1.Child Protection Officer
LOCATION: Dhagahbour -With frequent travel
GRADE: 4A
Vacant Position: 1
POST TYPE: National
Only female Candidates
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:
Under the guidance and technical support of the Child protection Coordinator and Program Manager child Protection specialist, the Child Protection officer is responsible for working closely with community and government stakeholders. S/he is responsible for the effective, efficient and quality implementation of child protection projects at Woreda level by engaging community, government and other stakeholders. S/he works in establishing/strengthen community-based child protection mechanisms to prevent and protect children from abuse and other child protection risks. Also, best interest determination panel and other support activities to respond to the children problem. She/He/ will be responsible for delivering quality protection interventions, in line with protection minimum standards and SCI Ethiopia’s protection strategy including provision of legal information dissemination, protection monitoring activities, identification of GBV related issues and case management. In addition, the officer will take on any additional protection activity as required to meet the project objectives
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Child Protection Coordinator
Staff Directly Reporting to this Post: two
Functional relationship– Child Protection Coordinator:
Dimensions: Communication and relationship management with a wide range of stakeholders, including the Woreda Education Office, Consortium members, and stakeholders.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Job specific roles and responsibilities
- Protection Program Implementation: Implement protection programs designed to address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and their families. This may include child protection, gender-based violence prevention and response, psychosocial support, and community-based protection initiatives.
- Facilitate and lead community: awareness raising and sensitization programs to promote positive values of the society towards children.
- Community Engagement: Work closely with communities to identify protection risks and develop strategies to address them effectively. Engage community members, local leaders, and other stakeholders in promoting child rights, protection mechanisms, and positive parenting practices.
- Organize and conduct parenting without violence: sessions on nurturing health relationships within families without resorting to physical or emotional harm.
- Supervise and monitoring: closely monitoring the effective implementation of child resilience session.
- Prepare monthly/weekly plan: implement and monitor child protection activities and ensure that program objectives and activities are in line within the context of save the children, values, ai
- Ensure necessary attention is given to children of concern through the provision of case management, referral services, material and other psychosocial supports.
- Facilitate multi sectorial linkages at woreda level to prevent, protect and respond to child protection risks.
- Promote and improve quality service delivery to fulfil Childrens’ right based on SCI vision, mission and values.
- Establish/strengthen community-based child protection mechanisms to prevent, respond, Report and protect children from abuse, exploitation and risks. .
- Produce and submit quality and analytical periodic reports to CP coordinator.
- Take measures and recommend directions to improve the quality of child protection works and to maximize the benefit children should get from it.
- Identify, register and refer abused and exploited children for child protection services.
- Share information on the progress and challenges of emergency child protection program activities with Save the children program staff and line manager and protection clusters as necessary.
- Develop individual work plan for the implementation of protection activities in accordance with protection standards and the framework of the project;
- Conduct rapid assessment to identify the legal service need and concern of the target population and frame response according to the identified need;
- Conduct information dissemination on the legal rights and procedures with a focus on issues affecting the target population through the mobile protection desk and community outreach;
- Facilitate and advocate access to legal documentation for the target community in collaboration with relevant government authorities and humanitarian agencies;
- Organize capacity building training to government stakeholders and community-based structures on relevant international and national laws and procedures;
- Ensure the adherence to ethical data collection and data protection and data sharing protocols throughout protection activities;
- Work on protection monitoring; including on the achievements and challenges pertaining to our project implementation
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 capacity to improve performance and applying appropriate measures when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself/herself (and their team).
- Takes responsibility for his/her own personal actions and encourages others to do the same.
- Widely shares his/her personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
- Future-orientated, thinks strategically.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, his/her 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 risk.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in health officer, Nursing, and other related fields.
- Bachelor’s degree in social science and humanities, Sociology, Psychology, Law or other related fields.
- At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in child protection, humanitarian assistance, or related fields, preferably with an international NGO.
- Excellent written and spoken English language and Somali language
- Experience in case management, psychosocial support, and working with vulnerable populations, including children, women
- Willingness to work in hardship area and to work extra hours (when needed).
- Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Strong computer (Microsoft skills), all and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Previous working experience in child protection in general and community-based child protection mechanism and in particular child resilience, community mobilization and psychosocial support is preferable.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITY
- Position holder must have good interpersonal skills & excellent team player.
- Knowledge of the local language (Somali language)
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- Able to work in line with strict adherence of specific policies and supervisor’s order.
- Able to solve problems by selecting the most suitable procedure or method within guidelines and precedents; direction sought when solutions not within established guidelines or precedents.
- Able to make decisions using creativity and some independent judgement within realm of current scope of work; Decisions typically made in order to resolve and adapt current solutions or introduce new procedures and practices.
COMPETENCIES (To meet the value system, the post holder is expected to demonstrate the following Competencies on ongoing bases)
- Leading and Inspiring Others: Demonstrate leadership in all our work, role models our values and articulates a compiling vision to inspire to achieve our goals for children.
- Delivering result: 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.
- Developing Self and Others: Invest time and energy to actively develop self and others to help realize their full potential and to build the organization capability for the further.
- 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.
How to Apply
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
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2.Immunization Project Coordinator
LOCATION: Harshin, Tuliguled, Goljano, Babile, Fik
GRADE: 3B
Vacant Position: 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.
Activity Overview
Immunization is one of the key life-saving interventions the government of Ethiopia has scaled up to address under five mortalities. There are noteworthy successes through EPI. Ethiopia is certified for polio free since 2017 and maternal and neonatal tetanus are eliminated. Coverage from successive Ethiopian Demography and Health Survey revealed a positive rise in the coverage of vaccine antigens. The magnitude and trends of vaccination inequalities in Ethiopia persists by equity markers despite steady improvement in overall coverage. The major variation in coverage is geographic where there is high variation in coverage among different regions in the country. According to the Ethiopian mini-DHS 2019, there are over 1.2 million zero dose and under immunized children in Ethiopia.
For over two decades, Save the Children has been supporting immunization program in Ethiopia to contribute for the reduction of child mortality from vaccine preventable diseases. Through the different projects that has been implemented over the years, Save the Children supported expansion of access for immunization services, supported demand raising for immunization in the community and has supported an enabling environment for equitable service delivery and improved financing for immunization. Currently, Save the Children is implementing GSK funded Immunization Program in Ethiopia that supports equitable and sustainable access to life-saving immunization and essential healthcare by focusing on zero-dose and under immunized children for a new phase of the partnership with GSK. Save the Children partnered with GSK to create an innovative partnership to help reduce preventable deaths and illness in children under the age of five, from vaccine preventable diseases by combining Save the Children’s vast experience in supporting children and mothers’ health in communities around the world with GSK’s research and expertise in partnership with Ministries of Health, local and academic partners. The program is expected to ensure equitable and sustainable access to life-saving immunization and essential healthcare, working together with local communities and partners and leveraging on Save the Children’s and GSK’s joint expertise to reach zero-dose and under-immunized children. The GSK funded immunization program is multi country and will be implemented in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This post is for the Program in Ethiopia responsible to facilitate, coordinate and lead implementation of the project along with the project plans and deliverables.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Immunization Project Coordinator is responsible for implementing the interventions and activities under GSK Immunization Project. S/he will support interventions on: strengthening cold chain system, delivery of routine immunization service using different strategies, support quality of EPI documentation, and support the planning and implementation of immunization campaigns. The Immunization Project Coordinator will also be responsible for the timely coordination, preparation, facilitation, implementation, and evaluation of all training/capacity-building activities as specified on the project work plan. The Immunization Project Coordinator will work closely with the woreda health office head and EPI focal persons in the respective GSK Immunization Project Implementation woredas. S/he will ensure efficiency and timely implementation of the immunization project interventions in the project implementation areas. S/he is responsible for the preparation and submission of regular project reports and case stories and meet deadlines for reporting and regular program updates. S/he will coordinate and facilitate advocacy activities, events, dialogues to improve resource allocation for immunization program, for improved commitment and
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Health, Nutrition and WASH Program Manager, Jig-jiga FO.
Dimensions: Communication and relationship management with a wide range of stakeholders, including the Woreda Education Office, Consortium members, and stakeholders.
Staff reporting to this post: N/A
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Project Management
- In collaboration with Health, Nutrition and WASH Program Manager, develop project detail work plan, budget forecast and procurement plan for the project implementation woredas.
