Save the Children
Vacancy: RMNH Programme Manager(Reproductive
Maternal & Newborn Health Manager) – Kenya Country Office
Reference Code:RMNH /WAJ/MAN/SCI
Location: Full time in Wajir County with frequent
travels to Mandera and Nairobi for meetings
Grade: 2
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 Public Health (RMNH) Technical Specialist will be expected to lead and manage three Save the Children’s (SC) projects:
Role Purpose: The Public Health (RMNH) Technical Specialist will be expected to lead and manage three Save the Children’s (SC) projects:
1) the innovative ESHE/DFID FP
Partnership project, a DFID-funded consortium of 6 organizations covering
Mandera and Wajir Counties;
2) the UKAid Match funded maternal
and new-born Signature Health Programme in Wajir; and
3) the GSK funded MNH programme.
SC will foster community engagement
and mobilisation for social change in the highly-conservative Wajir and Mandera
Counties of the former North Eastern province.
SC will support CHWs, peer groups and
religious leaders to help address social barriers in schools, local madrasas,
and with youth and women’s groups to encourage young people and their families
to discuss RMNH issues including contraception and fertility.
SC will work to address demand side
factors and hindrances to access for RMNH-FP while creating an enabling
environment for RMNH-FP services through all three projects.
S/He will work in collaboration with
existing County Department of Health (especially the Reproductive Health,
Nursing Officer and community health strategy units) and the SCHMT as well as
in close collaboration with other consortium members to leverage on their
expertise and ensure that the counties of Wajir (and Mandera – for ESHE) benefits
from the other result areas of the project.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Area Programme Manager operationally with close technical relationship to Health Advisor, Head of Child Survival, ESHE Technical Director and the Signature Health Senior Programme Manager.
Liaises with APM – Mandera to ensure smooth delivery of ESHE
work in Mandera and to oversee Mandera-based PC-RH.
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.
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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million.
Staff directly reporting to this post: TBC
Key Areas of Accountability:
General management of the program activities and strategy:
Staff directly reporting to this post: TBC
Key Areas of Accountability:
General management of the program activities and strategy:
·
Providing technical leadership and
managerial oversight to ESHE (DIFPARK) Family Planning programme in both Wajir
and Mandera Counties,
·
the GSK-funded Maternal and Newborn
health (MNH) programme and the UK Aid match funded MNH programme in Wajir
County
·
Ensuring effective intergration
across all programmes for synergy and quality outcomes
·
Engaging donors, partners and SCUK
member staff at various levels to ensure smooth operations of grants
·
Line management responsibility for
programme staff in all three programmes spread across 6 sub-Counties of Wajir
and 5 sub-Counties of Mandera County
·
Reviewing and submitting donor
reports, ensuring timeliness, completeness and technical standards
·
Ensures technical support for the
County Department of Health teams (including CHWs) for the implementation of
the action research component of the health programme.
·
Ensures technical support to the
SCHMT in health systems strengthening especially for health service delivery at
facility level, supply of commodities and HMIS.
·
Monitors and ensures that the
technical protocols, manuals, guidelines and forms used in the field are in
line with validated national RMNCH/FP technical tools and guidelines.
·
Provide technical support to the
field teams and technical updates when available and is available for solving
any problem arising in the field.
·
Analyzes the program activities and
results using internationally validated indicators (as is in the log frame) and
monitors the programme evolution and together with the Health Advisor and SP PM
re-orients programs if needed.
·
Ensures a consistent response and
approach to the programme needs, thus creating credibility of Save the Children
actions.
·
Field –manages any sub-contractors
conducting action research.
·
Ensures frequent visits to the field,
with visits to the program activities at community level for each field visit,
and provides formal visit feedback via Field Visit Reports.
Coordination
·
Participates and represents SC in
various health technical forums and at the ESHE and MNH consortium working
meetings with partners at Nairobi and field level when necessary.
·
Ensures that the technical parts of
project cooperation agreements and MoUs with authorities, partners and other
organizations are consistent between all the area offices and shares with the
Health Advisor/ Head of Child Survival for validation.
·
Ensure good working relationships
maintained with the government authorities including the County Health
management team and the various DHMTs.
Strategy Development & Reporting
·
Develops program donor reports
(quarterly, final reports), with respect of the technical formats and
deadlines.
·
Prepares monthly technical activity
reports (compilation of the activities in the area offices) with a qualitative
look.
·
Oversees documentation and sharing of
lessons learnt and evidence to support development of other RMNCH/FP projects.
·
Works closely with the Health Advisor
in program strategy and protocols development and development of proposals
Communication
·
Communicates regularly with the
program and consortium teams for follow up, troubleshooting and technical and
strategic advice.
·
Communicates with the logistics and
administration departments in order to have a good follow up of respective
departments (supply requests, stocks, pharmacy, etc. and budget and expense
follow ups) and solve problems as they arise.
·
Communicates externally with the
other organizations and authorities on a regular basis.
Advocacy
·
Work with MEAL team to document and
disseminate best practices and lessons learnt from various innovative health
programs.
·
Actively participate in advocacy
initiatives and dissemination of action research findings at the County level
to influence policy.
Competencies (our Values in Practice)
·
Leading and inspiring others:
Demonstrates leadership in all our work, role models our values, and
articulates a compelling vision to inspire others to achieve our goals for
children.
