Job Description

ROLE PROFILE

TITLE: Senior Consortium Manager – Myanmar & Thailand (EiE Programme) (FOR MYANMAR NATIONAL ONLY)

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme Implementation – Education

LOCATION: Yangon (with travel to programme areas)

Number of Position: 1

GRADE: NAT-2

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term

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 vetting process staff.

Save the Children International (SCI) Myanmar will lead a consortium comprising Save the Children Thailand (SCT), Plan International Myanmar (PIM), Humanity & Inclusion (HI), and Wan Lark Foundation (WLF) to implement a three-year (2026–2028) integrated Education in Emergencies programme targeting conflict-affected children in Rakhine State, Myanmar, and refugee camps along the Thailand–Myanmar border.

The project aims to sustain safe, inclusive, and equitable education for children aged 5–18 by addressing three interconnected outcomes:

1. Improved access to safe and inclusive learning opportunities

2. Enhanced quality of teaching and learning

3. Strengthened community and system-level capacity for education service delivery

In Myanmar, the programme will focus on highly conflict-affected townships in Rakhine State, supporting internally displaced and vulnerable children through Temporary Learning Centres, Non-Formal Education, and flexible learning pathways. In Thailand, SCT will lead interventions in seven refugee camps to strengthen camp-based education systems and support continuity of learning for displaced children.

The project will deliver safe, protective, and age-appropriate learning opportunities, combined with efforts to reduce barriers to access such as poverty, displacement, gender norms, and disability. Targeted support, including conditional education assistance, inclusive learning materials, and barrier-removal strategies, will help ensure equitable participation and retention, particularly for girls, children with disabilities, and other marginalized groups.

To improve learning outcomes, the consortium will invest in continuous teacher professional development, focusing on inclusive pedagogy, foundational literacy and numeracy, social and emotional learning (SEL), and classroom management. In Thailand, additional Thai-language instruction will support learners’ future transition opportunities while maintaining existing ethnic-language curricula.

Community engagement and systems strengthening are central to the programme. The project will support Safe School Improvement Plans, strengthen school governance structures (PTAs, school management teams, and camp education committees), and establish or reinforce child safeguarding, feedback, and referral mechanisms to ensure protection and accountability.

Cross-cutting approaches—including gender equality, disability inclusion, psychosocial support (MHPSS), and climate and disaster risk awareness—will be integrated throughout all activities. Referral pathways and inter-sectoral coordination will ensure that children’s diverse protection, well-being, and learning needs are addressed holistically.

Building on previous DFAT and EU-funded programmes, the consortium will leverage established partnerships, local presence, and technical expertise to deliver a coherent, inclusive, and adaptive response across both contexts, reaching over 60,000 children and caregivers and contributing to improved well-being, protection, and resilience of crisis-affected communities.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Senior Consortium Manager provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for a DFAT-funded, multi-country Education in Emergencies (EiE) programme in Rakhine and the Thailand–Myanmar border.

The role ensures high-quality, inclusive, and accountable programme delivery, while maintaining strong consortium coordination across the board, donor compliance, and alignment with Save the Children (SCI) standards.

The position holds dual accountability:

• Consortium Leadership: Drive for results through coordinated approach for -quality impact delivery across all partners

• SCI Programme Oversight: Acting as Budget Holder and ensuring strong financial, operational, and compliance performance

SCOPE OF ROLE

Reports to: Head of Programmes – Education

Technical Line Management: Thematic Lead – Education

Staff directly reporting to this post: MEAL Coordinator

Staff technical reporting to this post: Senior Programme Coordinator (Sittwe-based)

Budget Responsibilities: Approximately 3.1M to 3.7M AUD per year

Financial Approval: Authorise expenditure up to 20,000 USD

Role Dimensions

• Provides strategic leadership and oversight into a multi-country consortium programme, with regular external representation and engagement

• Maintains frequent communication and coordination with consortium partners, donors, and key stakeholders as needed.

