Jobs at Save the Children

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

The Project Coordinator will be responsible for overall implementation and oversight of UNICEF nutrition activities (CVA, CMAM & IYCF), and will oversee a CVA Officer / 2 Nutrition Officers, who support the day-to-day running of project activities.  The Project Coordinator will also ensure active engagement in capacity building activities including trainings and knowledge transfer to team members, provide training to the nutrition team in IYCF-E, Screening for malnutrition, and other related nutrition focused activities, provide training to the CVA Officer in cash transfer programming and other related activities. 

This position will be based at Katsina with travel to field sites as necessary.

 MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Management

Programme Support (typically will be at field level):

• With support from the deputy operations director and/or other senior programme staff, develop project plans and budgets, contributing towards an overall project implementation.
• Ensure proper identification of beneficiaries with support from CVA officers and MEAL and community committees are in all communities.
• Liaising with Nutrition team to ensure caregivers of children identified with SAM are registered for cash assistance on the program.
• Working with CVA officers and other program staff ensure program beneficiaries have adequate information about the transfer values, modality and complaint mechanism.
• Oversees the implementation of UNICEF nutrition specific activities and ensuring that the quality standards and state of the art are met; 
• Ensures effective start up, management, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the Project.
• Provide support and guidance to the project team and implementing partners; assess training needs, plan & provides training/guidance for staff in setting up new nutrition services.
• Support or Facilitate trainings for nutrition professionals;
• Participating in and/or leading health, nutrition, and/or multi-sectoral assessments as required;
• Manages all Save the Children resources (equipment, supplies, HR) committed to UNICEF nutrition program activities.
• Conducts regular field visits to provide supportive supervision to the projects;
• Leads the development of work plans, POPs, budgets, and other required program documents for nutrition section;
• Conducts regular field visits and review meetings with government officials to monitor the implementation of UNICEF-nutrition project;
• In collaboration with Field Manager, ensure timely preparation and implementation of phase-out strategy. 
• With the support of DDPO, support project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans).
• Working closely with programme staff, support timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements. 
• Ensure success stories that have been identified on the program are documented with good practices shared among staff.
• 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 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.

Representation and communication

• Represents UNICEF nutrition program and participate in internal and external coordination and share up-to-date information to DDPO, Katsina STL and relevant technical advisors
• Documents findings and recommendations of field visits for follow-up actions; shares as appropriate.
• Oversees and leads the development and submission of program reports, ensuring completeness, accuracy and timeliness.
• Documents lessons learned in specific technical areas.

Programme Quality and Effectiveness

• Ensure that project officers are meeting both internal and donor technical standards and requirements. This includes oversight of implementation quality, reviewing, editing and signing-off donor reports to ensure they are of an acceptable technical and presentational quality.
• Participate in field-based project monitoring and review meetings.
• Liaise with Programme Operations staff to identify technical support needs of projects and staff, and jointly agree on specific and time bound support needs of projects and staff in relevant technical areas.
• Provide technical training to ensure that the project staff have the necessary skills to technically implement the project.
• Assist project staff in the use of nutrition and cross-cutting tools and guidelines to ensure the quality of work. These include, among others, child participation, child right programming and mainstreaming of gender and diversity.
• Undertake regular field visits to project sites to ensure technical quality and timeliness of ongoing work.

CORE BEHAVIOURS

Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:

• Ensures that programme goals and activities uphold the principles of the key national and international humanitarian frameworks, codes and commitments.
• Integrates beneficiary accountability principles into the approach.
• Participates in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation.

Achieving results effectively:

• Ensures efficient and transparent use of resources in accordance with internal controls.
• Establishes staff engagement mechanisms.
• Addresses difficult situations and makes tough decisions confidently and calmly.
• Considers the wider impact of decisions to be made in the short and long-term.
• Continuously provides feedback and updates to achieve improved results.
• Coordinates with stakeholders to avoid duplication and maximise resources.
• Documents lessons learned and applied them to future projects

Maintaining and developing collaborative relationships:

• Actively listens to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders
• Actively participates in networks to access and contribute to good practice
• Establishes and maintains clear communication and dialogue with disaster and conflict affected people and other stakeholders
• Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance

Operating safely and securely:

