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SC Clinical Officer

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

  • S/he is the in charge of the stabilization centre
  • Daily clinical examinations of all patients in SC withhigh level of suspicion of medical complications.
  • Prescription of the correct dosages and timely treatment of Severely Malnourished Children withroutine medications/therapeutic feeds based on the National/WHO guidelines
  • Provide technical support to the Nursesand the Nutrition Assistants
  • Filling in the CCPs in the correct manner taking care of details and be updating them daily
  • Admission Registers Books to be filledappropriately
  • Timely referral/transfers of patients to the available facilities
  • Phones on duringthe night-time for remote consultations
  • Reporting of Cholera/Measles outbreak immediately to the concerned authorities
  • Have critical clinical judgment and analysis of the patients and be able to diagnose 90% of diseases with only history taking.
  • Compiling weekly and monthly reports on timely manner.
  • Ensuring that the nutrition staff are getting proper supervision, coaching, and mentorship to improve their skills and professionalism.
  • Making sure, the cleaners/cooks are doing their work timely to avoid delay.
  • Timely requisition of supplies and stock management.

General

  • Demonstrate compliance and leadership with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

BEHAVIOURS (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 their team to do the same
  • widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
  • Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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 

Creativity:

  • develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
  • Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

  • honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS   

  • Must maintain regular transparent and supportive communication to the nutrition team, stakeholders, community, and direct beneficiaries
  • Work in coordination with other health team to ensure the nutrition is integrated in all the health care system departments
  • Participate in workshops as requested by the office
  • Coordinate withlocal authorities andother NGOs
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Qualifications

  • Diploma in clinical medicine
  • 2 years’experience working in the stabilization Center with INGOs
  • Having gone through SC Guideline training is an added advantage
  • Knowledge of NIS isan added advantage
  • Having clinical experience of Pediatrics
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • A computer literate in Microsoft excel, word, PowerPoint and outlook
  • Good interpersonal skill
  • Knowledge of Sphere standards
  • Experience in training and caching of Staff accountability
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
  • Excellent 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 Save the Children. 
  • South Sudanese Nationals ONLY

Desirable

  • Language skills in Arabic
  • Experience working for Save the Children and working across organisational structures

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

  • Problem solving and decision-making skills
  • Ability to prioritize tasks
  • Able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
  • Strong interpersonal skills, ethical sensitivity and ability to empathise with children, youth and their carers

Junior Finance Business Partner – One Humanitarian

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

  • Relevant finance work experience in a Chartered Accounting, Commercial or NGO environment.
  • Well-developed analytical skills and business partnering skills.
  • Good IT literacy including expertise in spread sheet modelling.
  • Previous experience in budgeting and forecasting.
  • Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully and to work to tight deadlines in a high pressure organisation.
  • Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy.
  • Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios.
  • Thorough – high attention to detail and takes pride in delivering accurate, high quality work.
  • A good understanding of financial systems and procedures.
  • Conscientious and client focussed.
  • Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure.
  • A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and within a team environment.
  • Commitment to Save the Children values.
  • Verbal and written fluency in English.

Desirable

  • Experience of donor reporting.
  • Experience of balance sheet reconciliation and analysis.
  • Experienced in a multi-currency Finance environment.

Deadline: 28 JUL 2023 – 02:59 EAT

CAPP Data Gathering Specialist (Data Analyst)

Save the Children International (SCI) is undergoing significant transformation across a number of core business procedures, systems, and structures, through the implementation of a number of High Performing Organization (HPO) Change Projects.

One Programme is CAPP (Coding, Agresso, PPM PRIME) which has four core strands:

  1. Deploys a new global financial data model and finance system (Agresso)
  2. Introduce a new project management methodology (PMM) to improve the quality of our programming for children
  3. Deliver a technology solution (PRIME) that enables the new PMM
  4. Deliver this solution not only to Save the Children International but also across the Membership

This programme will transform existing project management, monitoring and financial data management processes into standardised systems and solutions.

This is a great opportunity for someone with one year of experience in data analysis and data entry to develop an understanding of charity sector project management processes and interventions as well as an insight into results frameworks, monitoring and evaluation data we use to track our impact as an organisation. This role provides insight into Save the Children Alliance’s project portfolio and operational environment and would be ideal for someone looking to understand project management tools and methods used in development/charity projects.

The CAPP Data Gathering Specialist will be one of two people coordinating with the Country Offices to collect and support the transposition of Project & Award Data in preparation for office adoption of new systems and processes. They will be completing reviews to ensure that content is valid and verified as accurately reflecting what has been agreed by Member and Donor organisations ahead of entry into the PRIME system.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential:

  • Highly proficient at MS Excel with exceptional attention to detail
  • Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
  • Proactive, pragmatic & analytical mindset
  • Positive, collaborative, can-do attitude
  • Appetite to understand more about Save the Children’s project and programme portfolio and monitoring and evaluation data.

