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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Regional Programme Officer (Africa)

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 02 Mar 2017

Overview:
War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.

Purpose of Post:
We are recruiting for a second Regional Programme Officer (RPO) for the Africa team, who will work under the supervision of the Regional Programme Coordinator. The Africa regional desk will consist of two Regional Programme Officers. The role will involve close collaboration with the country teams in the Africa portfolio and other UK-based Regional Programme Officers. The post-holder will play a central role in the day to day project and operational support responsibilities to several countries allocated from the Africa portfolio. The regional portfolio currently includes Central African Republic, DRC and Uganda. Approximately 50% of the work will be assisting field teams with donor reporting, and project management. The RPO will provide critical support to Programme Managers ensuring all reports are clear, accurate, and submitted in a timely manner, and that learning is at the core of the projects we implement. Around 20% of the time will be spent on ensuring desk level support to proposal development for institutional donors (research background sections, drafting, certifications etc.). A further 20% of the work will be spent on ensuring effective internal communications between the Programmes team and the rest of War Child, with an emphasis on ensuring that fundraising teams get adequate information to support their needs, and that advocacy priorities are informed by programmes experience and evidence. Finally, 10% of the role will make sure of the effective administration of regional desk requirements (filing, shared drive management). The position will be UK based although there will be occasional opportunities to travel to the country programmes the RPO supports, to provide reporting and project implementation operational support; subject to security considerations.


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Jordan: Head of Programmes

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Jordan
Closing date: 04 Mar 2017

HEAD OF PROGRAMMES – WCUK (Jordan)

Summary

Job title:

Head of Programmes - Jordan

Contract Type:

12 month Fixed Term contract, with possible extension based on performance and funding. Both expat and national applicants will be considered for this role.

Reports to:

Country Director – Jordan

Working with

  • Project Managers and project teams in Jordan

  • Various functions at Amman level; Finance, HR, Logs + Security plus technical team including Education Advisor and Research Advisor

  • Different functions from London HQ

  • War Child Holland

Location

Amman, Jordan

Deadline

4th March 2017

Background

War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.

In Jordan, War Child has been working to provide child protection, education and psychosocial support programmes for Syrian and Jordanian children and families since early 2013. We are present in Za’atari Camp, Mafraq, Zarqa and Amman, with a view to further expansion into other geographical areas, as well as thematic areas such as livelihoods.

The Role

War Child UK is now going through a period of exciting organisational change, with a scale up in its portfolio of programmes in Jordan. Accordingly, WCUK is hiring a Head of Programmes in order to drive forward this scale up phase and ensure the effective implementation of new and existing programmes, and to lead the development of additional programmes. The Head of Programmes will be responsible for ensuring good strategic leadership of programmes in Jordan, ensuring programme quality, managing key risks and supporting the programmes team to deliver their goals. It is a critical role requiring a seasoned, motivated and experienced individual with a desire for a new and exciting challenge in a small but rapidly growing organisation.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Strategic Programme Leadership

  • Provide leadership in program strategy development in collaboration with Programme Funding Coordinator in the themes of Child protection, education and livelihoods, ensuring cross cutting themes (gender, disability and accountability) are integrated in programme engagements

  • Ensure fundraising efforts at the country level are coordinated and strategic

  • Ensure strategic presence of WCUK staff in key humanitarian and development forums and clusters. Represent the organisation in strategic forums.

  • Develop and foster partnerships with donors, UN agencies, INGOs and other key actors in Jordan and regionally if required

  • Work closely with Head of Finance and Operations in ensuring relevant, effective and efficient operations support systems to programmes are in place

  • Facilitate high level donor/ambassador visits to Jordan, ensuring they are planned in a way which maximises benefits and impact.

    Risk management

  • Work closely with the Finance team to ensure timely implementation of grants and monitor expenditure closely to reduce the risk of disallowable costs. Ensure sufficient cost recovery from donor grants

  • Maintain overview of internal and external programmatic audits and ensure any findings/ recommendations are acted upon

  • Act as the focal point for any issues and challenges with Ministries with Jordanian Ministries (MOSD, MOPIC, MOE) and when required to ensure timely approvals of new projects

  • Actively monitor, manage and respond to security risks and incidents as required, in collaboration with the Logistics and Security Manager.

Programme Quality and Standards

  • Ensure the programme team benefits from tools, training, minimum standards and wider best practices in child protection, education and livelihoods, in collaboration with technical advisors at HQ level.

  • Develop a clear approach towards programme quality and ensure a full spectrum of technical support is available for programme implementation

  • Lead the development of a greater focus on evidence based programming in Jordan, and work closely with the Research Advisor to support them in leading on research initiatives such as the evaluation of WCUK’s psychosocial support methodology.

  • Provide strategic leadership around any future investments needed in systems related to programme monitoring and learning

Team management and capacity building

  • Provide line management leadership to all Project Managers, ensuring they are well supported and guided to supervise the projects.

  • Performance-manage staff in line with organisational processes

  • Oversee work of a multi-location and multi-skilled team, ensuring quality outcomes and collaboration within the team to achieve programme strategy

  • Identify capacity gaps within the Programme team and work to support skills development amongst staff.

  • Manage HR/staffing issues and grievances amongst programme staff in collaboration with the HR Manager

  • Request and facilitate additional surge support capacity to Jordan from UK, in particular technical capacities as and when required

Policy and advocacy work

  • Working closely with team members in London to further develop WCUK’s focus on advocacy in Jordan, and to develop clear evidence based positions on key policy and advocacy issues related to the Syria crisis.

  • Represent and articulate key War Child UK programme and policy positions at key national, regional and global fora.

Person Specification – Essential Criteria

War Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a team of extremely dedicated staff & volunteers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their personality, creativity and professionalism to our communications and the wider charity.

Required skills and experience:

  • At least 10 years of experience in successfully designing and delivering strategies for programmes, country or regional offices at scale

  • Knowledge and experience of project management in complex multi-stakeholder programmes

  • Substantial experience of international development and/or humanitarian work

  • Technical competencies in child protection, education and livelihoods

  • Understanding and experience of humanitarian and development issues in the Middle East region

  • Skills and proven background in monitoring and evaluation and the ability to provide organisational leadership in this area

  • Strong numeracy and information analysis skills

Soft skills:

  • Proven leadership skills and the ability to manage, motivate and inspire a diverse regional team

  • Proven ability to influence others to achieve successful outcomes, including government, UN agencies and donors through successful advocacy

  • Extremely strong communication, negotiation and representational skills and ability to work at a regional level

Key Competencies:

  • Understanding of the vision and mission of War Child
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong financial and narrative reporting skills.
  • Ability to collaborate and form effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. Capacity to juggle multiple stakeholders and keep them engaged.
  • Problem solving and can-do approach to work with a key focus on achieving successful results.
  • Flexibility to change and create for continuous improvement and to contribute towards a culture of innovation along with knowledge impact.
  • Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to make effective decisions.

Education:

  • Masters level degree or/ and any equivalent academic certificates in any of the following fields (international development, education management, social studies, etc).

Language:

  • Fluency in English

  • Fluency in Arabic desirable but not essential

Contractual Terms

Working Hours: Full Time

Probation: 3 months

Start date: ASAP

Travel: Within Jordan as required, occasional visits to region and UK

Leave: 20 days pro-rata

Benefits: Individual health insurance and social security


How to apply:
  • Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply either through Akhtaboot or/ and via email: Recruitment.JOR@warchild.org.uk quoting the title “HoP/13” before 4th March 2017. Make sure to upload your English CV along with a covering letter.

  • Due to limited resources War Child HR, will contact only the shortlisted candidates.

  • First round interviews will be held on week commencing 5th March 2017.

  • Second round interviews and/ or technical exam for selected candidates will be held on week commencing 12th March 2017.

  • Any offer made post the second interview will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post the receipt of complete reference forms.

  • The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a Police check from a country of permanent residence, a medical check, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child Protection Policy prior to a final offer being made.

Switzerland: Director Finance & Administration

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Organization: International Council of Voluntary Agencies
Country: Switzerland
Closing date: 16 Mar 2017

Founded in 1962, ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies) is a global network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work collectively and with other humanitarian stakeholders to promote and facilitate NGO engagement in the humanitarian sector and its policies.

NGOs form a vital pillar in the international humanitarian community. However, despite implementing the majority of humanitarian work, NGOs often find themselves excluded from key decision-making structures and processes. Increased NGO contribution in these structures and processes could directly benefit affected populations, closing the gap between field realities and global policies.

By strengthening NGO engagement in the development of the humanitarian sector, ICVA aims to positively shape the future of humanitarian assistance, promoting more collective, principled and effective action.

Based on its 2015-2018 Strategy, ICVA promotes and facilitates NGO engagement and partnership with a variety of actors and bodies (e.g. IASC, UN agencies, donors, members states, international and political bodies, and emerging players), with a key focus on:

  • Forced Displacement;

  • Humanitarian Partnership;

  • Humanitarian Coordination; and

  • Humanitarian Financing.

Historically based in Geneva, in 2013 ICVA expanded its presence to Asia, MENA and Africa with an intention to:

  • Ensure closer proximity with its members in those regions;

  • Expand representation to regional or international humanitarian and political bodies and actors present in those regions; and

  • Develop stronger links between field realities and global policies.

Objective

The Director of Finance Administration is responsible for providing strategic direction to finance and human resource along with the day-to-day management of ICVA's administration and office and assures the financial & human resource management of the Secretariat is in accordance with ICVA policies, Swiss legislative requirements and within budgetary constraints.

Main Responsibilities

The Director of Finance & Administration works under the direct supervision of ICVA’s Executive Director and supervises the work of the Finance and Administration staff (HR and Finance Assistant, Events and Administration Assistant and Information Officer).

Ø Budget & Financial Management:

  • Prepare and manage overall ICVA budget

  • Oversee cash-flow forecasting, analysis and exchange rate management

  • Update and ensure proper implementation of financial guidelines and internal control procedures

  • Conduct accounting, payments, petty cash, financial management for the Regional Hubs, monthly reconciliations, yearly closing procedures, and preparation of the annual Financial Statements

  • Organisation and preparation for the yearly audit with the auditors as appointed by the Board and for project audits as necessary.

  • Work with ICVA Executive Director and Director, Programme & Policy on budget and general financial management

  • Management of ICVA’s Risk Matrix, outlining potential risks to the organization and working with the Executive Director and the Board to mitigate risks associated with finance, human resources and administration.

  • Working with auditors and other experts on ICVA’s financial/legal status on various issues (e.g. VAT, etc.)

Ø Grant Management:

  • Preparation of budgets, follow-up (securing fund transfers, exchange rate management, establishing files) and regular financial analysis for all ICVA grants (including any grants managed on behalf of the Sphere Association)

  • Financial reporting and analysis linked to both restricted and unrestricted funding

  • Ensuring grant compliance requirements are met, and supporting reporting and documentation.

Ø HR Management

  • Provide recruitment, staff development and training strategy.

  • Provide staff with information regarding their entitlements, administrative procedures, and conditions of service, consistent with ICVA’s Staff Rules and Regulations.

  • Oversee management of personnel files, contract administration, absence and leave, and separation of staff.

  • Liase with Swiss authorities related to work permits, tax declarations, social security insurances, pension fund, family allowances.

  • Responsible for salary administration, tax at source calculation and updating of salary scale as needed.

  • Manage recruitment of staff and consultants including drafting job descriptions, posting announcements, follow-up on applicants, interviews, reference checks and salary recommendations.

  • Identifies development opportunities in keeping with staff job needs and offers recommendations.

  • Monitors the process of annual staff appraisals.

Ø Administration and Event Management

Supervise the work of the Event and Administration assistant, including office facilities and logistics for staff support and events (including travel, accommodation, visa, catering, venue, per diems, supplies, mobile phones, etc.)