• Ensures integration of programme management, technical quality, MEAL, and operational systems across Myanmar and Thailand

Expected to travel to program areas: Frequent travel to programme locations, including regular (monthly) field visits to Rakhine and, where required, Thailand cross-border locations

Functional Relationships: Programme Leads (Education and cross-sectoral teams), Awards and Partnership focal, MEAL Manager, Technical Advisors (Education, Safeguarding, Gender, Disability Inclusion, etc.), Relevant Managers and technical focal points from consortium partner organizations

Key External Relationships

Consortium Partners: Save the Children Thailand (SCT), Plan International Myanmar (PIM), Humanity & Inclusion (HI), and Wan Lark Foundation (WLF)

Donor: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Coordination Bodies: Education Cluster and other relevant coordination platforms in Myanmar and Thailand

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

General

• Lead the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) and ensure effective governance, coordination structures, and decision-making processes

• Provide strategic direction aligned with DFAT priorities, SCI frameworks, and humanitarian standards

• Ensure strong collaboration, transparency, and accountability across consortium partners

• Oversee overall consortium management, coordination, and communication to ensure timely delivery of programme implementation

• Represent the consortium with donors, stakeholders, and any other coordination platforms

• Ensure effective governance processes, including meetings, documentation, and follow-up actions

• Ensure timely and quality programmatic and financial reporting from all partners

• Work closely with the Head of Programmes on budget management and operational oversight

Programme Delivery, Management & Quality Assurance

• Ensure delivery of programme outcomes on time, within budget, and aligned with Result Framework.

• Oversee partner implementation to ensure quality, compliance, and integration of GEDSI, safeguarding, inclusion, protection, and MHPSS approaches

• Lead adaptive management in response to risks, access constraints, and contextual changes

• Ensure strong programme planning, documentation, and alignment with SCI and donor requirements

• Monitor partner performance through regular reviews, field visits, and technical support including efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery model.

• Ensure programming is gender-sensitive and responsive to diverse needs

• Maintain and regularly update the programme risk register

Partnership Management & Localisation

• Build good relationships with the consortium agencies and local partners

• Monitor partner performance and strengthen capacity in programme quality, safeguarding, MEAL, and financial management

• Promote localization through increased leadership, ownership, and accountability of local partners

• Ensure equitable, transparent, and partnership-based approaches in programme delivery

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL)

• Ensure harmonized MEAL systems across the consortium to support performance, accountability, and learning

• Ensure alignment between PRIME, partner workplans, and DFAT results framework, and oversee regular updates of key programme documents (DIPs, MEAL plans, BvAs, trackers)

• Oversee data quality, indicator tracking (IPTT), and alignment between PRIME, workplans, and DFAT frameworks

• Lead regular programme performance reviews (monthly/quarterly) to support adaptive management and decision-making

• Ensure consistent use of MEAL tools, Quality Benchmarks, and information management systems

• Strengthen accountability mechanisms, including feedback and response systems for affected populations

• Promote learning and continuous improvement, ensuring lessons are documented and applied

• Generate high-quality consolidated reports (donor report) and oversee audits, spot checks, and verification processes

• Engage Technical Department, Central MEAL, SCT, and Supply Chain for Evaluation as needed.

Financial Management, Reporting & Donor Compliance

• Serve as main Budget Holder for SCI components and oversee consortium financial performance

• Lead BvA monitoring, financial forecasting, and variance management across partners

• Ensure alignment between financial data, programme performance (IPTT/logframe), and reporting systems (e.g., PRIME, Agresso)

• Lead preparation, consolidation, and submission of high-quality donor reports (financial and narrative)

• Ensure compliance with DFAT requirements and SCI financial policies

• Provide regular financial and programme updates to senior management

Staff Management & Capacity Building

• Line-managed assigned staff with clear objectives, accountability, and performance management

