Job Title: Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
(RMNCH) Project Coordinator
Place of Work:Mandera County (Based in
Takaba)
Post Type: National
Line management Responsibilities: Partner
RMNCH Project officers (2)
Budget Accountabilities: None
Child Protection Level: Level 3
Job Purpose
Under the general guidance of Health and Nutrition Program manager, the RMNCH Project Coordinator will be responsible for the overall coordination of an up-coming 2½ year EC-funded project on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Mandera County.
Job Purpose
Under the general guidance of Health and Nutrition Program manager, the RMNCH Project Coordinator will be responsible for the overall coordination of an up-coming 2½ year EC-funded project on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Mandera County.
The RMNCH project has a full range of interventions in the areas
of basic and emergency obstetric care, safe birthing and motherhood,
immunization, nutrition, reproductive health, and community-based interventions
aimed at increasing uptake of health services.
These interventions will adopt a health systems strengthening
approach. SC’s interventions are integrated with and aim to complement the work
of the Ministry of Health.
The RMNCH Project Coordinator’s role will support two
implementing partners (IPs) to deliver high quality project activities with
evidence-based impact and outcomes to further reduce maternal and child
mortality in Mandera County.
Key Accountabilities
Key Accountabilities
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Coordinate all aspects of the EU-funded RMNCH project in the
county to meet project objectives.
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Ensure quality compliance of day-to-day project implementation
as outlined in the detailed implementation plan (DIPs).
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Responsible for planning and delivery of high-quality training
of formal health workers and community health workers through effective liaison
with accredited trainers.
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Coordinate the project activities with the 2 implementing
partners in the county, including needs assessments, trainings, supervisions,
supplies distribution tracking and utilization etc
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Provide direct technical management to the IPs RMNCH field
officers.
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Work closely with the Health and Nutrition Programme Manager in
managing the RMNCH project budget according to Save the Children and donor.
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Assist in development of detailed health programme plans for the
designated programme area in line with county health plans.
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Provide regular field reports to the Programme Manager - Health
and Nutrition
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Develop BCC strategy and community outreach strategy to increase
demand and uptake of services.
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Work with Master Trainers to ensure that training of health
workers is appropriate to the needs of the trainees and that each training
module is appropriate to the needs of the participants
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Take the lead in developing/ adopting training modules, manuals,
handouts and other materials ensuring their appropriateness to the needs of the
target trainees and coordinate the scheduling of trainings and ensure that
trainings occur according to pre-agreed training calendar.
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Monitor the effectiveness of training methods and processes and
evaluate the outcome of health workers trainings
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Ensure that delivery of trainings planned in the project
proposal is of high quality and meets pre-defined training objectives and outcomes
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Work with trainers and the DHMTs to ensure that all planned
trainings adhere to standards including meeting criteria for selection of
training participants, use of participatory methods, emphasis on training
outcomes, use of evaluations and certification, and effective employment of
lessons learned from previous trainings
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Participate in knowledge management processes, including the
contributions to project publications and documentation and establish and
maintain database of accredited trainers and trainees who qualify from Save the
Children supported training programmes.
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Responsible for coordinating with other actors working in Save
the Children operational areas and those providing health care in other areas
to ensure that Save the Children’s Programmes are coherent and appropriate
·
Work closely with Save the Children’s logistics department to
guarantee that the materials required for the RMNCH project are available on
site at the right time
·
Represent Save the Children in relevant RMNCH coordinating structures
and technical working groups in the County including DHMT meetings,
stakeholders’ forums, MCH policy advocacy forums and private sector
partnerships, among others; participate in joint agency assessments, task-force
teams and workshops, technical committee meetings, and coordination groups.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
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Bachelor of Science degree in public health or nursing
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Additionally, you will have a minimum of 5 years recognized
expertise and significant experience and achievement in managing and working in
RMNCH programs.
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Experience in health systems strengthening focusing on health
services and service delivery.
·
Demonstrated familiarity with the structure, systems, and
policies of the public and private health sector in Kenya.
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Demonstrated knowledge of Health Information Systems, and
Primary and Reproductive Health Care concepts.
