Save the Children
Kangaroo Mother Care Intern
Position Code: SCI
INTERN KMC
Team / Programme: KMC
Intern
Location: Bungoma
Grade: Internship
Child Safeguarding: Level 1 - The role holder will not have contact
with children and/or young people, or access to personal data about children or
young people, as part of their work.
Role Purpose: Work with the KMC Officer to support the setting up
of centres of excellence for KMC in Bungoma county as well as ensuring that learning
from these centres is captured and shared with other partners for scaling up.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: KMC Officer
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.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: KMC Officer
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.
By Feb 2013, we will have completed a
second transition, which will see us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin,
and merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own.
Save the Children has an operational
presence in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Meru and Wajir – with plans
to expand into Bungoma and Turkana in 2014. We work through partners in many
other parts of the country.
By February 2014, we will have a
staff complement of around 300 staff and an operating annual budget of
approximately US$25 million
SCI Kenya is in the process of implementing a signature maternal and newborn health (MNH) programme that is expected to 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 maternal and newborn health programming across Save the Children’s Theory of
Change.
Save the Children will work with the
government of Kenya at both national and county levels and communities to
address the maternal and neonatal health challenges in the country in a way
that would deliver significant impacts for women and children by the end of the
5 year period
Key Areas of Accountability:
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Support the KMC officer in the roll-out
of the Kangaroo Mother Care programme for Bungoma County to improve the
care for premature and low birth weight infants in the county
- Work in collaboratively with KMC officer to
ensure that resources for effective and timely program implementation are
available
- Ensure correct information is captured for
follow up of babies who are discharged from the programme
- Assist in the formation of KMC support groups
in all the five facilities
- Conduct sensitization on KMC to the support
staff in the health facilities
- Ensure the procured job aids are distributed
in health facilities
- Ensure proper documentation on the KMC
registers
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
- Trained and registered as a Nurse or Midwife
(Kenya Registered Nurse, Kenya Registered Midwife
- Up-to-date knowledge on maternal and new-born
health, focused ANC, malaria and immunization
- Computer literacy, particularly in Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint
- Strong representational and communication
skills
- Commitment to Save the Children’s Child
Safeguarding and other global policies, and to Save the Children’s vision,
mission and values.
- Understanding of child rights programming.
Clinical Intern – Kenya Country office
Position Code: SCI INTERN MNH CLINC
Team / Programme: Signature programme
Location: Bungoma
Grade: Internship
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
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.
By Feb 2013, we will have completed a
second transition, which will see us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin,
and merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own.
Save the Children has an operational
presence in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Meru and Wajir – with plans
to expand into Bungoma and Turkana in 2014. We work through partners in many
other parts of the country.
By February 2014, we will have a
staff complement of around 300 staff and an operating annual budget of
approximately US$25 million
SCI Kenya is in the process of implementing a signature maternal and new born health (MNH) programme that is expected to 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 maternal and newborn health programming across Save the Children’s Theory of
Change.
Save the Children will work with the
government of Kenya at both national and county levels and communities to
address the maternal and neonatal health challenges in the country in a way
that would deliver significant impacts for women and children by the end of the
5 year period
Scope of Role: The Clinical Intern has overall responsibility for
working with the facilities to ensure the availability and readiness of health
facilities to provide quality maternal and newborn health services which are
responsive to the needs and expectations of the target community.
Reports to: Clinical Mentor - Bungoma
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Programme implementation
- Work with clinical mentorship team to ensure
that MNH services are available in all health facilities and that the
necessary supplies, job aids, protocols and equipment are available to
support provision of the services.
- Work with the MNH team to ensure that CME’s
are conducted regularly in targeted facilities.
- Work with MNH team in ensuring proper
documentation and filling of procurement processes, filling system.
- Work with the MNH team to facilitate
dissemination of MNH protocols, guidelines and job Aids in the targeted
facilities.
- Participate and support CME programs in the
supported facilities to ensure MNH topics are covered.
- Conduct Technical Support Visits to the health
facilities together with the county mentorship team to ensure that
maternal and child health services are being provided according to
national standards and protocol
Monitoring, evaluation,
accountability and learning
- Prepare Field visit reports, schedule and
participate in documentation of activities within a stipulated timelines.
- Ensure proper documentation of achievements,
lessons learnt, and best practises throughout the program implementation.
Representation
- Participates and represents SCI in various
health coordination forums and at working meetings with partners at field
level when necessary.
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
- Trained and registered and currently
practicing as a Nurse or Midwife (Kenya Registered Nurse, Kenya Registered
Midwife) with experience in maternal and Newborn health
- Up-to-date knowledge on maternal and Newborn
health including EmONC, essential Newborn care, focused ANC, malaria,
immunization, supervision and quality improvement systems
- Computer literacy, particularly in Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint
- Strong representational and communication
skills
- Commitment to Save the Children’s Child
Safeguarding and other global policies, and to Save the Children’s vision,
mission and values.
- Understanding of child rights programming.
Competencies:
- Has high-level communication skills’,
including engaging and informative formal public speaking.
- Fluent in English and Kiswahili (both spoken
and written). Working knowledge of local language strongly preferred
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural
environment.
- Sets high standards for quality and
consistently achieves project goals.
- Maintains and extends an effective network of
individuals within the organisation and with government and development
partners
- Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of
possibilities.
- Demonstrates and shares detailed technical
knowledge and expertise.
- Proven ability to work as a team.
