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  • Regional Awards (Grants) Management Officer

    Regional Awards (Grants) Management Officer

    Job description
     
    Role Purpose:
    The purpose of this post is support the Head of Award Management in the planning, securing and managing of both development and humanitarian grants across East and Southern Africa. The position plays a lead role in award information management and shares and coordinates information across departments.
    Under the direction of the Head of Award Management, the Regional Awards Management Officer will be responsible for ensuring that the SCI programme adheres to all its award management obligations internally within Save the Children and externally with donors. They will also provide wider systems support as needed, including support to project management, monitoring and evaluation, and partnership management as they relate to SCI systems. Provide remote support to the award managers in the region in planning securing and managing awards with dedicated support on high risk awards, providing analysis, compliance, capacity building and monitoring of all phases of awards.
    Contract Duration: 2 years
    Qualifications and Experience
    Essential
    Undergraduate degree in International Development, Social Sciences, Law, Business Administration or Finance or a relevant field
    3 years’ experience in donor funded projects with International NGO’s particularly those addressing human/children’s rights and those applying partnership approaches.
    Significant experience (minimum 3 years) of developing proposals (narrative and financial), negotiating agreements and managing compliance of major institutional donors in the development sector (e.g. USAID, EC, ECHO, UNICEF, DFAT, etc.) including in-depth knowledge of grant documents & compliance issues.
    Demonstrable experience in grant/contract management and financial management
    Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
    Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
    Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
    Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
    Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching

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  • Finance Officer Mapping And Piloting Of CAAC Accountability Mechanisms

    Finance Officer Mapping And Piloting Of CAAC Accountability Mechanisms

    Role Purpose:
    As part of RMCPU Finance you will be responsible for providing support in financial management and monthly processes. The position will assist the Finance team in achieving departmental goals by ensuring accurate reporting and compliance with financial controls and standards.
    Under the direction of the Head of Support Services, the Finance Officer will work closely with Regional Finance, support services in ensuring that RMCPU finances are well recorded and expensed. The FO will be responsible for supporting the team to adhere to all Finance management obligations internally within Save the Children and externally with donors.
    This role will work closely with Head of Programmes and Program Implementation/Program Operations on financial reporting, monitoring and analysis and compliance processes.
    Contract Duration: 1 Year
    Location: East & Southern Africa Regional Office- Nairobi Kenya
    Qualifications
    Professional qualification in Business, International Development, Finance/Accounting or similar
    Experience
    University degree in Business Administration, Finance and/or experience working in a related role
    Experience managing grants, contracts & sub agreements with knowledge of major funders’ guidelines (e.g. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA, SIDA etc.)
    Relevant experience managing donor funded projects with International NGO’s particularly those addressing human/children’s rights and those applying partnership approaches
    Strong analytical skills, computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
    Ability to work well with a team and establish relationships with other teams/offices
    Cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
    Highly developed interpersonal and English communication skills including influencing and negotiation
    Experience working with implementing partners and managing sub awards/grants
    Excellent time management and planning capacity
     
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  • Emergency Nutrition Coordinator-OFDA Regional Cash Transfer Operations Advisor

    Emergency Nutrition Coordinator-OFDA Regional Cash Transfer Operations Advisor

    Role Purpose:
    The Nutrition Coordinator, OFDA, will play a key role in the successful implementation of the OFDA project by leading effective, efficient and quality CMAM and IYCF-E nutrition activities. The Nutrition Coordinator will hold overall accountability for ensuring the Save the Children nutrition response is implemented with high quality and best practices, following international, national and donor guidelines for CMAM/IMAM and IYCF-E. The Nutrition Coordinator will be responsible for day to day operations of the OFDA nutrition response and will be held accountable for timely and quality implementation, budget management, logistics and HR as it relates to OFDA nutrition response. She/he will be expected to represent Save the Children externally and maintain close working relationships with Ministry of Health and other stakeholders and partners. The post holder will be the driver of Save the Children’s OFDA nutrition strategy and will represent Save the Children’s interest and values in all aspects of their work.
    Contract Duration: 9 months
    Location: Lodwar
    Qualifications and Experience
    Essential:
    University Degree in Health/Public Health/Nutrition/Agriculture or equivalent
    At least three (3) years’ experience of emergency nutrition work and the design and implementation of feeding programmes (ideally CMAM including monitoring and evaluation)
    Proven experience in Project Management
    Experience in conducting nutrition assessments and an understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems
    Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff
    Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions.
    Proactive approach and demonstrable ability function well under pressure.
    Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment.
    Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field.
    Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
    Experience and ability to represent SC nutrition work in external meetings.
    Demonstrable ability at report writing and excellent communication skills.
    Computer literate.
    Fluency in written and spoken English, Kiswahili and local languages.
    Desirable:
    Qualified Nutritionist with primary health care/community health care experience.
    Budget management and operational experience an asset.
     
