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  • Child Rights Governance (CRG) Programme Coordinator

    Child Rights Governance (CRG) Programme Coordinator

    The Regional Programme Unit’s over-arching goal for the period 2019 – 2021 is to ensure regional accountability for child rights, with the aim that children in the East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) are safe and protected. This provides leverage so that the rights of children be respected, protected and fulfilled by African governments where SCI has a presence in the region. It supports and strengthens the work of Save the Children in our countries of operations. Country offices in turn provide the basis on which to respond and articulate the needs of children.
    The Regional Programme Unit: delivers activities with regional institutions including the Africa Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the East African Community (EAC); the Southern African Development Community (SADC); and regional civil society organizations. The scope of work includes policy and advocacy harmonization through training workshops, consultation events, learning events, research, supporting regional partners to deliver activities that are aligned with the regional ambition and coordination of the work of country offices for multi-country initiatives on child rights governance.
    The CRG Coordinator position uses his/her technical knowledge in child rights governance and partnership management to support the delivery of activities aimed at ensuring that child rights issues are protected and promoted in ESA. It also requires the ability to liase with RPU programme, support staff and partners in understanding Save the Children’s Safeguarding Framework and Adult Safeguarding Policies (Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse – PSEA – and Anti-Harassment Policy), including how to report any concerns.
     
    Qualifications and Experience

    Essential

    Bachelor’s degree in human rights law, law, international relations, political science, social sciences or other university education related to development and human rights.
    At least 6 years qualified work experience similar to the tasks above.
    Knowledge of and experience in working with children’s rights and human rights.
    Experience in advocacy
    Experience with working closely with Government, community groups, UN agencies, Regional Mechanisms and local and international NGOS.
    Strong analytical and networking skills and ability to work in a team.
    Excellent writing skills.

    Desirable

    Experience in fundraising activities is beneficial
    Understanding of and experience in project cycle management is beneficial.

    Contract duration: 1 year
    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.
     
    Application Information:
     
    Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at careers
    We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
     
    All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

    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

  • Health and Nutrition Officer (NAWIRI)

    Health and Nutrition Officer (NAWIRI)

    ROLE PURPOSE
    Under the general guidance and direction of the Field Health and Nutrition Advisor, the health and nutrition officer will support implementation of all health and nutrition activities in the field. Implement and monitor health and nutrition activities of the NAWIRI project. Coordinate and work closely with County departments responsible for both health/nutrition specific and sensitive interventions, local partners, and communities. Lead implementation of all health and nutrition activities of the project, prepare reports and build capacity of the County staff and respective local communities. Promote best practices in health and nutrition programmes and contribute to the overall success of the NAWIRI project. Oversee implementation of health and nutrition activities at Sub – County level.

    KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
     
    Strategic Planning and Programme Development
     

    Familiarise with NAWIRI’s implementation strategy as informed by phase 1(Learning and research phase). Specifically, support implementation of the Health and Nutrition component of the 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 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 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 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 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

    Monitor and provide timely, relevant, accurate input on overall technical aspects of 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,KAP, nutrition surveys and monitoring and evaluation, as required.
    Prepare quality activity report 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 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.

    Contract Duration: 12 Months (with possibility of extension)
     
    Work Location: Lodwar and Maralal
     
    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Nursing (preferred), or other related health sciences.
    At least 5 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 Turkana and Samburu counties.
    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 ability to take initiative and challenge existing mindsets.
    Excellent written and verbal skills in English, with ability to draft quality reports. Excellent verbal skills in Swahili; Knowledge of the local language and context will be a distinct advantage
    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 Turkana and Samburu counties are encouraged to apply.
    Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

    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

  • Child Poverty Technical Specialist – (Re- Advertisement)

    Child Poverty Technical Specialist – (Re- Advertisement)

