Save the Children Recruitment | Application Guide and Requirement

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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 are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition Program Officer
Location: Abuja
Role Purpose

  • This role provides professional technical, communications and administrative support to the Nutrition team
  • The Post holder will develop and maintain high quality mobile applications for the Alive & Thrive (A & T) and WINNN programme.
  • He/She is expected to collaborate with implementation teams to develop functional mobile applications, while working in a fast-paced department as well as provide critical support to data/information management and communications activities, assisting the A & T team by developing and implementing an appropriate communications products and outputs for the team.
  • The post holder will support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release and support), produce fully functional mobile applications, gather user requirements and suggest solutions, Troubleshoot and debug applications to optimize performance. Design interfaces (plan new features) to improve user experience in collaboration with the Nutrition and IT teams.

Scope of Role

  • The post holder will report to Head of Nutrition (direct) IT Manager (matrix) and work closely with the WINNN programme team (namely DPM) and A&T (namely PM and Sr SBCC Officer) as well as the SNA.

Qualifications Experience and Skills

  • B.Sc degree in Computer Science or relevant field
  • Proven work experience as a Mobile developer
  • Demonstrable portfolio of released applications
  • In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language like Swift and Java
  • Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
  • Good communication skills (verbal and written) and displays the potential for distilling complex information and materials into digestible and inspiring messages.
  • Excellent organisational skills. Ability to manage a large workload in a pressured environment, working to short and long term objectives and tight deadlines. Attention to detail and ability to follow tasks and ideas through to completion.
  • A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs.
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Job Title: Adolescent, Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Advisor
Job ID: sav-75293
Location: Abuja
Role Purpose

  • Save the Children is seeking an Adolescent, Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Advisor will provide leadership in the development, implementation and monitoring of all ASRH interventions and activities under the REACH project in the Nigerian country office.
  • The REACH project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls and boys in hard to reach communities in Gombe, Zamfara, and Katsina states.
  • S/he will focus on the improvement of quality of sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents including young mothers/parents at the community and facility-levels to receive the knowledge, skills and services they need to delay early childbearing and/or care for a healthy pregnancy, care during birth and postpartum period, practicing healthy timing, spacing of subsequent pregnancies and being informed of available modern contraceptive methods.
  • The ASRH Advisor will work under the direction of the REACH Project Director, but will also work closely with ASRH officers in the field offices, as well as the Head of Unit- Health at the country office in Abuja, and colleagues at Save the Children Canada.

Duties and Responsibilities
Programme Development and Implementation:

  • With the direction of relevant thematic leads, s/he will support the development of concept notes, work plans, budgets and other related activities of REACH within the programme in liaison with the Head of Health
  • Ensure all ASRH plans and activities are properly coordinated  with the field staff, and within the SCI management & operation systems
  • Lead and coordinate the implementation of  ASRH activities in close collaboration with the Gender Equality Advisor
  • Ensure conduct of quality trainings on ASRH to target health providers and partners towards improving the quality of health facility services to adolescents (Use of the Age & Life-stage Counselling Tools, Youth-Friendly Health Services,  Interpersonal Communication Skills, Organizing Young Mothers’ Support groups, others). It is envisioned that this will include developing and/ or adapting training materials and tools as necessary.

Qualifications
Essential:

  • A Master’s degree in Public Health or a related field
  • At least five years of working experience in ASRH (specifically normative change and understanding adolescent behaviors) and family planning  in developing countries
  • Strong understanding of gender equality principles
  • Experience in monitoring programs and participating in evaluation
  • Knowledge of the Nigerian health system with in depth familiarity and knowledge about ASRH in country activities
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team setting with minimal supervision
  • Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Fluency in English
  • Ability to travel within the country
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Desirable:

  • Fluency in Hausa, Ibo or Yoruba will be ab added advantage
  • Programming experience in the North of Nigeria
  • Experience in implementing gender-transformative approaches to health

 

