Education Officer – DFID-CT – Kenya
Country Office
Team / Programme:Programme Development and
Quality
Location: Nairobi
Grade: TBC
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:
To effectively implement the SC education programme activities
of the DFID Cash Transfer project in Garissa County, she/he will ensure quality
delivery of programmes and maintenance of high professional standards of all
our education programmes.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Project Coordinator
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.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Project Coordinator
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: Yes
Key Areas of Accountability:
Staff directly reporting to this post: Yes
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Work
as part of a team to ensure quality programming
- Travel
frequently to implementation sites to liaise with community leaders, local
governments and beneficiaries to ensure continued participation and
support for the project.
- Carry
out regular monitoring activities and engagement with schools and
communities to support project activities.
- Support
families participating in the cash transfer programme by providing
information related to programme processes and procedures and
troubleshooting any challenges.
- In
collaboration with the Accountability Officer, support the establishment
of Community Accountability Committees (CAC) and support the training of
the CAC members
- Provide
inputs for the development of strategic and operational plans in
collaboration with Education Programme Management and partner agencies.
- Ensure
timely production of reports by collating reports of different field
locations consolidating into one report.
- Document
programme learning and disseminate lessons learned to key stakeholders in
the field and to SC Management.
- Ensure
field staff adherence to the child protection policy and reporting
procedures.
- Undertake
any other duties as assigned by the Project Coordinator, Education Manager
or other key Management Staff.
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
- Bachelor’s
degree in education/ social sciences or its equivalent
- Minimum
of three (3) year work experience in the education sector with experience
implementing cash transfer programmes with development-related
organisations
- Knowledge
of education in emergencies, education sector policy, child rights and
protection issues
- Experience
of facilitating community-based training and awareness raising
- Strong
self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances
and priorities
- Positive
attitude towards community work with emphasis on the ability to learn from
communities and support participatory, innovative approaches to problem
solving
- Excellent
communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive
and empathise with all children and their care takers
- Fluent
in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
- Good
report writing skills
- Willingness
and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult
and frustrating working conditions
- Prepared
to live and work in a remote field location in a somewhat uncertain
security environment
- Commitment
to the Save the Children values
Desirable:
- Previous
experience in working with INGOs.
- Experience
of working on education cash transfer programs
- Experience
of working with communities and other agencies that support education
- The
job holder is required to have regular contact with other similar
organizations, education institutions, children, community, and government
departments in field level.
- Strong
results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
- Fluency
in English, both verbal and written, required. Swahili preferred.
- Commitment
to Save the Children values and willingness to abide by Child Safeguarding
Policy.
Enumerator - Dadaab
Team / Programme: DFID-CT
Pilot – Garissa County
Location: Dadaab
Grade: Temporary Hire
Post Type: National
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:
To administer the baseline assessment for the DFID-funded Cash
Transfer Pilot project implemented by Save the Children in Garissa County.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Research Coordinator
Dimensions: Despite the introduction of Free Primary Education in Kenya in 2003, the direct and indirect costs related to education continue to pose a barrier to children accessing a quality education, especially in poor, hard-to-reach areas of the North Eastern Province (NEP).
Reports to: Research Coordinator
Dimensions: Despite the introduction of Free Primary Education in Kenya in 2003, the direct and indirect costs related to education continue to pose a barrier to children accessing a quality education, especially in poor, hard-to-reach areas of the North Eastern Province (NEP).
To tackle this fundamental demand side barrier, Save the
Children with funding from DFID, proposes to distribute 12 months of regular
cash transfers to 3000 poor households with children of school-going age in
Garissa County, NEP.
The immediate programmatic objective of the cash transfers is to
reduce financial barriers to accessing primary education, thereby contributing
to increased enrolment and retention among targeted children in Garissa.
A second but equally important objective is to generate evidence
on the relative impact of different types of cash transfers on enrolment and
retention, and to specifically analyse the impacts on girls’ educational
access.
Staff directly reporting to this post: N/A
Key Areas of Accountability:
Staff directly reporting to this post: N/A
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Attend
the DFID-CT Baseline Enumeration Training tentatively scheduled for
end of January or early February 2013
- Take
part on testing of the tools and support their revision.
- Work
with a team to enumerate the baseline survey in accordance with the
required procedures
- Communicate
any challenges or concerns with enumeration to your supervisor
- Take
care to ensure the highest quality data is collected
- Maintain
all data collected during enumeration in a safe and secure place and
submit to the Save the Children Dadaab office at the scheduled time
- Ensure
all information collected is kept confidential
- Support
the implementation of processes to review the quality of existing project
data, information collection methods and the suitability of the existing
data for the provision of sound baseline information;
- Representing
the principles and work of Save the Children to communities and other
stakeholders when required;
- Complying
with and promoting all Save the Children Global policies such as Child
Safeguarding, Whistle blowing, Fraud, and Health and Safety.