    Role Purpose:
    Under the general direction and guidance of the Director of Programme Development and Quality, the Child Poverty Technical Specialist will be responsible for strategic direction, growth and coordination of Save the Children’s work on food security and livelihoods, youth livelihoods, social protection (including social safety nets), markets based approach and financial inclusion. S/he is responsible for leading and overseeing the development and delivery of high quality, innovative, cost effective programmes in both emergency and long-term development. Settings resulting in immediate and lasting change for children. The Technical Specialist is responsible for monitoring programme quality, initiating and taking technical leadership in child poverty focused studies, documentation and dissemination of innovations and good practices by working together with other members of PDQ team. S/he will ensure child poverty programming is of excellent technical quality, attracts significant donor funding and contributes to Save the Children’s strategic objectives, national/global learning and advocacy. The Child Poverty Technical Specialist is expected to provide technical advice and support to project staff to ensure programming objectives are successfully achieved, with frequent visits to the field to support high quality programme implementation. S/he shall will lead the development of the Kenya country office child poverty strategy and monitor its effective roll-out. The Technical Specialist must be willing to embrace a child rights programming approach and represent Save the Children international, Kenya country office in national forums and working groups. S/he will support the overall country strategic intent to focus on risk reduction, adaptation and resiliency in light of a changing context in Horn of Africa.
    Contract Duration: 12 Months (But renewable subject to performance and funding availability)
    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    An advanced degree in food security, livelihoods, social protection, nutrition, economics, development studies or other relevant discipline or commensurate work experience in lieu of postgraduate qualification.
    Significant international experience, at least 5 years, in child sensitive programming in developing countries with specific experience and/or advanced understanding of social protection systems for vulnerable populations especially pastoral and agro-pastoral populations, Innovative youth livelihoods programming based on markets principles/approaches, experience of running and monitoring cash transfer programmes, designing and implementing market assessments and analysis of data collected, job creation and or small and medium enterprise development, financial services for low-income populations.
    Excellent understanding of the food security, youth livelihoods and social protection sector within the Kenyan context, particularly issues related to markets, value chains, youth livelihoods, social protection and small enterprise.
    Clear understanding of the intersection of child poverty with other thematic areas, including nutrition, health, child protection and education in Kenya.
    Ability to develop market based programmes to promote a better nutritional status for children and livelihoods development in an integrated approach.
    Strong proposal and report writing skills and ability to compile narrative sections for proposals and donor reports.
    Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.
    Relevant training and expertise in using Save the Children’s Household Economy Analysis (HEA) will be an added advantage

    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

    How to apply
     
    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 https://kenya.savethechildren.net/careers
    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.
    Those who responded to the previous advertisement need not re-apply. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
    Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent.
    Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.
    Disclaimer:
    Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process, nor request for medical examination or records and does not act through recruitment agents whatsoever.
    Desired Skills and Experience

    An advanced degree in food security, livelihoods, social protection, nutrition, economics, development studies or other relevant discipline or commensurate work experience in lieu of postgraduate qualification.
    Significant international experience, at least 5 years, in child sensitive programming in developing countries with specific experience and/or advanced understanding of at least three of social protection systems for vulnerable populations especially pastoral and agro-pastoral populations, Innovative youth livelihoods programming based on markets principles/approaches, experience of running and monitoring cash transfer programmes, designing and implementing market assessments and analysis of data collected, job creation and or small and medium enterprise development, financial service services for low-income populations.
    Excellent understanding of the food security, youth livelihoods and social protection sector within the Kenyan context, particularly issues related to markets, value chains, youth livelihoods, social protection and small enterprise.
    Clear understanding of the intersection of child poverty with other thematic areas, including nutrition, health, child protection and education in Kenya.
    Ability to develop market based programmes to promote a better nutritional status for children and livelihoods development in an integrated approach.
    Strong proposal and report writing skills and ability to compile narrative sections for proposals and donor reports.
    Relevant training and expertise in using Save the Children’s Household Economy Analysis (HEA) will be an added advantage

  • Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Advisor

    Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Advisor

    Role Purpose:
     
    The role holder will be responsible for overall technical leadership and guidance for developing and implementing a broad health system-strengthening framework to improve organization and delivery of nutrition & health services in the NAWIRI project. The Health systems strengthening (HSS) Advisor will work to embed sustainability mechanisms for stronger county health systems in the project. He/she will be responsible for implementation of Health Systems Strengthening component in close liaison with the Nutrition & Health Technical Lead, the Field Director, the other technical advisors and the rest of the project team. She/he will work the County Management Health Teams (CMHT), and other counterparts in health & nutrition service delivery. In addition, he/she has overall responsibility for the strategic management of the project’s implementation and operation activities, in accordance with Save the Children’s policies and practices, its vision, mission and values. 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

    Provide programmatic and strategic leadership, setting priorities in designing and managing the implementation of NAWIRI activities in collaboration with the other technical advisors and the implementation team.
    Provide overall technical guidance and leadership for implementation of health & nutrition HSS activities.
    Provide leadership for Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement measures in child survival and nutrition.
    Contribute to the capacity building of NAWIRI, MoH staff and CHVs competences in HSS for quality & sustainable service provision .
    Review and analyze data for performance monitoring and utilize the data to take corrective actions

