Gaza Area Office Manager

Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE: The Gaza Area Office Manager will be responsible for overseeing Save the Children's operations in the designated areas, ensuring the effective implementation of humanitarian and development programs across multiple sectors, including Health& Nutrition, WASH, Child Protection, Education, and Livelihoods. The Area Manager will lead and coordinate program delivery through direct implementation and partnerships, ensuring efficient financial, human resource, supply chain, and operational systems are in place to support program objectives. The role includes strengthening representation and coordination with key external stakeholders, including local authorities, humanitarian actors, and community leaders. The Area Manager will play a pivotal role in field level capacity building, ensuring high-quality program implementation to maximize impact for children and their families. The post holder will assess needs, mobilize resources, and develop program recommendations aligned with Save the Children s national and global priorities, while also contributing to contingency planning and emergency response in the evolving Gaza context. S/he is accountable for ensuring the development of annual programme plans and the effective implementation of all core business processes at area level. The Area Manager will provide high quality leadership to ensure compliance with all SCI policies and procedures, as well as the delivery of high quality programmes in line with the CSP and Humanitarian strategy. Additionally, the Area Manager is accountable for ensuring effective collaboration between teams within the area, as well as with teams and colleagues in the Country Office, In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly. SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Head of Gaza Operations. Staff reporting to this post: Awards Manager, Supply Chain Coordinator, Partnership Manager, Sector Leads for Education, CP, WASH, FSL/CVA. Budget Responsibilities: N/A KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 1. Leadership and Strategy • Ensure that the area programme has a high performing Gaza Management Team (HMT) and that weekly GMT meetings effectively support the sharing of key information and focus on critical issues that require resolution. • Ensure the full compliance with SCI policies and guidelines across the programme, including the maintenance of robust risk management and mitigation strategies and plans. • Establish consistent and coherent ways of working that strengthen programme and operational management and drive quality improvements. • Ensure the implementation of country wide change management and continuous improvement initiatives in the programme area. • Ensure that all teams and staff in the Area Programme collaborate effectively with teams in the CO and that professional relationships are of the highest standard. • Collaborating with the CO PDQ and programme implementation teams, develop an area strategic programme plan, that includes humanitarian and development activities and establish mechanisms to monitor progress and quality against the plan. 2. Program Improvement, Implementation and Delivery • Ensure that management support and oversight is provided to Program Managers within the Area, to drive timely and on budget project implementation, programme quality and continuous improvement. • Ensure that the Area programme is contributing positively to SCI KPIs and develop and implement robust plans to improve KPI performance. • Ensure that all field offices within the area deliver high quality operational management and that core business process are implemented in line with SCI standards and compliance expectations. • Ensure that all QUALIFICATIONS University Degree in Development Studies or other Social Sciences. EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Essential: • Minimum 10 years management experience working in emergency response contexts or development. • Previous experience of managing a team, and the ability to lead, motivate and develop others. • Significant experience of project management, including multi sector programmes, from a child rights approach in accordance with the CRC and international humanitarian rights standards. • Solid experience in award management including significant budget management experience including institutional donors. • Operational management experience, including logistics management (procurement, supply chain, fleet management, asset management and IT) and Safety and Security management. • Field level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN. • Demonstrable experience of MEAL and beneficiary accountability. • Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports. • Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy. • Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy. • The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances. • Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support. • Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. • Fluency in written and spoken English. • Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams in the event of major emergencies. • Willingness to spend up to 60% of time in visiting field sites within the Area Programme . • Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children s aims, values and principles including rights- based approaches. Desirable • Familiar with the following donor oragnisations: ECHO, GAC/IHA, NMFA, BMZ, Swedish SIDA, UN organisations, GFFO, EU AID, etc.