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Proven strategic planner and team leader with strong technical
knowledge, conceptual and analytical ability. You will have proven operational
skills and experience in working in hard to reach areas (particularly
pastoralist areas) and in implementing community-based interventions and
desirably, experience in implementing EC funded projects.
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You will have demonstrated strong written and verbal
communication skills including public speaking, and demonstrated capacity to
oversee development of work plans, monitoring and evaluation and reporting. You
will be available to be based in and travel within Mandera County 70% of your
time.
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Ability to produce well-presented project reports
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Excellent spoken and written English and Swahili
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Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
taking into account cultural difficulties
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Understanding rights based approaches and participatory concepts
and practical experience in similar context.
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Excellent understanding of the Community Health Strategy
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Strong capacity building skills and proven success in training
formal and informal health workers
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Sensitive to issues affecting children and committed to Save the
Children’s Child Safe Guarding policy.
Nutrition Advisor - Kenya Country Office
Team / Programme:Programme Development and
Quality
Location: Nairobi
Grade: TBC (Competitive Package)
Post Type: National or International
Child Safeguarding:
Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post
holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
Role Purpose:
Role Purpose:
Under the general direction and guidance of the Director of
Programme Development and Quality ensure all nutrition programming is of
excellent technical quality, attracts significant donor funding and contributes
significantly to Save the Children’s strategic objectives, national/global
learning and advocacy.
The Nutrition Advisor is expected to provide technical advice
and support to project staff to ensure programming objectives are successfully
achieved.
He/she shall also contribute to the development and
implementation of the country office nutrition strategy, closely linked to WASH
and health programming and the Hunger Signature Programme.
The Nutrition Advisor must be willing to embrace a child rights
programming approach and represent Save the Children in national forums and
working groups.
He/she will support the overall country strategic intent to
focus on risk reduction, adaptation and resiliency in light of a changing
context in East Africa.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Director Programme Development and Quality
Dimensions:
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Director Programme Development and Quality
Dimensions:
Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since 1984,
providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief
programmes delivered both directly and through local partners.
Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights
governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH.
Save the Children has an operational presence in Dadaab Refugee
Camp, Eldoret, Habaswein, Mandera, Meru and Wajir and has a logistics hub in
Garissa.
Currently, we have a staff complement of approximately 370 staff
and expenditure of approximately US$30 million this year.
Staff directly reporting to this post: Nutrition Specialist
Key Areas of Accountability:
Strategic Planning and Programme Development
Staff directly reporting to this post: Nutrition Specialist
Key Areas of Accountability:
Strategic Planning and Programme Development
·
Be fully aware of and actively participate in the development
and review of country strategy and thematic programme plans. Specifically
lead the development and implementation of the nutrition component of the Save
the Children Kenya Newborn and Child Survival strategy and stand-alone
nutrition strategy.
·
Build on technical knowledge, personal understanding of the
operation of nutrition policy and services in Kenya, current/previous
programming to develop proposals for new programming in close coordination with
the programme staff. Ensure all new programming supports the achievement of
Save the Children strategic and thematic objectives, specifically improving
Newborn and Child Survival, Food Security, Resilience and Adaptation in
Kenya.
·
Analyse donor priorities and positions on issues related to
nutrition; identifying institutional funding opportunities and developing and
maintaining contacts with potential donors, partners and key technical
agencies. Ensure that new partnerships in this technical area reflect the
programme quality we expect of ourselves.
·
Ensure that programme strategy supports and demonstrates good
practice in child safeguarding.
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Using a child rights programming lens, ensure that our nutrition
programming is built around the Theory of Change and aligns with Newborn Child
Survival nutrition strategies.
Advocacy and Policy Development
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Be fully aware of national policies, strategies and other
initiatives and developments by government and other stakeholders relating to
the nutrition, and related health and Child Survival and/or food security
issues. Regularly assess and communicate the implications for Save the
Children’s programme and priorities of any changes in the operating environment
relevant to this theme in close collaboration with the relevant advisor(s).
