Latest Job Vacancies at Save the Children,13th March, 2017

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Administrative Officer Location: Borno Role Purpose

To support in developing, manage and co-ordinate the overall functioning of administrative support systems for the Borno, service providers and country office led events. This includes office management, facilities management, development and maintenance of policies and procedures, travel, and staff management.

Key Areas of Accountabilities

Management of Office facilities and travel for the Borno Office
Ensure the Borno Office is well equipped, has sufficient levels of supplies (consumables, stationery, equipment) etc, is fully functioning and fit for purpose to enable all staff to operate with maximum efficiency
Manage and supervise the Administrative Assistants
Ensure compliance with Save the Children Quality Standards, Global Policies and Guidelines
Oversee the maintenance of Borno office premises and guest houses, furniture, fittings and all equipment in a fully functioning state.

Office Management:

Manage and oversee all day to day office management issues to ensure smooth running SC office
Develop and manage plans for office seating to ensure that all staff are suitably accommodated
Ensure that meetings/workshop services provided to SC is efficient and effective
Responsible for ensuring the Borno office has adequate supply of stationery, consumables etc and ensure its effective use
Liaise with other departments on tender processes for contractors for support services including travel, hotel, etc
Develop, manage, and oversee effective relationships with service providers suppliers, landlords, etc, ensuring transparency and value for money
Ensure effective reception management and that there is always appropriate cover and a professional service is provided at all times to staff and visitors
Oversee the equipment and inventory in accordance with SC Global Policies and Guidelines. This includes safety/security and maintenance of equipment;

Facilities Management:

Ensure premises are fit for purpose and suitably equipped and a tidy and professional appearance is maintained
Maintain general office equipment track; regularly evaluate equipment
Ensure full Health and Safety induction of new staff
Liaise with landlords on all SC rented properties
Oversee the overall maintenance of the residence/office premises, facilities assets and equipment (physical work environment) and ensure that these are secure and efficiently utilized
Carry out a monthly maintenance and Health and Safety check, and arrange, as required for any work to be carried out

Travel, Logistics & Events:

Oversee the management for all travel, business visas, and accommodation for visitors, consultants, and staff on official Save the Children business. Ensure that travel is on schedule and cost effective and that visits to Country Programmes occur with a minimum of disruption and downtime.
Ensure that meetings and conferences are effectively managed in Borno office ensuring value for money and transparency in all the processes.

Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development:

Ensure appropriate staffing within Administration department
Supervise and manage Administration team; define expectations, and technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly
Manage the performance of all staff in the Administration Unit to ensure staff optimise their potential in pursuit of Save the Children’s objectives through:
Effective use of the Performance Management System including the establishment of clear, measureable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair and unbiased evaluations;
Coaching, mentoring and other developmental opportunities;
Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance;
Documentation of performance that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate performance improvements/ workplans

Other responsibilities:

The post holder may carry out other duties in addition to or instead of those outlined above which may reasonably be required from time to time as requested by line manager or Country Director or his/her designate.

Skills & Experience

University Degree in Business Administration, or equivalent in relevant field.
A minimum of 3 years of experience in an administration role in a corporate or an NGO environment
Proven ability to provide high level support to management teams.
Ability to plan and organise a substantial workload that including complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
Experience of managing and developing teams
Experience of setting up and maintaining management information systems and office systems.
Experience of negotiating service contracts and ensuring value for money.
Excellent communication skills in order to deal tactfully and sensitively with a wide range of people.
Excellent organisational skills and a track record of consistently prioritising delivering on time.
A high level of computer literacy.
Good judgement, initiative and problem solving ability
Commitment to Save the Children’s mission and values

Desirable:

Experience in working in a diverse international team

Job Title: Commodity Officer - BSFP Location: Borno Role Purpose

This role will lead or coordinate the set up or scale up of emergency response commodity management functions and responsibilities and will supervise and manage CM staff, under the supervision of the Country Logistics Manager.