• Identifies and communicates risk and threats and minimises these for oneself and the agency
• Takes measures to do no harm and to minimise risks for partners and the communities
• Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the organisation
• Demonstrates an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and how the organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms

Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:

• Helps team members to practise stress management through prioritisation of workloads and modelling of appropriate self-care
• Remains effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding situations
• Demonstrates personal integrity by using one’s position responsibly and fairly
• Maintains ethical and professional behaviour in accordance with relevant codes of conduct
• Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well under pressure
• Takes responsibility for own work and for the impact of own actions

Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:

• Builds own awareness of the bigger global picture by using a broad range of sources to gather data
• Demonstrates managerial courage by confronting difficult situations and seeking resolution, and stating willingness to champion ideas
• Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings
• Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses
• Makes positive statements about work
• Effectively influences others by understanding their interests and showing how they will be met by own preferred solution
• Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to another for the purpose of his/her development

 Qualification and Experience 

Essential

• Substantial experience of working in Nutrition and CVA, including prior emergency based experience
• Education to BSc/BA level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience or work experience 
• Previous experience of project management and implementation
• Excellent understanding of monitoring and evaluation, nutrition in humanitarian context, CVA, CMAM, IYCF, or any other related topics.
• Knowledge of institutional donors and experience of developing proposals
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Experience in working with government counterparts and other partners at various levels - 
• Excellent understanding of the relevant thematic sector in Nigeria at both field and policy levels; including the national nutrition program and well as CMAM programming 
• Proven experience in emergency food security and nutrition projects 
• Practical understanding of the challenges and opportunities in realising children’s rights in Nigeria, in relation to thematic area
• Understanding of advocacy and representation within the nutrition sector
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Experience of training and capacity building staff
• Some experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
• 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

Skills 

• Excellent spoken and written English and local language, preferably Hausa and/or Fulani
• Good computer skills (particularly Excel, Word and databases) 

Desirable

• Experience in nutrition project, data management, cash transfer programing and IYCF programing
• Having an operational experience will be a plus advantage.
• Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts.
• A high level of Communication in Hausa Language 

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ROLE PURPOSE:  

The MEAL Assistant will be a part of the MEAL team. He / she will assist the MEAL team with activities, including data collection, coordination with the response programmes; assisting with planning field visits and assessments. He / she will support in gathering feedback and complaints from the affected population in the different accountability mechanisms (e.g. focus group discussions, child participatory activities, post-distribution monitoring).
 
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Key Responsibilities for M&E:

• Assist in programme updates for the response management and internal information sharing
• Assist MEAL officer with data collection processes if needed
• Conduct field monitoring visits (including the use of the Quality benchmark/monitoring checklist) and facilitating focus group discussions
• Assist with implementation of programme evaluations (data collection)
• Support MEAL in conducting assessments as needed
• Responsible for handling, documenting, confidentiality and security of all informational resource related to feedback and complaints from beneficiaries
• Support Complaints and Feedback Mechanism, including communicating responses to complainants; liaise with programmes and operations to ensure prompt follow-up on feedback and complaints received.
• Contribute to preparing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on MEAL.
• Prepare field visit report and do debriefing and action planning with the relevant staff.
• Conduct quality monitoring of programme activities, measured against international standards and using participatory methodologies (including child-friendly methodologies) and the quality benchmarks.
• Coordinate and communicate with MEAL and relevant programme staff regarding feedback and complaints
• Maintain liaison with MEAL unit and programme particularly field coordination/community mobilization team.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• high level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• creating best-in-class EA function
• future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• designing more effective admin and data management systems
• willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, and demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• First degree (B.Sc / HND) in relevant studies
• Must have completed NYSC
• Minimum of a year relevant work experience
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Listening skills
• Good understanding of routine data quality checks/validation
• Experience in survey and qualitative interviewing, including supervising field data collection teams and writing research case studies
• Problem analysis and problem solving
• Proficient in relevant computer applications
• Ability to work in a team with flexibility to undertake challenging task and adapt to different working conditions.
• Good spoken, reading and writing skills in English with the ability to produce quality report
• Kanuri proficiency is a must.