Ø Information Management, Governance and Membership

Supervise the work of the Information Officer, particularly with regard to ICT and other information management tools and support to the Executive Director and Board for Governance (including statutory and legal matters; elections; General Assembly; Board and Committee meetings and minutes etc.) and membership.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education:

  • CPA or Masters degree in Business Administration

  • Relevant professional training courses

Experience:

  • Minimum seven years hands-on all round experience in a senior Finance and Administration role

  • Financial management and Human Resources in international humanitarian non-governmental organization

  • Knowledge of Swiss financial and HR requirements

  • Working with the follow up and preparation of reports for multiple donors for humanitarian programs

  • Creation and follow up of institutional budgeting

  • Assuring compliance to accounting guidelines, compilation and preparation of end of year accounts and external liaison with auditors

Knowledge

  • People management skills and ability to motivate teams

  • Ability to communicate effectively in person, in writing and remotely

  • Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise work, handle pressure and take day-to-day decisions on the financial management of the organisation.

  • Solution focused and accountable

  • Ability to have a flexible approach to working hours when required

Competencies and skills:

  • Good working knowledge of English and French (oral and written)

  • Strong team player (puts aside his/her personal goals and works in a constructive and respectful way with other team members in order to achieve the common goal)

  • Good computer skills (Word, Excel, E-mail, Internet)

  • Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team and international environment

  • Culturally sensitive and possesses a high degree of integrity


How to apply:
  • Candidates must be Swiss or EU nationals, or holders of a valid Swiss work permit.

  • A cover letter and CV, including the names for two references, should be sent to recruitment4@icvanetwork.org indicating “Director Finance & Administration” in the subject line.

  • The deadline for applications is 16th March 2017

  • Starting date***:*** 1st May 2017 (or as soon as possible)

  • Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted and that applications will be considered as they are received.

Jordan: Research Manager

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Jordan
Closing date: 11 Mar 2017

War Child – Jordan office

Research Manager

Summary

Job title:

Research Manager - Jordan

Contract Type :

Fixed Term contract.[u1] Duration of contract is 12 months. [u2]

Reports to:

Head of Programmes – Jordan

Working with

  • Project Managers and project teams in Jordan

  • Various functions at Amman level; Finance, HR, Logs + Security plus technical team including Education Advisor

  • Different functions from London HQ

Location

Amman, Jordan

Deadline

11 March 2017

1.Background

War Child UK (WCUK) is an independent and impartial international non-governmental organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. We strive to empower children and young people while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict affected children and young people.

In Jordan we are running two large programmes each of which have a large research component. We are therefore recruiting a Research Manager to lead these research pieces and manage the field level research processes in country.

  1. Roles and responsibilities

  2. The Research Manager will mainly be focusing on two pieces of research in Jordan:

  3. Evaluation of DEALS psychosocial support methodology (Linked to the ‘Time to be a Child’ programme)

  4. Research on the effectiveness of tablet-based educational gaming (linked to the ‘Can’t wait to Learn’ programme), includes a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT).

  5. The Research Manager is essential to the success of these research projects and will lead the implementation;

  6. The Research Manager will be responsible for:

  7. Recruitment, selection, and hiring of a local research team including independent research assistants, data entry assistants, and if and when needed intervention facilitators. This will involve:

    • assisting in drafting job descriptions

    • assisting in the circulation of advertisements to relevant networks

    • participating in the screening potential applicants and shortlisting several for interview together with HR Department

    • coordinating and participating in an interview panel to conduct interviews

    • taking a critical role in final selection of team together with the Country Director.

  8. Assisting in competency and capacity-building of local research team in research methods, research ethics, and interventions, with support of the Research and Development team within Head Office. This competency-building will involve:

    • Basics of data collection for qualitative and quantitative research projects

    • Interviewing methods;

    • Data management processes;

    • Research ethics including participant safety, confidentiality, reporting of adverse events, maintaining integrity of research data;

    • Intervention facilitation (with support from relevant trainers);

    • Child safe-guarding;

  9. Supervision and coordination of the tasks of the local research team including:

    • Holding regular supervision meetings and performance appraisals

    • Scheduling and coordination of data collection including managing all logistics such as transport, work schedules, resources required,

    • Data management

    • Monitoring of quality of data collection, adherence to ethical practices, and intervention fidelity

    • Overseeing data entry, and able to be responsible for data set cleaning.

    • Communicating key information from the research in a simple, clear, effective way to stakeholders that are non-researchers

  10. Managing and reporting on adverse events and serious adverse events related to implementing the research project according to War Child [u3] data management protocols;

  11. Participating in regular research supervision and coordination meetings with Research and Development Head Office team;

  12. The Research Manager will conduct several field visits during training and implementation for a better understanding of context and quality monitoring

  13. Reporting

They will report to the Head of Programmes in Jordan

  1. Person Specification – Essential Criteria

Essential:

  • At least Masters level degree in relevant field (e.g. Psychology, Nursing, Education, Public Health, Social Sciences, Education);

  • At least 6 years’ experience in leading and coordinating field-based research with human subjects in a relevant field (i.e. psychosocial support, education, and/or child protection);

  • Proven track record in implementing research activities and data management for human subjects research projects;

  • Experience in supervising research assistants and building competency.

  • Excellent communication skills in English (oral and written) and relevant local language/s;[u4]

  • Ability to communicate the results of research to others in a simple, clear, effective way;

  • Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision;

  • Ability to work with SPSS or similar data analyses software;

  • Available full time, committed to invest at least 1 year in contributing to our research. agenda in Jordan.

    Language:

  • Fluency in Arabic and English.

Desirable:

  • Extensive experience working within Jordan in a research capacity

  • Experience in (basic) analyses of data sets in SPSS of similar software package

  • Previous experience in a research coordinator role in a field-based project

  • Previous extensive experience with both qualitative and quantitative research methods

Key Competencies:

  • Understanding of the vision and mission of War Child.
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong narrative reporting skills.
  • Ability to collaborate and form effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Capacity to juggle multiple stakeholders and keep them engaged.
  • Problem solving and can-do approach to work with a key focus on achieving successful results.
  • Flexibility to change and create for continuous improvement and to contribute towards a culture of innovation along with knowledge impact.
  • Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to make effective decisions.

5.Job Location:** Amman with frequent travel to field locations (Mafraq, Zarqa, Za’atari)

6.Time frame:** The role is expected to start ASAP.

[u1]National or dosent matter the nationality

[u2]Is it extendable subject to funding & performance

[u3]WC Holland or UK !

[u4]Is Fleuncy in Arabic is a requirement !


How to apply:
  1. How to apply

  2. Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply via email: Recruitment.JOR@warchild.org.uk quoting the title “Research Manager” before 11 March 2017. Make sure to upload your English CV along with a covering letter.

  3. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

  4. Due to limited resources War Child HR, will contact only the shortlisted candidates.

  5. First round interviews will be held on week commencing 11 March 2017.

  6. Second round interviews and/ or technical exam for selected candidates will be held on week commencing 18 March 2017.

  7. Any offer made post the second interview will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post the receipt of complete reference forms.

  8. The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a Police check from a country of permanent residence, a medical check, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child Protection Policy prior to a final offer being made.

The safety of children is essential to War Child. War Child does not tolerate or accept any form of abuse. This subject is addressed in our recruitment and selection procedures.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Director of Advocacy and Communications (Maternity Cover)

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 27 Mar 2017

Background:
War Child is striving for a world where no child’s life is torn apart by war. Our mission is to
protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children caught up in conflict. We aim to reach
children as early as possible when conflict breaks out, and stay to support them through their
recovery - helping to keep them safe, give them an education, and equip them with skills for
the future.
We understand children’s needs, respect their rights, and put them at the centre of the solution from supporting Syrian children to access education, to reintegrating child soldiers in the Central African Republic and promoting justice for young people in detention in Afghanistan.
We also work with children and young people to change systems and practices that affect
them – campaigning on the root causes of conflict and demanding that children are at the
centre of humanitarian response.
The Advocacy and Communications department plays a crucial role in this endeavour –
making sure we are communicating with impact about the children and young people we work
with, and calling on those in power to do the right thing to ensure children in conflict get the
support they need. From running hard-hitting campaigns to get important issues on the political
agenda, to developing media and digital strategies for our incredible music gigs, the Advocacy
and Communications team is at the heart of our efforts to increase War Child’s profile and
impact.
Overview of the Role:
The Director of Advocacy and Communications is responsible for leading a department that
consists of three teams – Policy and Advocacy, Press and PR, and Digital. The department is
responsible for three major objectives in delivering War Child’s strategy to 2019:
 To secure greater political and financial support, and influence policy change,
for children affected by armed conflict at national and international levels
 To significantly raise War Child UK’s media profile and brand awareness in
the UK and internationally to enhance our reputation, credibility and impact
 To considerably enhance War Child’s digital footprint to increase supporter
mobilization across fundraising and campaigns
War Child
Job Description & Person Specification
In achieving these objectives, the department will be driven by a number of cross-cutting priorities that the Director of Advocacy and Communications is ultimately accountable for:
 Building and measuring our profile – whether increasing the quantity and diversity of our media coverage, expanding our digital reach, securing the attention of decision-makers, or increasing the number of high-profile supporters for War Child, we will strive to constantly increase our profile, and develop indicators and metrics to measure how well we are doing.
 Understanding our supporters and audiences – so that we can better target our communications across both media and digital channels for both fundraising and political impact, we will invest in better understanding those who engage with War Child, the kind of content that drives engagement and the journeys people take to get to us. This will help us to optimise our brand and our external-facing content to improve our impact, and develop best practice for the rest of the organisation.
 Creating better and consistent content – as we grow and professionalise, the standard of our communications content will also need to constantly improve, following a clear set of guidelines to ensure quality and consistency, and creating the internal systems and architecture to gather, store and use content to maximum affect.
 Increasing our responsiveness – we will seek to improve the responsiveness of our advocacy and communications across everything we do – whether rapidly reacting to major political events through media or lobby; being quicker to respond to the news agenda; or spotting opportunities for digital engagement.
 Becoming a force to be reckoned with – in order to achieve our objective of securing policy change for children in conflict, we need to ensure our voice is heard and that we are bold and ground-breaking enough to become a force to be reckoned with in political debates globally and nationally. We will develop hard-hitting campaigns which secure strong media interest, being prepared to speak out when the situation demands it, whilst also enhancing our credibility in the policy arena with rigorous analysis and sophisticated lobby strategies.
 Promoting the voices and demands of children and young people – we will ensure that we are creating further opportunities for children and young people we work with to become their own advocates in their own contexts, as well as working with them as part of our global advocacy work. We will strive for this to be an objective across all our communications.
The Advocacy and Communications Director is also a member of the Senior Management Team and so is responsible for wider organisational objectives, ensuring that we stay true to the five core principles that govern our strategy to 2020:
 We reach children early in the conflict cycle and we stay to support them through their recovery
 We are a specialist organisation focussed on high impact and sustainable interventions
 We champion the voices of children and mobilise others to take action in support of them
 Our values define our actions and drive us to continually improve our work and our systems
 We are part of an effective global family.
This role is a maternity cover which will deliver to the agreed strategy to 2020 and the priorities identified for the Advocacy and Communications team.
A) JOB SPECIFICATION: TASK AND RESPONSIBILITES:
In line with War Child’s five-year strategy and following the core priorities for the Advocacy and Communications Department, the Director will deliver the following tasks and responsibilities:
Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns
 Oversee the delivery of War Child’s two core campaigning priorities – stopping the targeting of children in war; and ensuring children who flee war are protected.
 Provide guidance and oversight for the development of advocacy strategies that deliver changes in policy and practice for children in war.
 Provide thought-leadership for War Child’s policy work, ensuring that our analysis is timely and adds value to current policy debates.
 Ensure that our advocacy and campaign objectives are supported with excellent communications across media and digital
 Promote collaboration across departments and teams to ensure our policy, advocacy and campaigns draw on our programmatic experience and complement our fundraising efforts.
 Represent War Child’s advocacy priorities at a national and global level – at events and meetings with decision-makers, and with our supporters.
 Build and maintain high-level relationships with national and global decision-makers
Communications – brand, press, PR and digital
 Oversee and manage War Child’s brand – ensuring consistent messaging and communications, enhancing internal understanding of our brand identity and raising our external brand profile
 Oversee and provide strategic guidance and advice for our press and PR work, promoting both quantity and quality of coverage
 Work with the press and PR team to enhance our relationships with media outlets and journalists, building our reputation as a ‘go to’ agency to comment on children in conflict
 Act as a media spokesperson for War Child, representing the organisation competently and authoritatively for high profile media opportunities
 Promote and support enhanced digital and online reach for the organisation, providing guidance and support for impactful social media strategies, and investing in data and analytics to inform and refine our digital strategies
 Promote digital partnerships and innovations that enhance our reach and reputation
 Build relationships with War Child’s high profile supporters – including our Global Ambassadors – providing strategic advice and briefings, and planning collaboratively with them
Management
 Effectively manage a growing department, promoting and supporting a high-functioning team
 Build the skills and competencies of leaders within the department to take strategic decisions and embrace increasing levels of responsibility
 Promote collaboration and communication within the department, through regular team and management meetings
 Build excellent internal relationships with other teams and departments, and promote cross-team working
 Act as a core member of the Senior Management Team – setting and monitoring War Child’s strategy, scrutinising finances and accounts, and engaging in decisions on strategic investment
 Promote good governance and staff wellbeing across the organisation
 Actively engage with and take a leadership role on the design and development of War Child Global.
B) PERSON SPECIFICATION – ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
You are a highly-motivated individual with a background of achievement in advocacy and communications, as well as significant experience of management and organisational development.
You have experience of campaigning for change through strategically overseeing and managing impactful advocacy strategies that harness excellent policy analysis to influence decision-makers, as well as mobilising supporters for the cause. Candidates will need to show that they have a strategic understanding of how excellent communications can enhance the power of our advocacy, our fundraising and our programmes – and the role that media and digital can play to help drive support and build our brand profile.
You are excellent at building relationships internally to deliver the best possible impact through cross-team collaboration, and are also a strategic operator, able to engage with issues of importance to the organisation beyond the immediate demands of the Advocacy and Communications team. A thorough knowledge of the international development sector and the humanitarian system would also be a major advantage. Most importantly, you have a genuine and deep-seated commitment to helping children in dire circumstances in conflict areas.
Experience and Expertise:
 Demonstrable experience of developing campaign concepts and overseeing strategic advocacy goals, with a successful track record of managing teams to achieve policy change through a range of advocacy approaches and tactics
 Experience of managing external communications across functions – on cause and campaigns, as well as to support and advance fundraising and wider brand objectives - and raising brand and external profile
 Strong track record of building an organisation’s media profile, and enhancing impact and reach through digital and online strategies
 Proven experience of building relationships externally with senior decision-makers, journalists, and other high-level sector allies
 Excellent track record of building strong internal relationships across departments and teams in an organisation, delivering collaboratively and across functions
 Extensive experience of leading and managing teams, building and supporting leaders within those teams, and driving excellence and improved results
 Experience of having operated at Director-level on a Senior Management Team, taking responsibility for wider corporate objectives and cross-organisational priorities, and managing and scrutinising departmental and organisational budgets
 Knowledge and experience of having working in an international NGO, navigated its internal governance, and engaged with an international Secretariat (Desirable)
 Knowledge of and experience of working in the development or humanitarian sectors (Desirable)
Competencies (Soft Skills):
 Ability to identify opportunities for influencing wider policy change to support War Child’s objectives, craft strategic advocacy goals together with a team, and oversee impactful campaigning across functions
 Strong expertise and insights into how to communicate with impact through media and digital channels, and raise brand profile and public awareness accordingly – for cause and campaigns as well as fundraising and brand priorities
 Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively with a range of audiences – decision-makers, journalists, public supporters, high-profile supporters and celebrity ambassadors
 Strong people management skills, with the ability to get the best out of a team and empower them to deliver, whilst also providing strategic steers and guidance
 Ability to consider and promote wider organisational objectives and priorities alongside departmental focus areas, and find ways to align both
 Strong budget management skills, with the ability to develop, plan and monitor budgets across a department
 Excellent written communication skills
Other Mandatory criteria
 Right to work in the UK
 Commitment to the aims and objectives of War Child
 Educated to degree level
 Willingness to travel
C) CONTRACT TERMS
Working Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Probation: 3 months
Salary: £63,180 - £74,503 per annum (depending on experience)
Leave: 28 days pa pro-rata, increasing by one day for each year’s service up to a maximum of 5 additional days – for UK
Pension: All eligible employees are automatically enrolled into a Group Personal Pension Plan. Contributions will be made on a salary exchange basis as follows: employees contribute a minimum of 3% of basic monthly salary to receive a contribution of 5% from War Child.
Other: As defined in standard War Child contract terms


