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Regional Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Adviser

An experienced Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Technical and Operations Advisor to provide remote and in-country expertise to support design and implementation of CVA programmes so they are appropriate, timely, accountable to beneficiaries, donor-compliant and cost-effective, across the region. The Regional CVA advisor will use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical and operational expertise, and relationship building skills to provide a critical link between Save the Children’s global and country level technical work while supporting response planning, quality program implementation, preparedness, and advocacy. The role will contribute to building capacity and fostering networks across country office staff. The role supports regional advocacy and influencing, and contributes to strategic partnerships for new business development. It provides input into the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems to demonstrate impact, while sharing learning across country offices, and ensuring quality of our programmes. The position will work closely with the Cash and Markets Humanitarian Technical Working Group (HTWG) to ensure global and country office experts are collaborating and sharing learning, best practices, and working towards a comprehensive and unified strategic approach to CVA for child outcomes.
This position will be part of the East and Southern Africa Regional Office team, with extensive travel throughout the region (up to 50% of time), but can be based in any of our country offices.
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, either through remote support or in-country deployments.
The role is expected to foster relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including Food Security and CVA TAs in Save the Children Members, the SCI central Programme Quality & Impact team, the Head of Regional Supply Chain, Head of Cash Transfer Programme Operations, advocacy colleagues, Regional Advisors in other sectors, technical counterparts in other organisations, regional donors etc. In particular it is expected to be an active member of the Cash & Market Humanitarian Technical Working Group while developing and nurturing regional communities of practice.
In order to be successful you will bring/have:
Essential

Master’s degree in economics, international development, public administration, agriculture and food security, or equivalent experience.
Certified CaLP trainer (preferable)
At least 5 years’ experience of working internationally in Cash & Voucher Assistance in emergency and development settings, for a broad range of institutional donors and sectors
Understanding of Cash & Voucher Assistance in East and Southern Africa, especially in humanitarian crises
Experience with various cash and voucher modalities, including digital, mobile, card, paper voucher, and cash in envelopes
Previous humanitarian response experience
Management experience of operational aspects of cash and voucher interventions
Experience in the introduction of internal controls systems to support cash and vouchers delivery in the areas of financial management, logistics, security and programme delivery
Demonstrable understanding of M&E, beneficiary accountability, and learning
Familiar with the CaLP Programme Quality toolbox; the Sphere Standards; market tools such as RAM, MIFIRA, MARKit; Household Economy Analysis; and other industry best practices.
Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring
Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children’s rights.
Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children
Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement.
Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery
Track record in successful business development/fundraising and donor engagement, especially with ECHO, FCDO(DFID), USAID/BHA (OFDA/FFP previously), UN (WFP, UNICEF, OHCA), and BPRM.
Experience of strategy development and planning
Fluent in English with high level of English writing skills.
Experience of the regulatory environment, audit and particularly Risk Management.

**This is a regional role, but will focus on countries with specific cash transfer portfolios: Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Kenya, and Zimbabwe**
Contract duration: 2 years, with possibility of extension
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Apply via :

stcuk.taleo.net

October 28, 2024
Nutrition officer – Bioversity Project

Role Purpose:

Save the Children international Kenya country office in collaboration with Bioversity International intends to implement a Community-based Participatory Approach for Diet and Farm Diversity – a project aimed at improving dietary quality and livelihoods using farm and wild biodiversity in Busia County. The Nutrition Officer position will be responsible for implementation of the project to achieve the objectives outlined in the project document. The post holder will ensure the effective and efficient implementation of activities as per the scope of work outlined in the agreement. S/he will ensure timely and quality delivery of the deliverables. The main output is implementation of Community Action Plan (CAP), which outlines activities and processes for achieving the desired results. The role holder will be technically supported by Nutrition Technical Specialist and Child Poverty Technical Specialist. 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.