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  • Education in Emergencies Specialist

    Education in Emergencies Specialist

    Role Purpose:
    Under the guidance of the Education Technical Specialist, the Education in Emergencies Specialist (EiE Specialist) will work in close collaboration with Save the Children PDQ team members, Programme Operations and education staff based at the field offices as well as partners/actors to provide technical expertise in assessing, designing, developing, implementing and monitoring the Emergency Education responses to the conflict and natural disasters affected areas in the country.
    Contract Duration: 6 months
    Qualifications and Experience
    Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible relevant experience in the field of education, especially Emergency Education response. Experience in complex emergencies and experience with either the UN and/or NGO strongly preferred.
    Technical experience and knowledge in the area of education in emergencies response required, including assessments, monitoring and evaluation, and collaboration with partners.
    Proven experience of high quality report writing and documentation.
    Resourcefulness, flexibility, and the ability to prioritize large amounts of work while under pressure.
    Good analytical, facilitation, communication and presentation skills.
    Politically and culturally sensitive, awareness of gender issues, with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
    Fluency in English (verbal and written).
    Good knowledge of the context of South Sudan and/or the region is an asset
    Desirable:
    Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
    Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
    Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
    Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
    Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
    Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
    Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments.
    Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.
    Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.

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  • MEAL Officer

    MEAL Officer

    Role Purpose:
    The MEAL Officer will be a part of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) team, supporting implementation of the overall emergency response MEAL system. He/she will assist MEAL team with activities, including data collection, database management and analysis, maintaining the Output Tracker (OT) and the Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT), assisting with planning field visits, post-distribution monitoring, assessments and evaluations, as well as providing general support in data entry and management. He/she will support the MEAL team and programme teams to ensure learning and accountability systems are put in place and are working effectively in Save the Children programmes in Dadaab.
     
    Qualifications and Experience
    Essential:
    Previous relevant experience, such as data collection, analysis and reporting
    Demonstrated ability in community mobilisation and community-level dialogue
    Strong skills in excel and other data management software
    Experience in knowledge and database management
    Fluent English both spoken and written
    Attention to detail
    Excellent communication and influencing skills
    Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
    The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
    Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.
    Desirable:
    Previous experience working in humanitarian programmes
    Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Statistics or related field with preferably 3 years relevant work experience

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  • Senior Regional Human Resources Manager

    Senior Regional Human Resources Manager

    Role Purpose:
    As a key member of the Regional Human Resources team and in close collaboration with the Regional HR Director, you will be responsible for supporting and advising the country programmes on the various HR processes and systems Specifically in Reward/ Compensation and benefits.
    Contract Duration: 2 years Fixed term
    Qualifications and Experience
    Masters and/or postgraduate specialisation in Human Resources or Business Administration (MBA) with specialisation in Human Resources
    Recommended a minimum of 10 years of management experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, including experience in the development of strategic and operational support services plans and their implementation in a professional work environment over a sustained period of time
    Ability to plan and organise a substantial workload that includes complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities in both development and emergency contexts
    Resourcefulness and creativity in developing the role of HR within the programme and ensuring the most effective support to line management
    Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies
    Experience in capacity building and setting frameworks for staff development;
    Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
    Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate skills in leading a multi- disciplined team through a period of change
    Analytical, decision making and strategic planning skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities
    Ability to coach, mentor, delegate appropriately and provide developmental guidance to supervised staff
    Competent level skills in HRIS, IT applications, particularly MS Office
    A commitment to the values and principles of Save the Children
    Experience of exposure to developing countries and in Rwanda will be an asset
    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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  • Gender & GBV Advisor – East Africa Drought Response

    Gender & GBV Advisor – East Africa Drought Response

    Role Purpose:
    Save the Children believes that gender inequality and Gender-based Violence (GBV) affects our ability to effectively protect and promote the rights of children. We therefore seek to be gender transformative in the way we design and implement programmes and respond to crises.  Gender equality has been identified as a priority cross-cutting theme within our 2016-18 strategy and the post holder will drive this work forward. The Gender and GBV Advisor will provide dedicated technical support to systematically mainstream gender and GBV in the East Africa Drought Response: Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan. 
    Contract Duration: 1 Year
    Location: East and Southern Africa Regional Office – Nairobi
     