- Ensure procurements specified in the project documents are planned, requested, purchased, delivered and distributed and reported on a timely manner
- Closely work with the Health, Nutrition and WASH Program Manager, Sr. Technical Specialists at CO, and SBC Coordinator to come up with culturally appropriate EPI messages to raise awareness of community members and influence their behaviour positively on EPI.
- Provide monthly update on project progress and flag any concerns in a timely manner for Health, Nutrition and WASH Program Manager and FO Management
- Manage all activities, resources and assets for the projects under supervision
- Identify critical issues in the implementation of projects and take the necessary actions to address problems and constraints
- Prepare periodic reports on the implementation of project activities as per the requirements of SCI, regional MOUs and specific project donor
- Ensure that strategies for phasing out are taken care of during implementation; and project close outs are properly planned and executed
- Closely work with RHB/Zonal and Woreda Health Offices for the smooth implementation of the project and for ensuring project sustainability
- Support Health, Nutrition and WASH Program Manager for any project activity and budget revisions, support prepare justification for request of amendments in keeping with donor regulations and procedures, closely working with the relevant award and management team to ensure timely action.
- Ensure effective and efficient utilization of project budget and other resources for intended purpose; follow up on budget utilization and project expenditure
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical assistance and facilitate logistics support for Woreda health office and health facilities in the development of woreda level bottom-up immunization micro plans ensuring every eligible child is mapped, identified, and targeted for reach with different strategies.
- Coordinate with government, and project partners working on EPI at different level in the project area through organizing woreda level EPI taskforce meetings, enduring documentation, and implementation of action points to improve leadership and governance of immunization program in the area.
- Support regular delivery of static, outreach and mobile vaccination sessions in the implementation areas.
- Organize, support/facilitate trainings for EPI Managers, HWs, HEWs, CVs, and other community members, on immunization, and community mobilization.
- Conduct mentorship and post training follow up visits and regularly assess the improvement on the capacity of HWs and HEWs
- Support community and facility-based surveillance and early response for Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Support regular transportation of vaccines to all HFs and support proper handling of cold chain equipment. Facilitate maintenance of un functional vaccine refrigerators
- Provide technical and coordination support during national and sub national immunization campaigns
- Support proper documentation of EPI activities through technical assistance and provision of recording and reporting formats (EPI and outreach monitoring charts, tally sheets, and refrigerator temperature monitoring sheets) and
- Ensure data quality through regular data validation and data triangulation and support use of data for decision making
- In collaboration with SBC Coordinator, Health, Nutrition and WASH Program Manager and GSK Project Senior Technical Specialists, build capacity of community structures at grass root level to support EPI activities in the implementation woredas
- Facilitate, conduct regular consecutive dialogue and consultative meetings to influence woreda and zonal government partners’ engagement on immunization program and allocation of budget for immunization service delivery improvement, maintenance of CCE, capacity building of HWs/HEWs, and for sustaining project interventions and gains.
- Establish, support, and empower community influential members to hold government and vaccination service providers accountable to provide equitable and quality vaccination service.
- Organize review meetings with the woreda health office to review the activities of HWs/HEWs and CVs as well as for experience sharing and reflective learning.
- Organize/conduct regular supportive supervisions to review and support the EPI activities of the assigned woredas.
- Closely work with GSK Sr Technical Specialists to assure quality implementation.
- Develop project briefs, which document the project learnings and results.
- Prepare/Review and submit for Health, Nutrition and WASH Program Manager timely donor reports, including development/review and verification of both narrative and financial reports and confirmation of accuracy and consistency between narrative and financial reports.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Quality Assurance
- Prepare, review, and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual donor, government and internal SC reports and updates of the project on a timely manner with acceptable quality to the Health, Nutrition and WASH Program Manager including development/review and verification of both narrative and financial reports and confirmation of accuracy and consistency between narrative and financial reports.
- Support and coordinate during the planning and implementation of project related assessments such as LQAS and baseline and endline surveys and studies.
- Document, organize, and share the proceedings and reports of all trainings/ capacity building workshops and project related meetings with the project manager.
