Senior Project Officer (SPO-Amb) - 1 post, based in Ambon

Save the Children is a leading, private child-focused non-governmental alliance of 29 member organizations that works in 120 countries throughout the world. Save the Children has worked in Indonesia since1976 to promote health and nutrition, education, child protection, livelihoods, and emergency preparedness and response. 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. Save the Children partners with children, communities, local organizations and the government of Indonesia to  transform the lives of Indonesia children and their families. CurrentlySave the Children has an immediate need for experienced staffs to be part of our Education Program Team and will be based in Ambon, Maluku.

The position we are looking for is:

Senior Project Officer (SPO-Amb) - 1 post, based in Ambon

Job Responsibilities:

1. Develop an implementation strategy for the education project activities to ensure clear guidance and standards for all programme staffs and ensure these are in compliance with the project proposal
2. Plan, organize, coordinate, facilitate, monitor and evaluate the day to day implementation of the education activities in the project (will include preparing of materials, creating work plan, budget plan, providing community workshops and trainings, child led participatory research, Parent-Child Meetings etc), to ensure effectiveness and maintain good quality and consistency of the work within the MDP proposal's goal and objectives
3. Develop effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting system (including documenting activities), to ensure the effectiveness of project implementation
4. Develop and submit operational budget plans and review its usage periodically, to ensure that project expenditures are used within limits and guidelines approved by Program Manager
5. Managed delegated budget lines if any
6. Provide technical and management support to program staff as part of the staff development policy, to ensure skill improvement of the staff in providing high quality and effective work
7. Develop the capacity of Save the Children staff and key stakeholders (local government officers), in order to ensure the sustainability of the programme and provide advice on education matters during project implementation
8. Develop, maintain and improve mutual and beneficial relationships with key stakeholders and provide capacity building through advocacy (including government officials, school teachers and community leaders) to ensure successful implementation of the projects
9. Develop, maintain and improve work coordination with local key partners (community, NGO, international bodies), to ensure the successful implementation of the project activities
10. Develop progress reports periodically (including drafting donor reports, security report) to Program Manager, in order to ensure the provision of accurate, updated information and maximize donor's trust
11. Ensure that there is excellent communication and cooperation within the team and between all the Save the Children projects in Maluku
12. Participate and provide inputs for proposal / program development

Requirements:

Education: Bachelor Degree in Education or Social Sciences. Other professional qualification is advantage.

Skill and Experiences:

* Minimum of 3 years of experience in managing education projects in community and child-focused activities
* Experienced in overall project management and proposal writing
* Experienced in developing, maintaining and improving relationship with local government
* Understanding of education and child protection program
* Proven skills in financial and staff management
* Good communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills both in English and Bahasa Indonesia
* Computer literate
* Strong in: team leadership, impact and influence, relationship building, analytical thinking and developing others
* Having high initiative

Updated CV and application letter should be sent to Indonesia.Recruitment@savethechildren.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 or up to 31 January 2012

(Only short-listed candidates will be notified)

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