Contract Duration: 12 Months

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Project planning and inception

Prepare project briefs in consultation with Bioversity International and Save the Children international technical team.
Participate in the kick-off and various meetings in Busia County organised by Bioversity International.
Collaborate with Bioversity International in identification and mobilization of project partners and collaborators.
Collaborate with Bioversity International researchers and other partners in supporting community adaption of the prototype farm business school and nutrition education developed for use by Bioversity International and Save the Children.
Participate in the co-learning and co-creation of knowledge during the Community Action Plan (CAP) development phase.
Monitor the community groups during CAP implementation phase and oversee trainings conducted by implementing partners.
Identify and conduct additional trainings as needed such as farmer, business schools and maintain training database of participants details – names, age, gender, ID or phone number
Provide assistance for the smooth implementation of research activities by students and Bioversity staff (such as informing communities/stakeholders about visits).
Participate in the co-creation with Bioversity International, local stakeholders such as the Busia county government, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry (MoALF) and Ministry of Health (MoH) and other interested parties.
Participate in the development and dissemination workshops of the national scale up strategy for Kenya.
Contribute to adaptation and contextualization of intervention manual and nutrition education tools.

Monitoring, documentation and reporting

Track project performance and document achievements.
Document human interest stories, lessons learnt and best practices from the project implementation for learning and replicate in other project areas.
Conduct day to day monitoring of the project activities, progress of activity plan and provide feedback to improve project performance.
Plan and conduct data review meetings, document findings and recommendations and work with counties to implement the agreed actions.
Plan and facilitate meeting with Bioversity project stakeholders by preparing the agenda of the meetings in consultation with Bioversity and minutes/notes and summary reports from the meetings and share with stakeholders after being approved by PM and/or chair of the meeting.
In consultation with MEAL staff, develop process output and outcome level indictors for the Bioversity project in conformity with Save the Children MEAL plan and the Bioversity monitoring plan.
Prepare context adapted farmer business school training and Bi-monthly progress and monitoring reports on the CAPs implementation for each of the target 5 intervention groups.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual and final narrative reports as per agreement.
Collect complaints and feedback during field activities and ensure that these are shared with MEAL officers for updating of the CFRM database
Escalate complaints and feedback of a serious nature to Program Manager and field office child safeguarding focal point.
Ensure quality implementation of the project
Develop monthly activity work plan and track the progress regularly
Ensure activities are implemented within the approved budget
Develop quality monthly, quarterly and annual project performance reports for review by Technical Specialists and submission to donors and stakeholders
Ensure integration of project plans in the County health and nutrition annual work plan (AWPs) by actively participating in County planning and coordination meetings.
Be conscious of the activity budget to ensure all expenses are within the approved limits and meet Save the Children standards regarding financial management, accountability, and good governance

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, public health, community development or equivalent.
At least three years’ experience in humanitarian programs in an international NGO or similar organization.
Experience in research methods such as participatory assessment (e.g. Participatory Rural Appraisal) nutrition assessments will be an added advantage.
Good technical knowledge of policy and practice in the field of nutrition and livelihoods. Knowledge of natural resource, crop and livestock production and other cross cutting issues will be helpful.
Good understanding of county government systems and operations including County and Sub-County Health Management Teams, agricultural Extension services and community engagement.
An experience or understanding of community seasonal use of wild foods in meeting nutritional needs.
An understanding of child rights and their protection and fulfilment in the development context.
Proficiency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of the local language and context will be a distinct advantage.
Good communication, presentation, training and report writing skills.
Ability to take a proactive approach in community capacity building, either directly or through facilitation of suitable support and experience in leading a team in fieldwork with communities.
Willing to work in isolated rural areas with basic living conditions, and work in difficult field conditions.
Computer literate in word processing and excel packages
Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Protection Policy.

Desirable

Ability to adapt to different cultures.
Ability to work in teams.
Experience in designing and facilitating training sessions and activities for children and community structures.

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October 28, 2024
Regional Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor Administration Assistant

Every child has the right to survival, a fundamental right which the Regional Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor will work to uphold through programming and advocacy. The Regional Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor will use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical expertise, and relationship building skills to provide a critical link between Save the Children’s global health and nutrition team and country level technical work, strengthening our representation and programme quality oversight at the regional level. They will contribute to building capacity and fostering networks across our 12 country offices in both humanitarian and development contexts. Areas of particular focus for Health in East and Southern Africa (ESA) include Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) and health systems strengthening. In addition, they will support a growing portfolio of nutrition work, specifically focused on maternal, infant and youth child nutrition, along with integrated nutritional analysis and programming. The role supports regional advocacy and influencing, particularly focused on newborn survival, universal health coverage and pneumonia prevention and treatment. They are the coordinating point person for health crises and large-scale outbreaks in the region, specifically facilitating access to technical resources and support for response to epidemics such as Ebola, COVID, measles and cholera. They will provide Quality Assurance and demand driven TA to COs, in line with regional priorities and design and input to implementation and monitoring of regional health programmes. The position plays a pivotal role in strategy design, capacity building, advocacy, representation and resource mobilisation.

