Jobs Kenya

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  • Global Digital Planning Officer Global Senior Fleet Manager

    Global Digital Planning Officer Global Senior Fleet Manager

    This role sits in the GlobalDigital Engagement Team, a virtual team, which provides strategic support and specialist technical guidance to our 27+ Members, most of them in Asia, Oceania, Europe and the Americas. This team also focuses on reaching new audiences and fundraising remotely in a list of new key markets.
    This is a unique opportunity for a digital marketer with experience supporting digital comms or fundraising campaigns to join the team and help us coordinate and manage our global projects.
    Within this role you will work closely with the Head of Global Digital Engagement and the Global Digital Planning Specialist across our key functions: Fundraising, Comms and Integrated Campaigning. This role will involve the opportunity to travel to coordinate global meetings and skillsharing events.
    They will be responsible for managing, planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating such digital projects. They will also project manage, when required, on clusters, key external engagements, cross-member projects and campaign toolkits.
    During emergencies, this role will provide critical support in coordinating the team’s key response roles. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, or when there is colleague on leave, the role holder may be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
    This post holder will also provide administrative support to the planning and strategy team and wider department for finance, procurement, invoicing and the team meetings.
    The post holder works collaboratively with other roles within the Resource Mobilization, Comms and Engagement Department as well as members, regional and country offices.
    This is a great opportunity for you to build upon a range of project management and digital marketing skills and gain excellent experience and knowledge while working in an international and multicultural environment.

    In order to be successful you will bring/have:
    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
    Essential

    At least 1 year of direct experience in project management and using planning tools to be able to ensure timely delivery of projects.
    Strong IT skills particularly in Microsoft products.
    Basic knowledge and experience using graphic design tools
    Exceptional written communication skills in English.
    High level of attention to detail.
    Copy proofreading experience.
    Confident self-starter who can take the initiative to drive projects forward. 
    Experience working home based
    Diplomacy and excellent interpersonal skills to build strong relationships across the organisation.
    Capacity to build and maintain excellent relations and to work effectively in a multicultural and multi-ethnic environment respecting diversity
    Significant ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt work plans flexibly depending on external opportunities.
    Strong administrative, project management and time management skills
    Exceptional planning and organisational skills, with an ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple demands and competing priorities, while maintaining high quality standards.

    Desirable

    Experience in the implementing digital engagement/fundraising programs with proven success records (ideally within an international NGO),
    Experience working with Agile systems/environments
    Ability to articulate the work of Save the Children with passion

    9 JUN 2023 – 02:59 EAT

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  • Global Change Manager (Cash & Voucher Assistance) Project Lead (Digital Data Collection) Global Change Manager (Digital Messaging) Senior Project Manager (Cash & Voucher Assistance) Engagement and Information Manger – Global Transformation Global Humanitarian Awards Manager

    Global Change Manager (Cash & Voucher Assistance) Project Lead (Digital Data Collection) Global Change Manager (Digital Messaging) Senior Project Manager (Cash & Voucher Assistance) Engagement and Information Manger – Global Transformation Global Humanitarian Awards Manager

    ROLE PURPOSE:  