    Qualifications and Experience
    Essential
    Substantial (over 5 years) experience of addressing gender inequality and gender-based violence in multiple contexts;
    Experience (4 years) of humanitarian contexts including in a range of different emergencies, particularly slow-onset, rapid onset and protracted conflict emergency responses, including remote management/restricted access;
    Proven record of enabling/facilitating change through influencing, inspiring and mobilising others;
    Proven record of programme design in a development or humanitarian context;
    Experience conducting assessments – including gender analysis – and revising monitoring and evaluation tools to capture gender and protection considerations for different sectors;
    Effective communication skills, written and verbal, and the ability to present arguments clearly and effectively to a wide range of internal and external audiences;
    Creative, strategic and analytical thinker and experience providing strategic advice and direction in humanitarian contexts;
    A willingness to travel extensively, in the region of 6 months a year, often at short notice, and occasionally to remote and insecure locations;
    Fluent written and spoken English;
    Commitment to and understanding of gender equality, child rights, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the IASC Guidelines.
    Commitment to comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
    Demonstrated capacity to deliver on the Core Humanitarian Standards.

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  • Program Coordination Intern

    Program Coordination Intern

    Role Purpose:
    A key part of the role will focus on programme and administrative support to the RMCPU Director and the SMT. Additionally, this role will offer support in the coordination of various initiatives with and regarding regional and multi country initiatives e.g. support to research, policy, advocacy and learning as well as supporting cross-cutting initiatives.
    The Intern will learn through research, writing, coordination and communication opportunities.
    Contract Duration: 3 Months Internship, maximum 6 months
    Location: East and Southern Africa Regional Office – Nairobi
    Qualifications and Experience
    Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences, international relations and/or related fields
    International/ regional experience highly recommended
    International candidates with right to volunteer/ work in Kenya may apply
    Experience working with non-government organizations
    Experience in communications, advocacy and/or research
    Child Rights and Child Protection focus, especially in Africa
    Experience in program administration
    Strong written and oral communications skills
    Strong computer skills
    Ability to think creatively
    Highly responsible, self-motivated
    Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team
    Commitment to Save the Children Values
    Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document.
    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.

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  • Finance Intern

    Finance Intern

    Qualifications and experience
    Accountant in training who wishes to gain some practical experience
    Recently completed or studying for a Degree in finance, accountancy or Professional Accounting qualification such as CPA/ACCA.
    Excellent computer skills especially in MS Excel spread sheets and MS Word
    Some experience with computerised accounting packages will be desirable.
    High level of integrity and ability to work as part of a professional team
    Excellent communication skills
    Proven ability to handle challenging work load
    Cross-cultural experience, understanding and sensitivity;
    Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communication skills;
    Commitment to Save the Children values.
    Contract length: 3 months
    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 workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
    Application Information:
    Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
    We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

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  • Developing a child friendly version of the EAC Child Policy