How to apply:

Download and complete the War Child Application Form from our website. All applications must reach recruitment@warchild.org.uk by 27 March 2017. CVs will not be accepted.
 Due to limited resources, War Child HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates
 First stage interviews will be held on w/c 03 April 2017.
 There may be a second stage interviews in the same or following week
 Any offer made post the interview will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post the receipt of complete reference forms.
 The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS Police check and/or international police check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child Safeguarding Policy prior to a final offer being made.

Iraq: Education Technical Advisor

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Iraq
Closing date: 04 Apr 2017

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (10 months with the possibility of further extensions subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory performance and the continuing need for the post).
Reports to: Emergency Response Manager / Area Manager Duhok
Working with
• War Child UK Iraq country team
• War Child UK Programme team based in London, including regional desk and technical advisors
• Other War Child colleagues and partners
Location: Duhok, Iraq with travel to Baghdad and Erbil

Purpose of the Job
WCUK is recruiting an Education Technical Advisor to bring technical expertise and input to its current and planned programmes in Iraq. Currently, WCUK is running an informal education project in Ninewa Governorate in Iraq, and over the coming months the programme will significantly expand its education programming in other locations.

The Education Technical Advisor will support the development and delivery of War Child UK’s education programme, provide strategic input in clusters and design education projects relevant to the context in KRI and Iraq in general. This will include Education in Emergencies but not limited to it. Leading WCUK’s engagement with the Ministry of Education at different levels and the relevant coordination forums, the Advisor will position War Child UK in Iraq to be seen as a strategic partner in improving access and quality of education for children in Iraq. The Advisor will split their time between the various educational programmes in Iraq, ensuring high quality technical input at all stages of the programme cycle.

Personal Specification – Essential Criteria
War Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a team of extremely dedicated staff & outreach workers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their creativity, dedication, professionalism and a positive attitude to the team and organisation in general.

Experience:
• University degree in disciplines relevant to the following areas: Education, Education in Emergencies, Social Sciences, or a field(s) relevant to international development assistance.
• Several years of technical experience implementing or advising on Emergencies in Education and basic education projects in contexts similar to Iraq or Middle East.
• Previous employment or extensive collaboration with the Iraqi Ministry of Education, national education partners and networks is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated teaching and training design and delivery experience required, based on INEE and other international standards.
• Expertise in areas such as Ed-tech/e-learning, teacher training, curriculum and/or educational materials development, educational management, and educational monitoring and information systems; technical knowledge in PSS/life skills is an asset.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.
• Basic knowledge of Arabic / Kurdish language will be an added value.
• If the minimum requirements are not fully met, the Human Resources may substitute part of the unmet requirements with a combination of relevant academic qualification, additional professional training and/or progressive relevant work experience. Note: Work experience alone or formal qualifications with no relevant work experience are not considered sufficient for an equivalency determination.

Key Competencies:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, particularly mentoring skills with a diverse team; project and budget design experience.
• Strong writing and demonstrated critical thinking skills;
• Monitoring and evaluation skills and experience;
• Computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook);
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to collaborate and form effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven sound judgement, decision-making and problem solving skills with a can-do, results driven approach to work.
• Flexibility to change and create for continuous improvement and to contribute towards a culture of innovation along with knowledge impact.
• Positively receive feedback for performance improvement/ or inputs for improving programme design.

Desirables
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience working in education programming, specifically in Iraq;
• Familiarity with International Education in Emergencies Standards, such as the INEE Standards and Child Protection Minimum Standards.

Conditions of Service
Working Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Probation: 3 months
Start date: ASAP
Travel: Within Iraq as required, occasional visits to the region and UK Salary: Grade 5 (£35,832 to £40,273) negotiable/based on relevant experience. Plus, 40 USD Per Diem/Daily living allowance when in country of post.
Leave: 30 days p.a. pro-rata
Benefits: As per War Child Terms and Conditions: Rest & Recuperation, Accommodation, Emergency Travel & Medical Insurance etc.

Please visit https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/education-technical-adviser for the full Job Description.


How to apply:
  • Download the War Child Application Form from https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are. The completed Application Form must reach War Child at recruitment@warchild.org.uk by 04 April 2017. Please note CVs will not be accepted.
  • •Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis due to the urgency to fill the post. Due to limited resources, War Child HR will only contact the shortlisted candidates.

Iraq: Programme Funding Coordinator

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Iraq
Closing date: 10 Apr 2017

Purpose of the Job
The Programme Funding Coordinator will work with the country office teams to ensure relevant programming and funding for country programmes, ensure the compliance with WCUK’s Quality Framework, and help WCUK adopt new ways of working to realise our ambition. The main purpose is assisting country office teams to conduct needs assessments, develop project concepts with partners/beneficiaries and submitting institutional proposals, and 20% in developing relationships with established and new humanitarian donors in and outside Iraq.

The Programme funding coordinator will provide on the ground support to country office teams in designing high-quality projects and evidence-based proposals compliant with donor guidelines, in child protection, education and livelihoods. A special focus will be given to Child Protection, Education and livelihood projects, and to new, larger, and/or longer term consortia opportunities. This position will be instrumental in securing new strategic partnerships with INGOs and will support the Programmes team in London and Country teams access new humanitarian donors. Mentoring country office staff in programme development, proposal writing and programme funding is a core component of the role, which is instrumental in meeting WCUK’s new objectives adopted in the 5-year strategy.

Please visit https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/programme-funding-coordinator for the full Job Description.

Personal Specification – Essential Criteria
War Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a team of extremely dedicated staff & outreach workers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their creativity, dedication, professionalism and a positive attitude to the team and organisation in general.

Experience:
• University degree in disciplines relevant to the following areas: Education, Education in Emergencies, Social Sciences, or a field(s) relevant to international development assistance.
• Significant experience of writing proposals with high percentage of approval/ grants awarded in contexts similar to Iraq or Middle East.
• Familiar with donor formats and requirements such as ECHO, Dfid, UN agencies and MNFA, SIDA, EC and OCHA/HRPs
• Demonstrable experience of desk needs assessment, desk review, research and analysis
• Ability to synthesize information clearly and succinctly
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and short turn-around timeframes
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.
• Basic knowledge of Arabic / Kurdish language will be an added value.
• If the minimum requirements are not fully met, the Human Resources may substitute part of the unmet requirements with a combination of relevant academic qualification, additional professional training and/or progressive relevant work experience. Note: Work experience alone or formal qualifications with no relevant work experience are not considered sufficient for an equivalency determination.

Key Competencies:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, particularly mentoring skills with a diverse team;
• Project and budget design experience
• Strong writing and demonstrated critical thinking skills;
• Monitoring and evaluation skills and experience;
• Computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook);
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to collaborate and form effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to represent organisation in clusters and various forums
• Proven sound judgement, decision-making and problem solving skills with a can-do, results driven approach to work.
• Flexibility to change and create for continuous improvement and to contribute towards a culture of innovation along with knowledge impact.
• Positively receive feedback for performance improvement/ or inputs for improving programme design.

Conditions of Service

  • Contract type: Fixed term of 12 months
  • Working Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
  • Probation: 6 months
  • Start date: ASAP
  • Travel: Within Iraq as required, occasional visits to the region and UK
  • Salary: Grade 4 (£38,036 to £41,659 per annum), negotiable, based on relevant experience. Plus, in-country allowance of 40 USD (Per Diem/Daily living allowance) when in country of post.
  • Leave: 30 days p.a. pro-rata
  • Benefits: As per War Child Terms and Conditions: Rest & Recuperation, Accommodation, Emergency Travel & Medical cover, etc.

How to apply:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Corporate Partnerships Executive (Allen & Overy)

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 17 Apr 2017

War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.