Desirable 

• Have experience and/or knowledge about working with children on research issues and is aware of the local legal and child protection systems.
• Ability to work as part of a team, Flexibility, adaptability, and patience
• Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines.
• Experience working in a post-conflict environment/refugee/IDP situation

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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 and respond to interventions as determined by position related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.  

SCOPE OF ROLE:

• Reports to: NMFA-SPA Education Coordinator.
• Staff reporting to this post: Indirectly manages/ supports teachers committing to the implementation of TaRL and Literacy Boost & Numeracy Boost.
• Budget Responsibilities: Yes

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Implementation

• With support from the Education Coordinator, develop, implement and monitor quarterly, monthly and weekly activity plans to achieve expected results. This includes planning of activities, budgets and procurement. 
• Ensure that all planned activities are implemented on time, to quality measures and within budget as per the monthly plan. Where challenges arise, ensure that these are flagged early, communicated to the Education Coordinator and addressed in a timely manner way.
• Lead the preparation of all procurement and administrative documents required for programme implementation.
• Work with teachers, community and implementing partners to increase education service provision e.g development of school safety plans.
• Lead on planning and capacity building training workshops for teachers and other education actors. 
• Work with the community mobilization team and communities (leaders, parents, etc.) and disseminate information about education issues and available services.
• Contribute to proposal and strategy development through input on needs/gaps
• Hold meetings with stakeholders including schools, local councils and other organizations serving children and community to understand their education priorities, familiarize them with the projects and its objectives and engage them in the process.
• Keep proper records of field expenditures when appropriate and report on these to the EC. 
• Ensure that the Education programme is implemented in ways that are responsive to communities and children, in line with SC’s principles, values and strategic plan and compliant with SC’s procedures. 
• Any other task relevant to the position as requested by the line manager.
• Teacher supervision and mentorship
• Support, encourage and monitor the teachers supported by the programme to ensure children learn in a safe and protective environment. 
• Gain technical knowledge on education and other relevant areas so as to provide support and trainings to the supported teachers, SBMC members and other relevant stakeholders to maintain the standards and improve the quality of project activities.
• Identify any staffing issues and coordinate closely with the Education Coordinator to resolve them.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Work with the MEAL team to ensure that all programme data is properly and regularly collected by field staff, check data and ensure that it is logically presented to the Project Manager. 
• Collect and compile project data from the schools, teachers and SBMC members  based on the standard formats and submit regular reports capturing achievements, case studies and lessons learned to the Project Manager.
• Contribute to the preparation of internal and external reports. 
• Participate in team reviews of results and programme progress and/or project evaluation when and as requested.

Program and Financial Reporting:

• Contribute in the preparation of timely and high quality progress and end of projects narrative and financial reports which are in accordance to the donor reporting schedule and formats.
• participate quarterly follow ups and progress review meetings to address key performance issues from the reports.
• Internal and External Engagements:
• Ensuring that the program experience is represented and given recognition at stakeholder meetings, workshops, donor, networks and any other engagements.
• Develop and maintain regular channels of communication with partners and key stakeholders at all levels (Community, LGEA and State).
• Represent Save the Children in a professional manner.
• Liaise with other stakeholders, including schools, local leaders, partners and participates in relevant meetings.
• Collaboration with other team members across to ensure synergies and consistency in our programming approaches.
• Represent programming with local government, NGOs, communities and within SC as appropriate.

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.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice) 

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves, 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

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues and with relevant external partners.
• 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 

• B.Sc./HND with 3 years professional experience with education work e.g. in NGO/INGO or as a professional teacher. 
• Experience in implementation of integrated programmes across different thematic areas such as education, child protection, child rights governance or disaster risk reduction is a must  

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential:

• College qualification and minimum of three years professional experience with education work e.g. as a teacher.   
• Demonstrated commitment to improving the lives of children in the school and community.
• Strong understanding of the contextual situation related to education.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Proven technical knowledge and skills in the field of participatory development, child participation, education.
• Ability to travel independently, including to rural communities and work long hours.
• Strong verbal and written English skills and in the local language
• Strong interpersonal skills the ability to work collaboratively with others
• Strong reporting skills
• Good computer skills (MS Office, including Outlook for email)
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches

Desired:

• Background in Emergency programming is an asset.
• 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.

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