Key Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of this post will vary according to the terms of reference for each assignment.
The post-holder is likely to undertake roles such as Emergency Commodity Manager and Commodity Logistics Coordinator for a particular field base, or Procurement/Transport/Warehousing Coordinator.

Key Areas of Accountability

Identifying requirements for necessary staffing, commodity management (CM) systems and processes for efficient management of food items and set up appropriate systems and processes to meet requirements, including distribution, post distribution monitoring, and software applications. This includes designing and implementing a monitoring system and troubleshoot to fix system malfunctions when necessary.
Coordination of commodity logistics; implement the country logistics policies and procedures for the management of the supply chain, including one or more of the following areas; procurement, transport and distribution, warehousing and stock management, management of vehicle fleets, communication systems, and assets
Ensure that Save the Children’s minimum standards of CM procedures and country policies are implemented and adhered to in the area of responsibility, supporting relevant staff as required
Understand import procedures and regulations governing humanitarian aid relief in the form of food commodities and know port operations and procedures; work effectively with shipping agents, stevedores, port authorities, clearing and forwarding agents, surveyors, and customs.
Determine requirements for and then set-up warehouses, including the provision and maintenance of handling, storage, and safety equipment and establish safety and security procedures for the warehouse and CM staff.
Draw up the warehouse layout and establish procedures for smooth receipt, storage, and dispatch of commodities. Monitor food quality and Adhere to warehousing best practices, including good housekeeping, ventilation, use of pallets, proper stacking, fumigation, and rodent control.
Set up the distribution process, including forming the distribution committee, onâ€�site/endâ€�use monitoring and reporting as well as a community feedback/complaint mechanism.
Prepare and analyse the commodity pipeline, monitor the burn rate, and forecast commodity requirements.
Establish a system to submit accurate and timely reporting to the donor and headquarters.
The post-holder will comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child safeguarding, safety and security, code of conduct, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.
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.
Determine and periodically assess transport needs for delivery of commodities to secondary warehouses and/or final distribution points, including modes of transport and identification of primary and secondary transporter, where applicable.
Identify, verify, and register recipient beneficiaries and institute a beneficiary tracking mechanism. In doing so, the post-holder will establish criteria for selection of final distribution points and set up memorandum of understanding with community stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience Essential:

Prior experience in commodity management and logistics coordination specific to food goods in the NGO sector, within complex/large scale country programs and in emergency response/humanitarian environments
Proven experience in all technical areas of logistics operations including procurement, transport/distribution, warehousing and stock management, fleet management, asset management, communications, and security
Experience of working in remote field bases with limited infrastructure
Experiencing in managing and supervising others in logistics
Ability to synthesize and analyses information, and make clear, informed decisions
Ability to build relationships quickly with a wide range of people, both internally and externally
Strong planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
Cultural awareness, with strong written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills in English and French

Desirable:

Technical experience/training in specific areas of food safety and food importation
Technical experience/knowledge in various types of humanitarian intervention e.g. Health, WASH, Food Security
Fluent in English and Hausa

Job Title: Food Security & Livelihood Officer Location: Borno Slot: 2 Role

To support implementation of FSL component of project for FFP.

Main Responsibilities

The post holder will receive a context specific ToR for each deployment, which will draw upon the responsibilities outlined below.

Programme Support (typically will be at field level):

Support field level technical assessments in coordination with the FSL response lead and 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.
With support from the FFP DPM and/or other senior programme staff, develop project plans and budgets, contributing towards an overall project implementation.
With support from the lead FFP DPM and/or other senior programme staff, support with inputs in development of high quality concept notes and proposals.
With the support of FFP DPM, support project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans).
Working closely with the FFP DPM and/or other senior programme staff, support timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
Working closely EYN partners, Field Manager and the lead FFP DPM and/or other senior programme staff, with the HR team, help in the identification and recruitment of community mobilisers and/or project volunteers
With support from the FFP DPM and/or other senior programme staff, identify programme supplies needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan.
With support from the Monitoring & Evaluation team support the M & E plan implementation within the FSL projects, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build technical field staff in carrying out the work.
With support from the Accountability Lead ensure accountability is enforced in all project activities as well as ensuring that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design/implementation
Work closely with partners and their staff to ensure project activities are implemented in time and within the stipulated quality.
To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

Capacity Building:

Identify learning and training opportunities for partner staff and communicate this to the Field manager or FFP DPM.