Duration: 12 months

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

At least 7 years’ experience of delivering high quality health programmes with experience in humanitarian preparedness and response.
Understanding of the development/humanitarian health and nutrition sector in ESA region.
Excellent knowledge of theories and practices in Health sub-sectors: maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, health promotion and disease prevention, community-based health interventions, health educational interventions, health systems and nutrition.
Knowledge of global health issues, specifically relating to children and women, and the current trends, methods, approaches, policies and strategies to address national and global health and nutrition issues, specifically in the context of conflicts, natural disasters, and recovery.
Experience of strategy development and planning to develop multi-year, multi-stakeholder health programmes for development and humanitarian settings, including adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children’s rights.
Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children. Leverages evidence in advocacy work with donors and governments on policies and responses to structural drivers of food insecurity.
Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, resilience and/or safe programming.
Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
Track record in successful business development/fundraising with major institutional donors and UN agencies, in both development and humanitarian settings.
Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring with proven experience in facilitating presentations, webinars and multi-day training events.
Proven ability to influence positive outcomes when not managing staff or programmes directly.
Experience working in East and Southern Africa, and facilitating cross-cultural teams.
Fluent in English and high level of English writing skills.

Desirable:

Experience in first wave humanitarian response, including multi-sector assessments and health response strategies. Experience with large scale outbreaks is an added advantage.
Ability to programme with gender transformative, diversity and inclusion lens.
Ability to speak Portuguese or other languages in East and Southern Africa.

Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role. To see a full a job description, please visit our website at

The position can be based anywhere in the East and Southern African region where we have a Country Office, and where legally allowed to work

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.

Disclaimer:

Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents

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October 28, 2024
Regional Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Adviser

An experienced Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Technical and Operations Advisor to provide remote and in-country expertise to support design and implementation of CVA programmes so they are appropriate, timely, accountable to beneficiaries, donor-compliant and cost-effective, across the region. The Regional CVA advisor will use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical and operational expertise, and relationship building skills to provide a critical link between Save the Children’s global and country level technical work while supporting response planning, quality program implementation, preparedness, and advocacy. The role will contribute to building capacity and fostering networks across country office staff. The role supports regional advocacy and influencing, and contributes to strategic partnerships for new business development. It provides input into the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems to demonstrate impact, while sharing learning across country offices, and ensuring quality of our programmes. The position will work closely with the Cash and Markets Humanitarian Technical Working Group (HTWG) to ensure global and country office experts are collaborating and sharing learning, best practices, and working towards a comprehensive and unified strategic approach to CVA for child outcomes.

This position will be part of the East and Southern Africa Regional Office team, with extensive travel throughout the region (up to 50% of time), but can be based in any of our country offices.

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, either through remote support or in-country deployments.

The role is expected to foster relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including Food Security and CVA TAs in Save the Children Members, the SCI central Programme Quality & Impact team, the Head of Regional Supply Chain, Head of Cash Transfer Programme Operations, advocacy colleagues, Regional Advisors in other sectors, technical counterparts in other organisations, regional donors etc. In particular it is expected to be an active member of the Cash & Market Humanitarian Technical Working Group while developing and nurturing regional communities of practice.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

Essential

Master’s degree in economics, international development, public administration, agriculture and food security, or equivalent experience.
Certified CaLP trainer (preferable)
At least 5 years’ experience of working internationally in Cash & Voucher Assistance in emergency and development settings, for a broad range of institutional donors and sectors
Understanding of Cash & Voucher Assistance in East and Southern Africa, especially in humanitarian crises
Experience with various cash and voucher modalities, including digital, mobile, card, paper voucher, and cash in envelopes
Previous humanitarian response experience
Management experience of operational aspects of cash and voucher interventions
Experience in the introduction of internal controls systems to support cash and vouchers delivery in the areas of financial management, logistics, security and programme delivery
Demonstrable understanding of M&E, beneficiary accountability, and learning
Familiar with the CaLP Programme Quality toolbox; the Sphere Standards; market tools such as RAM, MIFIRA, MARKit; Household Economy Analysis; and other industry best practices.
Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring
Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children’s rights.
Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children
Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement.
Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery
Track record in successful business development/fundraising and donor engagement, especially with ECHO, FCDO(DFID), USAID/BHA (OFDA/FFP previously), UN (WFP, UNICEF, OHCA), and BPRM.
Experience of strategy development and planning
Fluent in English with high level of English writing skills.
Experience of the regulatory environment, audit and particularly Risk Management.

