SOS Children's Villages - Azerbaijan

National program development director

Son tarix 19 mar 2026 - [email protected]

We are now searching for a committed and strong personality eager to make a change for children by supporting our work in the position of a National program development director

• The National Programme Development Director (NPDD), under the leadership of the National Director, drives the area of Programme Development (PD) in the MA. She/he steers the development of the programmatic strategic directions in the national strategy and of programme activities in national annual plans. He/she ensures the development of national programme concepts (e.g. youth care) and guidelines, following SOS CV federation and national requirements. The NPDD with his/her team of national programme advisors content wise supports location managers and staff in the development and implementation of relevant, effective, and sustainable projects and services in line with federation and governmental strategies, policies, and standards. He/she, together with advisors, monitors programme/project results and compliance with federation and national quality requirements. He/she coordinates and supports location managers and staff in the implementation of results based management and leads the development and implementation of a systematic approach to quality assurance in the MA. The NPDD steers the development of the national advocacy strategy and plan and contributes to its implementation. The NPDD is responsible to establish and lead a team of competent national programme advisors. As a member of the Regional EUCM NPDD network, she/he shares good practices and experiences with colleagues from other MAs.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Steers strategic programme development in the national strategy development process, ensuring relevant and sustainable programmes in alignment with SOS CVI 2030 strategy and SOS Care Promise as well as national government strategies and policies
• Leads the development of national child rights situation analysis and other analysis/research to inform strategic programme development
• Monitors progress towards national strategic targets (KPIs, programme trends) and proposes mitigation measures to national management in case of non-achievement
• Contributes to national annual planning, including input to programme/project budgets
• Leads the development of national programme concepts (e.g. national youth development concept) and guidelines, following SOS CV federation and national requirements 
• Steers the MA’s participation in global Strategic Federation Projects and ensures achievement of desired results
• Contributes to national risk management through identification of risks in PD and advising the implementation of mitigation measures
• Coordinates nationally and ensures support to progammes/projects in the implementation of the results based management approach, including PDB2; contributes to the overall implementation of Connect SOS, including ProDigi, new programme structure, partnership agreements etc.
• Leads the development of a systematic quality assurance approach and supports progammes/projects in setting up internal control 
• Supports programmes/projects in the implementation of services to be evidence based and aligned with federation and national policies and quality requirements, in order to ensure legality, relevance, quality and sustainability of services 
• Supports projects/programmes in planning new or changing existing services, i.e. in the development of needs assessments, project ideas, concept notes, service descriptions, results frameworks, M&E plans, activity plans and budgets; checks quality of programme ideas/concepts and proposes for approval by ND 
• Organizes support to programmes/projects in monitoring and evaluation 
• Monitors progress of programmes/projects towards planned results and compliance with federation and national policies and quality requirements, including through internal quality audits
• Contributes to the development of programmes/projects in new locations 
• Ensures the development of national advocacy strategy and plans and contributes to the implementation
• Monitors child rights violations in relation to the MA’s target group and contributes to national child care reform and the development of the national child and social welfare sector 
• Develops and maintains contacts, exchanges information and develops partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders in the child welfare sector 

Your profile:

• University degree education in social sciences
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in child and family development programmes 
• Minimum 2 years’ management experience
• Motivation for work focused on children and families 
• Leadership experience 
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English
• Experience in programme management and planning
• Good knowledge of standards and current directions of development in the field of child’s rights approach, and social welfare systems
• Good knowledge of legal issues relating to social welfare
• Organisational skills – skills of planning and organising resources necessary for achievement of goals
• Leadership skills 
• High level of communication skills
• Ability to prepare budget and financial management skills
• Additional education in the field complementary to the basic education (pedagogy/management)
• Experience and readiness to work in a team, ability to lead teamwork 

Child safeguarding and prevention and protection against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse (PHSEA – adult safeguarding)

• Follows the Child protection policy, Code of Conduct, Prevention and protection against sexual harrassment, exploitation and abuse policy and reporting and responding procedures
• Responsible within own area of work to raise awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy principles and to prevent and protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination 
• Supports programmes/project in preventing and mitigating child safeguarding risks for children and in planning and providing rehabilitation support in child abuse incidents.
• Reports immediately any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident following nationally defined Child Safeguarding also PSHEA reporting procedures 

Working Conditions:

• Full time employment contract- V days; 09:00- 18:00
• Area - Baku city, Nizami str 137/1 (orientation Chinese Embassy)
• Registration of employees according to the labor legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
• Gross salary – 2250.00 AZN 

Our offer:

Challenging assignment in an international NGO working environment where professional and human competence is in the foreground.

Interested? To apply please send your application (letter of motivation and CV) at the latest to the e-mail address in the Apply for job button with the subject line “NPDD”

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.