    The role of Global Change Manager sits within the Digital Programming team at Save the Children International. This team is responsible for leading the digital transformation of our work with children and forms a central pillar of our global strategy to deliver greater impact to more children in the 120 countries in which we work. The Digital Programming team is putting in place the processes, platforms, tools and resources that enable Save the Children staff to design, deliver, and scale safe, high quality digital programmes. 
    The role will lead change management for our Integrated CVA Management project, which aims to transform our ability to efficiently deliver Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programs at scale by implementing a digital solution that registers participants and manages the entire CVA lifecycle.   Automation of the CVA processes will reduce manual effort, eliminate processing errors, and shorten our response time. It will enhance transparency and accountability for our donors, while laying the digital foundations for delivering cross-programmatic, person-focused interventions in the future.   
    The Global Change Manager will be accountable for understanding the project context, and identifying and incorporating project stakeholders into the design, defining and managing the change plan and ensuring its successful deployment across our Country Offices and Members. They will be responsible for assessing the impact of change resulting from proposed digital solutions, and implementation options in terms of our people, processes, data, technology, policy & governance as well as our global legal requirements. They will work closely with individual projects and the wider Digital Programming Team to agree priorities, develop robust change plans, and monitor progress against these plans. There will be a need to consider the change implications and approach, not only directly on the project stakeholders, but also on the wider organisation to manage the change successfully and embed new practices and ways of working. 
    The role holder will be responsible for managing the Change Management deliverables as part of the defined Save the Children Project Lifecycle, including e.g. a Stakeholder Matrix, Change & Communications Plan, and Change Impact Assessment etc. Core to this role will be ensuring effective alignment with wider transformation initiatives, as well as effectively managing relationships with key stakeholders and driving continuous improvements. Externally, the role may be required to work closely with third parties such as consultants and technology partners to understand and assess the impact of proposed ways of working, approaches and communications.  In time, the role holder will be required to work alongside Regional Change Managers, within Member offices, embedding change at a global and collaboratively on a local level.  

    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS 
    Essential 

    Demonstrated experience and capability in change management and supporting the delivery of major transformational projects in regard to business processes and systems within a large and complex international organisation as well as changes to organisation structure and ways of working 
    Experience of working across project phases to deliver change management oversight and interventions 
    Experience in transitioning and embedding project approaches and methodology within an organisation 
    Demonstrable ability to challenge the user-friendliness of set up, requirements and design for implementation and regular usage 
    Experience of solving issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in 
    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Engaging as well as assertive, influencing and negotiating 
    Affinity, knowledge, and experience of working within a standardised project/change methodology 
    An understanding of the concept of agile project delivery and the resulting impact on change management activities 
    True passion for results, responsibility and proactivity 
    Competent in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint  
    Willingness and ability to travel 
    Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally 

    Desirable 

    Prior experience in delivery of global transformation initiatives is highly desirable 
    Previous Non-profit sector knowledge/experience 
    Proficiency in a second core language of Save the Children (French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic) 

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  • Regional Finance Coordinator

    Regional Finance Coordinator

    KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

    Perform monthly and quarterly financial reviews and analysis, reconciliation of balance sheet/control accounts as well as the relevant finance KPIs (benchmark)
    Perform analytical reviews of the ESARO Monthly Finance Report (MFR) before sign off by the RFD and RD
    Prepare insightful management information including commentary on the monthly and quarterly financial controls and compliance  
    Provide technical support and trouble-shooting to country offices finance staff
    Coordinate and consolidate monthly cash forecasts of ESA’s countries, treasury analysis and where necessary liaise with central treasury to address any identified issues 
    Actively participate in various tools and techniques roll out process and assist the RO finance team in rolling out the same in the region
    Ensure all internal financial tools are correctly used to strengthen data quality and efficiencies and where necessary develop additional tools and solutions
    Ensure finance diary that covers all the required activities on financial control and compliance reviews are strictly adhered to
    Be a champion of accounts software i.e. Agresso, ProSave, Total Inventory Management (TIM), Fleet Service Charge (FSC) and promote good practices, new techniques and tools 
    Support countries to meet and sustain all essential standards for financial management and ensure that countries comply with SCI’s financial policies and procedures
    Support in coordination of year-end audits and high-risk award specific audits (i.e., ECHO, USAID, etc.,) and in responding to audit issues

    Other

    Work closely with the rest of the regional finance team to deliver on the team objectives including any other duties not prescribed above
    Establish strong links with SCI’s Centre finance colleagues and networking with counterparts in other regional finance teams
    Country support visits, potentially in emergency responses

    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 their team to do the same
    Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
    Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

    Collaboration:

    Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
    Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally

    Creativity:

    Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
    Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach

    Integrity:

    Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
    Displays consistent excellent judgement
     

    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Accounting or commercial degree and relevant full professional qualifications (CPA/CA/ACCA)
    Minimum of 5 years’ progressive work experience in financial management, audit or compliance role in the commercial, financial services or audit sector. Not-for-profit experience an advantage.
    Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in.
    Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets. Experienced in preparing both financial and management accounts, including overseas offices
    Strong relationship builder with a proven track record in forming good business partnerships 
    Excellent communication skills, initiative, the ability to meet tight deadlines and work independently is essential
    Demonstrate strong strategic financial management skills
    Strong analytical, problem solving and financial modelling skills and the ability to present complex financial information in a succinct and compelling manner.
    Experience in preparing both financial and management accounts, including overseas offices
    Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
    An unquestionably high level of integrity and ethics.
    Computer fluency; highly competent using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Agresso and experience working in complex financial systems 
    Excellent communication skills, initiative, the ability to meet tight deadlines and work independently including reporting remote users.
    The personal circumstances to travel frequently to all country programmes in the region.

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  • Outreach Assistant – Nutrition (Maternity Cover)

    Outreach Assistant – Nutrition (Maternity Cover)

    KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 

    Support day-to-day implementation of integrated health and nutrition outreach services that entails; WASH activities, health, nutrition and child protection issues.
    Conduct health education, hygiene promotion and disseminate child protection messages during field activity
    Support mass screening, joint supervision with DOH in the targeted sub-counties.
    Prepare and submit field trip reports, take part in the development of weekly reports
    Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor
    Plan and prepare project activities, sign TOR prior activity implementation. 
    Support baby friendly community initiatives (BFCI) IMAM surge and mother led MUAC.  
    Coordinate regular health and nutrition program assessments to identify opportunities for expansion and improvements in program effectiveness, efficiency and efficacy.
    Lead on capacity building of community health volunteers (CHVs) and community Health extension (CHEWs) worker in various topic in health and nutrition. 
    Supervise Maternal Infant and Young Child programme conducted by CHEWs and CHVs. 
    Support CHVs to conduct screening and referral for pregnant women and children with malnutrition and to carry out follow up and tracing.
    Support sensitisation and on the job mentoring of   Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs)/health facility in-charges on various health and nutrition to topics. 
    Support the DOH to Carry out Social Behaviour Change Communication on maternal, infant and young child nutrition.
    Work collaboratively to integrate the health and nutrition program with other sectors where appropriate, particularly with WASH, FSL and Protection.
    Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team and other nutrition and health staff for monitoring and evaluation of project activities especially those related to nutrition emergency response work within the project, including preparation of monitoring reports, documents and lessons learned.
    Submission of activity reports.
    Carry out regular health facility and group monitoring visits, facilitate, and attend facility review meetings to provide support.
    Prepare payment at the end of the project activity

    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognised institution, Registered with KNDI
    Minimum 1 years of relevant professional work experience in health and nutrition programming in Humanitarian context. 
     understanding of the MOH and county health departments
    Effective working relationships with stakeholders from government agencies and opinion-leaders. 
    Experience in training and capacity building. 
    Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. 
    Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of organizations
    Excellent written and oral communication skills.