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
- Diploma
holder
- Prior
experience as an enumerator with complex data collection procedures
- Experience
with qualitative and quantitative data collection.
- Computer
literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
- Excellent
planning, coordination, and reporting skills, with the ability to organise
a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and
responsibilities;
- Strong
communication and interpersonal skills in Somali and English, with
experience working in multicultural, multi location, values driven teams;
- Willingness
to work and travel in often difficult and insecure environments
- Commitment
to Save the Children values
Database Officer – Kenya
Country Office
Team / Programme:Programmes
Location: Dadaab
Grade: TBC
Post Type: National
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:
Despite the introduction of Free Primary Education in Kenya in
2003, the direct and indirect costs related to education continue to pose a
barrier to children accessing a quality education, especially in poor,
hard-to-reach areas of the North Eastern Province (NEP).
To tackle this fundamental demand side barrier, Save the
Children with funding from DFID, proposes to distribute 12 months of regular
cash transfers to 3000 poor households with children of school-going age in
Garissa County, NEP.
The immediate programmatic objective of the cash transfers is to
reduce financial barriers to accessing primary education, thereby contributing
to increased enrolment and retention among targeted children in Garissa.
A second but equally important objective is to generate evidence
on the relative impact of different types of cash transfers on enrolment and retention,
and to specifically analyse the impacts on girls’ educational access.
Under the supervision of the Research Coordinator, the Database Officer will be the custodian of the data generated from the field during DFID Cash Transfer project activities.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Research Coordinator with strong connections to MEAL Coordinator
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.
Under the supervision of the Research Coordinator, the Database Officer will be the custodian of the data generated from the field during DFID Cash Transfer project activities.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Research Coordinator with strong connections to MEAL Coordinator
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: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Lead in training field teams on the use of DFID CT project database
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Lead in training field teams on the use of DFID CT project database
- Support
the field team on the use of the database, registration equipment, data
backups and data screening.
- Support
the field teams in how to capture quality bio and photos of household
Representatives / recipients.
Data screening
- Collect,
review and screen all data in the field before submitting to the Research
Coordinator and MEAL Coordinator respectively.
- Work
on errors referred back for correction in consultation with field teams.
- Correct
and or rectify incorrect data after registration teams submit the data
- Upload
data for submission to Research coordinator and MEAL coordinator
respectively.
Data storage and backups
- Ensure
regular data backups in different devices (Laptops, Desk tops, external
storage devices and server)
- Ensure
safe custody of the data and data storage devices
- Reporting
and control
- Compile
reports from the field teams/ registration officers submit it to the Data
management Coordinator on timely basis
- Compile
reports to accompany all data submission to the secretariat
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
- A
minimum of a diploma from a recognized institution in IT or other relevant
field
- Minimum
3 years working experience in IT/ data management field with an
international NGO or other globally recognized institution.
- Previous
experience in data management
- Excellent
communication skills with fluency in written and spoken English,
Kiswahili, and Somali
- Excellent
team player
- Good
problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability
to plan well, set own targets and meet them
- Ability
to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- Excellent
IT skills including the use of Excel (fundamental) and database software
- Commitment
to Save the Children policies
- Experience
with similar cultural / social contexts.
Cash Transfers Officer – Kenya
Country Office
Team / Programme:Programmes
Location: Dadaab
Grade: TBC
Post Type: National
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 Cash Transfer Officer will have the overall responsibility
for the cash transfer systems, s/he will have to work closely with the field
officers and the education management to ensure beneficiaries receive their
monthly entitlement in a timely manner
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Project Coordinator – DFID Cash Transfer
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.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Project Coordinator – DFID Cash Transfer
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: None
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Make
regular and extensive field visits to all project areas to plan,
implement, supervise and monitor cash transfer activities.
- Identify
capacity gaps and provide capacity building and technical support when
relevant to the cash transfer team.
- Ensure
that line manager is informed of any fiduciary or other risks related to
the functioning of the cash transfer systems and in this case be able to
propose improvements to the systems in place.
- Collaborate
effectively with the project team when assigned to support cash transfer
systems.
- Ensure
regular coordination and planning meetings with the team.
- To
ensure that cash transfer systems are in place and implemented to high
standards of transparency and accountability. S/he will personally take
part in some parts of the implementation process of cash transfers,
as well as monitor the whole process:
- Ensure
that field teams make a realistic and timely activity planning when
related to cash transfers.
- Gather
the payment requests, cross and double check them, prepare and submit the
cash and cash transfer request, ensuring proper coordination with the
finance and logistic department to ensure that transfers are happening on
timely basis for the respect of our beneficiaries
- Monitor
the implementation of cash transfers through field visits and accountancy
procedures
- Ensures
that all documentation related to the cash transfer systems is up to date
and relevant to the implementation on the field. Inform line managers
otherwise.
