Save the Children
Job Title: Health and Nutrition Promotion Officer
Position Code: SCI PRO MDR
1 Position
Location: Mandera Central
Grade: 4
Post Type: National (1 year contract with possibility of
extension)
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: He/She will be responsible for equipping partners and community members with health and nutrition promotive information and influencing adoption of appropriate behaviour change.
Role Purpose: He/She will be responsible for equipping partners and community members with health and nutrition promotive information and influencing adoption of appropriate behaviour change.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Nutrition Coordinator
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners.
Reports to: Nutrition Coordinator
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing 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.
In 2012, as part of a global
reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC
Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya.
In February 2014, we completed a
second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and
merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own.
Save the Children now has an
operational presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Nairobi,
Turkana and Wajir.
We work through partners in many
other parts of the country. We have a staff complement of around 300 staff and
an operating annual budget of approximately US$25 million in 2014.
Staff Directly Reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Staff Directly Reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Key Responsibilities:
- In liaison with the Nutrition coordinator
organize day-to-day logistics related to health and nutrition promotion
activities.
- To consistently seek technical guidance,
provide feedback and report regularly to the Nutrition coordinator.
- Conduct community mobilizations and
sensitization for health education.
- Carry out an assessment to identify health
promotion /behavior change needs in the community.
- In liaison with nutrition officers, nutrition
coordinator , MOH staff, CHWs and community, members, review the health
education strategy and come up with a BCC/IEC strategy for health and
nutrition programme
- Lead development of health and nutrition
promotion messages to pass to the community members and other target groups(
mothers, fathers, youth, school going children etc)
- Develop Health and Nutrition Information,
Education and Communication Work plan and lead in its implementation by
Planning and coordinating the programs with community groups
- Participate in any other program related
activities as directed by the line manager.
- Ensuring that school health education and
promotion and the community wide health education sessions are to the Save
the Children standard
1. Health and Nutrition
promotion trainings
- Participate in the development of on job
training curriculum and tools and take lead in all health and
nutrition promotion trainings
- Liaise with the line ministry and other
partners in ensuring that health and nutrition promotion is done
comprehensively following set guidelines
- Identify needs for and participate in training
sessions especially in the mother to mother support groups and community
health volunteers
- Identify a number of community leaders who
will work closely with the program at the village level to promote health
and nutrition promotion activities
- Participate the development of the appropriate
health messages and in the training of the community health groups
and the Mother to Mother breastfeeding support groups
- Participate in evaluation of the outcomes of
the trainings
2. Monitoring and Evaluation
- Help plan and carry out baseline studies and
feedback findings to the nutrition coordinator on health and nutrition
promotion activities
- Use participatory approaches as much as
possible throughout the project delivery and monitoring
- Follow up with the various community groups,
in their communities and assess for behaviour change.
- Participate in the design, development and
implementation of an M&E framework for all hygiene promotion
activities.
- Write activity reports to document the process
of implementation, lessons learnt and good practice and ensure information
is widely disseminated
- Collation and analysis of activities and their
influence on other public health indicators
- Participate in the design and execution of
surveys - where the hygiene component will be measured - according to
national guidelines
- Prepare monthly activity reports as well as
donor reports.
3. Supervision
- Develop a comprehensive plan for supervision
of all the Community Volunteers on promotion activities
- Assist the community Volunteers implementing
promotional activities to document and plan activities on a monthly basis.
- Document and share lessons learnt in a
comprehensive and detailed manner to enable track trends on changes on a
timely basis
4. Network and coordinate with the
relevant sectors and agencies in implementing promotional activities at
community level
- Identify areas of synergy in the field with
the ministry of water, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of education and
other implementing agencies working with communities.
- Come up with a comprehensive plan of
activities within the identified areas of synergy with the actors named
above.
- Coordinate with other SCI and MoH field staff
to ensure that the various aspects of the hygiene are integrated and
well-coordinated
- Ensuring that school health education and
promotion and the community wide health education sessions are to the Save
the Children standard
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
- Degree/Diploma in public
health/Nutrition/Health Education and promotion/ Community health/social
sciences with at least two years’ experience in health and nutrition
promotion activities.
- Good knowledge and experience of working with
local partner agencies.
- Experience and understanding of Hygiene
Promotion and health education in relation to water and sanitation
activities.
- Demonstrated experience in training and
facilitation, development of IEC materials and BCC methodologies
- Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of
different sectors of a community.
- Familiarity with the Somali/Garre culture,
ability to develop respect from a wide range of people and strong ability
to communicate effectively on hygiene matters.
- Training/counterpart development skills.
- Ability to work well in a team in difficult
circumstances.
- The ability to collect data and present
concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and
possible solutions for particular situations.
- Diplomacy, tact and negotiation skills in
order to work with people at managerial and on occasions, government
staffs. The post holder should also be at ease in working with local
people.
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and
accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
- Prepared to live and work in an uncertain
security environment
- Ability and willingness to travel and stay in
the field
- Well developed interpersonal and team skills
and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situations.
