Save the Children - Recent Job Vacancy Nepal

Nos. of Opening : 1
Location : KATHMANDU
Experience : 5 years +
Qualification Degree : Master’s degrees in management, Project management, Social Sciences, economics, or in any relevant disciplines
Salary : Negotiable
Category : Project
Nature : Full Time

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
STRATEGIC GUIDANCE ON DONOR COMPLIANCE:

Provide oversight, guidance and advice to SCI Nepal and Partner organisations on donor compliance to ensure project financial reports meet donor’s requirements.
Provide strategic guidance and training to SCI Nepal staff (Project Manager, Awards, Finance, and Procurement) on donor compliance requirements embedded in project management, finance, operation, and quality reporting.
Lead meetings and discussions to understand issues and challenges and support the project team to make decisions in line with donor compliance.
Monitor, review, and provide feedback on overall budget management including procurement, specifically budget planning and reallocation, budget expenditure analysis, and ensuring that expenditure evidence documents are qualified for submission to the donor.
Provide guidance and advice to SCI Nepal and Partner organisations on donor compliance to ensure performance monitoring reports meet the donor’s requirements
Provide guidance and training to SCI Nepal staff (Project Manager, Awards, and MEAL team) on donor compliance requirements embedded in the project’s MEAL plan and quality reporting.
Monitor, review, and provide guidance to ensure performance evidence documents are properly collated according to the PDM, qualifying for submission to the donor.
Ensure performance verification data is collected, reported to donor in a proper way and uploaded to the donor designated website – KOPIS

DONOR LIAISON AND COMMUNICATIONS:

Lead daily communications with KOICA Nepal Office to discuss critical problems in terms of donor compliance requirements and to minimize operational risks and to ensure their continued support
Identify risks and issues, especially regarding budget management and project operations, and consult with SCK and KOICA to provide timely solutions to the SCI Nepal project team.
Coordinate monitoring visits for SCK, KOICA, and other Korean donors to project sites upon request.
Ensure any changes in project staff, regardless of the amount of LoE, are reported to the donor in line with the donor’s requirements.
Establish a process for information sharing and data collection to meet donor requirements.
Support communications and coordination between SC Korea and SCI Nepal

REPORTING AND DOCUMENTATION:

Review narrative and financial reports for submission to SCK and ensure its quality as per donor requirements.
Collaborate with the project team to understand project progress and the status of report preparation, particularly for financial reporting, ensuring report quality and timely submission to the donor.
Engage with project team staff, awards, finance, and compliance to improve the quality of financial reporting.
Ensure that reports generated by SCI Nepal are properly translated and prepared in Korean language according to donor standards.
Organize and conduct field monitoring visits to project sites in collaboration with SC Korea, KOICA Nepal Office and SCI Nepal, when required.
Coordinate content gathering activities and media trip
Ensure that all creative content generated throughout the project complies with donor and SC guidelines.

Qualifications and Experience:

Master’s degrees in management, Project management, Social Sciences, economics, or in any relevant disciplines
Over 7 years of relevant work experience including with minimum 3 KOICA civil society programs, either with Korea-based NGOs or International NGOs
More than 5 years of direct experience in communicating with KOICA, both through face-to-face meetings and via KOICA’s designated IT platforms (KOPIS and FLOW)
Proven ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with KOICA, serving effectively as the organization’s focal point
Fluent in Korean and English language with excellent verbal and written communication skills, adept at negotiating with KOICA at both operational and strategic levels
Experience of conducting risk-based reviews of systems and processes, identifying gaps and areas of improvements
Experience in responding to KOICA financial audits, including preparation of audit documentation, coordinating with KOICA-designated accounting firms, and addressing audit findings
Detailed oriented and committed to undertaking work in a logical and disciplined manner, in line with prescribed methodology
Ability to manage conflicting priorities
Willingness to travel as per the requirement of the role
Demonstrated standards of ethics and integrity

Required No.(s): 1 (Open for both National and International applicants)
Contract length: Fixed Term
Location: Kathmandu, Country Office

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Industry Type NGO / INGO / Social Work

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Organization Size 1-10

Project Advisor