·
Innovating and adapting: Develops and
implements innovative solutions to adapt and succeed in an ever-changing,
uncertain work and global environment.
·
Applying technical and professional
expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the
highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the
organization.
·
Communicating with impact:
Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence;
promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building
confidence and trust with others.
·
Networking: Builds and uses
sustainable relationships and networks to support the work of Save the
Children.
SCI Values: Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration,
Creativity, Integrity:
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and Experience
·
Public Health (Nurse, Public Health,
Medical Doctor) professional with postgraduate qualification. Equivalent
field experience may be considered in lieu of post graduate qualification
·
Minimum six (6) years’ experience in
RMNH/FP programmes
·
Understanding of operations/ action
research desirable
·
Proven experience in project cycle
management and managing a team including performance management and coaching.
·
Experience working with the Ministry
of Health. Experience working with partners in a consortium is desirable.
·
Experience of and commitment to
working through systems of community participation and accountability for
social change desirable
·
Practical experience and
understanding of the community health strategy
·
Experience of training and capacity
building staff
·
In-depth knowledge of social
determinants of health and health inequality and health advocacy
·
Culturally sensitive with qualities
of patience, tact and diplomacy
·
Commitment to fully adhere to SCI
Child Safeguarding Policy
Vacancy:Programme Coordinator - Reproductive Health
Reference Code:RH/MDR/COR/SCI
Team / Programme:Programmes (ESHE/DFID FP Partnership)
Location: Mandera County
Grade: 3
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: SCI Kenya is in the process of implementing the
second phase of ESHE, an innovative Family Planning programme that seeks to
tackle deep rooted barriers to family planning demand, access and uptake by
creating an enabling environment for FP practices in northeast Kenya.
Utilizing social change, empowerment,
behaviour change and institutional strengthening approaches, the programme is
expected to significantly contribute to sustained universal access to FP as
part of a DFID supported consortium of partners present across 24 Counties in
Kenya.
The programmatic model will work
through community health systems and other tiers of healthcare to gain the
support of communities, community opinion leaders and County Health Managers to
promote FP services, particularly for poor rural woman.
This programming across Save the
Children’s Theory of Change will ensure healthy mothers and healthy baby
outcomes by the end of 2017.
Scope of Role: This job will play a critical role in
ensuring effective community mobilisation and participation strategies in the
Family Planning (ESHE) programme in Mandera.
The Coordinator is accountable for
providing technical support and assistance to the programme in the planning,
execution, and monitoring of community mobilisation for behaviour and social
change for improved community RH practices in addition to supporting the County
Department of Health’s actions (including CHMT and SCHMT) to improve health
facility-based FP services.
H/She may line-manage programme
officers, will be expected to exercise proper budget management and is
available to lead-manage the RMNCH portfolio in the field office in the absence
of the Programme Manager.
The job holder may be called upon to
represent Save the Children at consortium planning meetings and other forums.
Dimension: 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.
Dimension: 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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million.
Staff directly reporting to this
post: none
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support to Programme Delivery
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support to Programme Delivery
·
Provide technical support for the
implementation of the community engagement and social change aspect of the ESHE
FP Programme, including training, materials adaptation and monitoring of
outcomes.
·
Work with the RMNCH manager,
Community Liaisons and the Health Technical Advisor in the management and roll
out of the programme’s community engagement strategy, plan of action and
activities for strategic communication and promotion for social and behavioural
change.
·
Provide effective coordination and
technical support to County government counterparts and other partners in
community health strategy, reproductive health and community mobilization for
social change
·
Explore and leverage media reach to
strategically communicate messages on FP with effective monitoring to reach
target audiences/population segments.
·
Support the field officers in
identification and training of community mobilisation and participation core
teams and facilitators from the community.
·
Provide support and assistance in the
development, pre-testing and production of culturally relevant communication
materials to ensure effective and efficient programme delivery including
facilitating behavioural change where necessary.
·
Ensure adequate management of
delegated budget authority, and work across sections to ensure adequate support
to programme implementation from Finance, HR, Logisitics etc
Partnerships for Social Change
·
Develop partnerships with religious
leaders, politicians, women’s groups, and close-to-community health providers,
health care workers, community health committees and other organised
groups to orient them on the programme approach, and to secure their
involvement in programme implementation
·
Develop close collaboration with various
professional groups and non-governmental organisations active in community
health strategy and FP to facilitate cross organisational learning and build FP
alliances.
·
Ensure effective integration with
other programmes implemented in the area office
·
Provide effective coordination and
technical support to county government counterparts and other partners in
community engagement and communication for social change
·
Represent Save the Children in county
and national fora to share good practice and ensure the achievement of
advocacy, programme and policy objectives.
Monitoring, evaluation,
accountability and learning (MEAL)
·
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team to ensure effective monitoring and
evaluation of programme activities including preparation of monitoring reports
and documentation of lessons learned.
·
Supports the development and
implementation of an accountability mechanism for ESHE in Mandera
·
Carry out regular field monitoring of
programme interventions and action points
·
Provides technical advice to
programme staff, consortium staff, government officials and partners to
coordinate and manage the evaluative elements of social change and community
engagement TWG milestone meetings, such as mid-term reviews, strategy meetings,
previews and reviews and annual reviews.