Desirable:

  • Experience or knowledge of project management methodologies.
  • Experience within global, multicultural, matrix organisations.
  • Spoken or written French/Spanish/Portuguese

28 JUL 2023 – 02:59 EAT

Programme Officer (WASH Officer)

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The incumbent of this position represents Save the Children values and principles in interactions with staff and external audiences. These values and principles include commitment to the mission of Save the Children international, team orientation, quality management and leadership development, introducing systems and procedures to strengthen staff motivation and productivity. 

In response to the ongoing food insecurity and crisis in South Sudan, humanitarian actors are providing assistance and alleviate the suffering of the people. Having its experience in South Sudan for over 20 years, Save the Children will implement this livelihood based response that integrates WASH in Aweil East, Northern Bahr El Ghazal State through SSJR 3. The South Sudan Joint Response 3 (SSJR 3) Project aims to saving lives and alleviate suffering of those most in need of assistance and protection, and protect the rights and uphold the dignity of the most vulnerable. 

The post holder will be responsible for overall community mobilization and engagement, timely planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and review of the project. The post holder will specifically oversee the Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) components of the South Sudan Joint Response Emergency Project – Phase 3 (SSJR 3) for its successful implementation according to approved donor and government agreements. It will also ensure that the human, material and financial resources of the project are well managed in line with plan financial, grant management and other approved guidelines in close collaboration with the project and other team members. 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.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Role Dimensions

  • Internal: All Staff and all Managers in Save the Children Field Programme level, field manager; Operations Manager, Finance, Logistics and HR in Juba 
  • External: County level sections, Local and International NGOs and UN Agencies in the field location

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY : 

  • To ensure the Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) component of the project is implemented according to the approved donor and government agreements. 
  • Conduct baseline assessment on community needs, existing WASH related initiatives (water supply, sanitation and hygiene), existing infrastructures and capacities in WASH, and identify the project intervention’s sites. 
  • Prepare annual, quarterly and monthly action plans of project activities related to WASH, including checklist for assessments, monitoring, review and evaluation of project activities. 
  • Responsible for specifying and ordering required materials for WASH interventions with in planned timeframe 
  • Ensure goods and stocks are properly recorded and distributed in accordance with funding documentation. 
  • Mobilise the community to participate in the project and encourage all groups to participate in the project
  • Facilitate trainings and promotional activities towards improving the hygiene and sanitation practices of the local experts and communities
  • Ensure that WASH activities are integrated with other activities for optimum benefit of the beneficiaries.
  • Work with project SSJR 3, other project team members and WASH Technical Advisor at the CO to identify the technical support needs of the project and ensure this support is provided 
  • Develop and regularly update a detailed project work plan guiding the project implementation and ensure this is used by the project team to monitor project progress towards completion the WASH component of the project. 
  • Coordinate and attend WASH related meetings at County levels 
  • Liaise with other actors for appropriate response in WASH sector in close consultation with the immediate supervisors 
  • Compile weekly, monthly and periodical progress reports both for internal and external consumption 
  • Oversee Monitoring and Evaluation activities in WASH component. 
  • Comply with all relevant policies and procedures with respect to child protection, health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies

BEHAVIOURS (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 their team to do the same
  • widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
  • future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS   

  • BA / BSc Degree or more in Water Engineering, Environmental Health, Sanitary Engineering, Hydraulics and Water Resource Development and other related fields 

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

  • At least 2 years relevant project management experiences in emergencies, or WASH related projects in international NGOs or similar organisations.
  • Understanding of and experience in the project implementation techniques, participatory planning, implementation and monitoring basic practices;
  • Experience in assessment, design, bill of quantity preparation and hygiene promotion tools in WASH
  • Proven skills on managing changes, achieving results, ensuring quality, team building and capacity building.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity, assertiveness and negotiating skills.
  • Ability and willingness to work in remote rural areas and under pressure as part of a professional team
  • Prepare terms of reference and contractual agreements with contractors. 
  • Experience in developing and monitoring budgets 
  • Computer literate in word processing, excel packages and internet use 
  • An understanding of child rights and their protection and fulfilment in the development context.
  • Spoken and written fluency in English and computer literacy (MS Office and email/internet);)

Desireable

  • (Knowledge of the area, socio-culture and local language where the post is located as an added advantage
  • Demonstrated expertise in both hard and software implementation of WASH in emergency situation 
  • Experience in basic sanitation and hygiene promotion tools

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.

27 JUL 2023 – 20:00 EAT

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