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Health and Nutrition Officer – Maternity Cover Advocacy and Policy Officer Child Protection Officers Research Assistant Re-advertisement Education Coordinator

SCOPE OF ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY

Support implementation of health and nutrition activities, with a view to strategically learn and adapt USAID NAWIRI projects in Turkana / Samburu
Provide technical support to County government, local partners and communities
Liaise with other consortium partners to ensure sequencing, layering and integration
Continuously monitor activities during implementation to ensure that project objectives are met
Ensure timely follow – up on data collection and feedback to relevant County government staff and partners
Support all procurement and supply chain related functions through proper management of health and nutrition supplies received and provision of timely and accurate information during ordering, when required.
Provide input into the integration of beneficiary participation and accountability in the project

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Strategic Planning and Programme Development

Familiarise with USAID NAWIRI’s implementation strategy as informed by phase 1(Learning and research phase). Specifically, support implementation of the Health and Nutrition component of the USAID NAWIRI strategy and ensure that nutrition-sensitive strategies and approaches are integrated into other thematic strategies.
Build on technical knowledge and understanding of the operations related to nutrition policy and services in Kenya, and how these policies can best work for the needs and peculiarities of Turkana and Samburu Counties.
Ensure that programme activities support and demonstrate good practice in Child Safeguarding
Using a Child Rights Programming lens, ensure that USAID NAWIRI health and nutrition programme is built around the Theory of Change and is regularly monitored.

Advocacy and Policy Development

Actively participate in the development, review, dissemination and operationalisation of County level policies, legislation, strategies and other initiatives and developments by government and other stakeholders relating to nutrition, health, WASH and/or food security issues.
Regularly assess and update management about any changes in the operating environment relevant to USAID NAWIRI project and Save the Children’s priorities.
Support development of the County health and nutrition strategy and implementation plan including dissemination of nutrition advocacy messages for the USAID NAWIRI project.
Monitor implementation of nutrition – related components of the advocacy strategy in the County.
Ensure visibility of the project in the field through participation and sharing of evidence, learning and recommendations from USAID NAWIRI work in technical forums and meetings held at Sub – County level. H/She will also pro- actively engage with other implementing partners during coordination meetings.

Programme Quality & Implementation

Monitor and provide timely, relevant, accurate input on overall technical aspects of USAID NAWIRI Health and nutrition programme work in Turkana/Samburu.
Work closely with other programme staff and consortium partners to ensure effective sequencing, layering and integration.
Provide relevant technical training and support to the County staff on IMAM, MIYCN, C4D, SMART & KAP and monitoring and evaluation as required.
Prepare quality reports to the Field Health and Nutrition Advisor to facilitate timely submission of technical progress performance reports that are of acceptable quality to the Health and Nutrition Lead.
Provide input during selection of partners and training of partners on health and nutrition.

Monitoring and Evaluation

In collaboration with field – based M&E staff, ensure there is adherence to the project M&E framework.
Participate in collaborate, learn, and adapt (CLA) activities of the programme to ensure all USAID NAWIRI interventions are working towards addressing persistent acute malnutrition.
Routinely monitor child safeguarding issues in the programme and take corrective actions such as modifying programme activities and/or report incidents, when required
Support timely dissemination of programme findings and lessons learned to key stakeholders at Sub– County level
Collect complaints and feedback during field activities and ensure that these are shared with MEAL officers for updating of the CFRM database.

Other

Participate actively in PDQ programme meetings, planning and review activities, providing enhanced insight into nutrition programming.
Actively participate in key relevant internal meetings such as programme review meetings or area- based meetings as required.
Participate in any donor visit to project(s) within the country office portfolio, as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.
At least 2 years demonstrated experience in implementation of health and nutrition programmes with preference given to nutrition programming in arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) settings.
Excellent understanding of the nutrition sector within the Kenyan context, particularly maternal, newborn and child nutrition issues including system approach to ending persistent acute malnutrition.
Clear understanding of nutrition resilience, hunger and food security issues in Kenya, particularly in the context of Samburu county.
Strong commitment to capacity building of county staff and partners with willingness to adopt a participatory and consultative approaches.
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels with County government, local partners and community members while taking into consideration cultural and language difficulties.
Strong results orientation, with the abilityto take initiative and challenge existing mindsets.
Excellent writtenand verbal skillsin English, withability to draftquality reports. Excellent verbal skillsin Swahili; abilityto converse effectively with community
members
Attention to detail,accuracy and timeliness in execution of assigned responsibilities
Ability to work in challenging and changing environment, and to see through challenges to find solutions.
Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
Qualified candidate from Samburu countiesare encouraged to apply.
Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy

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October 30, 2024
Research Assistant

Role Purpose :

The Research Assistants will work directly with the supervisors to collect data during different research and evaluation studies and any other data entry job within Kisumu County while called upon. The successful candidates will be retained in our roster database for a period of one-year renewable subject to performance. The engagement will be on need basis.

