KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Programme Operations and Delivery Support:
- Support the Operations Specialist in monitoring programme delivery, including relevant Country Office KPIs, portfolio trends and projects requiring additional management attention.
- Contribute to monthly and quarterly Programme Operations reviews, reports, factsheets and performance narratives, using PRIME and other available management information.
- Work with Area/Field Offices and Programme Managers to follow up agreed programme-delivery and improvement actions, maintaining relevant Operations action trackers.
- Support the preparation of ad hoc portfolio, operational and risk analyses requested by the Operations Specialist.
- Act as a link between Country Office and Area/Field Office Operations teams to strengthen two-way information flow, follow-up and accountability.
- Support selected Programme Operations priorities and transformational delivery initiatives, including PMM, Projects on Track and related project-management standards, as assigned by the Operations Specialist.
PRIME Adoption and Compliance:
- Coordinate Country Office implementation and sustained adoption of PRIME, ensuring agreed organisational processes, standards and timelines are understood and applied.
- Monitor PRIME usage across projects and Area/Field Offices and maintain an up-to-date overview of adoption, completion and compliance gaps.
- Follow up with Programme Managers, project teams and relevant functions on overdue or incomplete PRIME actions and escalate persistent gaps to the Operations Specialist.
- Support integration of PRIME requirements into routine project start-up, implementation, review, amendment and close-out processes.
- Coordinate Country Office inputs to PRIME-related actions, updates and requests from Regional and Centre teams.
Data Quality and Project Management Information:
- Conduct regular quality checks of PRIME project information and work with project teams to address incomplete, inconsistent or outdated data.
- Coordinate completion and maintenance of PRIME project workbooks and required project-management records with Programme Managers and MEAL teams.
- Produce regular analytics on PRIME adoption, data quality, overdue actions and key trends for the Operations Specialist and relevant management forums.
- Support consistency of relevant project information across PRIME and other Country Office management systems in coordination with responsible functions.
- Use PRIME information to support portfolio reviews, Projects on Track discussions and identification of projects requiring additional management attention.
User Support, Training and Change Management:
- Act as the first point of contact for routine PRIME queries from Country Office and Area/Field Office staff, resolving issues where possible and escalating technical matters appropriately.
- Coordinate onboarding, end-user training, refresher sessions and targeted coaching for Programme Managers, MEAL staff and other relevant users.
- Maintain and strengthen a network of PRIME champions/focal points across the Country Office to promote peer support and consistent practice.
- Develop and disseminate practical guidance, FAQs, lessons learned and good practices to improve user confidence and quality of use.
- Identify recurring capability gaps and propose targeted learning or process-improvement actions to the Operations Specialist.
System Coordination and Continuous Improvement:
- Maintain regular communication with Regional/Centre PRIME support teams on system updates, known issues, access requirements and emerging guidance.
- Coordinate user-access requests and role changes in line with approved processes and segregation-of-duties requirements.
- Test and support implementation of relevant system/process updates when requested and communicate changes clearly to users.
- Capture feedback from users and recommend practical improvements to Country Office PRIME processes, guidance and support arrangements.
- Maintain an action tracker for significant PRIME issues, agreed corrective actions, owners and deadlines, and report progress to the Operations Specialist.
Information Management and Knowledge Sharing:
- Maintain relevant Programme Operations records and management information required by the Operations Specialist and Area/Field Office teams.
- Identify, document and disseminate operational good practices, lessons learned and practical guidance across the Country Office.
Collaborate with other functions to ensure the Operations team has timely access to relevant programme-management information.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- University degree in international development, social sciences, programme/project management, information management, business systems or another relevant field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in programme/project management, programme operations, information management, business systems or a similar coordination role.
- Demonstrated experience supporting organisational systems, project-management tools, data quality and/or digital process adoption across multiple teams.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to turn programme-management data into clear, practical information for decision-making.
- Experience coordinating across functions and following up actions with colleagues who are not direct reports.
- Ability to train, coach and support users with different levels of technical confidence.
- Strong organisation, attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a complex operating environment.
- Excellent written and spoken English and strong communication skills with a range of audiences.
- Competent IT skills, including strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and confidence learning and supporting web-based enterprise systems.
- Commitment to Save the Children values, child safeguarding and humanitarian principles.
Desirable:
- Previous experience with Save the Children and/or direct experience using PRIME.
- Experience with Project Management Methodology (PMM), Projects on Track or comparable project-management frameworks and tools.
- Experience in humanitarian or fragile/conflict-affected contexts, preferably in Sudan or the East Africa region.
- Arabic language skills.
Experience working with distributed teams across Country and Area/Field Offices.