    Project management:

    Ensure that the project receives adequate support services from the Country Office support functions (supply chain, HR, Admin, Awards and Finance) to deliver high quality programmes .
    Ensure that the Monthly Awards Progress Review Meetings are held in a timely manner and minutes sent to Awards Manager and DPO.
    Ensure that the principles of child safeguarding and ‘do no harm’ is embedded in all programme 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 Units, ensure that all programs progress in accordance with grant agreements, are completed within time and on budget
    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 the development and successful implementation of work plans linked to indicators and budget for the project;
    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 annual results report, resource requests, quarterly reports and pipeline analyses

    Representation and advocacy
     

    Represent NAWIRI in relevant internal and external fora 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.
    Ensure technical and administrative compliance with donor requirements
    Prepare narrative and financial reports for the donor 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

    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: 12 Months (But renewable subject to performance and funding availability)
     
    Work Location: Samburu.
     
    Nationality: Kenya Nationals only.
    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Master’s degree or higher in public health, or related field.
    Minimum of eight years of experience with progressively increasing responsibility managing designing and implementing large and complex public health programs, ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa.
    Experience leading a highly successful health systems strengthening program in Kenya or in a similar setting.
    Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of decentralized nutrition and health delivery programs within Africa
    Five years plus of experience demonstrating technical expertise in health systems strengthening activities, as well as integration with several areas including: nutrition; WASH; community malaria/family planning/maternal and child health programs; quality improvement/quality assurance; gender; and the use of health-related data in program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
    A minimum of three years of experience managing and supervising a team
    Proven experience building capacity of programs with local NGOs and government bodies in country and working collaboratively with partners and/or key stakeholders.
    Proficiency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of the local language and context will be a distinct advantage
    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.
    Willingness to be based in the Samburu 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 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
    Demonstrates Save the Children’s core values of accountability, collaboration, integrity, ambition, and creativity.

  • Early Childhood Development (ECD) Coordinator

    Early Childhood Development (ECD) Coordinator

    Job Summary
    The role holder will provide the strategic thought leadership for the ECD interventions in the Nitunze Project (an Integrated Child Survival project) and in the Country Office. Nitunze aims to ensure that children under 5 in Turkana North sub county and Mathare in Kenya survive and thrive. This 3-year project will apply a WHO-approved integrated approach to ensure that children under 5 recover from common childhood diseases. That malnourished children under 5 are successfully treated; that families have enough resources and knowledge to feed their children; that children under 5 have access to safe drinking water and good hygiene and sanitary conditions and that children under 5 have better access to health, nutrition and WASH services through accessing early childhood development (ECD) centers. He/she should be knowledgeable, skilled and provide technical oversight in service delivery with emphasis on ECD. He/she will be accountable for the preparation of strategic direction for ECD, annual work plans, capacity building of teachers, parents and liaison with community health volunteers.
    Responsibilities
    Strategic Programming, Representation and Fund raising

    Be fully aware of national policies, strategies and other initiatives and developments by government and other stakeholders relating to early childhood development.
    Ensure that ECD programme remains relevant to the external environment and participate in the relevant ECD national level coordination meetings, early childhood development Working Groups and other national level forums (for example, Nurturing care, ECD Network etc).
    Support in fundraising for the Country Office by developing  proposals for ECD programming in line with the country strategic objectives and Government of Kenya policies and legal frameworks.
    Ensure presence at relevant coordination meetings at national and sub-county levels, and sometimes even with stakeholders. 
    Ensure active dissemination of programme findings and lessons learned through the production of lessons learned documents and their effective dissemination to key stakeholders.
    Programme Quality
    Ensure quality programme implementation across ECD programming areas – both humanitarian and development initiatives in education and support the quality of ECD programming. Where necessary provide technical training for project staff and partners as required.
    Work with Technical specialists and project team to identify areas of integration where ECD can be included in funding proposals and especially within Health and Nutrition programming.
    Knowledge management
    Work with MEAL team to develop and up-date monitoring and evaluation framework and key indicators for ECD that helps each project improve quality of reporting.
    Promote the sharing of best practice and learning in relation to ECD programming, advocacy and campaign activities amongst Area Programmes in the country.
    Contribute to documentation of case studies and human-interest stories.
    Staff Management
    Manage staff in challenging environments and ensure a balance between the safety of personnel and the quality of data.

