Response and Recovery Manager

Response and Recovery Manager

Save The Children is a global non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe. With a presence in over 120 countries, we work tirelessly to provide children with a brighter future. Join us in making a lasting impact on the lives of the most vulnerable.

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job, it’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making Vanuatu and the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. Benefits include:

Personalized learning plans and internal development opportunities to support your career growth

A child-friendly work environment, including child friendly spaces in every office

Attractive salary package from VUV 2,713,307 to VUV 3,798,634

Comprehensive benefits, including:

Full Medical Insurance Coverage

Generous leave allowances including 20 Day Annual leave, 21 Days Sick and carer's leave, 14 Weeks Maternity leave and10 Days paternity leave

Domestic violence aware organization, including 10 days domestic violence leave

Home leave allowance

Where you come in:

Save the Children is forming a six-member Response and Recovery Team to support communities in Shefa Province affected by the 17 December earthquake through education, cash and voucher assistance, child protection, and psychosocial support. As the Response and Recovery Manager, you will lead these efforts, providing strong leadership to ensure the programs are effective, aligned with the Vanuatu Government’s Response and Recovery Plan, and meet the needs of children and families in line with Save the Children’s mission.

You will make an impact by:

Program Management: Develop and implement a detailed earthquake response and recovery plan aligned with Save the Children’s Response Strategy and Vanuatu Government’s Resilience Plan. Ensure timely activity delivery, monitor progress, and adjust achieve objectives.

Team Leadership: Manage a team of five (two coordinators, three officers), conducting regular meetings and check-ins. Set key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide coaching and capacity-building to ensure professional growth and team efficiency.

Partnerships and Coordination: Collaborate with government agencies (NDMO, Ministry of Education), Recovery Operations Centre, and NGOs. Lead classroom rehabilitation projects and cash programming and foster strong relationships with donors and partners.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL): Oversee data collection to track program impact, ensuring donor-specific MEAL requirements are met. Document and share lessons learned to inform future responses.

Reporting and Compliance: Provide monthly updates to the Crisis Management and Senior Management Teams. Ensure adherence to organizational policies, donor guidelines, and humanitarian standards.

Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with government and community stakeholders to align recovery efforts, secure approvals, and ensure successful program delivery.

Does this sound like you?

You have project and operation management and coordination skills, strong understanding of program implementation, excited to learn, adhere to policies & guidelines and able to work in a flexible and high achieving team.

This role requires:

University qualification in a relevant field