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and support Interagency Coordination forums, advocating for the specific needs of children. This may involve supporting coordination working groups within the IDP camps and host communities or target project sites.
Contribute to communications and media work as required through correction of data and information and sharing with the project heads

General:

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.

Qualifications & Experience Essential:

Substantial experience of working in FSL, including prior internationally based experience
Education to BSc/BA level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
Previous experience of project management and implementation
Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation
Experience of training and capacity building staff
Some experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
Knowledge of institutional donors and experience of developing proposals
Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
Excellent communication and strong influencing skills
Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
A high level of written and spoken English
The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

Desirable:

Knowledge of EMMA and market analysis tools
Familiarity with FSL and nutrition surveys
Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
Knowledge of consortia working
Experience in gender mainstreaming within FSL programming.

Job Title: Distribution Officer Location: Borno Job Type: Full-time Role

The Distribution Office works with urban and rural communities at the grass root level, stakeholders and partners, responsible for coordinating a distribution team to conduct sensitization, mobilization, registration and delivering technical support and oversight to targeted communities/groups to ensure that food/non-food items are timely distributed to the deserving beneficiaries.

Primary Responsibilities include:

Planning, implementing, reporting and monitoring food distribution processes and ensuring that food stuffs reach the intended beneficiaries timely and in an acceptable and required quantities.

Key Areas of Accountability As a member of the WFP-BFSP Team, this position’s role is to:

Lead distribution team on setting up and executing distributions of commodities to large numbers of beneficiaries in a safe and expedient manner.
Conduct community sensitization/training on project activities on food utilization
Select and register program beneficiaries in the targeted areas according to the designed targeting criteria
Conduct verification of beneficiaries for purposes of minimizing inclusion/exclusion errors
Ensure a proper distribution layout ensuring good of movement through the process, maintain proper crowd control restrictions and limit situations where too many people are inside the distribution exclusion zone at any one time
Oversee screening of children Under 5 (U5) for malnutrition using the simplified MUAC screening tape
Monitor/track delivery of commodities to distribution sites and ensure that the correct quantity of commodities arrive and are of good standards
Facilitate and document receipts of food items and ensure, where necessary, that proper handover procedures are followed in the distribution to recipients
Record distribution of commodities to beneficiaries and ensure that such records are properly submitted to the BFSP Commodity Manager
Maintain an overview of site security and keep team out of harm’s way
Manage onsite coordination with Civil Defence Corps related to security
Any other assignments that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualification And Experience Required:

Minimum education TBD by HR team based on Nigeria Context
Prior experience in humanitarian or international development programming with at least 2 years field experience in Food Distribution/Commodity management
Understanding of distribution best-practices
Experience in community mobilization and group organizational skills
Ability to collect data and compile accurate reports documenting distribution details especially as relates to commodity quantities and numbers of beneficiaries
Good communication skills with the rural community members, local and traditional leaders, good planning, reporting functions.
Understanding of basic risk management practices
Experience working in a conflict setting
Excellent written and spoken English.

Desirable:

Previous experience in WFP, USDA or USAID/FFP programmes
Understanding of basic nutrition concepts, screening stages of malnutrition
Competence in Microsoft Office.