*Purpose of Post*

War Child’s award-winning fundraising department is fundamental to the organisations rapid growth and expansion. We were very excited at the end of 2016 to be chosen as Allen & Overy’s Global Charity Partnership 2016-2018, to add to our wide range of loyal corporate supporters from both finance and creative industries.
The A&O partnership is already adding huge value to War Child through both fundraising and pro bono initiatives. As the partnership goes from strength to strength, we have recognised an exciting opportunity to increase support to the CSR team at A&O. We therefore are seeking an experienced Corporate Partnership Executive to support the Corporate Account Manager with the day to day running of the A&O partnership and creating and implementing creative and engaging fundraising events.

*JOB SPECIFICATION: TASK AND RESPONSIBILITES:*

Key Responsibilities
• Achieve agreed financial and non-financial objectives in line with the Organisational Fundraising Strategy.
• To provide excellent account management support and maximise opportunities with the A&O partnership using flair and originality to exceed expectations and ensure joint objectives are met
• Researching, identifying and approaching new fundraising opportunities through the A&O networks to feed into the corporate team new business pipeline
• Provide Account Management support on other War Child corporate partnership accounts when required
War Child
Job Description & Person Specification
Corporate Fundraising
• With the Corporate Account Manager, to provide a high level of effective and efficient administrative support for the Allen & Overy partnership
• Develop strong personal relationships with decision makers, high-level and key influencers within our Allen & Overy and wider CSR networks
• Champion Allen & Overy internally within War Child to ensure support and involvement from other team members and volunteers
• Pro-actively engage Allen & Overy staff in pro-bono opportunities and work closely across all War Child departments to effectively implement the support
• Create and develop communication assets to increase Allen & Overy staff’s engagement
• Work closely with War Child programme staff in London and Jordan to provide accurate reporting and programme updates
• Work across all fundraising teams including Music, Philanthropy and Individual Giving to identify any cross-working opportunities that will support the Allen & Overy partnership
• Ensure the database is kept up to date with the fundraising income, and to keep and maintain up to date records of activity
• Develop compelling communications assets to engage individuals within War Child’s corporate partners
• To support A&O and other partner events as required
• Maximising income and donor motivation and satisfaction, by creating effective relationships and exciting activity plans which inform and motivate staff to raise money for War Child
Planning and Development:
• Contribute to the strategic planning process for the Allen & Overy partnership in order to plan effectively for growth and funding opportunities
• To support and contribute towards the development of the corporate partnerships annual and long term plans
• Give consideration to cost efficiency at all times
• Supervision of the corporate fundraising volunteers
General
• Update the fundraising database and maximise its potential as a fundraising tool.
• Ensure all War Child fundraising activity, as a minimum requirement, adheres to the Fundraising Regulator and Institute of Fundraising’s Codes of Conduct and is tax effective.
• Submit reports on fundraising activity as required.
• Monitor and evaluate fundraising activity as and when required.
• Perform other duties as may be required from time to time by the Account Manager in order to support delivery of the wider organisational strategy.
• To update databases and supporter information systems on a regular basis in line with Data Protection legislation and War Child policy and procedures.
• To ensure that there is effective and regular, timely and accurate reporting against plans, budgets and objectives in line with the fundraising team and War Child as a whole.
• To be self-servicing in all administrative tasks.
• Maintain an up to date knowledge of current activities of War Child and be an advocate of the War Child brand at all times.

*PERSON SPECIFICATION:*

War Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a team of extremely dedicated staff & volunteers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their personality, creativity and professionalism to our fundraising and the wider charity.
Essential Experience:
• Right to work in the UK and travel to the countries in which War Child operates.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience of Corporate fundraising, specifically account management support in the corporate sector
• Experience of successfully implementing new fundraising initiatives/activities, including staff engagement, pro-bono support and gifts in kind
• Demonstrable success in generating income/sales and achieving financial targets.
• Experience working for a charity, international development or humanitarian non-governmental organization (NGO)
• Demonstrable experience of the ability to be able to talk to people from all backgrounds and excellent communication skills both at an individual level and in group situations. With excellent social and networking skills.
• Experience of success in contributing to a team strategy.
• Proven track record of supporting on the development of successful proposals, applications or business documents.
Technical Skills/Expertise:
o IT literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office and databases.
o Understanding and appreciation of different types of corporate charity partnerships, and understanding the corporate motivations behind each.
o Creative and innovative thinker with the ability to develop new commercial ideas and translate into action and results.
o Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
o Confident in dealing with people at all levels, and ability to influence and negotiate.
Competencies (Soft Skills):
o Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to deal with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
o Results oriented and problem solving approach to work and challenges with the ability to contribute towards a culture of making an impact.
o Adaptable and flexible approach. Ability to build effective working relationships.
o Able to understand international development including War Child’s vision, mission and aims and present War Child’s work with authority.
o Enjoy working as part of a small team, often under pressure whilst making effective decisions.
o Willing to visit overseas projects and work occasional evenings and weekends (if required).
Desirable Criteria:
• Experience of negotiating with corporate donors
• Knowledge and understanding of UK fundraising laws and best practice
• Understanding of budgets, financial reporting and strategies
• Understanding of and/or sympathy to the issues in international development
• Experience of using Salesforce for fundraising
• Involvement in managing events

*CONTRACT TERMS*

Contract: Fixed term, until September 2018
Working Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Based in both the War Child office (in Kentish Town) and Allen & Overy office (near Liverpool Street)
Probation: 6 months
Start date: May 2017
Travel: Possible travel to War Child overseas country offices (subject to security considerations)
Salary: £27,977 - £31,936 per annum
Leave: 28 days pa pro-rata, increasing by one day for each year’s service up to a maximum of 5 additional days
Pension: All eligible employees are automatically enrolled into a Group Personal Pension Plan. Contributions will be made on a salary exchange basis as follows: employees contribute a minimum of 3% of basic monthly salary to receive a contribution of 5% from War Child.
Other: As defined in standard War Child contract terms


How to apply:

Complete the War Child Application Form, which must reach recruitment@warchild.org.uk or to HR by 11:59pm on Monday 17th April 2017.
• Due to limited resources, War Child HR will only contact the shortlisted candidates.
• First stage interviews will be held week commencing 24th April 2017.
• Second round interviews may be required.
• Any offer made post the second interview will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post the receipt of complete reference forms.
• The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS Police check and/or international police check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child Safeguarding Policy prior to a final offer being made.


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Advocacy and Communications Assistant

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 30 Apr 2017

Overview of Role
The Advocacy and Communications department consists of three teams – Policy and Advocacy, Press and PR, and Digital. The department is responsible for three major objectives in delivering War Child’s strategy to 2019:
• To secure greater political and financial support, and influence policy change, for children affected by armed conflict at national and international levels
• To significantly raise War Child UK’s media profile and brand awareness in the UK and internationally to enhance our reputation, credibility and impact
• To considerably enhance War Child’s digital footprint to increase supporter mobilization across fundraising and campaigns
The successful achievement of all these objectives requires administrative and logistical support – whether managing the Director’s diary, updating and organising databases for data capture, helping to coordinate events or booking travel. As the team has more than doubled in size in the past year, these administrative and support
functions are currently being delivered by team members, but further capacity is needed which the Assistant will
help to deliver.
The Assistant will be working within a team dedicated to external public communications and advocating for
change. As such, it may be of interest to someone who is looking to gain exposure and experience of this kind of
work. However, the primary duties will relate to administration and logistics so it is important that any candidate
can demonstrate a high degree of competence in these areas.
The post will report directly to the Director of Advocacy and Communications.
Specific Responsibilities
The Advocacy and Communications Assistant will have the following specific responsibilities.
Support for the Director
• Managing the diary of the Director of Advocacy and Communications
• Supporting development of presentations and reports
Team Administration
• Organising team meetings, booking rooms and taking notes and action points
• Booking travel and accommodation for the team
• Logging and filing team information
Financial administration
• Managing contracts for commissioned work and ensuring all paperwork is completed
• Managing invoices and raising purchase orders
• Logging and tracking Directorate expenditure
• Developing and managing consultancy contracts and tenders
Data management
• Reviewing and updating databases across press, digital and advocacy – working with Salesforce where
needed
• Working with team heads to track and record KPIs
Events and logistics
• Developing and managing invite lists
• Securing venues and liaising with suppliers
• Coordinating materials and logistics
Person Specification
Mandatory criteria
• Right to work in the UK
• Commitment to the aims and objectives of War Child
Experience and knowledge
• Experience of providing administrative support for individuals and teams – diary management,
arranging meetings, taking notes and following up on action points
• Knowledge of and ability to use project management tools and systems
• Experience of working with, navigating and updating databases
• Knowledge of financial management systems and experience of keeping track of expenditure
• Experience of tracking and monitoring performance indicators, gathering data and reporting
• Experience of event coordination and logistical considerations
• Excellent skills across all Microsoft applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Skills and Competencies
• Understanding and appreciation of the importance of excellent administrative support
• Capable of coming up with innovative solutions to administrative challenges
• Highly organised and methodical, with strong time management skills
• Ability to concisely summarise information and identify key points
• Capable of quickly understanding and navigating new systems
• An eye to detail, with the ability to spot inconsistencies and errors
• Willingness to take initiative and rise to any tasks set
• Great team player, with strong interpersonal skills and ability to support a range of staff
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work with manager to prioritise tasks
• Willingness to learn and take on responsibilities outside direct brief where needed.
• Interest in communications, campaigns and advocacy

Contract Terms
Post: 2 years fixed term
Working Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Probation: 6 months
Location: Linton House, 39-51 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1RT, UK
Salary: £19,900 - £22,000 (dependent on experience)
Leave: 28 days’ pa pro-rata, increasing by one day for each year’s service up to a maximum of
5 additional days
Pension: All eligible employees are automatically enrolled into a Group Personal Pension Plan.
Contributions will be made on a salary exchange basis as follows: employees
contribute a minimum of 3% of basic monthly salary to receive a contribution of 5%
from War Child.
Other: As defined in standard War Child contract terms


How to apply:

Complete application form and submit to recruitment@warchild.org.uk
• Please visit www.warchild.org.uk for a full application pack. No CVs are accepted.
• Only applicants with the right to work in the UK should apply.
• Due to limited resources War Child HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates
• Application deadline: 11:59pm on Sunday 30th April 2017
• First round interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held w/c 1st May 2017 or w/c 8th May 2017
• There may be a second round of interviews in the same or following week
• Any offer made to the successful candidate will be a provisional offer subject to written references
from your current employer, your previous employer and one character referee. We will also call these
referees for clarification.
• The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS Police check and/or international police
check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child
Safeguarding Policy prior to a final offer being made.

Jordan: Country Director - Jordan

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Jordan
Closing date: 10 May 2017

Overview:
War Child UK works with children whose lives are affected by conflict and who live with a
combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. This includes children who have been
displaced by armed conflict, street children, child headed households, children conscripted
into armed groups, and children in conflict with the law. Our mission is to support and improve
the care and protection of vulnerable children whose lives have been disrupted by conflict.
We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war.
War Child UK has worked in Jordan since early 2013 working with partners to support
improvements in child protection and education, and is registered with the Ministry of Social
Development. Our programmes are focussed on the needs of children and their families who
have been displaced from the conflict in Syria, both in refugee camp and host community
settings. As the war in Syria enters its sixth year, the prolonged humanitarian crisis shows
no sign of abating. War Child has scaled up its programmes over the past two years, and we
now have a staff team of over 60 in Jordan, with 5 local partners, a 2017 budget of almost £2
million, and a projected reach of up to 20,000 children, young people and their caregivers.

Purpose of Post:
We are recruiting a new Country Director to lead the team, build the programme and continue
the strong focus on innovation, advocacy and quality. The programme works with donors such
as the IKEA Foundation and is pursuing innovative programme interventions around tablet
War Child
Job Description & Person Specification
based learning and Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD). We have a close
funding and programme relationship with our sister agency War Child Holland, and our new
CD will participate in the journey to combine the two agencies’ international programmes under
one global structure.
You will have experience of leading and motivating teams in unstable environments, excellent
knowledge of regional politics and development trends, and a strong track record in resource
mobilisation and effectively managing organisational growth whilst ensuring programme
quality. You will demonstrate experience of building programmes with a focus on
accountability, and evidence of connecting programmes to wider advocacy agendas. Our CD
will represent War Child at the highest levels with donors, national authorities and agency
counterparts.