- In collaboration with the Immunization Strengthening Project Manager assist the development of articles, case studies or other written materials regarding best practices, lessons learned etc.
- Document experiences and challenges encountered in the process of project implementation: capacity building, provision of technical support and demand creation.
- Conduct regular supportive and joint supportive supervisions to project sites with respective government partners.
- Plan and facilitate regularly scheduled reviews of projects with woreda health office heads/experts and HWs/HEWs, and community volunteers, community influential leaders in the implementation areas.
- Facilitates visits for donors, members, and others as necessary.
- Conduct any related task assigned by supervisor.
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 capacity to improve performance and applying appropriate measures when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself/herself (and their team).
- Takes responsibility for his/her own personal actions and encourages others to do the same.
- Widely shares his/her personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
- Future-orientated, thinks strategically.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, his/her 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.
Job Requirements
- BSc degree in public health, nursing or related fields
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in an NGO environment of which a minimum of 3 years technical and managerial leadership focusing on child health and specifically immunization
- Trainings on Immunization in Practice (IIP), Immunization Cold chain users, and Immunization MLM trainings is required.
- Solid understanding of the Ethiopian health policy and strategies, as well as the health sector transformation plan and the health extension platform
- Experience working with the Regional, Zonal and Woreda Health Bureaus
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
- Experience of managing and shaping programmes to deliver greater efficiency and effectiveness, and of strengthening implementation of financial control processes.
- Solid budgeting skills and knowledge of key donor regulation
- knowledge of local language is required.
- Commitment to Save the Children values.
- Local language is advantageous.
How to Apply
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
Use the below link to apply:
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3.Finance Officer
LOCATION: Dollo
GRADE: 4A
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:
Responsible for the process of financial payments, documents review, verification and input and posting into Glacos; is expected to input and post transactions and validate and post field office Glacos(general ledger offline spread sheet) and CAPCOS (Cash Accounting & Petty Cash Offline Solution); ensures that all transactions are authorized by the woredas program, coordinator; ensure transactions comply with the donor requirements; host country tax regulation and are complete documentation
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Finance Coordinator.
Staff directly reporting to this post: N/A
- Responsible for various payments of check/cash, and cash collections
- Collecting Bank statement and prepare monthly offline bank reconciliation
- Ensure that the proper utilization of petty cash fund and replenishment; Collection and review of petty cash vouchers, record on the Glacos register,
- Ensure that all recorded transactions are authorized by the by HFO or budget holder or the respective program manager as per the budget authority level; comply with the donor requirements; have complete documentation; and ensure all recorded transactions comply with the country tax regulation.
- Responsible for the process of financial documents review, verification, and input to be posted into Agresso.
- Originals of all finance documents should be kept properly & scanned at field office level with copies kept at the field-office as necessary.
- Ensures that all floats and advances issued are authorized and they are in line with SCI guidelines; responsible for advances follow up for in time settlement and report receivables and payables for the Dollo field office regularly,
- Ensures that all accounting adjustment journals and recharges in Glacos and have appropriate supporting documentation, accurately referenced, and approved by the Head of Office.
- Certifies all payments are initiated by an appropriate source document and accurately coded.
- Verifies completeness of documentation in relation to policies, internal control and authorizations related to payments and submits for review and checking by Finance Coordinator.
- Applies all regulations and laws and any statutory requirements of deductions of income tax, Withholding tax, pension fund and any approved debt or commitment in computation of payments.
- Makes sure purchasing procedures are respected, and that expenditures and purchase requisition made are correctly coded with account codes, funding source and Program code.
- Responsible for the administration of pension fund and any other staff benefit for SCI entitled for the Field-office employees.
- Prepares detail monthly payroll tax, pension fund balance schedule and reconcile with the system general ledger balance timely settlement of government obligations.
- As per SCI HR policy, prepares final payments for employees leaving the organization and advice Country office finance department on computation of benefit and terminal payments.
- Maintains and updates payroll file of each staff and monthly payroll information for review and verification by supervisor.
- Clears all backlogs of staff salary and benefits related issues.
- Support FO finance coordinator and performs other related tasks as required.
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
Job Requirements
- Academic Qualification-College Diploma or Bachelor Degree in Accounting
- Work Experience- 4 years for relevant experience for Diploma holder or 2years for Bachelor Degree holder.