Job Title: Human Resource (HR) Officer Location: Borno Role Purpose To provide administrative support and assistance for the development and management of Human Resources function within the Humanitarian team, for the development and maintenance of policies & procedures, for staff welfare Key Areas of Accountabilities Administration:

Maintain Personnel files for all staff as well as the staff database
Maintain database for consultants, volunteers, seconded and service providers
Maintain leave-tracking and performance review schedule
Provide admin support to supervisors to arrange training opportunities for staff

Human Resource Management:

Assist HR & Administration Manager in the development of annual needs for development / training through the formal performance review process
Participation in the organisation of trainings and maintaining a list of trainings conducted.
Support in researching training opportunities as prioritised by the Senior Management Team or as requested by supervisor.
Assist HR in collecting timesheets for project and support staff and maintaining a log.
Preparation of Borno office monthly HR report

Recruitment:

Receive applications from prospective candidates and maintain an applicant database
Revise the standard induction pack and maintain an induction schedule for new staff, tailored to Nigeria CO
Coordinate and assist in interviewing/recruitment processes:
Long/Short-listing of interview candidates
Assist as part of a panel in short listing and interviewing candidates
Ensure reference checks, criminal record check and other admin activities are done
Prepare contracts and offer letters
Participate to induct new staff on the global and national policy guidelines and procedures

Staff Health and Safety:

Registration of staff with Health Management Organisations (HMO)
Maintain records of all incident reports
Provide relevant information necessary for the management of the combined accident and employee compensation and group life insurance cover for staff
Support in staff welfare programmes

Skills & Experience Essential:

A Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management (HR), Business Administration or Social Sciences
At least 2 years’ experience in similar role covering Staff and performance management as well as HR administration.
A minimum of 1 year’s field based experience in complex and insecure settings.
General Communication & Interpersonal Skill Level – Excellent
Language Requirements – English – Hausa – Required
Level of IT Expertise Required – Excellent

Desirable:

Language Requirements - Kanuri

Job Title: Facilities Assistant Location: Borno, Nigeria Role Purpose

Facilities Assistant will assist in managing the office, guest houses, and properties to ensure effective, transparent and accountable Save the Children Humanitarian programme in Borno.

Key Areas of Accountability Asset & Facility Management:

Maintaining up-to-date control of all assets including tracking donor, value, and location, managing staff issue, and recording all asset movements and disposals.
Oversee the issuance and return of assets to/from staff.
Ensure good condition of assets, and maintain asset condition reports.
Ensure leased properties are in good habitable conditions. Overseeing repairs on these properties, liaising with the caretaker and landlord where necessary.
Establish and maintain a list of contact details for preferred service providers including carpenters, electricians, plumbers, generator servicers and builders and make this list available to staff.
Ensure the telephone system is operational and cost effective (PABX and CUG).
Report any defective equipment or service. Check on running costs with Finance to ensure no misuse occurs.
Do daily and/or weekly checks at guest houses for possible issues.
Update Asset Register and send to capital office every month.
Carry out any other tasks required by the line manager.

Skills & Experiences Administrative & General Skills:

Level of Education HND/Degree
Communication & Interpersonal Skill Level - Excellent
Language Requirements English - Excellent
Level of IT Expertise Required - Good

Experience Expectations

Desired Number of Years Prior Experience in a Similar Role 2years
Experience in Facilities management with INGO
Experience in a relatively insecure field based environment

Job Title: Project Manager - WFP BFSP Location: Borno Job Summary

Save the Children is seeking a Project Manager (PM) for its 6-month WFP funded program in Maiduguri, Nigeria (and surrounding LGAs) to provide blanket nutritional support to internally displaced and host community children ages 06 – 59 months, as well as Pregnant/Lactating Women (PLW) in Borno State.
The program’s goal is to minimize adverse effects on vulnerable displaced and host community individuals within the target population who lack access to agricultural lands, or who have otherwise constrained income earning opportunities and reduced market access as a result of the on-going conflict.
SC will support program beneficiaries with a mix of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary food (PlumpySup) for children and CSB/fortified vegetable oil for PLW.
The PM will be based in Maiduguri and work under the supervision of the Area Operations Manager to provide technical and operational guidance, support monitoring and evaluation, oversee commodity pipelines, transportation and distribution, as well as manage project risk and ensure overall quality of the project.
He/she will also be responsible for effective financial and operational management of the project.