Key Competencies (our Values in
Practice)
·
Delivering results: Takes
personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious
Goals for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team/
organization.
·
Problem solving and decision making:
Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating
relevant information from within or outside the organization and making
appropriate judgements.
·
Applying technical and professional
expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the
highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the
organization.
·
Communicating with impact:
Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence;
promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building
confidence and trust with others.
·
Networking: Builds and uses
sustainable relationships and networks to support the work of Save the
Children.
SCI Values: Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity, Accountability
and Integrity
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and Experience
·
A University degree in Public Health
or Social science related field with emphasis on Health Communication, Health
Promotion, Community and Social mobilization.
·
Minimum four (4) years relevant mix
of professional work experience in community health, community development, and
family planning programmes.
·
Experience in mobilizing communities
for health and development in Northern Kenya an added advantage.
·
Experience working with the Kenya
Community Health Strategy
·
Demonstrable commitment to tackling
social determinants of health and health inequalities, with a strong focus on
equity in health and development, ensuring right of access to health for the
poorest and marginalized
·
Background driving health advocacy
and social change processes and outcomes
Important: Must be willing to abide fully by Save the
Children Child Safeguarding Policy.
Vacancy:Programme Officer - Community Health and Communication - Kenya Country Officer
2 Positions
Reference Code:PO/WAJ/CHC/SCI
Team / Programme: Programmes (UK Aid Match MNH)
Location: Wajir County
Grade: 4
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: SCI Kenya is rolling out a three (3) year Maternal
and Newborn health (MNH) programme in Wajir.
The programme is funded by UK Aid and
is expectedly to increase demand for and utilisation of quality maternal and
newborn health (MNH) services among pregnant women and new-borns leading to
reduction in associated morbidity and mortality in Wajir County. It will
directly benefit women, new-borns, and marginalised communities in target
Counties.
The project will also empower
communities to proactively address MNH issues and to demand increased
government commitment for equitable delivery of quality health services.
The holder of this position will be
core to ensuring delivery of a robust community MNH component backed by
strategic health communication to influence behaviours and change the society
to adopt better MNH practices.
Scope of Role: This job will play a critical role in
ensuring effective community mobilisation in the MNH programme.
The officer is accountable for
providing technical support and assistance to the programme and County Health
team in the planning, execution, and monitoring of community health strategy
for behaviour change for improved community MNH practices.
H/She works closely with C/SPHOs and
CHEWS (CHAs) and other programme officers under the general guidance of the
Programme Coordinator.
The HC&CH Officer is further
expected to design, test and deploy health communication strategies to support
all pillars of the MNH programme including health advocacy at grassroots and
other levels.
Dimension: 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.
Dimension: 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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million.
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
Key Areas of Accountability:
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support to Programme Delivery
·
Effectively deliver community-based
maternal and newborn health aspects of programme intervention in synergy with
the facility-based aspects to address the demand side causes of poor
maternal and newborn health in Wajir Provide effective technical support to
county government counterparts and other partners in community health strategy
for maternal and new-born health and health communication for social and
behaviour change
·
Planning and implementation of
program activities including community engagement and mobilization and social
dialogue
·
Organizing and rolling out training
and capacity building initiatives for community resource persons including
community health volunteers, Muslim religious leaders, mother to mother support
groups and facility health workers
·
Champion innovative initiatives for
community-based maternal and newborn health using the MoH’s revised community
strategy and the community maternal and newborn health strategy.
Partnerships for MNH
·
Maintain partnerships with religious
leaders, politicians, women’s groups, and close-to-community health providers,
health care workers, community health committees and other organised
groups to orient and continuously involve them in programme implementation
·
Ensure close collaboration with
various professional groups and non-governmental organisations active in
community health strategy and MNH to facilitate learning and model best
practice.
·
Foster partnerships with other
programmes including ESHE-FP and Nutrition for an integrated approach to
community-based MNH
·
Provide on-going support to county
government counterparts and other partners in community engagement and
communication for behaviour and social change
Monitoring, evaluation,
accountability and learning (MEAL)
·
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team to ensure effective monitoring and
evaluation of programme activities including preparation of monitoring reports
and mainstreaming accountability mechanisms.
·
Jointly conducting regular site
monitoring visits to ensure quality programme implementation
·
Developing and sharing periodic
project reports including trip reports, distribution reports, activity reports,
weekly reports, monthly and quarterly donor reports
·
Ensure effective documentation of
case studies, success stories or human interest stories
Key Competencies (our Values in
Practice)
·
Delivering results: Takes
personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious
Goals for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team/
organization.
·
Problem solving and decision making:
Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating
relevant information from within or outside the organization and making
appropriate judgements.
·
Applying technical and professional
expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the
highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the
organization.
·
Communicating with impact:
Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence;
promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building
confidence and trust with others.
·
Working effectively with
others: Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on
diversity of people and perspectives. Knows when to lead and when to follow and
how to ensure effective cross-boundary working
SCI Values: Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity, Accountability
and Integrity
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and Experience
·
A University degree in Public Health,
Community Health or related field with strong Health Communication, Health
Promotion, Community and Social mobilization exposure.
·
Minimum two (2) years post-training
relevant mix of professional work experience in community health, community
development and maternal and child health programmes.
·
Experience in mobilizing communities
for health and development in the Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya is an added
advantage.