**This is a regional role, but will focus on countries with specific cash transfer portfolios: Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Kenya, and Zimbabwe**

Contract duration: 2 years, with possibility of extension

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Apply via :

stcuk.taleo.net

October 28, 2024
Senior Social Protection Advisor

The Senior Social Protection Technical Advisor will use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical expertise, and relationship building skills to define and deliver our strategic ambition for Child Sensitive Social Protection (CSSP) in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. The role will lead strategy development and the technical design and implementation of high quality programmes that deliver change for children in both emergency and development programming. The Sr. Social Protection Advisor will ensure that all social protection programming is of excellent technical quality and contributes significantly to Save the Children’s strategic objectives, national/global learning and advocacy.

The role supports Child Poverty team members in national advocacy and influencing, and driving strategic partnerships for new business development. The role will provide technical advice in the design and implementation of social protection programming and also supports the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems to demonstrate impact, while sharing learning across our programmes, teams and partners.

The role will work closely with PDQ and operations colleagues and with partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi, building their capacity in relation to CSSP and building ownership, agency and engagement of local organisations. This role includes a focus on training and coaching country office staff for external representation on priority issues including improving coverage and impacts for children through social protection systems, with a view towards supporting progressive realization of Universal Child Benefits, as well as nutrition-sensitive and shock responsive social protection, and poverty graduation discussions, among others. 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. The Sr. Social Protection Advisor champions a child rights programming approach and represents Save the Children in national and global forums and technical working groups.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

Essential

Master’s degree in Economics, Social Protection, Social Policy or a related field as well as equivalent relevant experience.
At least 7 years’ experience working nationally and internationally on social protection policy, research and programmes, including design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Understanding of the social protection sector in at least one of the following countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania or Malawi.
Demonstrated understanding and experience of life-cycle and rights based approach to social protection and how it contributes to outcomes for children.
Understanding and experience of analysis of national social protection systems.
Ability to analyse complex data in relation to social protection and poverty.
Experience with complementary/cash “plus” approaches to social protection to improve impact on children.
Ability to establish and maintain relationships with high level government officials.
Diplomatic/negotiation skills to advocate for policy change.
A demonstrated background or experience working on shock-responsive social protection, adaptive social protection and/or graduation would be an advantage.
Track record in successful business development/fundraising for research or programming, specifically with large institutional and bilateral donors such as FCDO (formerly DFID), USAID, World Bank or UN Agencies.
Demonstrated experience in successful programme design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
Experience of strategy development and planning.
Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to children’s right to social protection.
Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children.
Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement.
Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery.
Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring.
Fluent in spoken English and high level of English writing skills.

Contract duration: 2 years, with possibility of extension

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www.savethechildren.net

October 28, 2024
Regional Programme Operations Director Kenya Devolution Programme (KDP) Deputy Team Leader

As a key member of the Regional senior leadership team, Regional Programme Operations Director – East Africa s/he will take shared responsibility for transformation of the East Africa region to a new full spectrum operating model whilst delivering Save the Children’s strategy within the region.

S/he will lead operations support aimed at ensuring that Save the Children delivers quality operations and meets its mandate of humanitarian and development programming in all East Africa countries. S/he will ensure that high quality support is given to Country & Regional offices and member staff in order to optimise the operational delivery of humanitarian and development programs in the East Africa region. S/he is responsible for supporting operational and humanitarian aspects of Country Offices programming and ensuring adequate systems are in place to enable and facilitate quality program delivery in the field.

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.

Save the Children works in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa (Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi) with a current staff complement of approximately 3500 staff and current expenditure of approximately $300 million each year

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

Essential

Post-graduate qualifications or equivalent experience in international development, humanitarian response and preparedness or a related discipline
Significant (ten years or more) senior level leadership and management experience in a large and complex international NGO or organization
Significant experience in managing most or all of the key elements of Operations and Humanitarian systems and areas: proposal development, planning, quality assurance, award management, logistics, emergency response, preparedness and capacity building
Substantial knowledge of international development systems, institutions and donors, and of procedures, accountability frameworks and best practices
Robust experience in developing and implementing organisational vision and strategies
The highest level of expertise in representation and negotiation with governments/donors and international agencies
Demonstrated ability to thrive in a matrix management environment. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
Solid project management skills related to organisational development projects and international, cross-functional teams with a proven history of delivering results.
Excellent facilitation and team building skills.
Experience of building personal networks at senior levels, resulting in securing significant new opportunities for the organisation.
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
Models international development best practices, and the leadership behaviours outlined in Save the Children’s strategy.
Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours in the event of major responses including travelling at short notice
Commitment to Save the Children values.