- Computer literate and proven ability to
operate Microsoft office packages.
- Good written and spoken English
- Fluency in Garre language is essential.
Job Title:Procurement Coordinator
Position Code: SCI PRO CORD
Team / Programme:Programme Operations
Position Code: SCI PRO CORD
Team / Programme:Programme Operations
Location: Nairobi
Grade: 3
Type of Contract: 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
Organisation Profile
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners.
Organisation Profile
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing 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. In 2012, as part of a global
reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC
Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya.
In February 2014, we completed a
second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and
merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own.
Save the Children now has an
operational presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera,
Nairobi, Turkana and Wajir. We work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We have a staff complement of around
300 staff and an operating annual budget of approximately US$21 million in
2014.
Role Purpose: The Procurement Coordinator (PC) is responsible for the sourcing and purchasing of goods and services with in Kenya based on needs of Save the Children’s programmes, managing orders and relations for a complex portfolio of programmes.
The PC will also support the SCI
Kenya Logistics Manager in market research and analysis, running tenders and
setting up Framework Agreements for key supplies and services to ensure value
for money is achieved through world class sourcing strategies and procurement
processes.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency in country, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency in country, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Kenya CO Logistics Manager
Staff reporting to this post: Procurement Officer, Procurement Assistants x
2
Budget Responsibilities: None
Budget Responsibilities: None
Role Dimensions: Direct link with field/area office level
procurement staff
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support the delivery of SCI sourcing strategy:
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support the delivery of SCI sourcing strategy:
- Undertake market research and analysis, run
tenders and set up Pre-Qualified Suppliers and Framework Agreements where
appropriate for key supplies.
- Deliver management information reports
summarising key trends in spend and performance of the team against KPIs.
- Manage suppliers professionally and
proactively, providing feedback to improve performance and leading
periodic review meetings.
- Provide procurement advice and support to area
offices.
- Ensure timely and efficient shipment of all
consignments in coordination with Logistics Officer to area offices as and
when required.
- Plan, and implement virtual stock as per need
in the Kenya CO.
Realise world class procurement:
- Manage procurement for the Kenya programme in
line with SCI procurement policies, processes and quality standards.
- Deliver on the Kenya office supply plan,
combining use of ad-hoc procurement, approved suppliers and contracted
suppliers to meet the needs of the programmes.
- Ensure overall best value for money is
achieved through a competitive and transparent procurement process
considering quality, availability, time frame, transport and storage
costs.
- Ensure Procurement Committees in all area
offices are stablished and fully understand and undertake their
responsibilities at all times.
- Source new products when requested by
programmes and work with Save the Children EA Regional office, programmes
and Technical Advisors to identify quality standards as required.
- Advise on best sources of supply and freighting
options.
- Ensure all orders are processed in timely
manner, tracked on overviews, status updates are communicated to
programmes, and that all relevant documentation is filed appropriately.
- Ensure supplier files are routinely updated on
performance and that quarterly reviews of performance are undertaken by
the Procurement Committee for evaluation of suppliers for future use.
- Develop strong relations with area office
programmes through Area Programme Managers to support them in improving
their ordering practices and review all Procurement Plans.
Skills and Behaviours (SCI Values in
Practice)
Accountability:
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
- At least three (3) years of work experience as
a logistician with an international NGO.
- A Diploma in logistics, business, or related
field, degree will be preferred
- CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and
Supplies) an added advantage or from accredited Institute such ICM, CILT
or KISM.
- Membership to International Humanitarian
Association ( IHLA) will be a plus.
Experience and Skills
- Demonstrable experience in procurement and
contract management, including an ability to review procurement demands
and trends, and to develop strategies to fill identified gaps in East
Africa Region.
- Field level experience in procurement and
logistics for NGOs in international development and emergency programmes.
- Knowledge of East Africa markets and supply routes.
- Knowledge of key institutional donors
and their compliance requirements in respect of logistics and procurement.
- Experience of solving complex issues through
analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
- Highly developed interpersonal and
communication skills including influencing, and negotiation.
- Highly organised with good administration
skills for order and information management, able to develop filing
systems and databases to ensure an auditable trail.
- High proficiency in office applications such
as word, excel, powerpoint etc.
- Commitment to Save the Children values.
- Fluency in English and Kiswahili.
- Ability and willingness to change work
practices and hours in the event of major emergencies including travelling
at short notice and for extended periods of time.
- Proven management ability to lead, motivate,
train and develop staff.
- Extensive experience in budget, logistics and
operations planning.
- Willingness to travel to area offices as
required.
- Significant experience in supply chain
management in an emergency environment, including procurement, transport
and distribution, warehouse and stock management.
Additional job responsibilities
- The job duties and responsibilities as set out
above are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out
additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and
experience.
Equal Opportunities
- The post holder is required to carry out the
duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity
policies and procedures.
Health and Safety
- The post holder is required to carry out the
duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org indicating the Position Code on the subject line by 19th February 2015.
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org indicating the Position Code on the subject line by 19th February 2015.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.