Remote Assistant State Director, Tennessee (M1)

Save the Children For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. To have access to education. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share. As the Assistant State Director, Tennessee, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. The Assistant State Director is responsible for meeting or exceeding annual program results targets for all programs delivered in the state. As the Child Safeguarding Focal Point for the state, you will work to ensure all child safeguarding policies and protocols are properly implemented. You will oversee a team of Advisors and will be responsible for managing performance to ensure all programmatic and operational deliverables are met. You will also oversee all site- and district-level program partnerships and will support the maintenance of key state-level partnerships to advance Save the Children’s strategy. Remote – Tennessee Program Quality 30% Under the supervision of the State Director, the Assistant State Director is responsible for overall state program performance; ensuring high-quality program delivery and that annual state program results targets are met or exceeded. Ensure program enrollment goals are met and maintained across all partner sites. Serve as the Child Safeguarding Focal Point for the state, ensuring all staff, partners and volunteers are trained to prevent, identify and report incidents; monitoring reports and addressing incidents, and working with the SCUS Director of Child Safeguarding to implement updates and ensure effective application of policies and procedures. Conduct frequent program data reviews to ensure timely and accurate data entry, identify trends, and address gaps in program performance. Coordinate and support the delivery of partner program training, results-reviews and lessons learned meetings, and ongoing technical assistance. In the event Save the Children responds to a disaster in the state, collaborate with the U.Oversee a developing portfolio of community and cross-sector focused work. Partnership Management: 30% Responsible for establishing, managing, and maintaining healthy relationships with program-delivery and emergency network partners across the state. In collaboration with the State Director, establish state-, district-, and site-level partnership strategies; building relationships with key stakeholders, conducting partner selection analyses, maintaining a prospective partner pipeline, and supporting the acquisition of funding for program expansion. Oversee the site-level annual Partner Planning and budget negotiation process across the state; Responsible for ensuring that all programs across the state start on time, are adequately staffed, and have all program supplies and resources needed for implementation across the program year. Troubleshoot partner issues requiring escalation, and work collaboratively to resolve conflicts that could negatively impact programming and/or the partnership. Management and Operational Excellence: 20% Support the development and management of state-level annual budget and plan; ensuring compliance with finance, operations and donor requirements. Train, develop, coach, lead, and supervise staff, clearly communicating organization,divisionand department priorities, and how their work contributes to our missionandsupportsSave the Children values. Provide regular, timely communication to State Director and other key team members as needed with progress updates, partner/program concerns, and other key areas of operation. Responsible for ensuring state staff and partners have access to strong knowledge management tools and resources needed for program implementation, data entry, monitoring, sharing practices, and managing daily operations. Work with the Operations coordinator to ensure equitable and timely distribution of Gifts in Kind (GIK). Under the direction of the State Director, conduct and support activities that increase the visibility of Save the Children’s work in the state. Work with State Director and other key team members to plan and support donor site visits as needed. Minimum of a Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience Proven experience in nonprofit or similar work focused on education, early childhood, out of school time learning, or related field, with a demonstrated clear understanding of, and ability to convey, issues related to poverty in rural communities Demonstrated track record of successful staff management and business operations skills with experience managing grants and budgets Willingness and ability to travel, regionally and nationally, up to 30% of the time. Professional proficiency in MS Office suite Professional proficiency in spoken and written English The incumbent should maintain a valid driver’s license and remain in compliance with any Save the Children policies pertaining to the safe operation of motor vehicle. Demonstrated comprehensive partnership relationship management skills with proven experience successfully managing and implementing partnership-based educational programs to achieve grant deliverables and results. Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location: Target Salary for this position is $90,100 - $100,700 base salary Target Salary for this position is $80,750 - $90,250 base salary For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here ). We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year) Employee Assistance Program : free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you. Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to View email address on click.appcast.io.