Vacancy: Programme Officer – Health and Nutrition (Kibera) Position Code: SCI KP F1 Team / Programme: Programme Operations Location: Nairobi Grade: 4 Duration: 1 year 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: Save the Children has received a grant from the EC for the implementation of MNCH, nutrition and family planning programme in Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi County in collaboration with Carolina for Kibera and Family Health Options Kenya. The programme seeks to contribute to a reduction in maternal, newborn and child mortality by increasing utilization of quality Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) services among communities in informal settlements in Kenya, and bolstering the government’s commitment to MNCH. The Programme Officer – Health and Nutrition will be expected to take responsibility for working together with implementing partners for the day to day implementation of this programme by working closely with Langata sub-county health management teams, public and private health facility staff and community health units (CHVs, CHEWs, CHCs). S/He will work in collaboration with existing county department of Health (especially the Reproductive Health and community health strategy focal persons) and the S/CHMTs as well as in close collaboration with partners to ensure that Langata sub-county benefits from all result areas of the programme. Scope of Role: Reports to: Programme Manager – Health and Nutrition technically and operationally. Works closely with partners and country office operations and support teams to ensure effective integration and smooth work processes. 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. With support from the European Union, Save the Children will shortly begin urban programming in Nairobi working with local partners. 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 Key Areas of Accountability: Contribute to the planning, implementation and monitoring of all aspects of the EC MNCH, Nutrition and Family Planning programme in Kibera to meet programme objectives Ensure good working relationships is maintained with the government authorities (including the County Health Management Team and the various SCHMTs) and community health structures. Monitors and ensures that the technical protocols, manuals, guidelines and forms used in the field are in line with validated national MNCH, Nutrition and RH/FP technical tools and guidelines. Participates and represents SC in various health coordination forums and at working meetings with partners at field level when necessary. Supports in the development of program donor and activity reports with respect to technical formats and deadlines. Support close support to partners in program implementation, monitoring, reporting and documentation. Work closely with relevant support departments within SCI (finance, logistics, administration) to ensure program purchases and activities are implemented smoothly. Documents lessons learnt and evidence to support development of other MNCH/FP/NUTRITION projects. Responsible for the day to day implementation of the community and health facility component of the programme Provide regular field visits to the supported facilities, communities, community health volunteers and outreach sites and provides formal visit feedback via Field Visit Reports. Organizes regular supportive supervision visits with the sub-county health management team to project area Provides direct facilitative supervision to FP service providers and peer to peer groups including mother/women support groups, religious leaders, teachers and youth groups Responsible for all community level reporting (distribution of reporting tools to CHVs and facilities, regular collection of reports from communities/CHVs Responsible for ensuring effective and continuously updated data bases for health facilities data, and where possible collation of all community health activities and IEC/BCC/Health Education data from supported communities and partners, plus appropriate data management and analysis. Provides technical support to the health staffs from supported facilities Leads public consultation exercises and facilitate community participation, using a variety of techniques to ensure the involvement of the community and organizes regular meetings with community leaders for feedback Resolve conflicts of interest, build consensus and keep communities informed of project progress Works closely with the MEAL team to document and disseminate innovative best practices To undertake other duties as required by the line manager Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice) Accountability: Accountable to the Programme Manager and to self for managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values Free to deliver in the best way they see fit, requesting the necessary development to improve performance and achieving results Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves, and drives self for their own personal development Future orientated, thinks strategically Collaboration: Builds and maintains effective relationships, with partners, colleagues, members and external partners and stakeholders Values diversity, respects local customs consistent with Save the Children vision, mission and values and exploits competitive strength Fosters strong relationship with stakeholders including government, community groups, partners, Creativity: Seeks new and innovative solutions to work/organizational challenges Integrity: Transparent, open minded and Honest Qualifications and Experience Bachelor’s degree in public health or nursing Minimum two (3) years’ experience in community maternal and newborn health programming including RH/FP and nutrition Experience working with Community Health Units in community health strategy and in particular implementation of performance-based incentives for CHVs Excellent spoken and written English and Swahili Experience working with partners. Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills Understanding of rights based approaches and participatory concepts and practical experience in similar context. Sensitive to issues affecting children and committed to Save the Children’s Child Safe Guarding policy. Strong documentation and report writing skills Understanding of operations/ action research desirable Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability Commitment to Save the Children Values How to Apply Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory cover letter to [email protected] by 4th September 2014 indicating the Position Code on the subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:16:25 +0000
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