·
Proven experience working with the
Kenya Community Health Strategy
·
Demonstrable commitment to tackling
social determinants of health and health inequalities, with a strong focus on equity
in health and development, ensuring right of access to health for the poorest
and marginalized
Important: Must be willing to abide fully by Save the
Children Child Safeguarding Policy.
Vacancy:Programme Officer - Maternal and Newborn Health
Reference Code: MNH/WAJ/OFF/SCI
Team / Programme:Programmes (Health Signature)
Location: Wajir County
Grade: 2
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: SCI Kenya is rolling out a three (3) year
Maternal and Newborn health (MNH) programme in Wajir. The programme is funded
by UKAid and is expectedly to increase demand for and utilisation of quality
maternal and newborn health (MNH) services among pregnant women and new-borns
leading to reduction in associated morbidity and mortality in Wajir
County.
It will directly benefit women,
new-borns and marginalised communities in target Counties.
The project will also empower
communities to proactively address MNH issues and to demand increased
government commitment for equitable delivery of quality health
services.
The holder of this position will be
core to ensuring delivery of quality facility-based MNH components.
Scope of Role: This job will play a critical role in ensuring effective mobilisation in the MNH programme.
The officer is accountable for
providing technical support and assistance to the programme and County Health
team in the planning, execution, and monitoring of facility-based (clinical
aspects) MNH for improved practices.
H/She works closely with C/SNOs and
facility in-charges and other programme officers under the general guidance of
the Programme Coordinator.
The MNH Officer is further expected
to design, test and deploy OJT and capacity development strategies to support
all pillars of the MNH programme including health advocacy at health facility,
sub-County Primary Care facilities and County Referral Hospital levels.
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
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.
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million.
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support to Programme Delivery
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support to Programme Delivery
·
Effectively support the delivery of
the facility aspects of maternal and newborn health of programme intervention
in synergy with the community-based aspects to address the major underlying
causes of poor maternal and newborn health in Wajir namely low demand by
households and a weak health facility systems and processes for maternal and
newborn care
·
Provide effective technical support
to facility health workers from county government counterparts and other
partners in maternal and newborn health
·
Planning and implementation of
program activities including community engagement and mobilization and social
dialogue
·
Organizing and rolling out training
and capacity building initiatives for health workers including the Harmonised
EMONC curriculum and MPDSR
·
Work with the county and sub county
HMTs to institute quality of care mechanisms within the supported health
facilities.
·
Champion innovative initiatives for
facility-based maternal and newborn health services including assessment and
procurement support of material and equipment for essential newborn health and
emergency obstetric care
Partnerships for MNH
·
Ensure close collaboration with
various professional groups and non-governmental organisations active in MNH to
facilitate learning and model best practice.
·
Foster partnerships with other
programmes including ESHE-FP and Nutrition for an integrated approach to MNH
·
Ensure effective integration with GSK
MNH grant in areas of geographical overlap
·
Provide on-going support to county
government counterparts and other partners in OJT and capacity development of
health workers on essential maternal and newborn health practices
Monitoring, evaluation,
accountability and learning (MEAL)
·
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team to ensure effective monitoring and
evaluation of programme activities including preparation of monitoring reports
and mainstreaming accountability mechanisms.
·
Jointly conducting regular site
monitoring visits to ensure quality programme implementation
·
Developing and sharing periodic
project reports including trip reports, distribution reports, activity reports,
weekly reports, monthly and quarterly donor reports
·
Ensure effective documentation of
case studies, success stories or human interest stories
Key Competencies (our Values in
Practice)
·
Delivering results: Takes
personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our
ambitious Goals for children, continually improving own performance or
that of the team/ organization.
·
Problem solving and decision making:
Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating
relevant information from within or outside the organization and making
appropriate judgements.
·
Applying technical and professional
expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the
highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the
organization.
·
Communicating with impact:
Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence;
promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building
confidence and trust with others.
·
Working effectively with
others: Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on
diversity of people and perspectives. Knows when to lead and when to follow and
how to ensure effective cross-boundary working
·
SCI Values: Ambition, Collaboration,
Creativity, Accountability and Integrity
Qualifications and Experience
·
A registered Nurse with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Nursing or Diploma in a related field (Nursing, Midwifery)
·
Minimum three (3) years post-training
relevant mix of professional work experience maternal and child health
programming with proven experience implementing facility based maternal and
child health interventions through a health system strengthening approach.
·
Experience in working within the Arid
and Semi-Arid Regions of Kenys is an added advantage
·
Experience working with the MoH is an
added advantage
·
Demonstrable ability in carrying out
on-job training and capacity building support to facility midwives
Important: Must be willing to abide fully by Save the
Children Child Safeguarding Policy.
Vacancy:Programme Coordinator - Maternal Newborn Health
Reference Code: MNH/WAJ/CORD/SCI
Team / Programme: Progarammes
Location: Wajir County
Grade: 3
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: SCI Kenya is rolling out a three (3) year Maternal
and Newborn health (MNH) programme in Wajir.
The programme is funded by UK Aid and
is expectedly to increase demand for and utilisation of quality maternal and
newborn health (MNH) services among pregnant women and new-borns leading to
reduction in associated morbidity and mortality in Wajir County.
It will directly benefit women,
new-borns, and marginalised communities in target Counties.