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  • Global Media Manager

    Global Media Manager

    KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

    Act as frontline deployment officer for humanitarian emergencies, regularly deploying and acting as a key focal point for media management and coordinating media responses across multiple countries
    Build and maintain a strong network of contacts with international journalists as well as identify and build key international partnerships within your region
    Spokesperson on Save the Children issues and help provide training and support to senior spokespeople across the organisation
    Write newsworthy press releases and gather content in liaison with Regional Media Manager/Regional Office to generate information/story angles for circulation to the international news media, and ensure Regional sign off on all media plans and products
    Generate media coverage in international media in line with our organisational priorities with a focus on prioritised humanitarian contexts and new crises
    Help to coordinate International Press Trips and media visits in the region
    Ensure Regional Media Manager’s visibility, input and oversight of global plans for press trips and media output to reflect regional and in-country advocacy and media priorities
    Collaborate with communications, advocacy, policy and fundraising teams to ensure our media messaging reflects organisational priorities in prioritised and new crisis contexts
    Liaise with Regional Media Manager to help deliver key “global moments” on key responses and contexts across the region
    Backstop for Regional Media Manager when on leave, travelling
    Support Regional Media Manager to manage incoming media requests
    Support Regional Media Manager on category 1 emergencies as needed, handling members and international media requests, helping to deliver media products such as press releases and media Q&As
    Liaise with global teams to produce products from the region on thematic areas and campaigns such as hunger, education, climate change
    Scope new global media and thought leadership opportunities
    Initiate longer-term, child-led storytelling for a global market
    Liaise closely with Save the Children media teams in member countries to encourage culture of input, collaboration, and accountability, developing strong, positive relationships
    Support with risk mitigation media work and media strategy on reputational risk issues, in alignment with Regional Office – including drafting appropriate media lines, as necessary, and coordinating our response to global media colleagues, as needed

    Be available for ‘out of hours’ on-call media work, with the ability to be on call over weekends several times a year, and to be further available ‘out of hours’ to manage emergency and urgent situations, as and when necessary.

    BEHAVIOURS (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 their team to do the same
    widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

    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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

    QUALIFICATIONS

    University degree in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience

    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

    Essential

    At least 7 years’ experience working in or with international media
    Experienced in the region with strong knowledge of the complex context
    Track record of working in vulnerable or fragile contexts
    Excellent organisational skills
    Ability to travel at short notice for extended periods of time (up to one month at a time)
    Proven relationship building skills in order to build and maintain a strong network of journalist contacts, as well as with colleagues across Save the Children
    An initiative-taking, proactive, inspiring attitude with the ability to prioritise an unpredictable workload and solve problems quickly with limited support
    Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
    A commitment to Save the Children’s vision, mission, values and approach and commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with our policies
    Excellent English and French and additional languages an advantage
    The ability to work as part of a small team across time zones and multitask when needed with strong interpersonal skills

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  • Humanitarian Specialist – Cash & Vouchers

    Humanitarian Specialist – Cash & Vouchers

    Role Purpose:
    This position will serve as a technical advisor in Save the Children’s Humanitarian Cash and Voucher team. The Humanitarian Specialist will provide technical and operational advice to Save the Children’s Cash and Voucher (CVA) portfolio to ensure that multi-sectoral CVA humanitarian awards are of high quality, technically sound, and responsive to the needs of vulnerable children and their families. You will play a critical role in transferring capacity and experience from headquarters to Country Offices as Save the Children expands its commitment to localization both internally and as part of its global Grand Bargain commitments.
    The Humanitarian Specialist will be expected to travel regularly and work directly with staff in COs and partners.
    In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
    In order to be successful you will bring/have:
    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

    Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field;
    French and/or Arabic written and spoken language skills highly valued;
    CaLP Level 1 or Level 2 certificate;
    Experience designing, implementing, and managing humanitarian preparedness, asset protection, disaster risk reduction, food security, and nutrition programs;
    Experience developing and conducting training programs for field staff including curriculum design, presentation and teaching skills, and training-of-trainers methods;
    Experience in program design and proposal writing with non-USAID awards, including PRM, UNHCR, WFP, ECHO, EU, and others;
    Knowledge of and experience with statistical software and data visualization tools;
    Experience developing and implementing Standard Operating Procedures, Feasibility and Risk Assessments, Delivery Mechanism Assessments, and other operational policies or procedures for the identification and implementation of CVA opportunities;
    Understanding of operational considerations that influence the efficiency and appropriateness of digital cash or voucher delivery platforms;
    Experience writing and disseminating reports and fact sheets/case studies, and
    Experience using KoBo Toolbox, ODK, or other mobile data collection software.