Key Areas of Accountability :

Working with communities where the studies will be implemented to mobilize community members targeted during the interviews using appropriate channels.
Conducting both qualitative and quantitative interviews (FGDs, KIIs, In-depth interviews and household assessments) for various studies and assessment.
Collating data from all the tools and working with supervisors to ensure that data collected is of high quality
Working with (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) MEAL team to troubleshoot data collection tools
Submitting all data through the provided platforms, that include KoBo and CommCare and other survey forms as guided by the supervisor.
Support in Office Clerical work at the support departments.
Submitting daily field reports on progress to the supervisor during catch up meetings.
Reporting any child protection/ safeguarding issue encountered during the assessment/study.

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

Qualifications:

Possession of a recognized diploma in a relevant field or a Bachelor’s degree (e.g., social sciences, development studies, public health, IT, statistics, biostatistics) or equivalent experience is an added advantage.
Strong research experience in both qualitative and quantitative research (focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and key informant interviews)
Experience using information communication technology (ICT) with reputable research organizations/NGOs will be an added advantage
Fluency in English and Kiswahili both written and oral.
Excellent communication and interpersonal and report writing skills.
Applicants must be a resident of either of the following counties: Embu, Kajiado, Kisumu, Nairobi.
Computer literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Knowledge and experience in health systems and community structures is preferable.
Local understanding of geographical context and Language will be added advantage.

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October 30, 2024
IT Intern

JOB DESCRIPTION
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Technology Innovations (50%)

Analyze, design and develop web or mobile applications systems as per user requirements and organization standards.
Consult with systems users to establish requirements for modifications to existing systems or deployment of new systems.
Provide a clear and well-structured system documentation for new / existing systems.
Provide support to the deployed IT innovation and implement immediate resolution to software problems.
Work together with Program teams to build T4D initiatives

End User / Technical Support (40%)

Provide day-to-day end user support on general computer applications and IT systems in the Country and Field Offices.
Provide training materials and procedures, and/or train users in the proper use of hardware and software.
Provide end user support and resolution of technical issues via email, phone and other means of communication.
Provide preventive and corrective maintenance of desktop, laptops computer, scanners, projectors and network equipment.

IT Helpdesk (10%)

Maintain and log IT issues using the in-house IT incident reporting system of daily support requests, the issues raised and remedial action taken.
Refer major hardware or software problems or defective products to vendors or technicians for service.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum Advanced Diploma or Degree in Information Technology or related field
Some knowledge on the concept of User Experience (UX) Research & Design and Design Thinking Process.
Passionate about Business Process Automation, Analytics and/or innovation.
Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages
Basic knowledge in visualization tools such as Power BI will be an added advantage
Familiarity with Microsoft Platforms ,SharePoint ,Power Aps
Basic Knowledge in System Administration and Networking.

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October 30, 2024
Head of Health, Nutrition and WASH

ROLE PURPOSE:

Head of Health, Nutrition and WASH (Head of HN&W) takes overall responsibility for the strategic direction and coordination of Save the Children’s work on health, nutrition and WASH in the Kenya and Madagascar Country Office. As a senior member of the programme development and quality (PDQ) team, the Head of HN&W is responsible for leading and overseeing the development and delivery of high quality, innovative, cost-effective programmes in Health, Nutrition & WASH (HN&W) both in humanitarian as well as long-term development, resulting in immediate and lasting change for children. The Head of HN&W is also responsible for initiating and taking technical leadership in HN&W focused studies, documentation and dissemination of innovation and good practices, leading on policy research and advocacy on HN&W through networking and collaboration with relevant civil society organisations and other institutions, and playing a leading role in establishing, maintaining and expanding donor relations for the sector.

Contract Duration:

2 years (with possibility of extension)

Reports to:

Director, Programme Development and Quality

Directly reports:

Health Technical Specialists, Nutrition Technical Specialists, WASH Technical Specialist.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Development & Innovation

Lead on development of thematic strategy in HN&W including household practices, public health, nutrition and WASH services in line with Save the Children’s Country Strategic Plan for Kenya and Madagascar.
Lead in developing and realising ambitious yet practical HN&W plans as part of the Country Annual Plans.
Work together with PDQ and operations teams to initiate and design high quality, cost-effective, innovative and sustainable project proposals and concept notes for the sector.
Proactively seek information on potential donor sources and share project opportunities in HN&W with PDQ and operations teams linking to Country strategies on HN&W.
Seek strategic linkages, wherever applicable, with other thematic areas of the Kenya programme i.e. Child protection, education, child poverty, and child rights governance (CRG) for developing integrated programmes for difficult to reach children in Kenya and Madagascar.
Stay abreast of developments and innovations in the field of HN&W interventions within the region and globally, and integrate these developments into programming as appropriate.
Facilitate working groups to stimulate innovative ideas and test new approaches.
Stay abreast of emerging trends, building internal capacity to identify and test new ideas, and identifying, incubating and road mapping the roll out of new initiatives.

Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

Lead the development and implementation of relevant and sustainable capacity building strategy for field teams and partners including consortium partners on HN&W in coordination with the operations teams.
Provide technical guidance and inputs where relevant to the PDQ and operations teams and consortium partners and conduct technical review of donor reports to ensure that the reports are of high quality from a technical point of view as per expectations in the project proposals.
Assist the PDQ team to enhance the capacity of operations teams in developing appropriate systems for documenting and storing relevant information/data needed for donor and member reporting.
Provide elaborations and as required directions and trainings to teams in operations teams involved in delivering projects focusing on appropriate approaches and methodologies; conceptual and practical frameworks; standards and tools for effective and quality delivery of HN&W programmes.

Representation and Advocacy

Represent Save the Children in relevant internal and external fora including donor meetings (as appropriate) related to HN&W.
Work closely with the Head of Advocacy and Campaigns, PDQ and operations teams to develop policy research and advocacy strategy in HN&W in line with the Country Strategic Plan and global strategy of Save the Children.
Leverage donor interest and government policies for the difficult to reach children in Kenya and Madagascar both in humanitarian and development situations through targeted advocacy/key messages.
Identify and capitalise key opportunities and events for Save the Children to position itself as the leading organisation for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) and nutrition in Kenya and Madagascar.
Work with consortium members wherever applicable to further Save the Children’s mission for children.

People Management, Mentoring and Development

Ensure that all technical staff in HN&W understand and are able to adapt their roles in both humanitarian and development contexts.
Manage the HN&W technical (PDQ) team; define expectations, provide leadership and support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly .
Ensure the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as appropriate; ensure availability of and support appropriate professional development opportunities for staff in HN&W
Incorporate staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team building process.
Oversee that all HN&W staff proactively build and maintain technical skills and competencies required for leading and/or inputting for first class programmes – both development and humanitarian nature
Manage the performance of all direct reports through: effective use of the Performance Management System including the establishment of clear, measureable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair and unbiased evaluations; coaching, mentoring and other developmental opportunities; recognition and rewards for outstanding performance; documentation of performance that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate performance improvement plans.
Support the development of an organisational culture that reflects our dual mandate values, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and frees up our people to deliver outstanding results for children and excellent customer service for our members and donors.

Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Work closely with the Head of MEAL and take a lead in ensuring that all HN&W projects and components have robust monitoring plans, baselines, reviews and evaluations in line with project designs and donor guidelines.
Technically assist the PDQ team in measuring achievement and progress towards program goals and results through the MEAL system.
Lead and work closely with the pdqteam to identify and lead strategic ground breaking research in HN&W for development of innovative programmes and issue-based advocacy.
Facilitate appropriate dissemination of research findings and good practices documentations in the projects internally and externally to donors, governments, consortium partners and other key actors strategic for immediate and sustainable development of children in Kenya and Madagascar.

Knowledge Management

Serve as a technical knowledge, skills and experience hub for the sector in Kenya and Madagascar, and in doing so play a leading role in introducing innovations in HN&W programmes (gained from existing and emerging Save the Children’s global knowledge and practices) and in turn 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 HN&W good practices and leverage their support for strengthening HN&W related studies, assessments, innovations, advocacy, and capacity building in favour of children in Kenya and Madagascar.

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

Degree in Medicine with a post graduate degree in public health/global health; community health; or health management with training and experience in and project planning and management techniques.
Knowledge of current global and regional public health debates in health and nutrition.
Recommended a minimum of twelve years of relevant technical experience including at senior level.
Experience working within the devolved Kenyan health system is a must.
Proven experience of developing and managing high quality, innovative and cost-effective technical HN&W projects in in development and humanitarian/ emergency/ fragile setting.s
Proven experience and skills in research and advocacy and influencing institutional, private and/or corporate donors and writing up high quality donor reports .
Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staff.
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 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.
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
Commitment to Save the Children values. Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
Commitment to Save the Children values.

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October 30, 2024
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

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October 29, 2024
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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October 29, 2024
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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October 29, 2024
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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October 29, 2024
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

Apply via :

hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com

October 29, 2024
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.

Apply via :

kenya.savethechildren.net

October 29, 2024