The project will also empower
communities to proactively address MNH issues and to demand increased
government commitment for equitable delivery of quality health
services.
The holder of this position will be
core to ensuring delivery of an integrated, holistic MNH programme with a
County-wide reach in Wajir.
Hence, the job holder must
effectively engender universal health coverage within the context of sustained
development in Wajir County utilizing a variety of approaches, models and
strategies for optimal health outcomes for mothers and babies within families
and communities.
Scope of Role: This job aims to play a critical role in
ensuring effective community mobilisation and participation strategies in the MNH
programme.
The Coordinator is accountable for
providing technical support and assistance to the programme team in the
planning, execution, and monitoring of community mobilisation for behaviour and
social change for improved community MNH practices in addition to supporting
the County Department of Health’s actions to improve health facility-based
maternal and new-born health practices.
H/She line manages programme
officers, exercises proper budget management and is available to lead-manage
the MNH portfolio in the area office in the absence of the RMNCH Programme
Manager.
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.
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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million.
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support to Programme Delivery
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support to Programme Delivery
·
Effectively coordinate community
health and facility-based aspects of programme intervention for synergy and to
address the major underlying causes of poor maternal and newborn health in
Wajir namely low demand by households, inadequate capacity of health systems
and a weak enabling environment for MNH including emergency obstetric care
·
Provide effective technical support
to county government counterparts and other partners in community health
strategy, maternal and new-born health and communication for social change
·
Represent Save the Children in fora
to share good practice and ensure the achievement of advocacy and policy
objectives.
·
Planning and implementation of
program activities including community engagement and mobilization and social
dialogue
·
Organizing and coordinating training
and capacity building initiatives for community resource persons including
community health volunteers, Muslim religious leaders, mother to mother support
groups and facility health workers
·
Ensure adequate management of
delegated budget authority, and work across sections to ensure adequate support
to programme implementation from Finance, HR, Logisitics etc
·
Organizing and coordinating training
and capacity building initiatives for different groups and community health
workers to reduce maternal and new-born death rates
·
Champion innovative initiatives for
maternal and newborn health and in community strategy
Partnerships for MNH
·
Develop partnerships with religious
leaders, politicians, women’s groups, and close-to-community health providers,
health care workers, community health committees and other organised
groups to orient and continuously involve them in programme implementation
·
Develop close collaboration with
various professional groups and non-governmental organisations active in
community health strategy and MNH to facilitate learning and model best
practice.
·
Foster partnerships with other
programmes including ESHE-FP and Nutrition for an integrated approach to MNH
·
Provide on-going support to county
government counterparts and other partners in community engagement and
communication for behaviour and social change
Monitoring, evaluation,
accountability and learning (MEAL)
·
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team to ensure effective monitoring and
evaluation of programme activities including preparation of monitoring reports
and mainstreaming accountability mechanisms.
·
Conducting regular field monitoring
visits to ensure quality programme implementation
·
Reviewing and sharing periodic
project reports including trip reports, distribution reports, activity reports,
weekly reports, monthly and quarterly donor reports
·
Lead and ensure documentation and
sharing of case studies, success stories or human interest stories
Key Competencies (our Values in
Practice)
·
Delivering results: Takes
personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious
·
Goals for children, continually
improving own performance or that of the team/ organization.
·
Problem solving and decision making:
Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating
relevant information from within or outside the organization and making
appropriate judgments.
·
Applying technical and professional
expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the
highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the
Organization.
·
Communicating with impact:
Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence;
promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building
confidence andTrust with others.
·
Networking: Builds and uses
sustainable relationships and networks to support the work of Save the
Children.
·
SCI Values: Ambition, Collaboration,
Creativity, Accountability and Integrity
Qualifications and Experience
·
A basic University degree in Public
Health or Nursing sciences with a post graduate degree in Public Health or
related fields (Health Communication, Health Promotion, Community Development,
Behaviour Change communication). Field experience in the related fields may be
considered in lieu of a post graduate degree. .
·
Minimum five (5) years post-training
relevant mix of professional work experience in maternal and child health and
family planning programmes. Experience in mobilizing communities for health and
development with pastoral communities in the ASAL regions of Kenyan added
advantage.
·
Experience working with the Kenya
Community Health Strategy
·
Demonstrable commitment to tackling
social determinants of health and health inequalities, with a strong focus on
equity in health and development, ensuring right of access to health for the
poorest and marginalized
·
Background driving health advocacy
and social change processes and outcomes
Important: Must be willing to abide fully by Save the
Children Child Safeguarding Policy.
Vacancy:Programme Officer - Reproductive Health
Reference Code:PO/WAJ/RH/SCI
Team / Programme: Programmes (ESHE / DFID FP Partnership)
Location: Wajir County
Grade: 4
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: SCI Kenya is in the process of implementing the
second phase of ESHE, an innovative Family Planning programme that seeks to
tackle deep rooted barriers to family planning demand, access and uptake by
creating an enabling environment for FP practices in northeast Kenya.
Utilizing social change, empowerment,
behaviour change and institutional strengthening approaches, the programme is
expected to significantly contribute to sustained universal access to FP as
part of a DFID supported consortium of partners present across 24 Counties in
Kenya.