Contract duration: 2 years, with possibility of extension

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

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October 28, 2024
Kenya Devolution Programme (KDP) Team Leader

Save the Children is seeking a Team Leader for 4 year FCDO Kenya Devolution Programme. The role holder will take overall responsibility of the overall consortium’s deliverables in the project. The position holder will provide overall leadership and technical direction for the project, ensuring achievement of project deliverables. The project aims to strengthen the effectiveness of Kenya’s devolution process, specifically to improve development results by strengthening effective, open and accountable County Governments that improve service delivery and reduce poverty. This will be done through strengthening the functions of county governments, improving intergovernmental relations, enhancing citizens’ engagement and public participation. 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.

Contract Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension.

No of Vacancies: One (1) Position

Reporting to: Director Operations

Nationality: Kenya Nationals only

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Provide programmatic and strategic leadership, setting priorities in designing and managing the implementation of the project’s activities in collaboration with the other technical advisors and the implementation team.
Provide overall technical guidance and leadership for implementation of KDP activities.
Provide leadership for Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement measures in governance work.
Review and analyze data for performance monitoring and utilize the data to take corrective actions.
Provide leadership in ensuring the KDP is implemented on budget, on time and with quality.
Responsible for overall coordination, line management and support of the Project, and ensure that project has an up-to-date work plan, in line with the approved annual Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP) and phased budget.
Ensure the project receives adequate support from Country office support functions (supply chain, HR, Admin, Awards and Finance) to deliver high quality programme. Also ensure gaps are identified, prioritized, and communicated to the stakeholders effectively.
Ensure the project has standardized systems, policies and procedures in place, well understood by all staff and implemented accordingly in the project.
Ensure the project teams receive appropriate and timely support from technical advisers and programme quality teams for program design and strategy, MEAL, advocacy and planning as well as the support functions (Finance, Supply Chain and Human Resources & Admin teams).
Ensure the principles of child safeguarding and ‘do no harm’ are embedded in all project planning, implementation and reporting and that staff receive regular, up to date training on it.
Ensure transparency in targeting beneficiaries, delivery of services and participation of beneficiaries and partners in planning and monitoring of process is reflected in programme delivery.
In close coordination with Award and Finance team, ensure that all programs progress in accordance with grant agreements, are completed within time, budget, and quality.
Ensure compliance with all grant provisions and timely fulfilment of all project programmatic reporting requirements including donor reports and internal reports such as pipeline analyses and monthly reports.
Oversee timely expenditure of approved budgets, avoiding under both spending and overspending on grant line items, and implementing plans for expenditure modification.
Coordinate activities and prepare results reports, resource request and pipeline analyses.
Serve as main focal person for all engagement with FCDO.
Represent the project in relevant internal and external fora including donor meetings (as appropriate).
Lead stakeholder engagement with national and county Governments and foster strong relationships and collaboration of other key stakeholder groups.
Work with consortium members to further KDP’s vision.
To have overall management responsibility for the consortium team in the project, and manage and track all terms of sub agreements with consortium partners, as well as downstream partners.
Ensure the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as appropriate; ensure availability of and support appropriate professional development opportunities for staff in the project.
Incorporate staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team building process.
Facilitate the annual work planning process in close collaboration the government teams and the project staff.
Ensure technical and administrative compliance with donor requirements.
Oversee narrative and financial reports for donor(s), ensuring these are of a high quality and submitted for review in a timely manner.
Monitor KDP program outputs and results and work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research team and FCDO MEL partner to ensure that results are documented and reported accurately and in a timely manner.
Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research team and take a lead in ensuring that all KDP components have robust monitoring plans, baselines, reviews and evaluations in line with the project design and donor guidelines.
Facilitate appropriate documentation and dissemination of learnings, analyses, and good practices documentations in the project internally and externally to donors, governments, consortium partners and other key actors.