- Special Training-Computer literate/know how on excel.
Other Requirements
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Fluency in English, both verbal and written,
- Commitment to Save the Children values.
- Teams, in the event of emergencies
How to Apply
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
Use the below link to apply:
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4.MEAL Coordinator
LOCATION: Sekota
POST TYPE: National
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises or those who need better healthcare, education, and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the rights of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday.
- All children learn from a quality basic education.
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: As part of these responsibilities the post holder will support the establishment of child safeguarding systems, promote a culture of keeping children safe, and ensure that potential harm to children (by our own staff and/or as a result of how we do our work) is identified and addressed on an ongoing basis. The post holder should report to Gambella field office and respond to interventions as determined by position related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.
ROLE PURPOSE:
Under the general supervision of the Head of Field Office of Sekota, the MEAL Coordinator will coordinate MEAL & MEAL-related activities of all programs/projects being implemented under the Save the Children Sekota Field Office. He/she is responsible for ensuring that the delivery of the programs is in line with the SC approach, Donor requirements, SC MEAL framework, and specific programmatic approaches. He/she will ensure & strengthen that a strong MEAL system is in place so that the implementation of the programs is of high quality to be accountable to beneficiaries, partners, and donors.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
MEAL System Development
- Design system and contextually appropriate MEAL implementation strategies to make the SCI MEAL system functional and contribute to program quality.
- Leading and/or managed research aspects including taking an active role in framing research questions and development, adaptation, and testing of monitoring & evaluation and TORs.
- Undertake responsibility for the rolling out of the SCI MEAL system for the Sekota field office.
- Ensure programs/projects are using Quality Benchmarks as part of their day-to-day implementation and quality monitoring practices.
- Make sure that MEAL evidence is used for management decision-making.
- Participate in the design and roll-out of standardized monitoring tools and methodologies.
- Coordinate on-time implementation of Project/ Program baseline and Evaluation findings
- Ensure that area operation and project staff understand the SCI MEAL system and its application in all projects in a uniform fashion.
- Lead and support the field-level MEAL technical working group to ensure quality programming against quality benchmarks through participatory methodologies (including child-friendly methodologies).
- Provide technical support and participate as required in all other aspects of MEAL at the field office level (Sekota) for example surveys, assessments, baselines surveys, evaluations, joint projects reviews/lessons learning workshops/events.
- Ensure periodic reports are as per the standard quality, standard template, and time frame and communicated accordingly.
- Be the key link between area operation office level MEAL teams and Addis-based MEAL team, ensuring that data and reports are of high quality and submitted on time.
- Work to ensure that all projects have a context-based “Complaint Response Mechanism (CRM) for the functionality of SC accountability.
- Ensure all projects incorporate child safeguarding issues in their monitoring checklist to regularly monitor its implementation status.
Technical MEAL Support and Capacity Building
- Provide technical support to MEAL staff under the Sekota field office to ensure that the MEAL system is operational in all departments.
- Undertake data analysis and provide descriptive statistical information to the appropriate data user
- Provide technical support for MEAL staff that helps to ensure program data are well secured through an electronic backup system and hard copy filing.
- Assist and give technical support to all projects to develop and how to implement MEAL plans.
- Guide for projects to collect quality monitoring data on time and collate/organize data for reporting to the country office.
- Manage to create an organizational culture that promotes MEAL and understands its link to quality and accountable programming.
- Plan and implement capacity-building tasks to create a knowledgeable MEAL team through providing training, mentoring, and other technical support.
- Put systems that leanings from projects are properly tracked and shared and properly documented and used for new program/project designing.
- Provide inductions to new staff on MEAL and work with all staff in the organization to increase capacity in Accountability through training and direct support.
- Closely work with partner organizations (Government and local NGO) to support that the MEAL system is operational and make use of MEAL tools and methodologies.
- Manage to maintain regular communication and interaction with partners to facilitate and promote learning and information sharing between SC and the partner organizations.
Documentation, learning, and Advocacy
- Ensures proper documentation of experiences and lessons across all projects /programs at the field level.
- Work to create a mini database that helps to document basic information that helps for program designing, project proposal writing, etc.