The programmatic model will work
through community health systems and other tiers of healthcare to gain the
support of communities, community opinion leaders and County Health Managers to
promote FP services, particularly for poor rural woman.
This programming across Save the
Children’s Theory of Change will ensure healthy mothers and healthy baby
outcomes by the end of 2017.
Scope of Role: This job will play a critical role in
ensuring effective community mobilisation and participation strategies in the
Family Planning (ESHE) programme in Wajir.
The aim of this job is to ensure
effective day to day planning, implementation and monitoring of reproductive
health activities including family planning mobilization at community
level.
The role ensures that planned
activities are implemented in a collaborative, effective, efficient and
inclusive way, working closely with the Ministry of Health and Religious
leaders at all levels across the County.
The holder works under the guidance
and direction of the Health Specialist (Health Programme Manager) or RH/MNH
Coordinator.
Dimension: 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.
Dimension: 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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million.
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
Key Areas of Accountability:
Staff directly reporting to this post: none
Key Areas of Accountability:
Support to Programme Delivery
·
Planning and implementation of ESHE
program activities including community engagement and mobilization and social
dialogue for increased demand for Family Planning
·
Organizing and coordinating training
and capacity building initiatives for community resource persons including
community health volunteers, social analysis and dialogue facilitators, Muslim
religious leaders, mother to mother support groups and facility health workers
·
Ensure adequate management of
delegated budget authority, and work across sections to ensure adequate support
to programme implementation from Finance, HR, Logisitics etc
Partnerships for Social Change
·
Develop partnerships with religious
leaders, politicians, women’s groups, and close-to-community health providers,
health care workers, community health committees and other organised
groups to orient and involve them in programme implementation
·
Develop close collaboration with
various professional groups and non-governmental organisations active in
community health strategy and FP to facilitate learning and model best
practice.
·
Provide on-going support to county
government counterparts and other partners in community engagement and
communication for social change
Monitoring, evaluation,
accountability and learning (MEAL)
·
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team to ensure effective monitoring and
evaluation of programme activities including preparation of monitoring reports
and mainstreaming accountability mechanisms.
·
Drafting and sharing periodic project
reports including trip reports, distribution reports, activity reports, weekly
reports and monthly donor reports
·
Initiate and ensure documentation and
sharing of case studies, success stories or human interest stories
Key Competencies (our Values in
Practice)
·
Delivering results: Takes
personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious Goals
for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team/
organization.
·
Problem solving and decision making:
Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating
relevant information from within or outside the organization and making
appropriate judgments.
·
Applying technical and professional
expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the
highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the
organization.
·
Communicating with impact:
Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence;
promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building
confidence and trust with others.
·
Working effectively with
others: Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on
diversity of people and perspectives. Knows when to lead and when to follow and
how to ensure effective cross-boundary working
SCI Values: Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity,
Accountability and Integrity
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and Experience
·
A University degree in Public Health
or Social science related field with emphasis on Health Communication, Health
Promotion, Community and Social mobilization.
·
Minimum two (2) years post-training
relevant mix of professional work experience in community health, community
development, and family planning programmes.
·
Experience in mobilizing communities
for health and development in Northern Kenya an added advantage.
·
Experience working with the Kenya
Community Health Strategy
·
Demonstrable commitment to tackling
social determinants of health and health inequalities, with a strong focus on
equity in health and development, ensuring right of access to health for the
poorest and marginalized
·
Background driving health advocacy
and social change processes and outcomes
·
Must be willing to abide fully by
Save the Children Child Safeguarding Policy.
Vacancy: Data Management Assistant
Reference Code:DATA/WAJ/ASS/SCI
Reference Code:DATA/WAJ/ASS/SCI
Team / Programme:Programmes
Location: Wajir
Grade / Tittle: 5
Post Type: National (1year 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: In close liaison with the MEAL officer and program coordinators, the Data management Assistant support the collection, processing and verification activity data reports/forms and maintains programme/projects databases by entering new and updated monitoring data and data collection forms.
Role Purpose: In close liaison with the MEAL officer and program coordinators, the Data management Assistant support the collection, processing and verification activity data reports/forms and maintains programme/projects databases by entering new and updated monitoring data and data collection forms.
He/she assists with monitoring and
evaluation matters within the projects in order to ensure successful project
implementation.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: MEAL Officer
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: MEAL Officer
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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the country.
We employ more than 300 staff and
have an operating annual budget in 2014 of approximately US$25 million.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
·
holds self-accountable for making
decisions, managing resources efficiently, and achieving and role modeling 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, 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
Key Areas of Accountability:
·
Work with the MEAL officer and
program coordinators in all processes of ensuring efficient project data
Management including collecting, organizing, and verifying accuracy of data
before it is captured into database.
·
Perform data entry and provide
summaries and regular trend monitoring as requested by program teams.
·
Performing data cleaning as
required for all the programs running in the field office
·
Documentation and management of
programs data/information.
·
Filing the data collection forms
including CHWs reports in an organized manner.
·
Maintain and share updated database
of all program data on regular basis and help retrieve information to inform
project reporting
·
Participate in regular monitoring of
programme activities in the field including post distribution monitoring, write
up reports and provide appropriate feedback to the supervisor and the field
staffs accordingly.
·
Participate and lead in facilitating
Community feedback sessions and beneficiary Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and
semi-structured interviews and follow up on feedback with the relevant
departments
·
Request for additional information
from the field staff when necessary and work with the field staff to ensure
efficient data capture protocols.