Key Roles

Provide daily managerial oversight and support to SC and partner teams in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating WFP-funded BFSP activities in Borno State.
Work closely with the AOM, Director/Deputy Director of Humanitarian Operations, and the AO technical leads for Food Security and Livelihoods and Nutrition to ensure overall project success.
Ensure that efficient systems are in place to support all aspects of project activity, including financial and grant management, project monitoring and evaluation, and sub grant management, and that they support the effective use of project resources in compliance with WFP regulations.
Provide quality technical leadership and advice to the local partner around the implementation and monitoring of project work.
Administer the development and successful implementation of work plans and oversee the creation of reports and other deliverables for WFP in a timely and accurate manner.
Oversee SC project team and support implementation through a local partner, to ensure proper targeting, identification, registration, and monitoring of beneficiary lists.
Oversee the establishment and functionality of Food Distribution Committees and ensure that all FDCs working on the program are abreast with and respect all SCI rules/regulations pertaining to the program as well respect the rights and privileges of beneficiaries.
Work with the community to ensure that the BSFP/nutrition program is responding to identified needs and have full participation of the community in our program area.
Liaise and work with target community to ensure accountability and best use of project resources.
Work with SC Logistics team to supervise the performance of transportation vendors and ensure adherence to delivery contract terms.
Coordinate with SC Logistics team, the Commodity Accountant and Warehouse staff to confirm effective commodity management practices in terms of receiving, storing, distributing and tracking all food products.
Undertake regular (weekly) field visits to review BFSP and build field staff and implementing partner’s capacity in quality assurance.
Monitor the capacity building and community mobilization activities, sessions for quality assurance and prepare reports with recommendations for continuous quality improvement in collaboration with MEAL team.
Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) team to implement the prescribed monitoring and evaluation plan and to capture learning opportunities for BSFP, especially the integration of RUSF and standard commodities.
Ensure compliance with all grant, WFP and government provisions, and timely fulfilment of all project programmatic reporting requirements.
Oversee timely expenditure of approved budgets, avoiding both under spending and overspending on grant line items.

Other Roles Personnel and Administration:

Supervise BSFP project staff: conduct performance evaluations, identify staff skills development needs and assist the AOM to meet these needs
Provide management support to staff as needed, and maintain office policy of respect and communication between supervisors and subordinates.
See that all staff are aware of and understand SC policies and procedures; take appropriate disciplinary measures as needed.
Responsible for the timely recruitment, orientation, and training of new staff as needed.
Ensure all administrative procedures are followed, such as those regarding vehicle use and procurement.
Maintain focus on SC program principles.
Encourage teamwork, openness, and honesty among State staff and between SC and its partners.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

Support program assessments, evaluations and other reviews required in the program.
Contribute to situation/response analysis and development of food security and livelihoods strategy documents and sector response plans ensuring integration with other sectors.
Coordinate with the MEAL team the timely development of periodic evidence-based project impact reports, captured through Post Distribution Monitoring and ensuring that lessons learnt and best practices are factored into project implementation.
Contribute to the development and deployment of project-specific assessment/survey tools and templates

Qualifications and Experience Essential:

Extensive experience of working within a senior management role within a complex country programme in an emergency response or fragile state
Education: MA / MSc level (or equivalent field experience) in Nutrition, Food Security, Rural Development, Humanitarian/Development Studies and other relevant area of study
Experience working in a conflict or insecure environment
Ability to write high quality reports, press releases, persuasive letters etc.
Experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability systems in large complex programmes
Effective networking skills and ability to coordinate with different stakeholders;
Experience of working in partnerships with local NGOs/CBOs;
Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
A high level of written and spoken English
The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
Detail-oriented and excellent at multi-tasks, able to work with short deadlines and performs well under intense pressure;
Good command of MS Office;
Fluency in written and spoken English in addition to local languages;
Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.