    Manage the performance of direct reports athrough 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 work plans.

  • Project Coordinator – Early Childhood Coordinator (ECD)

    Project Coordinator – Early Childhood Coordinator (ECD)

    Role Purpose: 
    The Project Coordinator – Early Childhood Coordinator (ECD) provided the strategic thought leadership for the ECD interventions in the Nitunze Project (an Integrated Child Survival project) and in the Country Office. Nitunze aims to ensure that children under 5 in Turkana North sub county and Mathare in Kenya survive and thrive.  This 3-year project will apply a WHO-approved integrated approach to ensure that children under 5 recover from common childhood diseases. That malnourished children under 5 are successfully treated; that families have enough resources and knowledge to feed their children; that children under 5 have access to safe drinking water and good hygiene and sanitary conditions and that children under 5 have better access to health, nutrition and WASH services through accessing early childhood development (ECD) centers. He/she should be knowledgeable, skilled and provide technical oversight in service delivery with emphasis on ECD. He/she will be accountable for the preparation of strategic direction for ECD, annual work plans, capacity building of teachers, parents and liaison with community health volunteers.
    Key Areas of Accountability
    Strategic Programming, Representation and Fund raising

    Be fully aware of national policies, strategies, other initiatives, developments by government, and other stakeholders relating to early childhood development.
    Ensure that ECD programme remains relevant to the external environment and participate in the relevant ECD national level coordination meetings, early childhood development Working Groups and other national level forums (for example, Nurturing care, ECD Network etc).
    Support in fundraising for the Country Office by developing proposals for ECD programming in line with the country strategic objectives and Government of Kenya policies and legal frameworks. 
    Ensure presence at relevant coordination meetings at national and sub-county levels, and sometimes even with stakeholders.  
    Ensure active dissemination of programme findings and lessons learned through the production of lessons learned documents and their effective dissemination to key stakeholders.

    Programme Quality

    Ensure quality programme implementation across ECD programming areas – both humanitarian and development initiatives in education and support the quality of ECD programming. 
    Work with Technical specialists and project team to identify areas of integration where ECD can be included in funding proposals and especially within Health and Nutrition programming.

    Knowledge management

    Work with MEAL team to develop, up-date monitoring, and evaluation framework and key indicators for ECD that helps each project improve quality of reporting.
    Promote the sharing of best practice and learning in relation to ECD programming, advocacy and campaign activities amongst Area Programmes in the country.
    Contribute to documentation of case studies and human-interest stories.

    Staff Management

    Manage staff in challenging environments and ensure a balance between the safety of personnel and the quality of data. 
    Manage the performance of direct reports through: effective use of the Performance Management System . 

    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
     

    Bachelor Degree in ECD, Education, or equivalent. Master’s Degree in ECD is an added advantage 
    At least five (5) years relevant experience in ECD, coordination and sector integration.
    Ability to make links between early childhood development and gains in education, protection, livelihoods, nutrition and health interventions within the context of an integrated program approach
    Maintains and extends an effective network of individuals within the organization and with government and development partners
    Fluent in English and Kiswahili (both spoken and written) 
    Demonstrable competence in proposal and report writing 
    Experience of community participation, ownership and empowerment
    Experience of financial planning and expenditure monitoring 
    Commitment to Save the Children’s child safeguarding Policy 
    Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment and be a team player

    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 realize 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

  • Social Behaviour Change Advisor

    Social Behaviour Change Advisor

    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 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 SBCC content for reports and meet all reporting requirements.

    Representation and advocacy

    Represent NAWIRI in relevant internal and external forum including donor meetings (as appropriate) 
    Represent Save the Children in relevant internal and external forum 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

    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   

    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Extensive experience implementing SBC, health promotion, social marketing, child health, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene or similar programs in Kenya.
    Minimum Bachelor’s degree required but post-graduate education (master’s or higher) will be added advantage.
    Minimum of 7 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.
    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 for a minimum period of 7 years and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SBC interventions. 
    Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staffs.
    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.
    Proficiency in spoken and written English and Kiswahili Languages. Knowledge of the local language and context will be a distinct advantage.
    Willingness to be based in either Samburu or 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 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.
    Demonstrates Save the Children’s core values of accountability, collaboration, integrity, ambition, and creativity.

