Detail oriented

* Organisation commitment

* Willingness to travel a lot

Updated CV and application letter should be sent to id.recruitment@savechildren.org Please fill the "subject" column of the e-mails in this format: code of the position <...> - your name <...>. Closing date for application is 7 (seven) days after this advertisement (Only short-listed candidates will be notified).

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