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Full-Time Regional Quality and Accountability Advisor

Terre des hommes – Posted by recruitment@tdh-europe.org Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Terre des hommes

Job Description

Position Start Date: April 2017

Contract Length: 1 year (renewable)

Location: Flexible: Position may be based in one of Terre des hommes offices in the region (Budapest, Tirana, Bucharest, Chisinau or Pristina) with frequent travel in Central and Eastern Europe.

Background:

The Terre des hommes Foundation, a member of the International Federation Terre des hommes, is the largest international child right NGO in Switzerland established over 50 years ago. We operate in over 30 countries and 100 projects of development aid and emergency affecting over 2 million beneficiaries. We employ 1,500 people, including 130 based at our headquarters in Lausanne. Our direct assistance projects, strengthening systems and advocacy activities are primarily focused in the areas of maternal and child health and child protection.

In Europe, Tdh intervenes directly or indirectly in 22 countries, relying on teams based in Budapest, Kosovo, Albania, Greece, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.

The Role

Tdh in Europe is currently undergoing a major organizational transformation in line with its new regionalization strategy, which foresees the development of a regional hub operated from Budapest and the establishment of innovative programmatic management logic.

The Quality and Accountability Advisor will support the region and its delegations in the design and implementation of Tdh’s Q & A approach within Central and East Europe.  This position will be responsible for promoting Quality and Accountability within projects and programs in the region through methodological and technical support to operational staff in the region and its delegations. This position will be involved in project management (situation analysis, strategy development, operational programming, monitoring, project steering, evaluation, capitalization), information management process and optimal information exchange, communication as well as participation in the decision-making processes of the key stakeholders (accountability).

Main responsibilities:

Strategy and Management

  • Leads the development and implementation of the Quality & Accountability strategy at the region and delegation levels in line with Tdh’s policies and guidelines;
  • Helps to consolidate and disseminate ‘lessons learned’ and promotes a culture of openness and exchange;
  • Ensures that projects and programmes work to meet the ethical principles of gender equality, equity and Do No Harm;
  • Understands and applies Tdh’s policies on safety, child protection and fraud prevention.

Technical and Methodological Support 

  • Supports the delegations to develop their Q&A (including M&E and IM) capacities;
  • Provides Q&A (including M&E and IM) support to project and programme teams engaged in regional and complex delegation level projects;
  • Supports situation analysis, strategy development, monitoring & evaluation, information management, capitalization and accountability;

Learning/Training

  • Contribute to identifying Q&A related thematic issues;
  • Develop and implement a capacity building strategic plan for programme and project teams, M&E and IM staff;
  • Organize ad hoc mentoring and training sessions.

Internal and External Network

  • Contribute to exchange good practices between delegations;
  • Foster and participate in Q&A related exchanges with the Headquarters;
  • Follow up on the latest developments related to Q&A issues and contribute to adequate information dissemination;
  • Participate in Q&A networks at regional levels.

Profile:

Requirement and Qualifications:

  • Minimum 5 years experience in international Quality & Accountability, Monitoring and Evaluating;
  • Master’s degree in Social Sciences or relevant field;
  • Expertise in project cycle management, in-depth knowledge of its concepts, processes and tools, and in facilitating participatory processes;
  • Expertise in the design, planning and implementation of quality and accountability processes;
  • Knowledge and experience working in the field of children’s rights (protection, health) in the development / humanitarian context in SEE;
  • Ability to grasp and question a problem, hypotheses and a research system, in collaboration with a team of external researchers;
  • Sensitivity and knowledge of ethical issues related to project management, gender, equity, do-no harm;
  • Excellent oral and written English (C2) is mandatory.

Competencies:

  • Ability to establish an environment of cooperation and collaboration;
  • Conceptual and strategic analysis;
  • Self-controlled, with skills to support and counsel others;
  • Flexibility, availability and adaptability;
  • Results-oriented and problem solving skills;
  • Competency in an Eastern European language is highly desirable.

How to Apply

To apply: Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their CV, motivation letter, and 2 professional references (references must be from most recent supervisors) to recruitment@tdh-europe.org  by March 26, 2017. Please reference “Regional Quality & Accountability Advisor and your full name” in the subject line and mention the website where you found the vacancy in the email body. Child Safeguarding policy: To commit to respect Tdh Risk Management Policies including: Child Safeguarding Policy, Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy. Due to the high numbers of applications, Tdh is not in a position to respond to everyone individually. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview.

Job Categories: Science / Research / Development. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: child protection, evaluation, Humanitarian, international, monitoring, NGO, and quality & accountability.

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