·
Assist in collecting and documenting
human interest stories and case studies as benchmarks for best practices for
use in periodic newsletters and other internal publications
·
Assist in undertaking data quality
audit, spot checks and on-job trainings on proper data/information keeping for
the various supported health facilities and community units.
·
Assist in refining the project
monitoring tools
·
Assist in developing a system of
analysing and managing information on beneficiary lists and training databases.
·
Support in planning and organizing
for surveys/evaluations and supervising data collection
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
·
Degree or Higher Diploma in IT or
related field;
·
Skills, knowledge and ability to
enter, analyse and report on data
·
Mastery of Microsoft Word, Excel,
Access and other statistical packages.
·
Experience in related area of work
·
Strong organizational skills, ability
to plan and work independently to get results in a fast –paced environment
·
Proficiency in both written and
oral communications; Communicate efficiently and effectively both verbally and
in writing
·
Experience working with children and
vulnerable communities
Basic skills needed
·
Computer literacy a must
·
Knowledge of local language
·
An ability to work to deadlines
·
An ability to work fast (but without
mistakes)
·
Good attention to detail
Vacancy: Nutrition Assistant
2 Positions
Position Code: SCI NA
Team / Programme:Programme Operations
2 Positions
Position Code: SCI NA
Team / Programme:Programme Operations
Location: Wajir
Grade: 5
Post Type: National (1 year contract with possibility of
renewal)
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: S/He will be responsible for supporting the enhanced implementation of nutrition interventions among communities through nutrition education, surveillance and strengthening capacity of MoH in the management of acute malnutrition.
Role Purpose: S/He will be responsible for supporting the enhanced implementation of nutrition interventions among communities through nutrition education, surveillance and strengthening capacity of MoH in the management of acute malnutrition.
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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million
Staff directly reporting to this
post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
1. Nutrition Education and Trainings;
Key Areas of Accountability:
1. Nutrition Education and Trainings;
Undertakes the the following
activities in consultation and/or with support from the Nutrition Coordinator
·
Participate in the development of
training curriculum and tools and facilitate/co-facilitate nutrition education
trainings
·
Supports technical, logistical and
any other training needs in the various divisions.
·
Liaise with the County Health
Department and other partners in ensuring that nutrition education are comprehensively
done following set guidelines
·
Identify needs for and participate in
refresher training sessions with CHWs and health workers
·
Identify a and collaborate with a
number of community leaders who will work closely with the program at the
village level
·
With support from the Nutrition Team,
evaluate the outcomes of trainings conducted and continuous on-job trainings.
2. Project Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning (MEAL)
·
Write reports to document the process
of implementation, lessons learnt and good practice and ensure information is
widely disseminated
·
With support from Nutrition
Coordinator, participate in the design and execution of nutrition surveys and
assessments according to national guidelines
·
Prepare monthly activity reports as
well as contribute to the development of quarterly project donor reports.
·
Actively participate at Community
Feedback and Learning events
3. Support Supervision
·
In consultation with the nutrition
coordinator, develop a comprehensive plan for supervision and
implementation of all the field nutrition activities
·
Assist the community health workers
implementing nutrition activities to develop monthly work plans.
·
At program level, supervise the quality
of surveillance, support to MoH and nutrition education promotion and
counselling by the trained nutrition workers and community health workers.
·
Mentor nutrition workers to
ensure effectivesupport and supervision to community health workers in their
areas of coverage according to set norms and standards
·
Ensure regular meetings with the
nutrition and community health workers
·
Document and share lessons learnt in
a comprehensive, detailed and timely manner to enable tracking of changing
trends in nutrition status
4. Development of nutrition education
training and counselling materials
·
With support from line
manager, participate in the design of a formative research study to
identify nutrition problems and barriers common in the community
·
In consultation with line
manager, participate in the design/adaptation of appropriate nutrition
education and promotion methods and tools, and pre- testing them with the team
and community members.
·
Train field nutrition workers on the
use of the job aids
·
Identify and document locally
available foods and develop recipes
·
Oversee and guide staff in providing
on-site cooking demonstrations and workshops
5. Implement Community Mobilization
Activities
·
Carry out community based nutritional
promotional activities targeting community groups. Activities to include are:
School nutrition clubs, community outreaches, and facility based nutrition
education focusing on IYCF, growth monitoring and maternal nutrition, and
dissemination of IEC materials.
·
Ensure on-going community-based
nutritional screening, data analysis and reporting
·
Liaise and establish strong links
with existing community structures including women groups, community health
committees, youth groups and religious leaders.
6. Implement the development and maintenance
of a nutrition referral system
·
In support and consultation and
support from the Nutrition Coordinator, work with Nutrition workers to develop
and maintain a referral system at community level in which community health
workers refer malnourished children and mothers needing special attention to
the health facilities.
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
·
Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Public
Health, Food & Nutrition or equivalent
·
At least two years’ work
experience in community nutrition work and implementation of nutrition
education programmes, including monitoring and evaluation
·
Understanding of community management
of acute malnutrition
·
Experience of and commitment to
utilizing participatory approaches.
·
Experience in KAP assessments and
formative research; and understanding of nutritional surveillance and
information systems.