• Build a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture

• Identify capacity gaps and support staff and partner development

• Ensure compliance with SCI policies (safeguarding, Code of Conduct, Health & Safety, equity and diversity)

Coordination & External Engagement

• Lead consortium-wide coordination mechanisms at strategic, country, and field levels

• Ensure aligned planning across partners (DIPs, procurement, MEAL)

• Strengthen coordination between SCI Myanmar, SCI Thailand, and consortium partners

• Identify and resolve implementation bottlenecks

• Maintain strong relationships with DFAT, coordination bodies, and external stakeholders

Risk Management & Safeguarding Responsibility

• Ensure risks (programmatic, operational, financial, safeguarding) are identified, monitored, and mitigated

• Ensure compliance with child safeguarding and PSEAH policies across all partners

• Ensure timely reporting and response to safeguarding incidents

• Promote safe programming and safeguarding awareness across all activities

• Ensure beneficiaries receive accessible, age-appropriate safeguarding information

• Ensure safe partnership practices are implemented throughout programme delivery

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

• Always acts in the best interests of children

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in education, Social Sciences, or relevant field (required)

• Postgraduate degree (desirable)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential:

• 6 years of professional experience in development with a minimum of 4 years’ experience in a leadership role in the implementation of education related projects

• Demonstrated experience of working with partner organizations and consortia projects.

• Technical expertise and experience in Education

• Highly developed relationship building, influencing, negotiating and inter-personal skills.

• Ability to analyze strategic trends and develop appropriate plans and responses to manage risks.

• Solid experience in implementation in complex and insecure environments.

• Proven experience in establishing information management and finance systems related to programme management.

• Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands-on implementation capacity.

• Proven capacity to supervise, train, mentor and coach staff.

• Experience of organizational representation in external fora.

• Experience leading on the coordination and writing of donor reports as the lead GAs.

• Politically and culturally sensitive, with qualities of patience, tact, and diplomacy.

• A high level of written and spoken English.

• The capacity and willingness to be flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

• Commitment to humanitarian principles, principles of Save the Children, and donors. In particular, a good understanding of the organisational mandate and child focus, and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in managing complex, multi-sector, and/or multi-stakeholder programmes.

• Experience with DFAT or similar donors

• Experience across multiple sectors/ organization

• Knowledge of EiE, MHPSS, GEDSI, and inclusion frameworks

Skills:

• Good analytical skills, effective negotiator, with the ability to proactively influence sectoral and departmental buy-in.

• Strong report writing, communication, and leadership skills.

• Good organisational skills, the ability to pay close attention to detail, and capable of reporting in a timely manner.

• Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.

• Fluency in written and spoken English.

• Politically and culturally sensitive and willingness to be flexible and accommodated in difficult working circumstances.

• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children's aims, values, and principles, including rights-based approaches.

• Leading and inspiring others

• Delivering results

• Developing self and others

• Problem solving and decision making

• Innovating and adapting

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 the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Child Safeguarding and Counter Fraud responsibilities

• Ensure that your staff is providing all beneficiaries of your programme with ongoing, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages about Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.

• Take all necessary and appropriate steps to prevent fraud, bribery, and corruption within their areas of responsibility, report and respond to all incidents and concerns and comply with the Counter-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy and Procedure. All types of fraud, bribery, and corruption must be prevented, including where it benefits the organisation (SCI).

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

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.

All staff has an obligation and a responsibility to:

• Ensure they fully understand the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct and Local/Country Procedures.

• Conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.

• Ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk) – this means constantly scrutinizing their work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children about possible design/implementation “flaws”.

• Promote the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations and government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary families, and community members in general.

• Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.

All managers have the above responsibilities as well as ensuring

• Their staff are doing the above.

• That child safeguarding is integrated and given a “voice” in all management processes including recruitment, induction, performance management, team meetings, annual planning processes, field level monitoring, etc.

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.