SOS Children’s Villages Programme Director (CVPD)

Mission of the position:

The SOS Children’s Villages Programme Director (CVPD) leads under the monitoring and guidance of National Office function staff the overall development and implementation of an SOS Children’s Villages Programme (CVP) in response to needs in one or several locations and in line with the vision, mission, values of the organisation. She/he represents the organisation towards governmental and non-governmental stakeholders in the location.   

Key performance areas and main responsibilities:

Programme Development and Management 

-Leads the development and implementation of the SOS CVP in line with the SOS Children’s Villages Programme Policy and related international and national SOS policies, strategies, quality standards and guidelines

-Leads the implementation of the programme management cycle including the CVP planning process as part of MA annual and strategic planning to ensure that interventions are relevant to the local context, respond to the needs of the target group and contribute to the development of sustainable social support systems

HR Management and organisational development

-Develops appropriate workforce planning in close cooperation with national HRM and ensures full staffing of the CVP

-Establishes a positive, healthy and safe working environment in accordance with mission, vision, values of the organisation

-Continues to build own knowledge and knowledge of team regarding national and Federation trends and strategies in child protection

Financial and administrative Management

-Builds accountability in the programme by ensuring implementation of simple and effective financial and administrative procedures in accordance with defined policies and guidelines

-Leads the budgeting process in the location(s)

-Monitors budget expenditures and conducts financial and content controlling of CVP in order to ensure that funds are properly used

-Ensures that budgeting of maintenance costs (construction, repairs, renovation) for SOS property is carried out by the leader of the programme the facility belongs. The CVPD is overall accountable for good facility maintenance in the CVP

Quality Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

-Is overall responsible for quality management in the CVP and ensures the implementation of national and international quality standards with guidance and monitoring from function staff in the National Office

-Is responsible for the implementation of results-based management, including planning, monitoring and evaluation of programmes

-Monitors the implementation of recommendations from national and international audits

Partnership building, advocacy and cooperation with external stakeholders

-Negotiates and concludes agreements and contracts with state authorities and other organisations with a power of attorney given by the ND

-Leads and coordinates cooperation, partnership building, and networking efforts of the CVP with local and national authorities and other external stakeholders

-Represents together with managing CVP staff the organisation at relevant local networks, forums, platforms, campaigns, working groups and advocates on behalf of the organisation for the promotion of child rights, especially related to children from the target group

Fund Development and Public Relations

-Promotes the organisation in the public and identifies potential income sources in cooperation with the Fund Development & Communications function in the National Office and/or the ND

-Strives for the highest possible level of programme self-financing with a focus on government subsidies and public funding within the frame of targets agreed at strategic planning process

Child Safeguarding (CS)

-Leads and coordinates the CS team’s work in the CVP with a particular attention to prevention and awareness raising. This includes carrying out a CS risk assessment and mitigation of existing and possible CS risks in the CVP

-Reports to national CS focal person about all incidents and development of the incident management on a timely manner (bi-annually or quarterly)

-Is responsible for the implementation of proposed CS incident actions in the CVP

-Is responsible to maintain CS incident register at the programme level

-Is responsible to organise review of incidents dealt with in the CVP

-Takes decision to close the incident managed by CS team in CVP after implementation of respective action plan

-Ensures new co-workers receive CS orientation during the onboarding period

-Ensures CVP co-workers’ CS capacity building and specific individual CS support

-Assesses capacity building needs of the CS team on programme level and plans support actions in cooperation with national CS focal person and HR manager

-Acts as a child rights ambassador to influence communities, policymakers, governments, other stakeholders to make them understand the importance of protecting children and young people and to take action  

-Establishes diverse reporting channels, incl. anonymous, for co-workers, children, young people