Projects Manager

JOB ADVERTISEMENT – Projects Manager

SCI employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3 – The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: 

Under the supervision of the Head of Program Operations, Project Manager is responsible for the overall management, coordination, and operational oversight of a multi-stakeholder programme aimed at preventing child labour and improving the wellbeing of children and families engaged in seasonal agricultural migration in Türkiye.

The role ensures effective partner-led implementation across provinces of origin and agricultural destination areas, while maintaining strong oversight of programme delivery, financial performance, safeguarding compliance, and results achievement.

The Project Manager works closely with implementing partners, government institutions, civil society organizations, communities, and private sector stakeholders to ensure continuity of child protection, education, and social protection services across migration cycles.

The position combines strategic programme management with strong operational control, ensuring that partner delivery, financial expenditure, and programme outputs are implemented in line with donor requirements, SCI standards, and agreed workplans.

 

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Head of Programme Operations

Staff reporting to this post: Project Coordinator, Project Officer

Budget Responsibilities: Yes

 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Leadership and Delivery

• Lead the overall planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of programme activities in line with approved proposals, logframes, budgets, and organisational strategies.
• Ensure timely, efficient, and high-quality delivery of programme activities across implementation areas, including both areas of origin and destination where relevant.
• Supervise and coordinate programme implementation at field level, ensuring activities are delivered according to agreed workplans, targets, and quality standards.
• Monitor programme progress against implementation plans and take corrective action as required to address delays, risks, and implementation challenges.
• Promote and demonstrate quality programming practices and ensure adherence to Save the Children policies, procedures, and quality standards.
• Ensure safeguarding, accountability, child protection, and inclusion principles are integrated across all programme activities.
• Promote coherence, integration, and synergies across programme sectors, including child protection, education, social protection, livelihoods, and other relevant interventions.

 

Programme Quality, Systems and Compliance

• Ensure all projects are designed and implemented in line with Save the Children quality standards, technical guidance, and strategic priorities.
• Ensure effective use of PRIME tools and systems and maintain compliance across all programme implementation processes.
• Ensure projects have clear indicators, reliable baseline data, and user-friendly reporting mechanisms aligned with organisational and donor requirements.
• Maintain oversight of programme risks and ensure appropriate mitigation measures are implemented.
• Maintain awareness of the operational, security, political, and legal context and ensure programme adaptation where necessary.
• Ensure programme learning, lessons learned, and good practices are systematically documented and applied to improve programme quality and future programming.

 

Partner Management and Capacity Strengthening

• Oversee partner implementation and ensure delivery against agreed workplans, targets, and contractual obligations.
• Conduct regular partner performance reviews and monitor progress, implementation quality, and achievement of results.
• Review and validate partner narrative, activity, and financial reports.
• Conduct monitoring visits and field verification activities to ensure accountability and quality implementation.
• Identify implementation and capacity gaps and support partners in developing corrective action plans.
• Ensure partners comply with safeguarding, procurement, financial management, and donor requirements.
• Lead or contribute to partner capacity assessments and support the development of local civil society organisations through targeted capacity strengthening initiatives.

 

Financial Management and Operational Planning

• Act as budget holder and ensure effective financial planning, budget management, expenditure tracking, and forecasting.
• Support the development of programme budgets and annual expenditure forecasts, ensuring expenditure remains aligned with approved plans and organisational KPIs.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor detailed implementation, procurement, and spending plans.
• Coordinate closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Awards, PDQ, and other support functions to ensure effective programme delivery and resource utilisation.
• Ensure financial compliance with donor and organisational regulations and policies.
• Monitor partner expenditures and ensure alignment between financial performance and programme delivery.

 

Child Protection, Child Labour Prevention and Systems Strengthening

• Provide strategic and operational oversight to interventions aimed at preventing child labour and strengthening child wellbeing outcomes.
• Ensure effective identification, referral, case follow-up, and protection mechanisms for vulnerable children and families.
• Strengthen community-based and institutional child protection systems in collaboration with partners, communities, and government stakeholders.
• Promote alignment with national child protection, child labour prevention, and safeguarding frameworks.
• Support systems-strengthening approaches addressing root causes of vulnerability, including poverty, migration, social exclusion, and barriers to education.