Qualifications and Experience

A postgraduate qualification in governance, leadership, public administration, public policy, development studies or any relevant qualification.
Recommend a minimum of 10 years of relevant technical experience in devolved governance projects in Kenya or similar context.
Recommend a minimum of 10 years of expertise managing large and complex grants (ideally FCDO), and managing multiple partners.
Excellent experience in external representation with donors, local/national governments, communities, and partners.
Strong understanding of existing policies, laws, planning and public finance planning processes in Kenya at national and county level.
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, adapting and innovating where necessary, and defining a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
Ability to extensively travel for project monitoring and provide on-site technical support to field teams.
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
Highly developed cultural and political awareness and ability to work well in an international and matrix management environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required
Commitment to Save the Children values

The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Apply via :

kenya.savethechildren.net

October 28, 2024
Regional Education in Emergencies (EiE) Technical Advisor

Regional Education in Emergencies (EiE) Technical Advisor will drive the quality, accountability and timeliness of humanitarian responses and contribute to emergency preparedness in the region. Regional technical experts use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical expertise and relationship building skills to provide a critical link between Save the Children’s global and country level technical work in both sudden onset emergencies and protracted crises, strengthening our technical offer at the regional level.

They play a strong role in regional capacity building efforts, mentoring and building networks across country office (CO) technical experts, and foster cross-CO learning on humanitarian response. They support regional advocacy and influencing and drive regional strategic partnerships for learning and new business development. They provide quality assurance and demand driven technical assistance (TA) to COs across the humanitarian education portfolio, in line with regional priorities and together with other regional staff supporting emergency response and education programming. A core function is to ensure that our Education Cluster Co-leadership role is developed and maintained in the region.

Qualifications and Experience

Essentials:

At least 7 years’ experience of delivering high quality education in emergency response and preparedness programmes, including first phase experience.
University education (Master’s degree preferred) within education, humanities, social science or the equivalent (e.g. professional teaching college).
Understanding of education sector, especially emergency response, in ESA.
Good knowledge of theories and practices in education programming, especially for early childhood development and primary education.
Knowledge of global education issues, specifically relating to pre-primary and primary children, and the current trends, methods, approaches, policies and strategies to address gaps in education due to humanitarian crises such as conflict, migration, natural disasters and other emergencies.
Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children’s rights.
Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children.
Sound understanding of and commitment to SC generic programme approaches and core standards in humanitarian response, including safe programming, gender equality and child safeguarding.
Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
Experience of developing and supporting teams, and the ability to lead, motivate and build the capacity of staff through training, coaching and mentoring.
Results focused and ability to develop and drive innovative and pragmatic programmatic and operational solutions, including proposal development experience.
Good knowledge of cross sectoral linkages with Health, Nutrition, WASH, Child Protection, and Food Security, and willingness to engage with other sectors for shared outcomes.
Experience of strategy development and planning.
Fluency in written and spoken English.

Desirable:

Ability to work well across different functional areas and departments.
Excellent technical writing, and editing.
Track record in successful business development/fundraising.
Language skills relevant to the East and Southern Africa region

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

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October 28, 2024
Social Behaviour Change (SBC) Advisor Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Advisor Child Protection Information Management System Assistant

Role Purpose

The SBC Advisor provides strategic direction and technical management for the planning and implementation of cross cutting SBC strategies and interventions in the NAWIRI project. The position will lead all adolescent sexual reproductive health (ASRH) SBC related interventions in both Turkana and Samburu. The SBC Advisor will design the overall SBC strategy and integrated umbrella campaign. S/he will ensure that all SBC activities support the achievement of health & nutrition targets in the project sites. The position will be responsible for the timely delivery of all SBC related activities based on state of the art SBC practices and capture lessons learned. The SBC Advisor will also take a technical leadership role in coordination with all project staff and partners in the consortium to adhere to the SBC strategy and approach. S/he will work closely with project technical and management staff to generate stakeholder inputs, develop implementation plans and suitable knowledge management and measurement.

NAWIRI is a 5 year U.S. Government (USAID and Food For Peace) funded project designed to tackle persistent acute malnutrition rates in northern Kenya. The project is co-created, co-implemented, and co-measured to address problems and solve them at the county level. Save the Children is a member of the Mercy Corps-led consortium and will be implementing in Samburu and Turkana counties.