·
Help to clearly articulate the nutrition advocacy messages for
the Kenya country office. Develop an advocacy plan (with timeline and key
outcomes) with the Nutrition and Food Security Advocacy Advisor. Ensure
implementation of nutrition advocacy strategy.
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Develop policy briefs and position papers as and when required
related to the nutrition programme in coordination with the Nutrition and Food
Security Advocacy Advisor and EVERYONE Campaign Manager. This may require
technical support from other technical advisors within the country office or
within the SC Members.
·
Represent and advocate for Save the Children with UN agencies,
donors, Kenyan Government, NGOs and others at the highest levels in both verbal
and written communications to ensure Save the Children is seen as the lead
international agency in terms of innovation and quality of implementation that
focus on child survival, food security and resilience.
Specifically ensure the following:
1.
Participation in monthly Nutrition Technical Forum meetings at
the MoH
2.
Participate in Regional Food Security and Nutrition Working
Group meetings
3.
Nutrition Information Working Group
4.
Ensure presence at relevant to UN/UNICEF coordination meetings
at national and regional levels
5.
Advise field teams to ensure adequate field visibility through
technical attendance and technical meetings at district level
6.
Ensure active dissemination of programmes findings and lessons
learned through the production of high technical quality lessons learned
documents and their effective dissemination to key stakeholders.
Programme Quality
·
Monitor and provide timely, relevant, accurate input on overall
technical aspects of Save the Children nutrition programme work in Kenya.
The position will be required to travel 30-40% of the time to Save the Children
field locations.
·
Liaise with the Programme Operations departmentto ensure all
nutrition and other programme staff receive the necessary and appropriate
technical support. In consultation with staff and project managers agree on the
range of advice, support, training and/or other assistance required from you to
facilitate high quality programming. This will involve regular visits to
Save the Children operational areas.
·
Assist in the development of tools for project staff and
partners to improve the quality of nutrition work. Where necessary
provide technical training for project staff and partners as required (IMAM;
IYCF; KAP and nutrition surveys, other monitoring and evaluation; etc …).
·
Where external consultants (local or international) are required
to technically support or monitor and evaluate projects, lead the recruitment
and subsequent management of contracted consultants as per the recruitment
guidelines.
·
Review relevant monitoring reports to donors to ensure that
technical debates are well articulated and reports are of acceptable quality
before submission. Provide support where necessary to improve report writing
skills.
·
Provide input on partner selection, and provide technical
coaching of partners in nutrition.
Monitoring and Evaluation
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Ensure the development of an M&E framework and key
indicators for nutrition that helps each project improve quality of reporting,
clearly articulate progress and impact of projects, identify issues for
advocacy and new programmes/projects in the future.
·
Participate in the design of baseline, mid-term and end of
project evaluations for nutrition programmes, or nutrition components of
multi-sectoral programmes. Monitor the evaluation process and provide
input and clarification as needed. Review evaluation findings and ensure
that lessons and recommendations are captured in the Lessons Learned database.
·
Regularly review and monitor programmes for child safeguarding
issues. Take corrective action in modifying programme activities and/or
report incidents.
Other
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Participate actively in PDQ programme meetings, planning and
review activities, providing enhanced insight into nutrition programming.
·
Actively participate in key relevant internal meetings such as
Programme Review Meetings, Senior Management Team or Area-based meetings as
required. Participate in any Donor visit to project(s) within the country
office portfolio, as required.
·
Ensure the recruitment and training of nutrition programme staff
in technical areas of expertise as appropriate and ensure availability of
appropriate professional development opportunities.
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
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Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources
efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
·
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their
responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see
fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying
appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
·
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their
team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages
others to do the same
·
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages
and motivates others
·
Future orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration:
·
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team,
colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
·
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
·
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
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Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
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Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
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Honest, encourages openness and transparency
Qualifications and Experience
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A nutrition professional with a Masters Degree in nutrition or
equivalent.
·
Significant professional experience, at least 3 years, of
working at a senior advisory level in nutrition for international NGOs or the
private sector in Kenya.
·
Excellent understanding of the nutrition sector within the
Kenyan context, particularly maternal, newborn and child nutrition issues.