Database Development and Management
- Lead the development of a new database to respond to program data and reporting needs.
- Develop automation of data reporting and visualization (including data dashboards) serving the country as well as the field MEAL team.
Learning and Knowledge Management
- In close collaboration with the program team to facilitate ingenerating, storing, and sharing of knowledge (most significant change story, meta-analysis, research/evaluation summary reports, etc).
- Ensure utilization of learning and knowledge generated in decision-making and program improvement (maintain up-to-date project action tracker and monitor the utilization and application)
- Support programs in the identification of learning objectives and evidence gaps.
- Be part of the national MEAL Community of Practices and provide project learning and best practices to the Community of practice.
- Prepare data visualizations (charts, graphs, maps) and data stories for SCI knowledge-sharing and communication purposes.
Collaboration and Networking
- Promote collaboration and joint actions with different organizations and partners.
Additional job responsibilities
- The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Job Requirements
- BSc/BA degree in an area of statistics, economics, social science, or equivalent. MA/MSc preferred.
- Minimum of five years, and three years NGO management experience in a MEAL role in both emergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than one of the following priority sectors: education, protection, rights governance, HIV/AIDs, health and nutrition, and emergencies
- Direct experience in rolling out and managing MEAL systems and of working on all aspects of MEAL.
- Demonstrated commitment to building staff capacity, skills in training, and capacity building.
- Experience in solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward, and ensuring buy-in
- Computer skills like Microsoft Office, SPSS, etc
Desirable
- Problem-solving and decision making,
- Applying technical and professional expertise,
- Working effectively with others,
- Communicating with impact,
- To work in a team and work under pressure
- To protect children in connection
- To be non-discriminatory and gender-sensitive
- NGOs Experience working in a complex multi-culture working context in any one of the Support Services Areas
COMPETENCIES
- SC Values are Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity, and Integrity. To meet the value system, the post holder is expected to demonstrate the following competencies on an ongoing basis.
- Leading Delivering result: 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.
- Thinking applying technical and professional expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the highest standards; promotes and shares best practices within and outside the organization.
- Engaging
- 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.
- 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.
Additional Note
Hardship allowance will be paid 50% of the basic salary for Female staff and 40% of basic salary for Male staff.
How to Apply
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
Use the below link to apply:
https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1
5.Program Manager
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Thematic
LOCATION: Gambella
GRADE: 2B
Number of Position: 1
POST TYPE: National
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated.
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: As part of these responsibilities the post holder will support the establishment of child safeguarding systems, promote a culture of keeping children safe, and ensure that potential harm to children (by our own staff and/or as a result of how we do our work) is identified and addressed on an ongoing basis. The post holder should report to Gambella field office and respond to interventions as determined by position related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.
Scope of Role
Role Dimensions: Internally, have close communication with the Humanitarian unit, Child Protection, Education, Health and Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihood, Award, Finance, Logistics, Field operations manager, CO and field-based education team.
Externally, maintain good working relationship with donors, SC members, RRS, UNHCR, REBs, RHB, WEOs, education cluster, refugee education technical working group, international and local partners and participate in relevant other task force/coordination forums like Education, Child protection and health forums, cluster meetings and regional technical working groups.
Staff directly reporting to this post: Camp Coordinators, CPIMS+ coordinator, Health and Nutrition coordinator, FSL Project Coordinator and Gender officer
JOB SUMMARY
The Program Manager will be the focal point for all thematic programmes; education, child protection, health and food security and livelihood thematic being implemented under Gambella Field Office. He/she will be responsible for maintaining technical oversight of the design and implementation of multisector education, child protection, FSL and health programme in both refugee and host community. The Program Manager will also ensure that SC’s Ethiopia Programme is aligned with Save the Children’s global strategies as well as national government and donor policies and strategies.
The position holder will contribute both to development of concept notes and proposals for education, protection and health projects in emergencies/development and through consultation with SC CO and field team, government bodies, children, community, UNHCR, and RRS . In carrying out such duties and responsibilities, the position holder will liaise with RRS, UNHCR, regional Education Bureaus (REBs), Regional Health Bureau, schools, health facilities, MFI4 and other training institutions. He/she will collaborate with Cluster Coordination/Task Force members, donors, partners and SCI thematic team members to ensure SCI is well-positioned and represented. He/she will regularly monitor project activities and provide technical support to field staff to improve quality of project/program implementation.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Major roles and responsibilities
Program Implementation and Quality
- Facilitate effective supervision of the implementation of planned activities in the field office and ensure quality of program implementation.
- Provide overall field leadership and management role including field level ways of working, delivering results with accountability, regular field level coordination and field level leadership meetings.
- Facilitate and ensure integration of all programs with the local stakeholders including local government, community and NGOs working in the area.
- Facilitate participatory monitoring and evaluation of the program implementation.
- Ensure sustainability of the programs through thematic/programmatic approaches.
- Facilitate negotiation of smooth handover of completed programs to relevant bodies.
- Facilitate smooth phase out both by program and from the area as deemed necessary.
- Liaison and network with all local stakeholders to enhance relationship and program ownership and implementation.
Programme oversight and management.
- In close coordination with the country office education/child protection, FSL, health team, participate in sector/sub-sector strategic planning and proposal development, as well as providing support to programme implementation through identifying best practices piloted/ tested in other places/ interventions.
- Coordinate regular management and technical support visits to field and project sites to support implementation and ensure that programming meets/exceeds international standards and corresponds to work plans and budgets.
- Ensure sage programing is well integrated with project activities, our programings are safe for childrens and our partners and beneficiaries are very well aware of our safe programing and child safeguarding policies and code of Conduct.
- Coordinate with other SC thematic areas and/or other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs.
- Participate in conceptualizing and designing cost effective, innovative and high quality programs in education,, child protection, FSL and health
- Support lead thematic advisors on assessments using SC assessment processes and tools and adapt the Assessment Tool as necessary.
- Develop feasible project implementation plans, including project budget for all education, child protection FSL and health projects under Gambella field office
- Ensure that programmes are implemented in ways that are responsive to the refugee community and children need, and are in line with Save the Children principles, values and strategic plan and Save the Children compliance procedures as well as common approaches. This includes working closely with the refugee committee, clusters / sub-clusters and coordination as well as government and non-governmental organizations that are legally operating in the refugee camp
- Identify critical issues in the implementation of SC Child protection, education and health programme/ projects in Gambella field office and initiates actions to address them.
- Initiate and facilitate changes and improvements on context specific implementation approaches and strategies for Education, protection FSL and health programmes in refugee and host communities
- Provide all the required supports from Gambella Field Office to develop multisector project/program concept notes, proposals, log frames, budget, work plan and relevant other essential documents and send them to CO technical team for final review and/ or incorporation into concept notes and proposals.
- Provide technical assistance to satellite offices/camps, districts and SC supported facilities in collaboration with the CO team, including building capacity of staff.
- Maintain good working relationship with awards, finance, PDU and his/her line manager
- Represent Save the Children Gambella field office programs and engage different platforms with partners by providing update information and best experiences with project implementation in the field office.
People Management and Development
- Work closely with HR and field office manager to ensure that all HR policies and guidelines for staff are understood by staff under the project and are adhered to.
- Ensure that camp coordinators and program teams possess the required competencies during recruitment or thereafter, including the revision and/or inclusion into their JDs and performance objectives
- Enhance staff performance through mutually agreed performance management plans, clarity of individual and collective roles and responsibilities; ensure a robust process of performance monitoring, learning & development initiatives and timely management actions
- Ensure staff under his/her supervision has annual and quarter performance objectives, staff performance reviewed and needed action is taken per the policy
Budget management
- Serve as overall programmatic budget holder for designated education, child protection FSL and health projects/programmes
- Follows up on budget utilization and project expenditure and makes periodic project budget revisions
- Prepare and compile annual plans, budgets, quarterly and annual reports for Education, protection and health programmes based on donors and partner’s requirement.
- Follow up on the efficient and effective programme budget utilization and expenditure of the Education , protection and health programmes
- Arrange weekly/monthly BVA/AIR meetings, identify challenges in spending and take appropriate and timely actions
- Make periodic programme and budget revisions as required for assigned Education, protection and health projects / programmes
- Review and verify financial reports
- Ensure effective and efficient utilization of project budget and other resources for intended purpose; follow up on budget utilization and project expenditure.
- Ensure that plans are implemented as per agreed and approved budgets,
Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance
- Develop/adapt quality benchmarks for projects in consultation with CO education, child protection and health team
- In coordination with Education, protection and health team, design result-based monitoring and evaluation process for projects under his/her supervision
- Develop plan and checklists to monitor systematically implementation of projects.
- Regularly monitors projects for quality implementation and timeliness and follow up the implementation of field visit recommendations.
- Plan and facilitate periodic programme/ project reviews with partners and stakeholders.
- In coordination with MEAL team, facilitate baseline assessments, mid-term, and terminal evaluations.
- Ensure the proper utilization and use of SC monitoring and evaluation (MEAL) systems put in place
- Regularly follow-up and monitor programmes to ensure proper and efficient implementation.
- Prepare and compile quarterly and annual reports for education, protection and health programmes based on donors and partner’s requirement.
- Monitor the project progress as per set indicators and plan and compile challenges and lessons learned from the implementation of programmes,
- Develop TORs for assessment of baseline, midline, and end line.
- Based on outcome of monitoring, developing strategic recommendation to enable leadership decisions
Humanitarian Response Management
- Be familiar with, adhere to and implement the procedures and processes detailed in the Rules and Principles for humanitarian response.
- Contribute to the organizational readiness to respond to emergencies in line with global SCI humanitarian goals, standards, and benchmarks.
- As needed, mount appropriate and timely response to in Emergencies, consistent with established benchmarks, plans and organizational policies and in close cooperation with CO education team or incoming surge teams
- Share information on emergency needs to meet potential new funding opportunities with PDU and work closely to coordinate the development of new funding opportunities.
Documentation, Learning and Advocacy
- Review and ensure quality of quarterly, biannual and annual education reports against project design, indicators and adhering to donor template and by collecting data/ report from the field/camps and send them to the country office for final review well ahead of the deadline
- Contribute to regional education, child protection and health cluster coordination, refugee education, child protection and health technical working group & Task Force meetings in Gambella and update members about development with SC intervention.
- Ensure proper documentation of experiences and lessons (including pictures and video documentation) learned in the course of project implementation for learning and knowledge management.
- Facilitate and participate in studies and reviews related to the education projects, with particular focus to Gambella refugee and host communities.
- Facilitate and ensure dissemination of information and study/reviews.
- Provide information/inputs to be used for SC information and communication materials.
- Carry out evidence-based advocacy on thematic areas in collaboration with other sub-sectors to improve policy and practice that benefits children and boosts reputation of Save the Children
- Manage knowledge and experiences from the learning process and replicate good practices.
- Update member, donors and other stakeholders via skype, telephone, in person or though meetings/ workshops about SCI education, protection and health response in collaboration with the CO team
Collaboration and Networking
- Facilitates and enhances SC’s active involvement in networks and forums.
- Facilitates the establishment of links and good relationships with partner organizations and authorities…
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in development studies and other related field with minimum of 8 years’ experience (with 5 years’ multisector education, child protection, and FSL and health project management) experience in a corporate or NGO environment, preferably with education related experience in humanitarian context. MA/MSc preferred.
- Knowledge of national education, protection and health policies, and knowledge about refugee policy program, Humanitarian Core Minimum Standards and skills/capacity to analyze and interpret the policies.
- Good proposal writing skill, project cycle management, report writing skill, basic computer skill (word, Excel, internet), training, coaching and facilitation skill, working experience in humanitarian setting with focus on children and youth, experience with program development and implementation,
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- Experience of working successfully with senior managers in other parts of own organization or partner organizations to deliver major change
- Experience of successfully implementing changes to processes to improve and monitor quality standards and impact achieved
- Experience of managing and shaping programmes to deliver greater efficiency and effectiveness, and of strengthening implementation of financial control processes
- Solid budgeting skills and knowledge of key donor regulations
- Commitment to Save the Children values
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.
- Strong training skill
- Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices, flexibility in working long hours and ability to work with incoming surge teams.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Commitment to Save the Children values.
- Teams, in the event of emergencies
How to Apply
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
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