Key Responsibilities:
• Team leadership: Lead the SMT, building a culture of shared responsibility. Ensure team
wellbeing and effective performance management
• Representation: Ensure effective high level networking, profile and representation with
local and national authorities, donors and peer agencies.
• Partner liaison: Work with national partners to achieve shared programme objectives
and build strong and accountable partnerships
• Financial Management: Ensure rigorous financial and administrative management:
supply UK Finance Department with grant management and expenditure information in an
accurate manner on a monthly basis.
• Security Management: Effectively manage all staff security within the guidelines of
security SOPs.
• Child Safeguarding: Ensuring compliance by all staff and partners with WCUK’s Child
Protection Policy and providing training to staff and partner staff when needed.
• Programme Development: Participatory programme planning and development, in line
with WCUK’s organizational strategy and programme quality vison, as well as
development of new proposals and liaising with in-country donors.
• Grant Management, and Donor Compliance: Ensure timely quality reporting to donors
and compliance with donor requirements.
• Reporting: Ensure adherence to organisational requirements, including child
safeguarding policy, minimum standards for quality programme cycle management and
regular programme reporting.
• Fundraising: Contribute to efforts to identify and secure in-country funding from Jordan
based donors, and providing Programme Development Coordinators with the information
necessary to help develop proposals and report to donors, in line with donor schedules.
Provide final country level approval of concept papers, proposals and budgets.

A) JOB SPECIFICATION: TASK AND RESPONSIBILITES:
Programme Oversight and Risk Management
• Ensure the complete monthly functioning of the Senior Management Team in order to
regularly review and mitigate programmatic, financial, security and HR risks, and make
high level decisions. Utilise the structure as an effective management tool. Share SMT
notes and updates risk registers with the London team.
• Oversee the (re)development of the Jordan strategy, working closely with the Head of
Programmes to ensure it is a transparent and bottom up approach to strategy
development.
• Support the WCUK team in Jordan to implement programmes as per grants
requirements and compliance, delivering and reporting of projects on time, on budget
and to the required standard
• Ensure capacity building initiatives are built into projects working with local partner
organisations, and ensure learning and best practice is shared and developed. This
will evolve to include partnership management and transferred learning
• Respond to any issues affecting the effective implementation of programmes in the
field, as requested by the Head of Programmes.
• Develop, in consultation with the Head of Programmes and the local programme team,
a national advocacy strategy to draw grass-roots participation in projects with national
and international lobbying coordinated in the UK
• Oversee internal and external evaluations of WCUK projects in Jordan, using these as
opportunities to elicit and document achievements, challenges, learning and
opportunities
Programme Development, Programme Quality and Fundraising
• Ensure that a culture of learning, accountability and technical standards supports the
continual improvement of programme quality
• Provide high level inputs into time frames and budgets as well as development of new
concept papers and liaison with in-country donors
• Undertake programme planning and development in line with WCUK’s organisational
strategy
• Mobilise the support of government, NGO and community stakeholders, including
development of fundraising strategies in country with submission of proposals that
have to be signed-off by the London office
• Work closely with the Head of Programmes, to develop and implement programmes in
consultation with all staff and stakeholders, in line with the Programmes Directorate
strategy, programme cycle management, country plan, and in accordance with War
Child’s Programme Quality vision
• Support the Head of Programmes and Programme Funding Coordinator (Asia/Middle
East) as required with input and information to assist with writing donor proposals, on
time and to the required standard.
• Sign off and submit concept notes ensuring compliance with donor requirements and
synergy with strategic outputs
• Review and approve narrative and financial donor reports in a timely manner with
feedback from Operations Team in the UK and sign-off from the Programmes Director
• Negotiate grants and partnership agreements with in-country donors
• Input into the ‘Go/No-Go’ process linked to funding opportunities, to ensure
opportunities align to War Child’s organisational strategy
• Maintain strong oversight of budget costs to ensure they are realistic and provide good
coverage against staffing gaps.

Partner liaison
• Work with the Programmes and HR team to ensure effective management and support
to local partners.
• Lead on the management of compliance and child safeguarding related issues with
partners.
• Work proactively to build relationships with War Child Holland and War Child Canada
colleagues, including but not limited to, the WCH Research team, Innovation team,
and the WCC Country Director in Amman.
Financial Management
• Comply fully with War Child’s finance policies and procedures and provide the Finance
Directorate (HQ, London) with financial requests and expenditure information reports
in an accurate manner on a monthly basis. Ensure final approval of all BVAs prior to
submission and be fully engaged with monthly BVA meetings to maintain strong
oversight of spend rates.
• Ensure all expenditure is authorised and in line with the programme and project
budgets.
• Maintain strong oversight of unrestricted budget allocations and expenditure, raising
any potential gaps above the annual unrestricted allowance to the Programmes
Director, with reasoning.
• Ensure full compliance to donor standards; in particular, ensure time writing is
effectively implemented across the organisation to ensure accurate charging of staff
time on grants.
• Work with the Finance team to ensure supporting documentation for all financial
transactions is according to WCUK internal rules and donor regulations.
Security Management
• Responsible for ensuring compliance of security protocols within the team, and
maintain oversight of the country-security context at the tactical level
• Report and record incidents to the UK-based Security Coordinator in liaison with the
Logistics + Security Manager in country.
• Update at least annually and/or whenever appropriate, security and evacuation plans
in liaison with the UK-based Security Coordinator and Jordan-based Logistics and
Security Manager.
• Ensure all national staff and visiting staff comply fully with WCUK’s security policy and
procedures. Act as the primary security focal point during visits. Security is nonnegotiable
and overrides programme considerations.
Child Safeguarding
• Responsible for managing organisational child safeguarding within the Jordan
Programme, including ensuring observance of child safeguarding guidelines by the
local team
• Comply fully with WCUK’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
• Report all child safeguarding incidents to the Programmes Director and Child
Protection Officer (HQ, London), linking with the child safeguarding focal point in the
Jordan office.
• Ensure, through the HR Manager, that all new staff are provided with induction training
on WCUK’s Child Safeguarding policy and procedures, and sign the Child
Safeguarding policy. Ensure all staff receive annual refresher training on WCUK’s
Child Safeguarding policy and procedures
Grant Management, Reporting and Donor Compliance
• Provide final sign off on donor narrative and financial reports and ensure timely
submission of reports to HQ for review, and finally to the donor.
• Facilitate visits to project sites by donor representatives and other War Child
representatives.
• Fully communicate deadlines on all projects to ensure roles and responsibilities of
team members from different departments are clear ahead of reporting deadlines.
• Maintain regular contact with the Head of Programmes to jointly review risks related to
donor compliance and effective grant management. Jointly develop mitigation
strategies.
• Ensure adherence to organisational requirements, including regular programme
reporting.
• Record quarterly reach figures for each project to submit to Programmes
Director/MEAL counterparts.
Communication and Representation
• Represent the organisation to key donors, diplomats, multilateral organisations,
journalists and visitors.
• Act as the high level focal point with Ministry officials predominantly Ministry of
Education and Ministry of Social development representatives. Ensure effective
negotiation and resolution of key challenges related to implementing programmes in
partnership with government agencies.
• Ensure full participation on a monthly basis in the Jordan INGO Forum, of which WCUK
is a member.
• Represent WCUK in external network meetings, to donors and government officials.
• Provide interviews and articles representing WCUK’s work in Jordan, as requested.
• Circulate and inform staff of WCUK’s communications strategy and external
messaging.

Human Resources and Team Management
• Be overall responsible for the implementation of HR policies and procedures in Jordan
and ensure they comply with WCUK’s HR policies and practices.
• Develop and update HR and other related policies as required
• Lead on the development of the organisational structure in Jordan as required, in
liaison with the UK HR team and Programmes colleagues.
• Engage fully with staff initiatives, surveys and reviews. Work with external consultants
as required when working on salary scale reviews and other initiatives.
• Line management of team of diverse local staff and expatriate staff conducting regular
supervision and support. This will include local and distance management of
geographically separate teams and overseeing the management of relationships with
local partner organisations.
• Maintain learning and competency development amongst staff and partners through
identification of individual learning objectives, institution of regular training
programmes and competencies assessments.
• Lead the recruitment and orientation of new local and international staff members.
• Conduct/oversee all annual appraisals and quarterly supervision of all staff working
under the Jordan programme.
• Work with the HR Manager to address HR issues including but not limited to staff
underperformance, cases of gross misconduct and legal challenges.
• Ensure, through the HR Manager, all HR policies and practices are in line with local
labour laws.

B) PERSON SPECIFICATION – ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
The Programmes Team is looking for a dynamic team builder who can engage the staff and
partners to build protective environments for children. He or she must have strong programme
management skills and can lead a team in a challenging operational environment.

Experience:
• Significant experience of managing:

  • Child protection, education and livelihoods projects
  • Combining direct service delivery, capacity building, and advocacy
  • Through direct implementation and partnerships with state and non-state actors
  • In conflict-affected countries
    • Team leadership and management
    • The ability to think and manage strategically
    • Rigorous budget expenditure management
    • Sound knowledge of participatory approaches
    • Research and development
    • Development and management of partnerships with state and non-state actors
    • Capacity building state and non-state actors
    • Security management
    • Risk management
    • Excellent IT skills
    • Demonstrable successful track record in securing funding from institutional donors and
    grant reporting
    • Grant management and reporting – experience of working on EC funded projects
    would be an advantage
    • Setting up monitoring and evaluation systems, including the use of logical frameworks
    Education:
    • Master’s Degree in Humanitarian Studies, International Development, Social Work,
    Psychology or related fields.
    Legal:
    • Eligible to work in Jordan and travel to the countries in which War Child operates.
    • Clean driver’s license
    Competencies (Soft Skills):
    • Proactive
    • Excellent analytical skills with a systematic approach and an eye for detail
    • An effective problem solver
    • Measured and responsive
    • A self-starter
    • A good listener and thoughtful with excellent interpersonal skills
    • Sensitive to the diverse needs of a diverse team, while being able to take effective
    decisions and negotiate commitment to them in the face of disagreement
    • Ability to be administratively self-sufficient and work in challenging operational
    environment and a small, dynamic organisation with limited resources
    • Effective negotiator and diplomatic
    • Transparent and accountable
    • Willingness and ability to travel to War Child country programmes
    • Commitment to War Child’s aims, values and mission
    • Proficiency in Arabic is desirable.
    Desirable Criteria:
    • Experience and knowledge of working on projects assisting survivors of sexual
    violence
    • Experience of working in Jordan or related country
    • Experience in the delivery and supervision of child protection or GBV projects in conflict
    and post conflict environments
    C) CONTRACT TERMS
    Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week over 5 days (full-time)
    Probation: 6 months
    Start date: 10 July 2017
    Travel: Within Jordan as required, occasional visits to region and UK.
    Salary: £47,696 – £51,923 per annum (dependent on experience);
    Plus 40 USD (Per Diem/Daily living allowance) when in country of post
    Leave: 30 days per annum pro rata
    Pension: Contribution to private pension of 5% of gross salary
    Other: As defined in standard War Child contract terms

How to apply:

Application process
• Download the War Child application form from https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are.
All applications must reach recruitment@warchild.org.uk by 10 May 2017. Please note
CVs will not be accepted.
• Due to limited resources, War Child HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates
• First round interviews will be held on w/c 22 May 2017.
• Any offer made will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your
most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child
reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post the receipt of
complete reference forms.
• The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS Police check and/or
international police check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and
sign up to War Child’s Child Safeguarding Policy prior to a final offer being made.

Jordan: Voiceover Specialist

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Jordan
Closing date: 30 Apr 2017

“Voiceover Specialist” - Can’t Wait to Learn Programme

About Can’t Wait to Learn

Can’t Wait to Learn (CWtL) proposes new cost-effective solutions to the urgent challenges facing education for children in emergencies. By utilising innovative technological solutions with a focus on serious gaming, CWtL builds on concepts which have been successfully piloted in Sudan.

