Senior Specialist, Programme Quality and Assurance
- Employer
- ActionAid
- Location
- EC1R 0BJ, London (Greater)
- Salary
- £39,628 - £40,828 per annum
- Closing date
- 23 Sep 2018
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- Function
- Campaigning, International Development, Policy & Research
- Sector
- Children & Youth, International, Poverty Relief, Human Rights
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
We are recruiting for a Senior Programme Quality and Assurance Adviser who will bring strong strategic thinking, humanitarian programming learning experience, and a spirit of collaboration to ActionAid UK as it delivers on its new five year Strategy- Together with women and girls.
The Humanitarian Policy and Practice team is a key delivery partner in ActionAid UK’s new strategy to promote a world where women and girls are valued, live free from violence, and can exercise their rights to promote their own economic empowerment, safety, equality and voice.
The team is comprised of members supporting financial resource mobilisation, grant/ contract management, programmatic innovation, research and learning towards this end.
The Senior Programme Quality and Assurance Adviser will lead contract management, relationship management, programme learning, cross programme / country coherence, risk management and compliance activities.
We are seeking a specialist who will bring strong strategic thinking, humanitarian programming learning experience, and a spirit of collaboration to ActionAid UK (AAUK) as it delivers on its new five year Strategy- Together with women and girls.
To succeed in this role, you must have experience of successfully managing funding in the humanitarian sector-and supporting the implementation of humanitarian programmes.
You must also have knowledge of key trends in policies, compliance and assurance practices of humanitarian donors that have implications for AA to sustain income and programme quality. You should also bring an understanding of humanitarian accountability and standards.
You must also have a good understanding of humanitarian response, recovery and resilience work and women’s rights as they relate to humanitarian work.
If you have this along with an applied knowledge of project cycle management, we are keen to hear from you.
We are committed to flexible working and therefore are open to discussing flexible working options, including the potential for a job share for this role.
If you are committed to promoting a world where women and girls are valued and live free from violence, can exercise their own economic rights, safety, equality and voice please complete an application form.
Company
ActionAid is an international development charity which works in 45 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Founded in 1972, ActionAid is an international federation and has offices in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok and Washington DC, as well as London.
ActionAid UK is part of the international federation and almost all of the people and partners who run ActionAid programmes are from the developing world. This means its staff are on the ground, experiencing poverty at first hand. They see day-to-day how poverty affects people’s lives, and are uniquely placed to give a voice to the women and children who suffer most.
ActionAid’s work has several different components, unified by a commitment to place women and girls at the centre of its work. The charity aims to end hunger by giving millions of people in extreme poverty the skills they need to grow sustainable food, and campaigns to address the causes of hunger.
ActionAid also responds to emergencies and conflicts. It provided emergency assistance to more than 600,000 people in 2015 and trained nearly 46,000 others to protect lives and prepare for emergencies. In total the charity responded to 27 emergencies around the world last year.
Improving access to education is another facet of its mission. 59 million children, more than half of them girls, were out of school in 2013. ActionAid works with more than 5,000 schools across Africa, Asia and Latin America to help over a millions girls and boys get the free, quality education they are entitled to.
Women’s rights and gender equality informs all of ActionAid’s activities. The charity works with communities against female genital mutilation, gender-based violence and forced early marriage.
ActionAid also campaigns for tax justice, fairer wages and more effective aid which can tackle the roots causes of poverty. It estimates that poorer countries lose around $200 billion a year from tax dodging by companies.
A variety of different roles are available at ActionAid including policy adviser, fundraising offer and HR manager. Employee benefits are plentiful, encompassing the opportunity to develop new skills, a pension scheme, childcare vouchers and free advice services.
ActionAid also supports selected UK employees to travel to host countries in order to gain first-hand experience of its in-country work. Frequent secondments, whereby employees work, for a period, in another department or different country in the federation, take place. The charity encourages job shares.
- Website
- https://www.actionaid.org.uk/actionaid-job-vacancies
- Telephone
- 020 3122 0561
- Location
-
33-39 Bowling Green Lane
London
EC1R 0BJ
GB
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