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  • Senior Advocacy and Campaign Coordinator Regional Head of Employee Relations

    Senior Advocacy and Campaign Coordinator Regional Head of Employee Relations

    ROLE PURPOSE: 
    Advocacy and Campaigns are central to securing lasting change in children’s lives and is a key aspect of Save the Children’s Theory of Change be the voice – build partnerships – innovate – achieve results at scale. Under the guidance and direction of the Head of Advocacy & Campaigns, the Senior Advocacy and Campaign Coordinator will support implementation of a strategic advocacy and campaigns plan rooted in the SCI Kenya Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and will contribute to the implementation and supervision of Save the Children Kenya’s initiatives, coalition building, and the mobilization of public support for the organization’s mission driven work. As a member of the Programme Development and Quality team, he/she will provide advocacy and policy support to field offices delivering policy influencing and advocacy projects, s/he will directly implement planned activities under the Generation Hope and Save our education campaign to ensure a fair chance for all children to survive, learn and be protected. 
    Key technical areas under this role include joint evidence-based advocacy, strengthening the capacities of Save the Children’s field offices and technical specialists; and supporting their advocacy initiatives and actions, networking and collaboration with relevant stakeholders and networks/alliances/working groups at local, national, regional, and international level.
     Contract Duration: 1 year 
    Location: Nairobi
    Reports to: Head of Advocacy and Campaigns  
    KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 
    PROGRAM DELIVERY
    Evidence Based Advocacy 

    Contribute to the implementation of Save the Children Country Advocacy Strategy and the Humanitarian Advocacy strategy. 
    Develop and disseminate advocacy and campaign briefs, position papers, as required for different advocacy interventions.
    Identify advocacy issues and lead/guide on evidence-based advocacy actions within the organization.
    Work in alliance with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), particularly with Child right advocacy groups/activists, youths, refugee led organizations, and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to advocate on identified issues.
    Ensure that voices of children form the basis of Save the Children’s advocacy strategy, and our programming too.

    Technical Support 

    Work closely with technical specialists to ensure synergies with other result areas, to identify critical issues in their scope of implementation, develop advocacy plans, support to generate evidence, and implement advocacy activities to address them.
    Provide capacity building and mentorship for staff focusing on knowledge and skills required for effective advocacy.
    Support Head of Advocacy and Campaigns to incorporate Advocacy & Campaign priorities into all new proposals and to ensure adequate resourcing and cost recovery.
    Guidance and Capacity Building of Country office teams on safe, meaningful, and effective participation of children and young people in Advocacy and Campaigns
    Support in convening and coordination of the Country Office’s Advocacy, Campaigns, Communications and Media (ACCM) Community of Practice. 

    Representation

    In coordination with the Head of Advocacy and Campaigns, Director of Programme Development and Quality (PDQ) and Country Director, represent Save the Children in relevant advocacy & campaign forums.
    Support the Head of Advocacy and Campaigns in building and nurturing advocacy-oriented strategic partnerships at national and regional levels. 
    Establish and maintain networks and alliances with local, national, and regional advocacy/coalition organizations and participate in relevant local, national, and regional working groups and networks.
    Ensure increased visibility of Advocacy and Campaigns activities internally and externally.
    Implement strategies to increase visibility and brand credibility among target audiences

    Campaigns 

    Identify opportunities to engage the public through campaigning on issues of relevance to programme team and partners.
    Ensure visibility of Save our Education and climate change related Campaign within Save the Children and externally.
    Support Program Managers to mainstream campaign strategies into programme plans at field office level. 
    Support Technical Specialists to build effective relationships with relevant decision makers and partners. 
    Collaborate with the Head of Advocacy and Campaigns and the Communications and Media Manager in building an effective, broad base of advocates who support Save the Children campaign objectives. 