Can’t Wait to Learn has the potential to provide out-of-school children with access to education opportunities, especially in rural areas where no formal schools exist. The programme uses education technology as part of a model of education which is offering certified curriculum level content through applied gaming and personalised pupil engagement. The programme uses a range of innovative, results focused approaches: combining context specific applied gaming and community-based facilitation instead of waiting for formal schools to be built; a strong innovation management staged approach to growth with rigorous appropriate research; and focusing on getting the right partnerships in place.

Purpose of the job

War Child is developing content for a literacy game targeted at children in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The candidate will provide support to a multi-disciplinary team by delivering audio for the game content. The candidate will constitute the voice of CWtL’s literacy and math games through the recording of games, stories, and instructions.

Position within the programme

The Voiceover Specialist will report directly to CWtL Project Manager. The Audio Talent works closely with the game development team in the Netherlands as well as in Jordan.

Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Deliver quality recordings of CWtL’s game content

  • Provide audio with clear and easily understandable pronunciation, intonation and correct Arabic grammar

  • The audio should be recorded in a lively and encouraging tone, in order to increase children’s motivation and thereby also their learning

Required skills and experience

  • Female residing in Jordan.

  • Clear understanding of Arabic grammar

  • Experience in acting, storytelling or similar expressionist-focused activities

  • Experience in producing quality audio recordings targeting children

  • Flexible with the ability to work towards objectives and meeting tight deadlines

  • Native Arabic speaker and English proficiency

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Number of days

The amount of content has been estimated to require approximately two weeks of recording. Recordings will take place in Amman, Jordan


How to apply:

Interested candidates must submit their CV and a sample of previous work (audio or video) by 30th of April 2017 to this email Recruitment.jor@warchild.org.uk

Iraq: Area Programme Manager (APM), Duhok

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Iraq
Closing date: 03 May 2017

War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty,
exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households,
children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to
support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a
combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We
look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision
that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and
their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.
Purpose of Post:
The Area Programme Manager (APM) is responsible for War Child operations in Duhok. The Area
Programme Manager will be expected to lead on programme development and management. S/he
will supervise and work directly with his/her team in Duhok and the country office in Erbil. APM is
responsible for the management and coordination of project activities, overseeing efficient
implementation of the programme, financial management of the projects, advocacy, M&E and
respecting accountability and compliance requirements of War Child and its donors, beneficiaries
and the local government authorities. S/he is further responsible for development of new initiatives,
safety and security of the team, representation and coordination with the UN clusters, local
authorities and other agencies, and conduct performance management of the team members
reporting to the position.
The APM will ensure compliance with War Child policies and procedures, including the clear and
consistent application of child safeguarding and code of conduct policies.
2) JOB SPECIFICATION: TASK AND RESPONSIBILITES:
2.1. Strategy and policy development
o APM will contribute to strategic and policy debate and drafts shared for input/ feedback as
well as take lead in developing some of these
o S/he will assist the Emergency Response Manager and CD in review of the Iraq country
strategy and actively participate in the process.
War Child
Job Description & Person Specification
2.2. Programme development and management
The APM ensures that programme delivery is on track, and that organisational policies and
procedures are consistently applied in all operations and programming. The post is responsible for
ensuring that projects are reported on in line with agreed project objectives and deadlines, and that
agreed approaches to programme development and programme cycle management are applied.
Further, the APM is responsible to:
o Prepare, update and implement project work plans and review progress on a monthly basis with
input from partner and all members of team.
o Promote of participatory approaches in the programme, particular community and children’s
participation
o Prepare regular reports on budgets and expenditures in collaboration with Finance/Operations
Manager to track spending and take corrective action if necessary.
o Prepare timely narrative donor and internal reports.
o Work with CD to oversee management of grants including the timely implementation of planned
activities and appropriate spending of funds.
o Ensure timely grant reporting that clearly relates to the stated goals and objectives of relevant
grant and relates expenditures to activities.
o Identify funding gaps for programme activities and assist CD in programme development to
ensure that funds are raised to address those gaps in annual planning.
o With teams, write and submit concept notes and proposals to ensure new funding is acquired to
achieve strategic goals.
o Provide Country Director with technical assistance in writing new project initiatives and
proposals
o Collaborate with Finance and Operations Manager on finances and budget tracking
o Conduct and or participate in field assessments and donor liaison as appropriate
o Mobilise support of government, NGO, and community stakeholders for garnering support for
War Child activities at field level.
o Facilitate visits to the project sites by donor representatives, auditors, country office and HO
o Represent War Child at all relevant forums, cluster meetings and with local authorities.
o Identify advocacy issues in the programme and advocate with the concerned authorities,
humanitarian actors, donors, UN and other actors
2.3. Capacity Building and Training
o Identify needs and design capacity building programme for partners, representatives of relevant
government line departments in key areas including financial management, donor compliance,
child protection and monitoring and evaluation.
o Deliver training and where appropriate enlist external expertise.
o Provide ongoing training and support to partner organisations and staff members.
o Comply fully and ensure partner compliance with War Child’s Child Protection and Safeguarding
Policy.
2.4. Monitoring and Evaluation
o Develop M&E plans for all projects
o Perform project monitoring and evaluation in line with donor reporting requirements and log
frame
o Maintain database with beneficiary numbers
o Facilitate internal and external evaluations of the project, using these as opportunities to
document achievements, challenges and learning.
o Strengthen culture of accountability and learning within the team and in the course of project
implementation
2.4. Compliance
o Ensure compliance with donor and War Child rules and regulations in all areas including financial
management, record keeping and procurement
o Comply fully with WCUK’s finance, security and child protection policies and procedures,
managed by the Country Director.
o Ensure that receipts and supporting documents are provided to the based Finance and
Operations Manager and Finance Officer in line with donor and War Child requirements.
o Liaise with the Country Director and London based Programme Development and Grants
Coordinator to resolve any budgeting issues.
o Ensure partner compliance with all of the above.
o Assist CD in identifying and approaching in-country donors for matched funding for projects and
fund raising.
2.5. Human Resource Management
o Manage the team and ensure they have opportunities to build their experience and knowledge in
the relevant sectors/ areas of focus for War Child.
o Ensure all team members have a work plan, performance management plan is in place and
regular performance reviews are conducted.
o Encourage the team on self-development approach and in this regard, provide the necessary
guidance.
B) PERSON SPECIFICATION – ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
War Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a team of extremely dedicated
staff & volunteers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their personality,
creativity and professionalism to our communications and the wider charity.
Experience:
Significant experience of delivery and supervision of child protection, education and livelihoods
programming in active conflict and post-conflict environments, combining emergency response,
direct service delivery, capacity building of partner agencies, and advocacy through direct
implementation and in partnership with state and non-state actors. Experience of institutional
funding raising, proposal development and report writing is essential.
Technical Skills/Expertise:
o Master’s Degree in social work, psychology, social sciences or NGO Programme Management.
o Experience of working in a fast pace environment
o Project and People management experience
o Best practice knowledge of child protection, gender sensitivity, the protective environment
framework and child rights programming
o Sound knowledge of participatory approaches, including children and community participation
o Proposal and report writing skills and experience
o Setting up monitoring and evaluation systems
o Grant management and reporting – experience of working on EC/ECHO/DFID funded projects
would be an advantage
o Rigorous budget and expenditure management
o Experience of setting up and implementing projects in emergency context
o Experience of working with children in conflict with the law
o Fluency (written and verbal) in English; Arabic language skills preferred
Competencies (Soft Skills):
o Team player
o Accurate, systematic, with an eye for detail
o Problem solver
o Ability to deliver under pressure and in short duration
o Able to work in a small, dynamic organisation with limited resources
o Creative and innovative
o Commitment to War Child’s aims, values and mission
C) CONTRACT TERMS
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week – Fulltime
Probation: 6 months
Start date: ASAP
Travel: Within Iraq with occasional travel to the UK office.
Salary: £39,848 - 43,470 per annum (basic salary) plus In-country allowance of 40
USD (Per Diem/Daily living allowance) when in country of post.
Leave: 30 days per annum pro rata
R&R: Every ten weeks
Pension: Matching contribution to your private pension up to 5% of gross salary
Other: As defined in standard War Child contract terms


How to apply:

Application process
• Download War Child Application Form from https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are and the
completed Application Form must reach War Child at recruitment@warchild.org.uk by 11:59pm
of Wednesday 03 May 2017. Please note, we do not accept CVs.
• Due to limited resources War Child, HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates.
• Interviews will be held around mid-May 2017. There will be an exercise to complete as part of
the assessment on the day of interview.
• Any offer made post the interview will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written
references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character
reference). War Child reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post
the receipt of complete reference forms.
• The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS Police check and/or international
police check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and sign up to War
Child’s Child Safeguarding Policy prior to a final offer being made.

Jordan: Composer and Singer Consultant

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Jordan
Closing date: 11 May 2017

1.About Can’t Wait to Learn

Can’t Wait to Learn (CWtL) proposes new cost-effective solutions to the urgent challenges facing education for children in emergencies. By utilising innovative technological solutions with a focus on serious gaming, CWtL builds on concepts which have been successfully piloted in Sudan.

Can’t Wait to Learn has the potential to provide out-of-school children with access to education opportunities, especially in rural areas where no formal schools exist. The programme uses education technology as part of a model of education which is offering certified curriculum level content through applied gaming and personalised pupil engagement. The programme uses a range of innovative, results focused approaches: combining context specific applied gaming and community-based facilitation instead of waiting for formal schools to be built; a strong innovation management staged approach to growth with rigorous appropriate research; and focusing on getting the right partnerships in place.

2.Purpose of the job

Music composer/producer to write music for 12 poems and sing them for the game content.

3.Required skills and experience:

  1. BA in Arts or any other related Field with at least 3 years’ experience in production;

  2. Experience in singing poems for children;

  3. Experience in working in the Middle East/ Levant; experience in working with child-focused organizations is an asset;

  4. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;

  5. Arabic native with a working knowledge of English

  6. Strong communication and interpersonal skills

4.Contractual Terms:

  • Type of Contract: Consultancy Agreement

  • Start date: May 14, 2017

  • Fees of the Services: All price quotations from all candidates are welcomed. We are expecting candidates will quote for the whole production work (producing and singing).


How to apply:
  • Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply via email: Recruitment.JOR@warchild.org.uk

    Quaoting the title “Composer/ CWtL” by 11 May 2017.

    *Make sure to upload your CV with a link to easily accessible online work samples.*

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Press Officer – Brand & Partnerships

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 04 Jun 2017

War Child UK is looking for a dedicated individual to support the Press Officer – Brand & Partnerships Team to take a lead on creating strategies to build brand awareness and promote fundraising activities.

War Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a team of extremely dedicated staff. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their personality, creativity and professionalism to our communications and the wider charity.

Task and Responsibilities:

  • Work with Head of Press and PR to plan and deliver proactive and reactive media activity to increase War Child’s brand awareness and promote our fundraising activities
  • Write strategies and brief PR Agencies or PR teams at partner organisations to ensure all cross-organisation opportunities are well managed
  • Ensure that War Child’s campaigns and programmatic work is including in brand, events and partnerships coverage where possible
  • Work with teams across the organisation to spot PR opportunities
  • Collaborate with War Child’s external partners on raising awareness of fundraising partnerships and campaigns to ensure that the War Child message is maximized and that the brand is consistent
  • Develop working relationships with journalists building relevant key contacts

How to apply:

Please apply via our website https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/press-officer-brand-%26-partnerships

Application deadline is 11:59pm on Sunday 4 June 2017 and completed application forms must be sent to recruitment@warchild.org.uk or the War Child office by this date. Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Jordan: Storytelling Video Production

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: Jordan
Closing date: 24 May 2017

Can’t Wait to Learn Programme, Jordan

1.About Can’t Wait to Learn

Can’t Wait to Learn (CWtL) proposes new cost-effective solutions to the urgent challenges facing education for children in emergencies. By utilising innovative technological solutions with a focus on serious gaming, CWtL builds on concepts which have been successfully piloted in Sudan. Can’t Wait to Learn has the potential to provide out-of-school children with access to education opportunities, especially in rural areas where no formal schools exist. The programme uses education technology as part of a model of education which is offering certified curriculum level content through applied gaming and personalised pupil engagement. The programme uses a range of innovative, results focused approaches: combining context specific applied gaming and community-based facilitation instead of waiting for formal schools to be built; a strong innovation management staged approach to growth with rigorous appropriate research; and focusing on getting the right partnerships in place.