Key Areas of Accountability

Technical assistance and capacity building

This staff will be the primary driver of developing the SBC approach, branding campaign platforms and working with all purpose leaders (Governances, health & nutrition, WASH and Livelihoods) to ensure they are using state-of-the-art SBC approaches linked to the overall strategy and work with them on the development of SBC content (i.e. trigger videos, forum theatre, experiential fairs, radio diaries) as appropriate.
Provide state of the art and evidence based technical inputs and programmatic leadership; guide priority setting for the research agenda and activities in collaboration with other technical teams and project management.
Design strategy and umbrella campaign with stakeholder input and audience testing
Actively identify direct technical inputs from all technical areas to ensure effective support for their targets; coordinate project SBC activities and provide direct technical support to other technical counterparts as needed.
Cultivate strategic relationships with government ministries, and other stakeholders for the smooth implementation of program activities.
Support MEAL advisor with specific SBC learning agenda, SBC indicators; ideas for suitable real-time monitoring and audience feedback loops as well as M&E designs; coordinate monitoring of SBC activities with other staff according to the M&E framework and assess if targets are achieved and document results.
Ensure the timeliness and quality of all SBC content for reports and meet all reporting requirements.

Representation and advocacy

Represent NAWIRI in relevant internal and external forums including donor meetings (as appropriate)
Represent Save the Children in relevant internal and external fora including donor meetings (as appropriate)
Work closely with the Head of Health and Nutrition, Head of Advocacy and Campaigns, PDQ and operations teams to develop policy research and advocacy strategy in child survival and nutrition in line with the Country Strategic Plan and global strategy of Save the Children
Work with consortium members to further Save the Children’s mission for children

People management, mentoring and development

Have overall management responsibility for the direct reports. Lead and motivate the team to ensure effective project implementation.
Manage the direct reports; define expectations, provide leadership and support as needed, and evaluate performance regularly
Ensure the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as appropriate; ensure availability of and support appropriate professional development opportunities for staff in NAWIRI
Incorporate staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team building process.

Assessment, monitoring, evaluation and documentation

Participate in the annual work planning process in close collaboration with USAID & FFP, MOH and County health teams and the project staff
Prepare narrative reports for the donor(s) and Save the Children as required, ensuring these are of a high quality and submitted for review in a timely manner. This will involve compilation of information from a range of project staff and MoH partners
Monitor program outputs and results and work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research team to ensure that results are documented and reported accurately and in a timely manner
Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research team and take a lead in ensuring that all HSS components have robust monitoring plans, baselines, reviews and evaluations in line with the project design and donor guidelines
Facilitate appropriate dissemination of research findings and good practices documentations in the project internally and externally to donors, governments, consortium partners and other key actors strategic for immediate and sustainable development of children in Kenya
Escalate complaints and feedback of a serious nature to field manager/Technical Head and child safeguarding focal point.
Support MEAL staff to ensure that an accountability status report is developed and shared with all project staff at least twice a year
Ensure that all project-learning meetings have as a standing agenda, review of the project accountability mechanisms and trends analysis of complaints and feedback.
Ensure that all staff within the project are collecting feedback/complaints.

Knowledge management

Serve as a technical knowledge, skills and experience hub for the sector in NAWIRI in documenting and sharing best practices and innovations for replication and advocacy together with quality programme team.
Work with technical resources among Save the Children members to facilitate sharing and learning in child survival and nutrition good practices and leverage their support for strengthening HSS related studies, assessments, innovations, advocacy and capacity building in favour of children in Kenya

Contract Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension

Number of Vacancies: 1

Work Location: Turkana

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum Bachelor’s degree required. Post-graduate education (master’s or higher) preferred.
Minimum of 7-10 years of experience required in health communication, public health promotion, health or behavioral sciences, or related field and demonstrated experience in management of large, community-based and inter-disciplinary teams.
Extensive experience implementing SBC, ASRH, health promotion, social marketing, child health, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene or similar programs in Kenya.
Demonstrated ability to design effective behavior change campaigns, including community engagement and experiential activities in Kenya; prior experience working in Northern Kenya highly desired.
Demonstrated abilities and experience in SBC strategy and materials development (a minimum of 7 years), implementation and monitoring and evaluation of SBC interventions; (innovative radio and experiential program design preferred, e.g. trained in radio diaries production).
Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staff.
Demonstrated problem solving skills, collaboration experience, creativity and willingness to innovate.
Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.
Familiarity and understanding of USAID & FFP policies and procedures, or those of other donors, or those of donor-funded projects or community-based projects.
Fluent oral and strong analytical, written English communication skills is required.
Willingness to be based in the Turkana for months at a time, with frequent travel to project offices and field sites within the county.
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international and matrix management environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets.
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.
Demonstrates Save the Children’s core values of accountability, collaboration, integrity, ambition, and creativity.
County natives encouraged to apply.