    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

  • Associate Director for Proposal Pricing

    Associate Director for Proposal Pricing

    The Associate Director for Proposal Pricing provides leadership for the cost proposal development function of new business development, assisting the agency to secure large-scale, multi-million dollar grant and contract funding from USAID and other institutional donors. This position will sit on the Proposal Pricing Team within the New Business Development (NBD) unit of the Portfolio Growth & Performance department. The position will interact most closely with Proposal Managers, Technical Leads, Award Managers, Finance Managers and consortium partners in both the U.S. and in the field
    In order to be successful you will bring/have:

    Experience with a non-profit organization or government contractor in the international development arena.
    Foreign language skills (especially French) preferred.
    Experience working with other institutional, multi-lateral, corporate and foundation donors
    Ability to create and write macros and/or VBA code.
    Bachelor’s Degree or relevant equivalent experience
    5-7 years of related work experience
    Experience in preparing cost/business proposals with different cost structures, especially in response to USAID grant and contract solicitations.
    Advanced proficiency in and knowledge of budget development in Microsoft Excel.
    Knowledge of pertinent US government regulations, trends and practices, including OMB Circulars, FAR and AIDAR.
    Experience and familiarity with industry-standard proposal development/project design process
    Experience working and negotiating with international and local consortium partners.
    Delivering training and capacity building in cross-cultural environments.
    Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously with accuracy and attention to detail, and work under pressure with flexibility for competing/evolving priorities
    Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced and intense, deadline driven work environment.
    Excellent written/verbal English as well as communication skills required.
    Proven interpersonal skills and ability to work successfully as part of a cross-cultural team.
    Up to 20% international travel anticipated.

    Contract duration: Open Ended
    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.

  • Household Economic Strengthening Advisor

    Household Economic Strengthening Advisor

    Number of Vacancies: 2 Positions.
    Role Purpose:
    Under the general guidance and direction of the Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Advisor, the Household Economic Strengthening Officer will provide support to all livelihoods or household economic strengthening work at field level. S/he will be involved in the research and learning, monitoring and evaluation of the livelihoods aspects of the NAWIRI project. With the guidance of the HES Advisor, S/he will be involved in the coordination and networking with NAWIRI consortium partners led by Mercy Corps, County departments responsible for agriculture, livestock, nutrition, trade and other NGOs. S/he will support on all household economic strengthening elements of the project, providing capacity building for the county staff. S/he will promote best practice in the livelihoods programmes and contribute to the overall success of the NAWIRI programme. S/he will be involved in the implementation of livelihoods or household economic strengthening activities in Turkana and /Samburu County.
    Key Areas of Accountability

    Work closely with the county government partners in implementation of the livelihoods component of NAWIRI programme.
    Liaise with other consortium implementation teams to  ensure sequencing, layering and integration of implementation of  various components of NAWIRI projects.
    Participate in the drawing of detailed implementation plans (DIP) and ensure daily/weekly/monthly planning for its implementation. 
    Carry out regular monitoring visits, ensuring that project objectives are met as per agreed work plans.
    Participate in the development of reporting systems for data collection, follow-up, and feedback to relevant partners and other agencies.
    Support supply-chain staff in the coordination and quality control of livelihoods supplies.
    Provide input into the integration of beneficiary participation, inclusion and accountability in NAWIRI programme.
    Participate in monitoring and provide timely, relevant, accurate input on overall technical aspects of NAWIRI Livelihoods programme work in Turkana and Samburu counties. 
    Liaise with the HES Advisor to ensure County government staff receive the necessary and appropriate technical support. In consultation with the HES Advisor agree on the range of advice, support, training and/or other assistance required by the other arms of NAWIRI to ensure sequencing, layering and integration as per the agreed model of poverty graduation component of NAWIRI programme. 
    Provide inputs for generation of quality first draft reports to donors to ensure that technical debates are well articulated and reports are of acceptable quality before submission. 
    With guidance from the HES Advisor, participate in the design and implementation of Livelihoods related research or assessments work such as HEA baseline assessments etc. 
     Regularly review and monitor programmes for child safeguarding issues. Take corrective action in modifying programme activities and/or report incidents.
     Participate actively in NAWIRI programme meetings, planning and review activities
    Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