·
Clear understanding of hunger and food security issues in Kenya,
particularly in the context of Northern Kenyan.
·
Proven representation and advocacy skills.
·
Strong commitment to capacity building of national staff and
partners with willingness to adopt a participatory and consultative approaches.
·
Experience with nutrition programming in humanitarian settings
preferred.
·
Experience writing donor funding proposals for large
institutional grants in excess of US$1 million.
·
Strong report writing skills, including experience in writing
proposals and donor reports.
·
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and
negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural
and language difficulties.
·
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
including influencing, negotiation and coaching
·
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in
an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
·
Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge
existing mindsets.
·
Experience solving complex issues through analysis, definition
of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in.
·
Ability to present complex information in a succinct and
compelling manner.
·
Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices
and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
·
Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required.
Swahili preferred.
·
Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to
abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Advisor
PDQ
Team/Programme:Programme Development and
Quality
Location: Nairobi
Grade: TBC
Post Type: National or International
Child Safeguarding:
Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post
holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
Role Purpose:
Role Purpose:
The MEAL Advisor represents a crucial aspect of programme
quality management within Save the Children.
He/she oversees the MEAL system, manages Nairobi-based MEAL
staff, feeds into country office strategy & planning, manages MEAL budgets
(e.g. Breakthrough Accountability Funds from SC UK), participates in proposal
development & leads on reporting to SCI.
He/she rolls out a system for monitoring organisational progress
against the Minimum Operating Standards, and develops and implements a
realistic MEAL system, ensuring that such systems are institutionalised within
the existing thematic programme cycle management framework, and that staff have
the capacity to implement the systems.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Deputy Director of Programme Development & Quality
Staff directly reporting to this post: Two (2) positions: Data and Knowledge Management Officer and Accountability Coordinator
Key Areas of Accountability:
System Design and Promoting MEAL
Reports to: Deputy Director of Programme Development & Quality
Staff directly reporting to this post: Two (2) positions: Data and Knowledge Management Officer and Accountability Coordinator
Key Areas of Accountability:
System Design and Promoting MEAL
·
Lead on the development and oversee the roll-out of an
organisational MEAL system (emergency & development) in line with SCI MOS
and ensuring accountability to donors and beneficiaries. Ensures
establishment of key indicators for each sector and tracking of data across
projects to establish the broader impact on children from all interventions.
·
Promote all aspects of MEAL to support the creation of an
organisational culture which prioritises quality programming, including
alignment with SCI Programme Quality Framework.
·
Build strong relationships with colleagues and provide support
as required to ensure MEAL system is understood and supported at country office
level.
·
Work closely with the Programme Operations team to ensure that
MEAL becomes an integral element of project implementation leading to enhanced
quality, accountability, management and impact, including feeding into new
proposal development and sharing lessons learned.
Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development
·
Provide management and leadership to the MEAL team in the Kenya
country programme, forming a solid team with clear objectives around data
quality, evaluation standards, accountability and learning. This requires
creating cohesion with the field MEAL staff working in different geographic
areas with line management through the Programme Operations team.
·
Oversee the recruitment of appropriate MEAL staffing in the
Kenya Country Office.
·
Manage the MEAL team to ensure that the MEAL system operates
effectively with the support and resources required and that there are clear
links and reporting lines between field and Nairobi level and between PDQ and
other country office departments.
·
Support the MEAL team progress on specific projects, providing
management oversight on progress and problem-solving in case of challenges.
·
Manage the performance of direct reports in the MEAL unit
through performance management, coaching, mentoring, training and development.
·
At the organisational level, devise and manage a MEAL training
programme with the goal of increasing capacity and awareness of MEAL for all
staff. Assess training needs and engage MEAL team staff to roll-out the
training programme.
Internal Reporting
·
Responsible to ensure that the organisation delivers on all
internal M&E requirements in emergency and development programmes in a
timely manner and with high quality information, including reporting on SCI
global indicators and quarterly reports, total direct and indirect reach
data. Develop systems for ensure monitoring of child participation and
gender equity.
