"Terre des hommes Lausanne (Tdh), Switzerland’s largest children’s rights organisation, is reorganising its organisational model in order to get closer to children and young people in vulnerable situations in the thirty or so countries in which it is active.
In Tdh’s new organisational model, the head office takes on the role of a centre of expertise in order to act effectively in favour of the respect, protection and promotion of children’s rights and to ensure overall steering, strategy, policies, monitoring and compliance and informed leadership.
In MENA, Tdh works directly in 7 countries (Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria). As part of the decentralization of its organizational model, Tdh opened a regional office in Amman, Jordan.
Duration : Permanent National Jordanian Contract.
Place of work : Tdh Regional Office in Amman
Deadline for applications: Terre des hommes does not set a deadline for applications for this position, recruitment is open until the position is filled.
Terre des hommes (Tdh) :
The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), with headquarters in Lausanne and an office in Zurich, is the leading Swiss child rights organisation with more than 2000 employees worldwide. We stand together with children to uphold their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through innovative programmes focused on health, migration and access to justice, specially designed to have a positive and sustainable impact.
Context :
Terre des hommes Lausanne (Tdh), Switzerland’s largest children’s rights organisation, is reorganising its organisational model in order to get closer to children and young people in vulnerable situations in the thirty or so countries in which it is active.
In Tdh’s new organisational model, the head office takes on the role of a centre of expertise in order to act effectively in favour of the respect, protection and promotion of children’s rights and to ensure overall steering, strategy, policies, monitoring and compliance and informed leadership.
In MENA, Tdh works directly in 7 countries (Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria). As part of the decentralization of its organizational model, Tdh opened a regional office in Amman, Jordan.
Main responsibilities:
Within the scope of the Quality and Accountability expertise:
Monitors, analyses and reports on results – including key performance indicators – and issues relating to quality and accountability at regional level.
Promotes and applies global frameworks, standards, processes and tools relating to quality and accountability at the level of the region and supports their application within the country offices.
Harmonises practices at regional level.
Builds the capacity of teams to respond to quality and accountability issues at regional level.
Trains key country offices users in these frameworks, standards, processes and tools.
Conducts evidence-based research, capitalisation and evaluation of operations carried out at regional level.
Supports the country offices in all matters relating to quality and accountability (promoting quality and accountability in projects and programmes, methodological and technical support, etc.).
Encourages and coordinates cross-country exchanges to create a culture conducive to exchange and critical reflection, collective learning and partnership working.
Reports relevant information to headquarters in a timely manner, so as to contribute to the generation of knowledge and the advancement of practices.
Specific responsibilities:
Cross-functional roles and responsibilities
Optimise resources at regional level while contributing to the organisation’s overall objectives.
Harmonise regional practices.
Leadership
An authentic leader, he/she inspires their team through leadership, encourages collaboration and team cohesion, makes informed strategic decisions and is committed to excellence and continuous innovation.
Represents, encourages and promotes the organisational and socio-cultural values of the organisation.
Participates in mandatory governance bodies.
People Management
Where necessary, ensures the recruitment of team members, in functional liaison with the relevant departments at head office; contributes to their integration and provides them with support and ongoing training.
Strategy
Contributes to the elaboration of Tdh’s strategy.
Analyses the issues and actors in the region.
Ensures the implementation, dissemination and appropriation of the strategy at regional level.
Contributes to the steering of the strategy.
Ensures the implementation of the strategy in the countries of intervention.
Partnership
Contributes to the identification, development and implementation of strategic partnerships.
Supports the strengthening of local and national players.
Ensures the dissemination and application of the partnership and aid localisation policy and related tools at regional level.
Supports country offices in the implementation and development of partnerships.
Supports country offices in Tdh’s ambition to strengthen aid localisation.
The full Job Description will be shared with shortlisted candidates.
Profile :
Excellence in leadership
Strong ability to lead and motivate a diverse and remote team, leadership skills based on strong values, openness and ability to make strategic decisions.
Highly developed spirit of collaboration and cross-functional leadership.
Management Skills
Significant experience in project management, financial and budgetary management, human resource management.
Proven experience in managing organisational and operational transformation.
Proven experience in capacity development for MEAL team.
Interpersonal skills
Strong ability to build and maintain solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including donors, partners and governments.
Reliability and independence, with a strong ability to organise, make decisions and resolve conflicts.
Integrity, judgement and diplomacy.
Specific knowledge
In-depth knowledge of international quality and accountability issues and standards, and understanding of how to implement them, through proven experience in operational functions in contexts more or less similar to the region. Including direct experience in participatory approaches and working in partnership
Trained as a trainer or recognised experience as such.
Education :
Master degree in Humanitarian Action or Humanitarian Project Management or any other degree related to the function.
Experience / Skills :
.Minimum of 5 years experience in the development / humanitarian context, preferably in the field of children's rights (protection, health, migration, access to justice) and in MENA countries.
·Expertise in the design, planning and implementation of Quality and Accountability policies and processes (situation analysis, research, planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning, capitalization; accountability to beneficiaries and communities, participatory approaches, gender, diversity and inclusion, data, information and knowledge management, promotion of a data management culture, communication, participation of key actors in these processes).
·Expertise in project cycle management, in-depth knowledge of its concepts, processes and tools, and in facilitating participatory processes.
· Capacity-building and mentoring skills and experience, ability to identify needs, train others in a supportive and collaborative manner.
IT knowledge :
Microsoft Office package
Languages
Mandatory written and spoken language: Arabic and English
Languages appreciated: French
Salary : As per Tdh Jordan national salary scale
Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies :
Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.
Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.
Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.
Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.
Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.
Procedure:
Only complete applications (CV + covering letter) posted on our official website https://jobs.tdh.org/en-GB/jobs/internal/abc622c0-f87a-465d-8dd7-a781f7eb40de.
Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. We will only contact those candidates selected for further recruitment.
References :
Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.
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