    Contract Duration: 12 Months
    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Bachelor degree in Agriculture, Social Sciences, Community Development or other discipline relevant to rural livelihoods. 
    At least 3 years relevant project work experience in an international NGO or similar organization.
    Good technical knowledge of policy and practice in the field of livelihoods, crop and livestock production as well as other cross cutting issues.
    Understanding and experience in implementing nutrition security, food security and livelihoods programmes. 
    Good understanding of system approach to ending persistent acute malnutrition.
    Clear understanding of and proactive approach to nutrition resilience, hunger and food security issues in Kenya, particularly in the context of Turkana and Samburu counties.
     Understanding and experience in child rights programming. 
    Strong commitment to capacity building of county staff and partners with willingness to adopt participatory and consultative approaches.
    Experience with livelihoods programming in arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) settings preferred.
    Good communication, presentation, training and report writing skills.
    Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels. 
    Willing to work in isolated rural areas with basic living conditions, and work in difficult field conditions.
    Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
    Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets.
    Proficiency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of the local language and context will be a distinct advantage
    Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

    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

  • Gender Analysis Strategy Consultancy

    Gender Analysis Strategy Consultancy

    The gender analysis will seek to guide implementation, reporting and evaluation activities of the Programme to enable systematic integration of gender perspectives while ensuring the inclusion of prevention and mitigation mechanisms to potential negative effects such as re-traumatisation of victims of armed conflict. It is thus anticipated that analysis will ensure that programme activities will be informed by gender-sensitive objectives, results and indicators through the use of sex and age disaggregated data to facilitate monitoring and post-evaluation. This serves to ensure that the programme is in a position to influence outcomes aimed at achieving inclusion and that beneficiaries are not placed at risk by the proposed programme activities.
    It will also be necessary to analyse whether the Programme is designed in such a way that it prevents the exclusion of relevant gender and age categories particularly with regard to the need for ensuring the Programme proactively includes girls’ voices and that girls and boys engaged by the Programme are able to influence decisions and processes of relevant bodies as envisioned in the Programme objectives. To this end, the analysis should identify existing mechanisms or Programmes that can be strengthened and propose innovative approaches, which if implemented, should result in more effective protection of boys and girls as well as interventions that address gender-specific protection risks.
    The analysis should be especially cognisant of gender and its intersectionality with age, sex, ethnicity, religion, disability and the likely differences in experiences of boys and girls, vulnerabilities specific to boys and girls as perpetuated by cultural gender norms, and the risks and needs of younger girls, adolescents and youth.
    At a minimum, the analysis should meet the following criteria:

    Use key recent statistics on the situation of women and girls, men and boys – which will also provide the baseline for future measurement (including relevant statistics that reflect the Protecting Children in Conflict (PCIC) thematic or concentration areas) and provide an interpretation including a nuanced understanding of gendered dimensions of conflict. This should be linked to the report, Stop the War on Children: Gender Matters and its implication to the project, Protecting Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa;
    Key barriers to achieving gender equality (including social norms, legislative, institutional capacity, political will etc.) focusing on those areas that are of interest to the activities of PCIC;
    Contributions that could be made by the programme outcomes to the achievement of the programme purpose, and the way in which assumptions made could affect programme achievements. This aspect of the evaluation will also include a specific assessment of the benefits possibly accruing to particular stakeholders and target groups;
    A mapping of actors with the mandate and capacity to act for gender equality in situations of armed conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa (NGOs, donors, International Organisations, line ministries, gender equality national machineries, etc.);
    A mapping of knowledge / information gaps (e.g. sex-age disaggregated statistical information);
    Clear assessment of where Save the Children and its key stakeholders including the African Union, Regional Economic Communities/Regional Economic Mechanisms (RECs/RMs), Training Centres of Excellence, and Troop and Police Contributing Countries can add value for achieving programme objectives on gender equality;
    A number of clear tangible suggestions for the inclusion of gender in the areas of intervention (e.g. thematic area, engagements with stakeholders).

    Experience and Qualifications
    This consultancy is open to both individuals and consultancy firms who meet the following criteria:

    Advanced University degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Law or related area;
    At least 5 years’ relevant professional experience working on similar assignments;
    Prior research experience on the situation of children affected by armed conflict in Africa;
    Familiarity with child rights programming;
    Demonstrate experience of gender research. Research conducted in the field of gender would be an advantage;
    Demonstrate experience in applied research, especially literature reviews;
    Demonstrate experience in Programme reviews;
    Demonstrate experience in capacity assessment and development;
    Demonstrate strong working relationship with relevant stakeholders in respective countries;
    Demonstrate analytical and conceptual ability, good communication and facilitation skills;
    Demonstrate strong report writing skills and be able to share examples of previous work;
    Demonstrate a track record of delivering high quality written outputs on time in a consultancy environment;
    Demonstrate ability to work independently and deliver on time;
    Fluency in English is a must, French an asset.

    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.