·
Proven capacity to supervise, train
and coach local staff and community workers.
·
Excellent communication skills and a
willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with children and
their carers
·
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 frequently
travel and stay at the field
·
Strong research and data analysis
skills
·
Strong report writing and computer
skills
·
Fluent in written and spoken English,
Kiswahili and local languages
·
Commitment to and understanding of
Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
Desirable
·
Qualified nutritionist with nutrition
education/IYCF experience
Interested candidates are hereby
required to drop their applications together with copies of their academic
qualifications, national Identity card and testimonials at SCI Wajir area
Office with the position clearly indicated on top of the enclosed envelop and
clearly addressed to The Human Resource and Administration Officer,SCI:Wajir
Area Office; not later than 27th April 2015 at 5pm.
Vacancy: Health & Nutrition Promoter
Position Code: SCI HNP
Team / Programme:Programme Operations
Location: Wajir
Grade: 5
Post Type: National (1 year Contract with
possibility of renewal)
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 Health and Nutrition Promoter will work closely with the Health and Nutrition Promotion officer, MOH and Community and will be responsible for equipping community members with correct and accurate Information, Education and Communication messages on health and nutrition that influence adoption of appropriate behaviour change
Role Purpose: The Health and Nutrition Promoter will work closely with the Health and Nutrition Promotion officer, MOH and Community and will be responsible for equipping community members with correct and accurate Information, Education and Communication messages on health and nutrition that influence adoption of appropriate behaviour change
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Nutrition Officer
Reports to: Nutrition Officer
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 Feb 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, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
·
Take lead in implementation of health
and nutrition promotion activities.
·
Work closely with the health and
nutrition team in carrying out assessments to identify health promotion /
behavior change needs in the community.
·
To support the CHEW, CHWs and the
MTMSG to enhance the community empowerment and demand for Health and Nutrition
services.
·
Lead Community mobilisation and
sensitization with the various community sectors-school going children, CHWs,
Clinic Health Committees, Village health committees, mothers, religious leaders
and the youth.
·
Carry out home visits to
beneficiaries to assess and mentor them on adoption of proper personal
hygiene, water handling , nutrition and child care practices
·
Capacity build the CHWs to carry out
home visits to beneficiaries to assess and mentor them on adoption of
proper personal hygiene, water handling , nutrition and child care
practies.
·
Liaise with MOH to conduct health and
nutrition education and hygiene promotion trainings to the water management
committees, Health Facility Management committees, CHWs and school teachers
·
Continuously monitor quality and
uptake of health and nutrition promotion messages and report to the nutrition
coordinator for action on issues identified.
·
Together with key partner ministries
and other implementing partners, strengthen school health promotion programmes
including Duksis and ECDS.
·
Assist the community health workers
implementing health and nutrition education activities to develop monthly work
plans.
·
At program level support MoH to
undertake health and nutrition education promotion and counselling by the
trained nutrition workers, community health workers ad mother to mother support
groups.
·
Liaise and establish strong links
with existing community structures including women groups, community
development committees, youth groups and religious leaders.
·
Participate in a formative research
study to identify health and nutrition problems common in the community
·
Participate in the design/adaptation
of appropriate nutrition education and promotion methods and tools, and pre- testing
them with the team and community members.
·
Liaise with the health education
sector at the department of health to adapt and produce appropriate Health and
nutrition IEC materials
·
Participate in reviewing the
community training guides and counselling cards
·
Provide leadership and participate in
Mother to Mother support groups training and meeting sessions.
·
Participate in development of Health
and nutrition education job aids
·
Oversee and guide staff in providing
on-site cooking demonstrations for communities and mother to mother support
groups.
·
Maintain a data base of the trained
and active Community Health Awareness Teams in the community.
·
Prepare plans and write reports on
health and nutrition promotion activities.
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:
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Develops and encourages new and
innovative solutions
·
Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
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Honest, encourages openness and
transparency
Qualifications and Experience
·
Bachelor’s degree in Public Health,
Food, Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
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At least two years’ work
experience with and international humanitarian agency in community health and
nutrition work and implementation of nutrition education programmes, including
monitoring and evaluation
·
Understanding of High Impact
Nutrition Interventions
·
Experience of and commitment to
utilizing participatory approaches..
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Ability to work in the field and
represent the organization in community meetings
·
Proven capacity to supervise, train
and coach local staff and community workers.
·
Excellent communication skills and a
willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with children and
their carers
·
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 frequently
travel and stay at the field
·
Strong research and data analysis
skills
·
Strong report writing including case
studies and success stories and computer skills
·
Fluent in written and spoken English,
Kiswahili and local languages
·
Commitment to and understanding of
Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
Desirable
·
Qualified nutritionist with health
and nutrition promotion experience
Interested candidates are hereby
required to drop their applications together with copies of their academic
qualifications, national Identity card and testimonials at SCI Wajir area
Office with the position clearly indicated on top of the enclosed envelop and
clearly addressed to The Human Resource and Administration Officer,SCI:Wajir
Area Office; not later than 27th April 2015 at 5pm.
Send Online applications to kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org.
Save the Children is an equal employment opportunity Organization and qualified female candidates and those with disability are encouraged to apply as well.
Send Online applications to kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org.
Save the Children is an equal employment opportunity Organization and qualified female candidates and those with disability are encouraged to apply as well.