- Provide
technical expertise for the design and implementation of the transfer
systems to ensure high accountability as well as smooth field
implementation.
- Do
other duties as required
- Keep
up to date cash transfer monitoring database to allow easy reporting.
- Provide
monthly transfer reports, with quantitative information on the volumes
transferred (vs. plan) as well as qualitative information on
implementation quality to both the Finance Officer and the project
coordinator
- Prepare
and submit sound and timely activity progress, distributions updates,
voucher exchange weekly reports, reports on the commodities purchased,
payment reports, monthly financial reports
- Ensure
that all beneficiaries and local communities understand the transfer
systems and see those as transparent.
- Provide
training support or directly train beneficiaries benefiting from the cash
transfer system to allow smooth implementation.
- Ensure
smooth and transparent flow of information from the field and to the local
communities.
- Comply
with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect
to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, security, equal
opportunities and other relevant policies
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
- Diploma
in Business Management, Banking, or related working experience in
management, business, cash transfer or market development (for business or
development / relief purpose).
- Previous
experience with National or International NGOs
- Working
experience managing cash / vouchers.
- Previous
experience with market monitoring, market analysis, suppliers payments,
expenditure control
- Previous
experience in data management and analysis
- Good
team performance
- Previous
experience in financial reporting.
- Proven
planning, report writing, monitoring skills
- Excellent
communication skills with fluency in written and spoken English,
Kiswahili, and Somali
- Excellent
IT skills including the use of Excel (fundamental) and database software
- Ability
and willingness to make very frequent field visits to the project areas
and communicate directly with field teams and beneficiaries
- Ability
to deem controversy and conduct focus group discussions
- Demonstrable
ability to adapt to changing program priorities and emergency priorities
that may arise
- Strong
self-starter, able to take initiatives
- Commitment
to Save the Children values
Desirable:
- Working
experience requiring cash / vouchers handling to a high level of
accountability.
- Experience
with similar cultural / social contexts.
- Experience
and skills in project planning and financial reporting
- Experience
in designing and facilitating training and mentoring of staff
- Experience
of working in cash transfer projects (vouchers / cash) on the financial
systems and field implementation
Accountability Officer – Kenya
Country Office
Team / Programme:Programmes
Location: Dadaab
Grade: TBC
Post Type: National
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:
To effectively implement the SC education programme activities
of the DFID Cash Transfer project in Garissa County, she/he will ensure quality
delivery of programmes and maintenance of high professional standards of all
our education programmes.
Scope of Role
Reports to: Project Coordinator
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.
Scope of Role
Reports to: Project Coordinator
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: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Work
as part of a team to ensure quality programming
- Travel
frequently to implementation sites to liaise with community leaders, local
governments and beneficiaries to ensure continued participation and
support for the project.
- Carry
out regular monitoring activities and engagement with schools and
communities to support project activities.
- In
collaboration with the education officers, establish Community
Accountability Committees (CAC) in targeted areas and train the CAC
members
- Liaise
regularly with the CACs to ensure that grievances are responded to
promptly and effectively.
- Support
families participating in the cash transfer programme by providing
information related to programme processes and procedures and
troubleshooting any challenges.
- Provide
inputs for the development of strategic and operational plans in
collaboration with Education Programme Management and partner agencies.
- Support
the timely production of reports as required by the grant
- Document
programme learning and disseminate lessons learned to key stakeholders in
the field and to SC Management.
- Ensure
field staff adherence to the child protection policy and reporting
procedures.
- Undertake
any other duties as assigned by the Project Coordinator, Education Manager
or other key Management Staff.
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
- Bachelor’s
degree in education/ social sciences or its equivalent
- Minimum
of three (3) year work experience implementing cash transfer programmes
with development-related organisations
- Knowledge
of education in emergencies, education sector policy, child rights and
protection issues
- Experience
of facilitating community-based training and awareness raising
- Strong
self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances
and priorities
- Positive
attitude towards community work with emphasis on the ability to learn from
communities and support participatory, innovative approaches to problem
solving
- Excellent
communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive
and empathise with all children and their care takers
- Fluent
in written and spoken English, Kiswahili and Somali
- Good
report writing skills
- Willingness
and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult
and frustrating working conditions
- Ability
and willingness to make very frequent field visits to the project areas
and communicate directly with field teams and beneficiaries
- Prepared
to live and work in a remote field location in a somewhat uncertain
security environment
- Commitment
to Save the Children Values
Desirable Qualifications
- Previous
experience in working with INGOs.
- Experience
of working with communities and other agencies that support education
- Experience
with similar cultural / social contexts.
- Demonstrable
ability to adapt to changing program priorities and emergency priorities
that may arise
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.