The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated

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October 28, 2024
Samburu Research Manager

Reporting to: Director of Research, STE, with inputs from Founder & CEO.

Duration of Position: 3-month probation followed by 24-month contract with option for renewal.

Location: Based at Save the Elephants’ research center in Samburu National Reserve, with occasional travel to Nairobi for meetings.

Skills Required: PhD in the biological sciences with experience of analyzing animal behavior/ecology and managing science research in African field conditions.

Nationality: Ideal for a Kenyan citizen or resident. Qualified non-Kenyans may apply but a work permit would only be secured after a voluntary 3-month probation period was successfully completed.

Salary: Negotiable

Medical cover: Offered for in country medical cover or annual contribution to personal plan.

Working Week if in Samburu: 6 days a week Monday to Saturday, Sundays off in local area.

Working Week if in Nairobi: 5 days a week Monday to Friday.

Time Off: 30 days per year plus all Kenyan public holidays.

Living Expenses: All food, accommodation, internet, communication, laundry and travel expenses whilst in the Samburu Research Center are covered by STE. Personal drinks and time off costs not included. Accommodation & food when in Nairobi are not paid for by STE.

Activities:

Research (Time: 35%)
Carry out original research on elephant movement and behaviour within the STE research programme in Samburu, making use of data from collared elephants. The focus should be on patterns and drivers of movement, including risk, food, water and social behaviour, but exact research topics and methodology are to be determined.
Management and coordination (Time: 65%)
Day to day technical supervision of Samburu-based research staff and liaison with collaborators. Supervise STE database officers to ensure quality control of data collection and help with data management and back up protocols. In particular assist with (i) long term elephant monitoring project, (ii) wildlife corridors project (iv) MIKE data collection, (v) mammal census surveys, (vi) human footprint monitoring (vii) human elephant conflict monitoring (viii) monitoring of orphan elephants at Sera Sanctuary and (ix) recording of environmental data at the research center.
Field supervision of PhD and MSc students based in Samburu.
Scientific supervision of interns and assistance with their selection. Plan and supervise visiting interns on their independent projects ensuring each intern has a clear project plan and that their efforts are complementing and assisting with the work load of staff on site.
Oversight of STE Samburu radiotracking programme. Supervise monitoring of collared elephants in Samburu using the STE tracking app, be ready to support or lead a response team to track any collared elephants that need emergency assessment or to monitor interesting behavior & make sure that regular monitoring flights take place.
Assist in development of general STE research plans and collaboration with external researchers.
Local liaison. Ongoing support and collaboration with county wardens, rangers, KWS and local NGO stakeholders on Save the Elephants’ research activities in the Samburu Ecosystem. Ensure smooth coordination with Samburu and Buffalo Springs rangers and wardens over any research activities conducted in the conservation area in coordination with Head of Field Operations.
Research coordination: Work with STE’s Project Officers, Database Managers and ResearchCenter Manager to ensure integration of all research programs on site with particular emphasis with ensuring smooth work progress and co-ordination from each data collecting team.
Communication: Weekly updates to the CEO and Research Director, highlighting research and science activities. Attend STE management meetings.
Presentations: Be willing to present to donors/visitors to the research center on the research and science activities being conducted by Save the Elephants in Samburu.
Safety: Routine review of safety procedures and first aid equipment for fieldwork. Ensuring health, safety and well-being of all staff, interns and students when conducting research in the field.

Preferred qualities and experience

PhD in wildlife ecology or behaviour or similar topic.
Experience working on wildlife in Africa.
Interest in continuing applied research and engaging in research management.
Must be enthusiastic about the prospect of working in a moderately remote field
camp with basic living conditions.
Self-reliant and motivated, able to solve problems as they come up.
Good communicator both spoken and written, willing to engage with wide variety of
people.
Driving license and experience in off-road driving.
Enjoy working with complex, multicultural team and collaborators.
Interested in natural history and understanding elephant biology.
Skills in GIS and data management and analysis.
Swahili an advantage.

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October 28, 2024