JOB DESCRIPTION

Tracking Code 5114-689 Job Description

Safe Families Program 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.

Funded by the New Zealand Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trade and implemented throughout countries in the Pacific region, the Safe Families program in Vanuatu will address critical child protection issues, focusing on violence, neglect, and sexual abuse of children. With over 80% of children in Vanuatu experiencing violent discipline, and girls facing high risks of sexual violence, the project aims to strengthen community-based, and state led child protection responses to create safer environments for children. Save the Children will work closely with the Ministry of Youth, Justice, and Community Services, and with Civil Society Partners, to enhance the capacity of child protection responders across all six provinces, targeting community volunteers, chiefs, and NGO actors. The project will focus on building their skills in identifying and managing child protection risks, with additional resources provided through a case management fund.

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 alongside others who share that purpose.

We Offer:

· The chance to collaborate with diverse and creative teams

· Personalized learning plan and internal development opportunities

· A child-friendly work environment

· A culture that values staff wellbeing, with access to counselling and mental health support

· An attractive salary package

· Medical Reimbursement Benefits

· Generous leave provisions including 21 days annual leave, 20 days sick leave, 14 weeks maternity leave, 10 days paternity leave, 7 days compassionate leave, 10 days domestic violence leave, and 6 days study leave

· Home leave allowance paid at Christmas

Where you come in:

In this fulltime contract position based in Port Vila Vanuatu, you will use your Program Management expertise, experiences, and relationship skills to lead the Safe Families program team, by helping to improve the lives of children and individuals in Vanuatu. Working collaboratively with the Deputy Director of Program Operations and alongside your Safe Families’ team members, and other functions withing the organisation, you will carry out Program activities line with the program’s objectives that feed into Vanuatu’s National Sustainable Development Goals, Save the Children’s and donor policies and practices. As a member of the Program Operations team, the Safe Families Program Manager will support work alongside other functions in country and abroad at the Melbourne and Regional Offices to ensure alignment and support is provided when needed to the Safe Families Program in country.

You will make an impact by:

· Oversee all planning, implementation and reporting for Safe Families in Vanuatu program, ensuring project milestones and project management tools (PMM) are completed and updated regularly on time and to a high quality.

Work closely with other function leads (finance, supply chain, risks, monitoring and evaluation team members) to ensure PMM tools are updated on a monthly basis and are realistic to implementation of activities in the field sites.

Adhere to Save the Children’s policies, MFAT donor compliance and requirements and the Vanuatu Government’s NSDP goals for alignment within the country.

Monitor the implementation of program activities using project management methodology tools and provide constructive and practical technical advice for program quality improvement.

Continuously assess program technical and quality assurance capacity building needs and work with the Deputy Director of Program to ensure these are addressed.

Input into TORs for any external and short-term technical advisers if needed.

Contribute to the development of technical guidelines, tools, and materials to ensure field staff are adequately supported to implement high quality activities.

Train and support program and partner staff on specific project content and approaches to deliver high quality program activities

Maintain strong relationships with the donor, government, and other relevant stakeholders on the program.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present data to show progress of the project on a monthly Grant Management Committee meeting.

Sounds interesting?

We’d love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and cover letter via link provided or email [email protected] by 19th December 2025. We welcome and thank all applications, however due to the anticipated volume of submissions, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check where necessary, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy, PSEAH policy and Code of Conduct.

At Save the Children, we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making Save the Children a great place to work.

Job Location Port Vila, Vanuatu

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements