Technical Team Leader - Health Signature Programme – Kenya Country
Office
Team
/ Programme:
Programmes
Location: Nairobi with
frequent travel to project sites.
Post
Type: National
Child
Safeguarding: Level
3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have
regular contact with or access to children or young people
Role
Purpose:
The
Technical Team Leader has overall responsibility for planning and coordination
of project design-related activities for a Signature Program (SP) for health,
with a value of at least £ 5 million over five years.
He
or she will lead a consultative process culminating in the design and delivery
of an innovative programme that will significantly contribute to achievement of
Kenya’s MDG 4 and 5 targets.
The
programmatic model will actualize continuum of care approach mixed with an
integrated package of quick wins, a minimum community health care package and a
strengthened health system approach to health and nutrition programming
across Save the Children’s Theory of Change ensuring that Save the Children
works with the government of Kenya and communities to address the maternal,
neonatal and child health challenges in the country in a way that would deliver
significant impacts for Children and Women by the end of the 5 year
period.
It
is anticipated that the programme design will incorporate rigorous and
scientific operation research that will generate plausible evidence that can
inform scale-up and replication in similar contexts.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Programmme Quality and Design Director
Dimensions: Save the Children has supported children in Kenya since before its Independence in 1963 and has had a consistent operational presence in the country since 1984.
We
provide support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief
programmes delivered both directly and through local partners.
Current
programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education,
Health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH.
Save
the Children has an operational presence in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Eldoret,
Habaswein, Mandera, Meru and Wajir and has a liaison post in Garissa.
Currently,
we have a staff complement of approximately 350 staff and a confirmed budget of
approximately US$15 million this year.
Staff directly reporting to this post: TBC
Key Areas of Accountability:
1. Designing a world-class signature programme for Maternal, New-born and Child Survival
Staff directly reporting to this post: TBC
Key Areas of Accountability:
1. Designing a world-class signature programme for Maternal, New-born and Child Survival
- Develop,
coordinate and moderate a consultative process for designing a
high-quality Signature Programme that is aligned to the country’s needs,
Government of Kenya strategies and Save the Children’s strategic plan.
Child and beneficiary participation will be emphasized.
- Initiate
broad-based partnerships with the Government of Kenya, UN agencies, other
like-minded NGOs, research institutions, the private sector among other
players so as to deliver high-impact interventions for children.
- In consultation
with the SMT and the wider technical team, lead the proposal writing
process and subsequent project start-up activities.
- Lead the
external teams conducting baseline surveys to establish programme
benchmarks in the selected counties.
- Determine the
staffing requirements for the SP programme with a proposed organogram and
job profiles for the implementing staff.
2.
Representation
- Establish and
maintain active and regular working relationships and network with
relevant private sector players, government, UN and other Non-Governmental
Organizations during the SP design process.
- Represent Save
the Children in programme design forums including engaging with other
organizations, policy makers and practitioners to share experiences,
skills and knowledge relevant to the SP design.
3.
Monitoring, Learning and Reporting
- In consultation
with the Health and HIV/AIDS Advisor develop sound monitoring and
evaluation systems for the SP capable of generating robust evidence.
- Providing
technical support in the designing of operational research, while
appropriately establishing links with key academic and research
institutions.
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 others to
do the same
- Widely shares
their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future
orientated, thinks strategically
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
Qualifications
and Experience
- Medical Doctor
with postgraduate qualification in Public Health. A post-graduate
qualification in Pediatrics with hands on public health experience will
also considered.
- Extensive
experience in programming in the area of maternal, newborn and child
health and nutrition preferably in a donor-funded programme context.
Experience in managing a multi-year high-value grant is most desirable.
- Minimum of 8
years of experience of managing the project cycle, including assessments,
project design, proposal and report writing, implementation, monitoring
and evaluation.
- Excellent
planning, coordination, and reporting skills, with the ability to organize
and manage substantial workload. Experience of working with and
coordinating with multiple stakeholders including the government required.
- Highly developed
research, analytical, monitoring and evaluation, and report-writing
abilities;
- Strong,
demonstrable, financial management skills, particularly in budgeting and
reporting;
- Strong
communication, people management and interpersonal skills, with experience
in leading multicultural, multi-location, values driven teams;
- Computer
literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
- Commitment to
Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding and other global policies, and
values.
- Excellent
understanding of child rights programming.
How
to Apply
Please
send your application by email to: Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org
with a copy to jack.onyando@savethechildren.org
Please
indicate ‘SIGNATURE PROGRAMME TECHNICAL TEAM LEAD’’ as the subject heading.
Application
deadline: Friday 24th May 2013, 5.00pm.
Any
canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.