Project Director, UCAN

UCAN Project Director, SUBJECT TO FUNDING

Role location is Home-Based or MEEE Regional Office

The Opportunity

Save the Children International (SCI) has an exciting opportunity to join our team to move forward an innovative project, which has the potential to shift how SC responds to humanitarian crises around the world, starting with the current humanitarian situation in the Ukraine and neighbouring countries.

Save the Children (SC) aims to establish an integrated modular approach to respond to the current Ukraine crisis through the establishment of a Universal Cash Assistance Network and Child Protection (UCAN), integrated with additional key features that are Child-Sensitive, Holistic, Modular, Accessible, Decentralized, and Borderless. In line with SC’s Strategic Statement for the Ukraine conflict and 2022 Global Humanitarian Response Plan, the focus of the services and support will be to conflict-affected children and their families, including unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), children who have lived in institutional care, children with disabilities (CWD) and Roma children.

UCAN will be designed as a hub that enables crisis-affected individuals to either self-identify or be identified by SC through a range of access points (incl. a web portal, application, hotline, etc.), be rapidly verified, and receive immediate universal access to the full-range of services that SC provides, including referrals and two-way communication channels, to provide dignity and self-determination when families are facing life’s biggest challenges.

In line with this project, Save the Children is looking for a Project Director for UCAN, who will be accountable for the setting strategic direction and overall deliverables of the project, including line management of a core project team. This will include setting up the governance structure, engaging with the broader Save the Children movement, ensuring the required team and any further stakeholders are in place, defining and ensuring completion of the work plan and all other project deliverables. The Project Director will determine and put into motion viable options to move forward, ensuring a thorough review of the impact of the project and how this will impact humanitarian operations across the Ukraine response and greater organization. The Project Director will be accountable for identifying and proposing mitigations for project risks and issues, defining the costs and benefits of the project, and facilitating approvals. The PD will be comfortable working and delivering in a complex and diffuse space and have the ability to think on their feet and problem solve given the inherently innovative and iterative nature of the UCAN Project.

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.