    Monitoring and Evaluation

    Review the M&E systems/ key advocacy indicators and support team to monitor the quality and impact of the implementation of all advocacy activities.
    Contribute to generating and documenting lessons learnt and knowledge on all advocacy activities, writing policy briefs and papers.
    Active contribution and participation in knowledge management processes and products, with collaboration of the MEAL Team

    BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) 
    Accountability:

    Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

    Ambition:

    Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self  and education team  
    Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
    Future orientated, thinks strategically 

    Collaboration and Collaboration:

    Establish good working relationship with BOMs, teachers and target communities members 
    Build and maintain effective relationships with the education team, other colleagues, members and external partners and supporters

    Creativity:

    Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions as per the country strategy 
    Willing to take disciplined risks

    Integrity:

    Honest, encourages openness and transparency

    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
    Essential

    Bachelor’s degree in law, Public Policy, Social and Political Science; A master’s degree is an added advantage.
    A minimum of 5 years advocacy experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, with experience in successfully leading the development and implementation of advocacy strategies. 
    Experience in influencing government, donors, and other organizations through representation and/or advocacy
    Experience of a range of campaigning and advocacy techniques and approaches.
    Demonstrable track record of leading change which has led to significant results for the organization and their stakeholders.
    Experience in developing advocacy strategies and mobilizing resources towards implementation. 
    Experience in staff / partner capacity building through training and coaching for success. 
    Strong research and policy development skills.
    Experience of partnerships including building networks, resulting in securing significant new opportunities for the organization.
    Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
    Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
    Commitment to Save the Children values.

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  • Institutional Partnerships Development Specialist Global Goal Team Lead

    Institutional Partnerships Development Specialist Global Goal Team Lead

    The specific purpose of the Institutional Partnerships Development Specialist role is to build on these foundations to ensure targeted and timely support to a set of ‘focus’ accounts and Member offices and continue to develop a strong culture of learning and mutual accountability around our institutional partnership work. The post holder will strengthen and improve ways of working across teams and offices, identify and roll out partnership and account management best practice approaches, processes, tools and systems, enhance accountabilities and performance and maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of the account management set up. The role will also support the development of effective communities of practice around institutional funding and partnership management to share learnings and best practice globally.
    This work will include close collaboration with the other parts of the PFIP team (Insight Development; Portfolio Development; People Development; Governance and Strategy Development) and with other teams at SCI Centre. It will rely on strong and productive relationships with partnership development specialists and institutional funding teams across the members and with relevant SCI teams, principally at the regional level.
    In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
    In order to be successful you will bring/have:
    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
    Essential

    Significant experience and knowledge of institutional donor partnership management, or comparative experience. 
    Knowledge of general and donor-specific good practices in institutional partnership management (both internal and external)
    Understanding of capacity building approaches; experience and knowledge of developing specific tools and guidance, and/or experience leading trainings would be an advantage.
    Demonstrable experience in complex stakeholder and strategic relationship management, including an ability to influence and gain agreement for ideas and proposals from a variety of stakeholders
    Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, including influencing, negotiation and coaching
    Proactive and collaborative approach
    Commitment to Save the Children values
    Attention to detail and the ability to follow tasks and ideas through to completion
    A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs

    Desirable

    Experience of working with Save the Children in an institutional partnership management-related role.
    Competency in one or more of Save the Children’s working languages (French/ Spanish/ Arabic)

    CLOSING: 12 MAY 2023 

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  • Project Manager, Humanitarian Strategy & Transformation Resourcing Manager Project Coordinator – Transformation Delivery Initiatives (Maternity Cover)

    Project Manager, Humanitarian Strategy & Transformation Resourcing Manager Project Coordinator – Transformation Delivery Initiatives (Maternity Cover)