·
Working with the Member Services department, sets up a system
which ensures that SC members have regular access to M&E data on their
projects
·
Receive regular field monitoring and accountability reports from
MEAL staff and circulate to the country office teams, ensuring that action
plans are included and followed up and that SMT reviews reports regularly.
·
With the Data and Knowledge Management Officer, lead on
organisational MEAL for the PDQ and Programme Operations departments, for
example monitoring the department’s progress against SCI Management Operating
Standards; and ensure the CD and Directors receive reports on progress.
·
Ensure that the Accountability Coordinator operates a clear
system of feedback and response from key stakeholders, particularly children,
and presents the information to SMT for decision making purposes.
Promoting Learning for Strategy Development and Decision Making
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Ensure that data is brought together and findings from across
thematic and operational regions is consolidated into the Lessons Learned
database, which allows analysis of impact and promotion of learning and
strategy development for the whole organisation.
·
Lead on technical support, including formation of TOR and
selection of consultants, for evaluations and provide technical review of
progress and final reports. Synthesise this information to improve
organisatonal performance and impact for children.
·
Communicate top level learning / analysis reports and monitoring
data to ensure that management is able to make informed decisions on a timely
basis to scale up and face operational challenges.
·
Support the Director of PDQ to analyse progress against
organisational objectives and strategies.
External Reporting and Representation
·
Ensure external accountability to donors through the
implementation of timely and quality MEAL activities leading to timely and
accurate reporting
·
Ensure that high quality analysis reports demonstrating SC’s
impact and assessment findings are produced, including evidence of good
practice and replicable programmes, and that they are communicated at
appropriate events.
·
Ensure that SCI is represented at relevant inter-NGO and
government level meetings at the Nairobi level (related to MEAL) to enhance
inter-agency best practices sharing and learning.
Programme Design and MEAL Resources
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Ensure that MEAL is an integral part of the programme design
stage and features in all proposal development.
·
Ensure that MEAL resources are included in proposal development
and work creatively to secure funding from diverse sources, to ensure that MEAL
is integrated in emergency and development programmes in a sustainable way.
·
Responsible for effectively managing the MEAL budget, including
Breakthrough Accountability funds from SC UK.
Other
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Initiate Action research to test new innovations, identifying
better opportunities and approaches and rolling out into Country Office
programmes.
·
Test and integrated SCI Programme Quality Framework into
programme design, delivery and evaluation.
·
Ensure that child participation and child safeguarding is
integrated into solid design and delivery.
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
·
Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources
efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
·
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their
responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see
fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying
appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
·
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their
team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages
others to do the same
·
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children,
engages and motivates others
·
Future orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration:
·
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team,
colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
·
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
·
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
·
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
·
Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
·
Honest, encourages openness and transparency
Qualifications and Experience
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Masters degree in an area of social development or equivalent.
·
Recommended a minimum of five years experience working in MEAL
roles including in a senior management position in a both emergency and
development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than one of the
Save the Children priority sectors: education, protection, child rights
governance, HIV/AIDS, health, nutrition, food security/livelihoods, WASH and
emergencies
·
Experience of working on all elements of MEAL including
designing, rolling out and managing systems
·
Experience of securing resources from donors for MEAL
activities/staffing and budget management
·
Proven experience in designing Terms of Reference and managing
large-scale evaluations.
·
Awareness of international quality standards (Red Cross Code of
Conduct, SPHERE Standard, HAP Standard) and proven experience of using these
standards in practical ways to promote quality and accountable programming
·
Direct experience of working with communities in participatory
activities, including confidence in working with children and an understanding
of child-friendly participatory methodologies.
·
Proven success in managing a team and dedication to staff
development.
·
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
·
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in
an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
·
Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge
existing mindsets
·
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis,
definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
·
Ability to present complex information in a succinct and
compelling manner
·
Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices
and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies
·
Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required.
Swahili preferred.
·
Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to
abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.
The application period is now open and will close on Monday 28th
January 2013 at 4.30pm.
To apply for open positions, please send a short cover letter
and CV to Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org indicating the
position applied for in the subject line.