Desirable:

Understanding of general commodity accounting principles;
Experience overseeing distribution of food commodities including post-distribution monitoring (PDM);
Fluent in Hausa

Job Title: Nutrition Project Officer Location: Borno Role Purpose

To support implementation of Nutrition component under FFP project in Borno.

Main Responsibilities

The post holder will receive a context specific ToR for each deployment, which will draw upon the responsibilities outlined below.

Programme Support (typically will be at field level):

Working closely with the lead Nutrition Coordinator and FFP DPM to ensure assessment for health facilities and partners running health facilities.
With support from lead Nutrition Coordinator and FFP DPM to map all health facilities with OTPs, stabilisation centres within locations where SC and FFP program is being implemented.
Working closely with EYN community volunteers to ensure effective screening or all children under five years and referral systems are in place for all children.
Work closely with staff at health facilities to ensure all children refereed with malnutrition are treated according to national standards.
Working with the Community Mobilizer, ensure engagement of community leaders / their designates for the organisation of the arrivals outside of the centre
Working with the IYCF Counsellor, ensure CMAM beneficiaries are referred to IYCF services when required
Ensure adequate triage / that new arrivals are seen as a priority
Ensure cases not meeting admission criteria return home as early as possible and understand why their child is not admitted.
Supervise the activities of the OTP/SFP team at the distribution point
Ensure all criteria are respected and understood by the teams, including admission, discharge and transfer to and from the various components of the programme.
Ensure comprehensive health checks and treatment according to the agreed protocols
Review the forms completed by staff to ensure completion, accuracy and coherence
Undertake individual evaluations with the team
Submit a weekly report of the tally of statistics for each site (one form per site per week)
Report any progress and any problems in a timely manner
Through liaison with the community outreach/nutrition workers, provide effective follow up of all cases – particularly: ensure the prompt tracing of children who are absent from the programme
Request specific children to be followed up as required (newly enrolled children, sick children, long stay children / children not gaining weight, children with social problems etc).
Liaise with the Community Mobilizer to ensure comprehensive community outreach and mobilisation, health education and treatment. Check that all messages to carers, community groups, leaders and authorities are consistent and fully understood.
Attend regular nutrition meetings and assist in any other tasks when required
Respect the dignity of the beneficiaries, carers and members of the community
Work closely with partners and their staff to ensure project activities are implemented in time and within the stipulated quality.
To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

Capacity Building:

Identify learning and training opportunities for partner staff and communicate this to the Field manager or Nutrition Program Officer.
Ensure all OTP/SFP team members are familiar with their posts.

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and support Interagency Coordination forums, advocating for the specific needs of children. This may involve supporting coordination working groups within the IDP camps and host communities or target project sites.
Contribute to communications and media work as required through correction of data and information and sharing with the project heads

General:

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.

Qualifications & Experience Essential:

Health / Public Health / Nutrition / B.Sc or equivalent
Experience of emergency nutrition work (preferably CMAM) and implementation of feeding programs, including monitoring and evaluation
Experience in conducting nutrition assessments and an understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems
Proven capacity of management, leadership and teamwork
Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with all beneficiaries and their carers
Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
Demonstrable ability at report writing
Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment
Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages
Computer literacy.

Desirable:

Qualified nurse with primary health care / community health care experience.

