Vacancy
Announcement: School Health and Nutrition Project
Officer
Save the Children is
the world’s leading independent organization for children working in 120
countries around the world to deliver child rights programs.
Established in Kenya
in 1984 our programs focus on Education, HIV Prevention, Child Protection and
Youth Livelihoods.
Job Purpose:
Based in Nairobi, the
Project Officer will provide oversight to local implementing partners to ensure
quality programme delivery and support for the school health and nutrition project
in 15 schools within informal settlements in Nairobi.
Targeting
underserved, primary school-aged children, we aim to positively contribute
towards their educational performance, healthy growth and personal
development.
The Project Officer
will link another 25 school communities to health education and information
dissemination to reinforce healthy behaviors at school, home and the broader
community.
Key Accountabilities
- Using best
practices and a child rights focus guide, support and supervise all aspects
of the SHN project in 15 informal schools using sound project management
practices to meet project objectives, in collaboration with local
implementing partners, district level government entities, school
management committees, school communities and children.
- Facilitate
training, equipping and mentoring teachers, school support staff and
School Management Committees to recognize early signs and symptoms of
common illnesses in children.
- Apply community
mobilization methods to facilitate training of School Management
Committees, head teachers, teachers and school support staff on SHN
concepts, cascade information to school communities, students and other
stakeholders.
- Assist in
organization of external technical assistance, school community participation,
application of child participation methods as well as gender focus.
- Support local
partners in preparation of beneficiary school selection, detailed
implementation plans, project financial and narrative reports. Document
case studies and success.
Person
Specification
- Bachelor of
Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in relevant field with at least five
years experience implementing community health projects, preferably school
health in urban setting for a NGO.
- Collaborative
team player experienced working with local partners, school communities,
community health workers and government officials.
- Competency in
report writing; organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Comprehension of
child rights, child protection, sensitivity to issues affecting children.
Interested candidates
meeting specified qualifications should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
three referees and day time telephone contact to kfo@sc-canada.or.ke
or Box 27679-00506,
Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi
no later than
18 May, 2012.