2. Purpose of the consultancy

The candidate will shoot storytelling activities. Total number of stories is 10, all of them are educational. Average 7-10 minutes per video.

3. Specification

· Location should be provided by the Consultant, simple, no distraction, friendly wall color;

· Equipment for this work must be provided by the consultant. War Child will not provide any (one cameras, light, sound system, editing needs & all the complementary needed equipment);

· The Consultant will be overseen by the Project Manager for CWTL;

· Film a total of 10 videos.

All final videos should be submitted to WCUK in Amman by 1st of June 2017

4. Copyright, patents and other proprietary rights:

Except as is otherwise expressly provided in writing, WCH shall be entitled to all intellectual property and other proprietary rights including, but not limited to, patents, copyrights, and trademarks, with regard to products, processes, inventions, ideas, knowhow, or documents and other materials which the Contractor has developed for WCH under the Contract and which bear a direct relation to or are produced or prepared or collected in consequence of, or during the course of, the performance of the Contract, and the Contractor acknowledges and agrees that such products, documents and other materials constitute works made for hire for the WCH. To the extent that any such intellectual property or other proprietary rights consist of any intellectual property or other proprietary rights of the Contractor: (i) that pre-existed the performance by the Contractor of its obligations under the Contract, or (ii) that the Contractor may develop or acquire, or may have developed or acquired, independently of the performance of its obligations under the Contract, WCH does not and shall not claim any ownership interest thereto, and the Contractor grants to WCH a perpetual license to use such intellectual property or other proprietary right solely for the purposes of and in accordance with the requirements of the Contract. Subject to the foregoing provisions, all maps, drawings, photographs, mosaics, plans, reports, estimates, recommendations, documents, and all other data compiled by or received by the Contractor under the Contract shall be the property of WCH, shall be made available for use or inspection by WCH at reasonable times and in reasonable places, shall be treated as confidential, and shall only be delivered to named WCH staff.

5. Child Safety:

This assignment will involve working with children. In this respect the bidding contractors need to be aware that:

  • Successful contractor’s references and background checks will be carried out in conformity with War Child UK’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

  • Successful contractor will be required to sign a Child Safety Statement as a measure of their commitment to protect children, as well as to undertake Child Safeguarding training prior to beginning the consultancy (2 hours).

  • Successful contractor will be required to sign Child Media Waiver Consent Forms in all manner of participation of the children in the making of the videos

6. Required skills and experience:

  • Bachelor degree in communication, filmmaking or related areas.

  • At least 5 years of professional experience with a proven professional record in working in the field of filmmaking and communication; experience in working with child-focused organizations is an asset.

  • Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

7. Contractual Terms:

  • Type of Contract: Consultancy Agreement

  • Start date: ASAP

  • Film time: 3-5 days, estimate 4 hours per day

  • Work Location: Amman


How to apply:

1. Submission:

To submit an application for this ToR, please include:

  • A link to easily accessible online work samples.

  • CV for Consultant and associated team members (if team focused application)

  • Fees of the Services: All price quotations from all candidates are welcomed. Prices must be received by JODs currency.

    • Please submit all the above mentioned requirements quoting the title “Storytelling Video Production ” by 24 May 2017 via email: recruitment.jor@warchild.org.uk

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Compensation & Benefits Review

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 11 Jun 2017

About us

War Child (WC) is an International charity with national and international employees working in the UK, Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen and Uganda.

WC aims to attract and retain the best people to deliver high quality support to children. To enable us to do this, we need to adopt a more fit for purpose compensation and benefits policy, that allows us to competitively pay, provide incentives, and reward our people with targeted and valued benefits. WC is going through a transition of change, including the creation of a global shared platform, which requires more out of the box and global thinking when it comes to remunerating our people.

Deliverables

The objective is to draw up a Compensation and Benefits policy for WC, with the aim to integrate the organisation’s values and sufficient flexibility to adapt to the long-term growth vision.

The policy should:

  • Be written in easy to understand language;
  • Encompass visual and descriptive elements;
  • Be brief and concise, excluding any references to process, procedure, best practice or guidelines (which may be drawn up separately).

AND

  • Determine a new base salary structure;
  • Include a reference guide to determine job levels and where they fit within the new structure (this includes reviewing existing job functions and levels);
  • Review the existing benefits (of which most have only recently been established), and evaluate if they are fit for purpose:
  • Propose new or additional fit for purpose benefits;Review existing and propose new principles for progression.
  • Consider the extent to which salary progression should be linked to performance reviews

For more info: https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/consultant-compensation-%26-benefits-review


How to apply:

Please submit your proposal to us with the email title as ‘Compensation & Benefits Review’ to recruitment@warchild.org.uk.

Only shortlisted providers will be contacted.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Regional Programme Officer (Asia & Middle East)

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 29 May 2017

Purpose of Post:
We are recruiting a second Regional Programme Officer (PO) for the Asia/Middle East team, who will work under the supervision of the Regional Programme Manager (RPM). The Asia/Middle East regional desk consists of two Regional Programme Officers. The role will involve close collaboration with the country teams in the Asia/ Middle East portfolio and other UK-based Regional Programme Officers. The post-holder will play a central role in the day to day project and operational support responsibilities to several countries allocated from the Asia/ Middle East portfolio. The regional portfolio currently includes, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan and Yemen.

Key Responsibilities

Approximately 50% of the work will be assisting field teams with donor reporting, and project management. The RPO will provide critical support to Programme Managers ensuring all reports are clear, accurate, and submitted in a timely manner, and that learning is at the core of the projects we implement. Around 20% of the time will be spent on ensuring desk level support to proposal development for institutional donors (research background sections, drafting, certifications etc.). A further 20% of the work will be spent on ensuring effective internal communications between the Programmes team and the rest of War Child, with an emphasis on ensuring that fundraising teams get adequate information to support their needs, and that advocacy priorities are informed by programmes experience and evidence. Finally, the role will make sure of the effective administration of regional desk requirements (filing, shared drive management (10%). The position will be UK based although there will be occasional opportunities to travel to the country programmes the RPO supports to provide reporting and project implementation operational support; subject to security considerations.

A) JOB SPECIFICATION: TASK AND RESPONSIBILITESDonor reporting and support to project management (50%)• Facilitating timely reporting with institutional donors, foundations and corporate donors for grants across the Asia/Middle East portfolio, and supporting key project staff to effectively compile high-quality and impact oriented narrative and financial progress reports, following the WCUK’s guiding principles for good reporting • Maintaining an up to date understanding of institutional donor requirements and compliance • To support the development of project’s monitoring and evaluation frameworks with the UK MEAL Advisor and the RPM, and ToRs for evaluations • Liaison with UK MEAL Advisor to monitor project progress and facilitate learning, by tracking project progress against indicators – in close collaboration with the RPM • Assisting with monitoring of programme finance (monthly or quarterly project expenditure against budget) in collaboration with the RPM, and HQ Finance teams • Undertaking project monitoring trips • Advising the RPM on the level of compliance with the WCUK Quality Framework, and the Child Protection Minimum Standards

Disseminating country programmes information to the Fundraising and Communication/Advocacy Directorates (20%)• Ensuring effective internal communications between programmes team and the rest of War Child – by providing content for the WCUK’s Intranet system • Ensuring that fundraising teams get adequate information to support their needs: information on projects’ progress and design, case studies. An involvement in monthly Programmes/ Finance/ Fundraising meetings will be critical, as well as preparing regular presentations on new projects and projects progress for the rest of War Child. • Helping to ensure that advocacy priorities are informed by programmes experience and evidence: information shared on projects’ progress and advocacy efforts in country offices, to support the preparation of input to advocacy papers or initiatives where needed.

Support to Project development (20%)• Helping the RPC and Programme Funding Coordinators (PFC) for Asia/ Middle East to monitor institutional donor calls for proposals and funding cycles • Supporting the development of project concepts and full proposals in child protection, education and livelihoods, in collaboration with the RPM and PFCs (research background sections, drafting of proposals, assist with certifications, admin support etc.). • Supporting the RPM with project start-up workshops, where needed

Other (10%)• Effective administration of regional desk requirements (filing, shared drive management) • Making sure that WCUK’s Grants Management System (Salesforce) is up to date at all times • Coordinating with and supporting other RPOs for Asia/Middle East, where necessary • Engaging with UK based working groups and networks (where appropriate) • Keeping up to date with the major issues and solutions pertaining to protecting children and young people in emergencies. • Undertaking any other reasonable duty and tasks that may from time to time be requested by the RPM consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility. • Working with and supporting other WCUK colleagues as necessary

For further information, please visit our website for the full Job Description and Application Form.


How to apply:

Download and complete our application form from www.warchild.org.uk.
All completed applications must reach recruitment@Warchild.org.uk by 11:59pm on Monday 29 May 2017. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Executive Officer

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 04 Jun 2017

Overview

War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war.

Purpose of Post

The Executive Officer supports senior Directors in the provision of company secretarial assistant services for War Child and also acts as an Executive Assistant to the Director of Resources and the Chief Executive Officer. The role also provides diary management to the Director of Programmes. The key aims of the job are to:

• Company Secretarial Administration: support the Company Secretary by administering War Child’s company secretariat and governance requirements, delivering an efficient administration service to trustees and support to the Chair

• Executive Assistant: provide effective executive assistance duties and forward planning to the Director of Resources and the Chief Executive Officer

Diary Management: coordinate the diary of the Director of Programmes

JOB SPECIFICATION: TASK AND RESPONSIBILITES

Company Secretarial Administration

• Compile soft and hard copy papers, ensuring that appropriate documents and information are sent out on time in accordance with agreed schedule for the War Child Trustee Board, the Audit and Risk Committee, the Programmes Quality Committee and the annual AGM.

• Lead on the organisation of Board meetings and events (such as AGMs, Away days etc.) including preparation of agendas, papers, and venues; minimising costs, and managing RSVPs War Child Job Description & Person Specification

• Take minutes at board and committee meetings, and undertake appropriate post-meeting action to ensure implementation of decisions arising from meetings and ensure an appropriate forward plan for the work;

• Provide administration support to the Chair of Trustees, and the chairs of the two main committees

• Act as a first point of contact for Trustees on organisational matters

• Support the trustee recruitment process and manage trustee inductions

• Prepare updates and annual returns to Companies House and Charity Commission; respond to internal and external queries related to War Child’s articles of association, and related company secretarial administration.

Executive Assistance to Director of Resources and the Chief Executive

• Manage diaries and meetings, arranging travel and accommodation as necessary, negotiating changes to meeting times, participants, rooms etc. in response to changes in availability.

• Act as first point of contact, managing incoming email and post, screening phone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate

• Process CEO and Director expense claims and invoices

• Represent the SMT by welcoming visitors; answering questions and meeting requests directed to the CEO and Director of Resources.

• Take notes and minutes in meetings, when requested

• Anticipate the needs of the CEO and Director of Resources and proactively bring together appropriate people and resources to support the CEO and Director in addressing these issues

• Coordinate meetings for the Resources department, the Senior Management Team, the Management Team.

• Manage the logistics of team and All Staff Away Days.

• Maintains confidentiality, where required, in matters relating to personnel or organisational issues.

Diary Management

• Arrange internal and external meetings for the Director of Programmes, negotiating changes to meeting times, participants, rooms etc. in response to changes in availability.

PERSON SPECIFICATION – ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

War Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a team of extremely dedicated staff & volunteers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their personality, creativity and professionalism to our communications and the wider charity.