 

Migration, Education and Social Protection Programming

• Lead the implementation of integrated approaches that support continuity of services across migration cycles and geographic locations.
• Strengthen referral pathways and coordination mechanisms between education, child protection, labour, social protection, and other relevant actors.
• Support interventions that improve school attendance, retention, learning continuity, and access to quality education services.
• Promote access to social protection services and support mechanisms for vulnerable households.
• Strengthen collaboration with education authorities, social service providers, and other relevant institutions across programme locations.

 

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

• Ensure robust monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning systems are established and effectively implemented.
• Track programme performance against agreed indicators, outputs, outcomes, and targets.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality reporting from programme teams and partners.
• Strengthen accountability mechanisms, including community feedback and complaint response systems.
• Promote evidence-based decision-making and adaptive management through effective use of monitoring and learning findings.

 

Coordination, Representation and External Engagement

• Represent Save the Children in coordination platforms, working groups, government meetings, and external stakeholder forums.
• Maintain strong working relationships with government institutions, donors, NGOs, community structures, private sector actors, and other key stakeholders.
• Facilitate effective communication and coordination between implementing partners, programme teams, and external stakeholders.
• Advocate for multi-stakeholder collaboration to strengthen systems, improve service delivery, and enhance programme impact.
• Contribute to strategic partnerships and external engagement opportunities that support programme objectives.

 

Staff Management, Mentorship and Development

• Provide leadership, line management, coaching, and technical support to programme staff.
• Ensure appropriate staffing structures and workforce planning to support effective programme delivery.
• Establish clear performance objectives and manage staff performance through regular feedback, reviews, and development planning.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, retention, learning, and professional development of staff.
• Promote staff wellbeing, resilience, teamwork, and a positive working culture.
• Foster staff participation in programme management, planning, and decision-making processes.
• Identify and address performance issues through appropriate performance improvement measures and support plans.

 

Resource Mobilisation, Reporting and Organisational Contribution

• Contribute to proposal development, programme design, donor engagement, and resource mobilisation efforts.
• Ensure timely submission of high-quality donor reports and programme documentation.
• Support evaluations, reviews, assessments, and learning exercises.
• Document and disseminate lessons learned, innovations, and best practices internally and externally.
• Support implementation and review of country strategic priorities and annual operational plans.
• Contribute to organisational learning, programme development, and continuous improvement initiatives.

 

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience in programme or project management.
• At least 3 years of experience in child protection, child labour, education, social protection, or community development programmes.
• Experience working with seasonal agricultural workers, migrant populations, mobile children, or rural development programmes.
• Proven experience managing implementing partners in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong experience in budget management, financial oversight, and donor compliance.
• Strong knowledge of child protection systems, child labour prevention, safeguarding principles, referral pathways, and case follow-up mechanisms.
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning, and results-based programme management.
• Experience supporting integrated programming across child protection, education, social protection, livelihoods, and community-based interventions.
• Strong coordination experience with government institutions, public service providers, and external stakeholders.
• Good contextual understanding of migration dynamics, public service access barriers, community structures, and child labour risks in relevant programme locations.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and high-quality report writing skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and computer literacy.
• Willingness to travel frequently to field locations.
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values, and principles.

 

Desirable

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Fluency in Arabic and/or Kurdish.
• Experience working with seasonal agricultural workers, migrant populations, mobile children, or rural development programmes.
• Understanding of education continuity and barriers faced by mobile children.
• Knowledge of human rights due diligence, responsible sourcing, or supply chain sustainability.
• Experience working with private sector actors, agricultural value chains, labour intermediaries, agricultural employers, or producer groups.
• Familiarity with national and international child labour elimination frameworks.
• Good understanding of the Southeastern Türkiye context and/or West Black Sea region.

 

This position is planned for a roving role requiring frequent travel to other cities, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application. Applications will be evaluated in a rolling basis.

 

Additional job responsibilities The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures. Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better.  Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff: The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures. Application Information: Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy. Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.