Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive a Mary’s Meals. Mary’s Meals Malawi is our largest school feeding programme, and we work closely with schools and community volunteers who help prepare and serve the nutritious meals every school day.

Marys Meals Malawi is looking to recruit energetic and motivated individuals for the positions of:

PROGRAMME DELIVERY MANAGER (Permanent Post based in Mzuzu)

Job purpose

This role will provide strong technical oversight and leadership for the Programme Delivery function across Mary’s Meals school feeding programme in line with our School Feeding Delivery Model (SFDM).  The programme Delivery Manager is responsible for the implementation and management of the school feeding programme. You will contribute to continuous improvement and efficiency activities across our programme delivery, and support alignment to our MM School Feeding Approach (SFA), helping to ensure quality, stewardship and simplicity across our programme.

Requirements

• Strong commitment to Mary’s Meals vision, mission and values
• At least a first Degree in Development studies, Public Health, Nutrition, Community Development, Community Nursing, Education or any of the social sciences. Post graduate Degree will be added advantage.
• At least five (5) years project/programme experience two of which should be at a management and team leadership level in an NGO environment with responsibility for managing staff, activities, financial resources, assets and external relationships.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to focus on and prioritize key tasks and effectively drive forward and implement agreed actions
• Very good computer literacy with high proficiency in Excel and relevant data processing computer applications.
• Well-developed, interpersonal skills, with the ability to network widely, persuade and influence others
• Highly resilient, self-reliant and motivated, with the ability to organise own work and prioritise tasks
• Cultural sensitivity and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of people in different countries and settings.
• Has a warm, engaging and inspiring personality, with good networking and interpersonal skills
• Team management experience, including engaging and motivating a team of staff
• Experience of monitoring and reporting against agreed strategy
• Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritising a high workload and multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines

Mary’s Meals is a value driven organisation, we believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding. Our selection process therefore includes rigorous background checks to ensure our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

If you would like to join our global family and would relish the chance to make a difference to the lives of thousands of children across the world, we’d love to hear from you.

Applications stating expected net salary and CV (including contacts for three professional referees) should be e-mailed to malawi.vacancies@marysmeals.org indicating the position title and applicant’s name in the subject line. All attached files should be saved under the applicant’s name. Hard copy applications will NOT be accepted. Deadline for receipt of applications is  Monday 30^th September 2024 at 17:00.Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

For full job description please visit www.marysmeals.org