Experience:

• Right to work in the UK

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent

• Experience of supporting senior management level staff in a PA/Senior Administrative role, including the drafting of minutes, reports and presentations

• Compiling reports using large amounts of data to generate insightful pieces of information

• Organising meetings, seminars, long term planning and implementation processes

• Working with trustees and voluntary committees

Competencies (Soft Skills):

• Ability to manage complex and highly confidential information

• A high level of commitment to the work and mission of War Child UK

• High level of competency on Word, Excel, Outlook

• Good team working and relationship building

• Attention to detail and ownership for the delivery of high quality work

• Good decision making and problem solving skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Understanding and appreciation of the importance of excellent administrative support

• Willingness to take initiative and rise to any tasks set

• Comfortable working autonomously and across multiple tasks and reporting into different project working teams and staff members

• A high degree of personal organisation and self-management

• Ability to operate with diplomacy, tact and empathy

• Personable, professional and efficient telephone manner

Desirable Experience:

• Submitting reports to Companies House and the Charities Commission and managing company information on the register


How to apply:
  • All applications must reach War Child by 11:59pm on Sunday 4 June. Please see: https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/executive-officer
  • Due to limited resources War Child HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates
  • First round interviews will be held on Wednesday 14 June 2017
  • Second round interviews for selected candidates may be held.
  • Any offer made will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post the receipt of complete reference forms.
  • The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS Police check and/or international police check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child Safeguarding Policy prior to a final offer being made.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Executive Assistant

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 04 Jun 2017

Overview

War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.

Purpose of Post War

Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a team of extremely dedicated staff & volunteers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their personality, creativity and professionalism to our Fundraising and Marketing Directorate, and the wider charity. The Fundraising and Marketing Directorate is a hugely ambitious and high-performing department, working in a very competitive environment. We are looking for someone with real drive and passion for improving and professionalising existing systems to insure our future growth. We want someone who will become a key member of the Fundraising and Marketing team, with a can-do creative attitude and a real interest in fundraising and marketing.

The Executive Assistant will directly support the Director of Fundraising and Marketing, and will provide coordination to the wider Fundraising and Marketing team, with a particular emphasis on streamlining work across the senior fundraising and marketing leadership team. The role also will provide support on specialist fundraising projects including major travel arrangements and playing a key role in fundraising events and activity when needed.

The key aims of the job are:

• Providing effective assistance and forward planning to the Director of Fundraising and Marketing

• Supporting the senior fundraising and marketing leadership team to coordinate meetings, plan key team activity, arrange team building activity, planning team travel and to ensure the team are streamlined with all organisational wide activity

• Providing support to a wide variety of fundraising and marketing initiatives and events, adding capacity to: music and corporate events; new business activity; supporting Global Ambassador meetings and other key activity across the team

• To work closely with the CEO, Executive Officer to support Senior Management Team and Management Team activity related to fundraising

JOB SPECIFICATION: TASK AND RESPONSIBILITES:

Executive Assistant to Director of Fundraising and Marketing (80%)

• Manage diaries and meetings, arranging travel and accommodation as necessary, negotiating changes to meeting times, participants, rooms etc. in response to changes in availability.

• Act as first point of contact, managing incoming email and post, screening phone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate

• Process Director expense claims and invoices

• Represent the Fundraising and Marketing team by welcoming visitors; answering questions and meeting requests directed to the Director of Fundraising and Marketing

• Take notes and minutes in meetings, when requested

• Anticipate the needs of the Director of Fundraising and Marketing, and proactively bring together appropriate people and resources to support to the Director of Fundraising and Marketing in addressing these issues

• Maintains confidentiality, where required, in matters relating to personnel or organisational issues. • Coordinate meetings for the Fundraising and Marketing department, and supporting the Executive Officer to coordinate meetings with the Senior Management Team and the fundraising leaders in the Management Team.

• Manage the logistics and book team away days

• Support the senior fundraising leadership team with minute taking; circulation of team updates/newsletters; fundraising team meetings

• Working with the Heads of Department: coordinate all Board and SMT reporting; arrange meetings to coincide with monthly finance management accounts, reforecasts and income reconciliation; to collate all fundraising information for the Audit and Risk Committee

• Coordinate and book group team training activities

• Provide administration support to any fundraising committee management, and coordination of the Chairs of those committees

• Support the coordination of all Fundraising and Marketing Auditing processes

Fundraising and Marketing Team Support (20%)

• To represent for the Fundraising and Marketing team at key events and initiatives, when required, providing additional fundraising and administration support including: o Music gigs and festivals o Major donor events o Corporate events o Challenge events o Donor meetings o Fundraising training activity

PERSON SPECIFICATION – ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Experience:

• Right to work in the UK

• Educated to A-level, or equivalent

• Experience of supporting senior management level staff in a PA/Senior Administrative role, including the drafting of minutes, reports and presentations

• Compiling reports using large amounts of data to generate insightful pieces of information

• Organising meetings, seminars, long term planning and implementation processes

• Experience of changing and improving processes, systems and ways of working to improve team efficiency

• Working with trustees and voluntary committees

Competencies (Soft Skills):

• Ability to manage complex and highly confidential information

• A high level of commitment to the work and mission of War Child UK

• High level of competency on Word, Excel, Outlook

• Good team working and relationship building

• Attention to detail and ownership for the delivery of high quality work

• Good decision making and problem solving skills

• Understanding and appreciation of the importance of excellent administrative support

• Willingness to take initiative and rise to any tasks set

• Attention to detail and the ability to complete complicated work processes

• Great written and verbal communication skills

• Comfortable working autonomously and across multiple tasks and reporting into different project working teams and staff members

• A high degree of personal organisation and self-management

• Ability to operate with diplomacy, tact and empathy

• Personable, professional and efficient telephone manner

Desirable Experience:

• Experience of working in a charity with a strong culture of fundraising

• Experience of working in a fundraising team

• Experience of supporting event management, administration and logistics

CONTRACT TERMS

Working Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Probation: 6 months

Start date: July 2017 Salary: £25,338 – £27,977 per annum

Leave: 28 days pa pro-rata, increasing by one day for each year’s service up to a maximum of 5 additional days – for UK

Pension: All eligible employees are automatically enrolled into a Group Personal Pension Plan. Contributions will be made on a salary exchange basis as follows: employees contribute a minimum of 3% of basic monthly salary to receive a contribution of 5% from War Child.


How to apply:

• All applications must reach War Child by 11:59pm on Sunday 4 June. Please see:

https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/executive-assistant

• Due to limited resources War Child HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates

• First round interviews will be held on Wednesday 12 June 2017

• Second round interviews for selected candidates will be held on week commencing 19 June

• Any offer made will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post the receipt of complete reference forms.

• The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS Police check and/or international police check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child Safeguarding Policy prior to a final offer being made.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Roaming Finance and HR Specialist

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Organization: War Child UK
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 12 Jun 2017

Overview:

War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers. War Child’s strategic plan anticipates significant growth in the number of children we support and the funding we need to make that happen. The Roaming Finance Specialist is essential to support that growth and to help War Child operate more efficiently. We currently work in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Jordan in response to the Syria crisis. The UK finance team comprises a UK Finance Adviser and a UK Finance Assistant while the international team includes a Senior Programme Finance Adviser, two Programme Finance Advisers and the Roaming Finance Specialist. The finance team is led by the Head of Finance. The UK HR team is made up of the HR/Office Assistant, HR Officer, Office Manager, UK HR Advisor and International HR Advisor. The HR team is led by the Head of Achievement and Development.

Purpose of Post:

The role provides technical support in accounting, compliance and reporting as well as capacity building for in-country finance leadership and finance teams to ensure quality financial and administrative management. Ensuring compliance with internal and donor regulations and procedures will be central to this role. The role will travel up to 75% of the year, with each mission typically lasting around 3 months. Each assignment will typically focus on one of the follow support functions:

  • Providing support to the Finance and HR Manager or Country Director when a country program requires additional external support

  • Acting Finance Manager to support staffing gaps

  • Acting as an in-country mentor and trainer to newly recruited Finance Managers The role works closely with the finance, HR and programme teams; and is key in embedding and enhancing quality during a period of exceptional growth and continuous improvement in War Child.

A)JOB SPECIFICATION: TASK AND RESPONSIBILITES:

Financial control and reporting

  • Support the Country Directors and Finance Managers in the preparation and presentation of multi-currency budgets, forecasts and cash-flows.
  • Support the review of restricted income and expenditure against programme implementation to ensure timely spend in line with donor regulations.
  • Preparation and/or analysis and follow up of monthly financial reporting packs, including review of balance sheet reconciliations, restricted & unrestricted expenditure, foreign exchange and intercompany transactions.
  • Support team in the Development and Reforecast process for the Annual Country Budget.
  • Provide technical support & troubleshooting to country finance teams with respect to War Child’s finance system, manuals, procedures and other items such as archiving.
  • Ensure accounts are accurate, meaningful (according to donor requirements and relevant to Programmes) and prepared on a timely basis, with correct coding.
  • Coordinate action plans following internal and external audits, ensuring the recommendations are adopted and improvements documented.

Human Resources

  • Support the Country Director and Country HR teams, in the implementation of War Child's HR policies and processes; in line with local operating procedures.

Capacity Building

  • Support leadership and direction to the finance teams.
  • Carry out training for finance and as required for HR staff.
  • Provide ongoing technical support and coaching to country Finance Manager, finance team, and Country Directors regarding accounting financial matters, and grant management.
  • Support the Finance Managers in the evaluations and ongoing development of the incountry finance teams.

Other

  • Support the Senior Programme Finance Adviser in providing adequate finance inductions to any new member of the international programmes team to enable them to carry out all financial management elements of their role.
  • Perform other duties as required from time to time by the Senior Programme Finance Adviser in order to support delivery of the wider organisational strategy.

B)PERSON SPECIFICATION – ESSENTIAL CRITERIA: War Child’s office is a lively and fast-paced environment made up of a growing team of extremely dedicated staff & volunteers. We’re looking for someone who can fit in well and bring their personality, creativity and professionalism to our finance and HR team, and the wider charity.

Experience and mandatory criteria:

  • Minimum 3 years’ financial management experience in an NGO organisation
  • Experienced in multi-currency accounting and reporting
  • CCAB qualification or equivalent (part qualified will be considered)
  • Experience of grant management and working with donor institutions
  • Fluency in English

Technical Skills/Expertise:

  • Experienced in financial capacity building
  • Strong accounting skills and experience, including management of the general ledger, journal entries, payroll, payables and the balance sheet
  • Proven financial analysis and forecasting ability with high attention to detail
  • Familiar with a range of computerised accounts packages and a highly experienced and competent user of MS Excel and other MS Office packages

Competencies (Soft Skills):

  • A results oriented and problem solving approach to work and challenges
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to deal with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and the ability to build effective working relationships, particularly in multi-cultural environments
  • Good organisational skills with the ability to plan ahead, to work well under pressure and manage priorities to meet deadlines in a changing and challenging environment whilst making effective decisions
  • Flexibility to change and create for continuous improvement and to contribute towards a culture of innovation along with knowledge impact
  • Ability to collaborate and form effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Commitment to War Child’s aims, values and mission

Desirable Criteria:

  • Working knowledge of current charity accounting requirements and practice
  • Experience of working with donor institutions such as DfID, UNICEF, EU and major trusts such as Comic Relief
  • Experience of working with PS Financials accounts package
  • HR related certificate or diploma.
  • Ability to communicate in either French or Arabic

C)CONTRACT TERMS

  • Working Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
  • Probation: 6 months
  • Start date: As soon as possible
  • Location: Any War Child country office or Homebased, with travel to War Child’s country programme location (approx. 75%)
  • Salary: £ 45,281 per annum Plus, In-country allowance (Per Diem/Daily living allowance), if eligible, and when deployed
  • R&R Allowance: If meeting eligibility criteria in country location. Deployments not meeting the R&R criteria will have pro-rata arrangements made.
  • Leave: 30 days’ pa pro-rata
  • Pension: Matching contribution of 5% of gross salary from War Child to your private pension or the Long Term Savings Deposit plan (if eligible) with a minimum contribution of 3% of gross salary.
  • Other: As defined in standard War Child contract terms

How to apply:
  • Download and complete War Child Application Form. All applications must be sent to recruitment@warchild.org.uk or the War Child office by 11:59pm on Monday 12th of June 2017. Please note CVs will not be accepted.
  • Due to limited resources War Child HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates.
  • First round interviews will be held on the 26th June 2017.
  • Second round interviews may also take place if necessary.
  • Any offer made post the second interview will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). War Child reserves the right to call the referees, in case clarification is required post the receipt of complete reference forms.
  • The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a DBS Police check and/or international police check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child Safeguarding Policy prior to a final offer being made
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