    ROLE PURPOSE: 
    This role sits within the Humanitarian Strategy and Transformation Team. Project Managers are assigned from the team to specific projects which support the implementation of our global humanitarian ambition.
    The projects this role will manage will shift in line with changing organisational needs. At a minimum, the Project Manager will be responsible for delivery of the following key projects:

    Delivery and continuous improvement of our Save the Children Humanitarian Plan (SCHP): The Project Manager will coordinate multiple work streams of activity to ensure that Save the Children is able to clearly articulate global humanitarian needs and priorities to internal and external audiences, and track progress against the plan throughout the year.
    Compliance with cross-sector commitments: Managing processes associated with key external commitments including the CHS and Grand Bargain. Ensuring wider organisational commitment and buy-in to these change agendas and ensuring clarity regarding individual functions and teams responsibilities to meeting these commitments.

    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

    Experience of successfully managing projects and following through to ensure progress within agreed timeline, preferably in an international NGO environment.
    Demonstrable experience and knowledge of programme and project practices and standards including standardised Project Management Methodologies
    Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, including senior level executives
    Ability to adopt a pro-active approach to problem solving offering solutions as appropriate.
    Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to mobilise and influence others.
    Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organisation
    Sound judgement and an ability to effectively prioritise multiple tasks in a constantly changing environment
    The ability to liaise and communicate effectively with a broad range of people at all levels, across different cultures and to act with credibility, discretion, tact and diplomacy.
    Knowledge of the global humanitarian environment/context, and sector wide initiatives such as Grand Bargain and Core Humanitarian Standards
    Self- motivated and ability to work autonomously.
    Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children.

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  • Senior FMS Developer

    Senior FMS Developer

    SCOPE OF ROLE:

    The Senior FMS Developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining existing & new modules of the Finance Management System (FMS) implemented on Agresso. The primary focus will be on implementing new functionality in the FMS system, as directed by the SCI global strategy.
    The role will also be responsible for being part of the 2nd & 3rd line support queue, helping support analysts to resolve problem which require source code analysis, or advanced business knowledge.
    The Senior FMS Developer may be required to deputise for the Scrum Master/PDM when (s)he is out of the office, along with other FMS Developers in other regions.
    The Senior FMS Developer will work closely with country, regional and centre based finance teams to provide reporting and analytical information to assist in the running of an efficient and effective finance global function.
    The Senior FMS Developer will work with the FMS Technical Architect, FMS Scrum Master(s) and other FMS Developers in other locations to provide a reliable, scalable and performant Agresso system to all SCI countries and those members that participate in the shared service.

    In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
    Essential

    At least 8 years’ experience working in an IT development role
    Strong understanding of the business processes of a financial Management systems preferably an ERP
    Proven technical skills in a mainstream programming language, or database system (cross training will be provided if required)
    Good T-SQL language skills
    Experience of solving complex business and technical issues through trouble shooting and analysis, defining a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
    A desire to work on an enterprise level ERP / finance system based on the Microsoft stack (Windows Server, .NET, SQL Server, IIS)
    Experience of CI/CD process for global development team, allowing for frequent code updates with zero downtime
    Knowledge of major cloud service providers, like AWS, Azure etc.
    Ability to explain complex technical and non-technical information in a succinct and compelling manner to all levels of seniority
    Strong Excel skills
    Strong interpersonal and communication skills
    Commitment to Save the Children values

    Desirable

    Proven experience in implementing and managing Agresso applications
    Experience with any of the following Agresso modules: Financials, Project Costing & Billing, Inventory Accounting, Accounts Payable, Planner, Workflow
    Track record of administering & supporting applications in a complex global organisation
    Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
    Experience of exposure to the non-for-profit sector and/or developing countries
    Automated build and deployment process with tools like Jenkins and Maven, eliminating 80% of manual work
    Experience of using GitHub, including branching, merging, and tagging
    Good hands-on knowledge of Source Code Management (Version Control System) tools like Git and Subversion

    Apply via :

    kenya.savethechildren.net