Job Title: Consultancy (On-The-Job Training (OJT) for health workers using the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) approach in Lagos State) Location: Lagos Background

The core intervention of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is the integrated management of the commonest causes of mortalities among children- Malaria, diarrhea, measles, pneumonia and malnutrition. In health facilities, IMCI strategy promotes identification of childhood illnesses in the outpatient settings and provides appropriate treatment and referrals when necessary. The strategy also helps to improve the quality of care of sick children at the referral level by proving an effective link between the care provided at the community and the management approach in the facility.
Meanwhile, it is worthy of note that IMCI reduces wastage of resources and avoids duplication of efforts that may occur in different vertical disease programming. Thus, the essential blocks of IMCI will include the skills of the health workers, health system strengthening and improvement in family and community practices.
Health worker training is a key component of integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI). However, the coverage of IMCI training still remains low in many countries including Nigeria. The baseline study carried out prior to the effective commencement of the HCB project in the three HCB project states also showcased this affirmation. As was presented in the baseline report, among 208 health facilities assessed, only 41% have heard of IMCI as an intervention while only half have had the training. For us to achieve an appreciable level of IMCI coverage, more front line health workers have to be reached with IMCI trainings.
The barriers to IMCI training coverage are not limited to the duration of the training which most times take away health workers away for their primary duties for close to six days. However, other barriers are the cost of engaging the many facilitators and its residential nature. Although, the government of the day has shown willingness and commitment towards IMCI, many of the efforts still come from the donors and NGOs which does not encourage sustainability.
Meanwhile, we need to explore other methods of propagating IMCI trainings. Alternative, but lower cost methods of IMCI training need to be promoted to reach trained and untrained frontline health workers in both private and public sector. Hence, the aim of this training which is to improve the skills of frontline health workers on case management of specific disease components of IMCI through On the Job training(OJT) approach.

Objectives:

To enhance the skills of the frontline health workers in tackling common childhood illnesses at facility level using the IMCI guidelines
To strengthen follow up visits, reinforce learning and address skill gaps using an on the job approach.

Purpose of the Assignment:

The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a rapid spot assessment of the health workers in identified facilities that are underserved and hard to reach. Based on the findings of the assessment, consultant(s) would conduct an on the job training for the health workers using the IMCI guidelines in Lagos state.

Approach for the OJT Activity:

The consultancy period will be for 50 days.
Initial assessment of health workers ability to properly manage a child with childhood illnesses – malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea. This will be by onsite observation of health workers in the child welfare clinics using a skills checklist.
After the clinic session, the consultant will review the skills checklist findings with the health workers and agree on the findings.
The consultant using the IMCI chart booklet trains the health workers on how to appropriately assess, classify and treat a child presenting in the facility with malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia. Also the health workers will be trained on how to counsel the caregivers on appropriate home management for the illnesses and when to return.
The consultant will pay four (4) visits to the same health facility to ensure that the health workers have been fully trained on the necessary skills required to properly manage a child presenting with all Malaria, Pneumonia, Diarrhoea and be able to check for malnutrition and initiate treatment, give vaccines that are due or missed
Consultant then leaves behind a chart booklet for the use of the health workers
Consultant will also conduct a follow up visit (within six weeks of training completion) to assess the knowledge and skills change amongst the health workers in that facility
During the follow up visit, the consultant will observe the health workers again using the skills checklist and feedback provided to the health workers.
During the conduct of the OJT, a training quality checklist will be applied by Save the Children MNCH Advisors who will then pay visits to the facilities where health workers are undergoing the OJT training to monitor the quality of the training conducted.
Consultant(s) will keep the attendance of all health workers mentored or trained in the health facilities in a format that will be determined by Save the Children.
The consultant(s) will keep an activity timesheet which will be shared with the MNCH Advisor after each of activity.
Training reports are at the end of the satisfactory training will then be developed by the consultants and shared with SCI office.

Expected Outputs:

All health workers trained have skills in tackling common childhood illnesses at community and facility level
Monthly report of activities
A comprehensive report of the training activity upon completion.
Attendance list of all health workers reached with OJT, indicating the following - Names, Name of health facility, Cadre, Gender, phone number, email address, others.

Qualifications

Health professional
IMCI certified trainer

Note: Shortlisting and interviews will be done as they are received. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply Application Deadline: 16th March, 2017.

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