Job Title: M & E Manager, Alive and Thrive
Location:
 Abuja, Nigeria
Reports to: Programme Manager Alive and Thrive (direct), Head of MEAL (matrix)
Role Purpose

  • This role provides professional technical and managerial support to the Alive and Thrive team on Monitoring and Evaluation.
  • The post will involve coordination with project management unit in Abuja and A&T implementing state in line with donor reporting requirements for the A&T programme following SC guidelines and best practices.
  • The Post holder will ensure quality implementation of the M&E Strategy and Plan for the Alive & Thrive programme, including the monitoring of progress against activity and critical milestones as well as providing support and guidance to the Programme Manager, State Team Leaders, Senior SBCC officer and Government counterparts in all implementing states.
  • He/She will assume a lead technical role in developing, implementing, and maintaining effective and appropriate Monitoring and Evaluation systems for all SCI lead Alive & Thrive activities.

Scope of Role

  • The post holder will work closely with the Project Officers, State Team Leaders, Senior SBCC Officer and Programme Manager.
  • Support the Deputy PDQ Director bringing together data and findings from across projects and operational regions to form a coherent basis for analysis of impact which promotes learning and strategy development.
  • Ensure that the project’s M&E system is well linked and/or integrated with overall M&E systems for the SC Nigeria Country Program.
  • Sharing of information obtained with communities, children, and Government stakeholders through a regular feedback mechanism.
  • In collaboration with other technical staff, provide support and advise to other projects or activities of the country programme such as advised
  • Support  data quality assessment for the programme

Accountability
Work closely with the Accountability Advisor to:

  • Ensure that staff at all levels, fully understand and promote accountability in general and to children in particular, through training and coaching.
  • Ensure that accountability to beneficiaries becomes a core element and success indicator for all program activities.
  • Build on progress to date on integrating accountability to beneficiaries (and particularly children) within programmes through supporting the establishment of feedback mechanisms and producing information materials in a way which mainstreams accountability across all programmes.
  • Contribute to improvements in existing policies and procedures to enhance effective accountability mechanisms.
  • Assess how beneficiaries can best be involved at every stage of the programme cycle.

Qualifications  Experience and Skills
Essential:

  • Professional qualification at Postgraduate level or equivalent in Economics or related discipline
  • Advanced training in quantitative methodologies, including database management.
  • Ability to build support from staff across teams and across members, and to build the capacity of others.
  • Proven ability to coordinate effective resource allocation to ensure quality programmes.
  • Sound strategic thinking and planning skills, including ability to think creatively and innovate and to set priorities, manageable workplans and evaluate progress.
  • Strong communications skills (both written and verbal). The ability to analyse complex data and summarise it for a range of different audiences.
  • Experience of working within budget constraints.
  • Commitment to SC’s mission, values and approach (includes child protection, equal opportunities and health and safety)..
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Desirable:

  • Experience working with Nutrition or Health programmes, qualitative research techniques and international development.

 

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

  • Supervising the receiving, warehousing and distribution of materials, equipment, and supplies in Borno warehouse.
  • Ensure good stock management in the ECHO, DRF & SIDA Projects.

Key Areas of Accountability
Objective 1:

  • Manage supplies and equipment stock in Borno

Reception:

  • Acknowledge reception of goods in good order and condition
  • Cross-check quantities in accordance with delivery form
  • Supervise loading and offloading of goods
  • Inspect the quality and check for damage
  • Count and record the quantity

Physical organisation of the stores:

  • Proper installation of commodities in shelves or pallets
  • Organization of the items in category
  • Keep clean the store and secure stocks

Skills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills:

  • At least one year post-qualification experience
  • Previous experience with other local and international NGOs
  • Fluency in English and Hausa, spoken and written
  • Ability to work in partnership with government and other NGO staff
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work within a team setting
  • Independence, adaptability and flexibility with good workload management, multitasking and ability to meet tight deadlines
  • Stock management and logistics experience
  • Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
  • Excellent communication skills

 

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply 

Application Deadline: 26th September, 2017.

Note: Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be assessed as received and ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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