    Developing a child friendly version of the EAC Child Policy

    Background
    East African Community (EAC) Partner States under Article 7 (2) of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, have agreed to abide by the principles of good governance, including adherence to the principles of democracy, the rule of law, social justice and the maintenance of universally accepted standards of human rights.
    The promotion and protection of the rights of the child is a key priority of the EAC. As emphasised in Article 120 (c) of the Treaty, Partner States undertake to closely co-operate amongst themselves in the field of social welfare with respect to the development and adoption of a common approach towards the disadvantaged and marginalized groups, including children, the youth, the elderly and persons with disabilities through rehabilitation and provision of, among others, health care, education and training.
    Having been launched and adopted by partner states in 2016, the EAC Child policy seeks to ensure that approaches and standards that are geared towards the implementation of child rights in the East Africa Community are in harmony. The Policy provides an operational, regional legal, policy, and institutional framework to facilitate the development, co-ordination and strengthening of national efforts that move the agenda on promotion of children’s rights.
    The EAC Child policy sets out priority areas of child rights, and defines specific strategies for the attainment of children’s rights in the EAC.
    As part of the Inter-Agency Working Group for development of the EAC policy, Save the Children- East and Southern Africa Regional Office, supported the EAC technically and financially towards the development of the EAC Child Policy, which was adopted by EAC Member States in 2016. The EAC Policy is a harmonised policy document which provides a framework and suggests a regional approach to realising a vision where children’s rights and wellbeing are guaranteed as enunciated in international and regional instruments such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC).
    The need for a child friendly version of the EAC Child Policy resonates from the EAC Child Policy priority area 4.10 on Child Participation, which emphasizes the need to create an enabling environment for children to be able to engage in matters concerning them. The development of the child friendly version will ensure that children understand what is provided for in the EAC Child policy, and therefore able to engage actively in its implementation. In view of this, Save the Children seeks to hire the services of a qualified consultant/s to develop the child friendly version of the EAC Child Policy.
    1 Outcomes and Outputs
    The Purpose of this consultancy is to develop a child friendly version of the EAC Child Policy. This will include working with a team of children to review the Policy, and agree on appropriate child friendly language to simplify the document for children. The consultant should ensure that the minimum expectations for ensuring and maintaining meaningful child participation are regarded with high standards. Once the review is completed, a validation workshop with children and adult representatives will occur. The final output will be launched during the EAC Sectoral council meeting, as well as disseminated widely either as hard copy or electronic pdf depending on funds available.
    Outcome
    1 To build/increase the knowledge and capacity of Children to effectively engage their governments, Civil society organisations, community, among other duty bearers, in attaining their rights.
    Outputs
    1 Review existing child friendly materials on the CRC/ACRWC and national laws or policies. 2 Consult children, child led organisations, child clubs, child assemblies as well as relevant CSO partners in EAC in the development of the guide. 3 Work closely with the EAC Secretariat focal points/ EAC Child rights coordinator in scheduling country consultations with children. 4 Prepare a background report, including methodology and materials used. 5 Prepare the first draft of the child friendly version of the EAC Child policy. 6 Facilitate a validation workshop for the child friendly version of the policy. 7 Prepare a second version of the policy which incorporates the input of children and adults representatives from the validation meeting. 8 Work with Save the Children- ESARO contracted graphic designer to prepare the child friendly version of the policy prior to the launch.
    Save the Children will work with the consultant to provide guidance for the development of the child friendly version. Save the Children will also organize the validation workshop logistics and contract the graphic designer to assist with the print of the final output.
    1 Competencies
    Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Public Administration or any development related field
    Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in child rights, child participation methodology, child protection.
    Excellent analytical skills
    Experience in policy level advocacy
    Excellent writing and communication skills
    A rich and evident experience producing ‘child friendly’ materials and engaging children in the process of developing child friendly materials.
    The consultant will be required to sign and adhere to Save the Children’s child safeguarding policy.
    1 Remuneration
    Daily rates will be determined after discussions with the consultant.
    Save the Children will cover the cost for the consultant’s air tickets on economy class to relevant field sites, accommodation on bed and breakfast plus airport transfers. All other costs shall be borne directly by the consultant.
    Remuneration is based on submission of deliverables. No payment will be made in advance.
    Taxation laws for Kenya will apply.
    1 Ethics, safeguarding and code of conduct
    As the consultant will be working on behalf of Save the Children they will be required to sign and adhere to the Child Safeguarding Policy and ethical guidelines. Note that background checks will be undertaken on all applicants. The consultant will make clear to all participating stakeholders especially children of all ages that they are under no obligation to participate in the exercise and that it is purely voluntary. All participants will be assured that there will be no negative consequences if they choose not to participate. The consultant must obtain informed consent from all participants, including children and their care-giver if a child is to be interviewed. The consultant must receive prior permission for taking and use of visual still/ moving images for specific purposes. The consultant will assure the participants the anonymity, confidentiality and will assure the visual data is protected and used for agreed purpose only. As regards the documentation, the title rights, copyrights and all other rights of whatever nature in any materials used or generated under the provisions of this consultancy will exclusively be vested with Save the Children International East and Southern Africa Regional Office.
    1 Submitting expressions of interest (maximum 5 pages)
    Interested individuals must submit a technical and financial proposal of a maximum of five (5) pages, which will be assessed, based on the following criteria;
    A cover letter introducing the consultant and how the skills and competencies above are met, with concrete examples as appropriate.
    An outline including proposed methodology, time schedule and work plan.
    A CV detailing relevant skills and experience, of East Africa with an emphasis on the Political, Social, Economic and Environmental trends affecting children, including 3 contactable referees
    Proven record of experience in Developing Contextual Analysis and working on Child Rights issues in the region.
    One or two examples of a final report prepared by the consultant
    Reasonable budget breakdown and cost consideration

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