Community Development Intern (Signature
Programme)
Position Code: SCI INTERN DEV
Team / Programme: Programmes
Team / Programme: Programmes
Location: Bungoma.
Grade: Internship
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: To
support in ensuring functional community units to promote demand creation for
services at the community level
Reports to: Community Development Officer
Reports to: Community Development Officer
Scope of the role
Key Areas of Accountability:
Key Areas of Accountability:
Programme support
- Learn skills in supporting community units to
be functional and sustainable for improved service delivery at the
household
- Learn how to conduct social mobilization of
community structures and population to effectively participate in their
own health programs through M2MSGs, F2FSGs and PLAC.
- Learn how to facilitate capacity building and
linkages of community units on viable livelihood support initiatives.
- Build skills in linking between Save the
children – Boresha Project, the health facilities (CHEW) and the community
(Community Units).
- To learn skills in programme documentation for
accountability through processing participant lists, payment lists and
developing beneficiary file.
- Learn skill in development and dissemination
of BCC messages through relevant community structures.
- To improve team work skills by performing any
other relevant duties assigned to him/her by the CDO
Representation
- To build his/her skills in networking by
attending external meetings/forums with partners, other NGOs and other
agencies as required
Monitoring, Learning and Reporting
- To build his capacity in Compiling field
monitoring reports as per the requirements
- To improve skills in identification and
compilation of case studies from project beneficiaries
- To learn from the CDO the processes involved
in demand creation for MNH services at the community level.
- To build skills in conducting joint supportive
supervision with MoH staff
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 Social
sciences/public health
- Basic experience in programme implementation
in a public health context.
- Possession of report writing skills
- Understanding of community health structures
- Basic message development skills
- Computer skills, in particular MS Word, Excel
and
- Commitment to Save the Children’s Child
Safeguarding and other global policies, and values.
Logistic Intern – Kenya Country office
Position Code: SCI
LOG INTERN
Team / Programme: Operations
Location: Bungoma
Grade: Internship
3 Months
Post Type: National
Child Safeguarding: Level 3 - The responsibilities of this post may
require the post holder to have regular contact with or with access to children
and young people
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 we
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25
million.
Scope of Role: The Logistics Intern is required to provide assistance and support to the Logistics department in providing excellent service delivery to the programme in regards to procurement, warehousing and asset management in line with Save the Children policies and SOPS.
Scope of Role: The Logistics Intern is required to provide assistance and support to the Logistics department in providing excellent service delivery to the programme in regards to procurement, warehousing and asset management in line with Save the Children policies and SOPS.
Reports to: Logistics
Officer
Staff reporting to this role: None
Staff reporting to this role: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Procurement
Procurement
- Assist the Logistics department in ensuring
that programme purchases are made in a timely and transparent manner, that
Save the Children procurement policies and procedures are followed at an
optimal quality/price, and that all procurement procedures are properly
implemented;
- Support in the annual prequalification
exercise by compiling a list of applicants, inputting the technical
aspects and short listing the successful applicants.
- Assists in the procurement of routine
and non-routine procurements which includes but not limited to-:
- Obtaining quotations in accordance to SCI
procurement policy.
- Assisting the Logistics Officer in compiling
the comparative bid analysis.
- Support in compiling documentation required
for payments and sends to finance for processing in a timely manner.
- Ensure that all paper work is completed and filed
correctly in an orderly sequence. This includes, Purchase Requests,
Purchase orders and contracts.
Asset Management
- Assist the logistics department in maintaining
the fixed asset register including updating on acquisitions, maintenance
management, transfers, valuations, current user, status and location.
- Support the Logistics Assistant in planning
and executing the asset verification on a quarterly basis and update the
register. Report on any variances.
- Reports any damages or loss of equipment or
assets in a timely manner.
- Ensure all assets are tagged accordingly.
- Assist the Logistics Assistant in executing
the stock take on a quarterly basis
Warehousing
- Assist all incoming and outgoing stock is
managed according to the warehousing and stock management standards as per
SCI policies and regulations.
- Ensure that all paper work is completed and
filed correctly. These include, purchase requests, purchase orders, GRNs,
stock release forms, waybills, bin cards, stock cards and distribution
lists.
- Check and inspect goods received and ensure
they are of accurate quantity, specifications and acceptable quality.
- Comply with Save the Children policies and
practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and
safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
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
- A Diploma in Procurement and Supplies
management (CIPS) or relevant area
- Excellent planning, coordination, and
reporting skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload
comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities;
- Commitment to Save the Children’s Child
Safeguarding and other global policies, and to Save the Children’s vision,
mission and values.
- Understanding of child rights programming
Competencies:
- Has high-level communication skills’,
including engaging and informative formal public speaking.
- Fluent in English and Kiswahili (both spoken
and written).
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural
environment.
- Sets high standards for quality and
consistently achieves project goals.
- Maintains and extends an effective network of
individuals within the organisation and with government and development
partners
- Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of
possibilities.
- Demonstrates and shares detailed technical
knowledge and expertise.
- Proven ability to work as a team.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to bungoma.jobapplications@savethechildren.org and a copy to or drop hard copies to Save the Children Bungoma office next to One acre fund offices indicating the Position Code on the subject line by 8th January, 2016
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to bungoma.jobapplications@savethechildren.org and a copy to or drop hard copies to Save the Children Bungoma office next to One acre fund offices indicating the Position Code on the subject line by 8th January, 2016
Residents of Bungoma/Busia are
encouraged to apply and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
