Vacancy: Safety and Security Intern
Position Code: SCI/SECITN/03-2015
Team / Programme: Safety and Security
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 supervision of the Security
Manager, the security intern will carry out routine safety and security tasks
as shall be assigned by the Security Manager. The post holder will work in
close collaboration with and support all Safety and Security Focal Points
(SSFPs) countrywide.
Reports to: Safety and Security Manager
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since
the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian
relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners.
Current programming focuses on child
protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods,
nutrition and WASH.
In 2012, as part of a global
reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC
Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya.
In Feb 2014, we completed a
second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and
merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own.
Save the Children now has an
operational presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will
have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Routine Safety and Security Manager Duties
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Carry out security briefings for new
staffs and International staffs visiting the SC country offices
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Provide security updates to staffs as
and when required
·
Update the bulk SMS system and use
the same to
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Transmit and receive security related
information in to/from all concerned
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Participate in coordinating staff
emergency/medical evacuation.
·
Follow-up with logistics of security
purchases
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With the assistance of the safety and
security manager liaise with the UN, GoK and other agencies in the process of
collecting an verifying security information
·
With the assistance of the Safety and
Security Manager collate information from the field offices in the
process of generating security reports
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Carry out other lawful and ethical
assignments as shall be assigned by the Safety and Security Manager
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Update and file security related
documents as shall be assigned (for example, constant companions, safety and
security training database, incident reports, training reports etc)
·
Ensure that staffs who receive
security briefings and orientations sign the relevant form
·
File all security related documents
according to established practice
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With the help of the safety and
security manager, document all reported security incidents
·
Document and submit to the Safety and
Security Manager a fortnightly report on key lessons learnt during the
internship
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in
Practice)
·
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
·
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
·
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
·
Develops and encourages new and
innovative solutions
·
Willing to take disciplined risks
·
Honest, encourages openness and
transparency
Qualifications and Experience
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University degree although those with
a higher National diploma from KNEC may be considered
·
The candidate must prove that they
finished studies no longer than two years ago or that he/she is doing the last
semester at college
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Experience working with a humanitarian
INGO is an asset.
·
Having a good command of written and
spoken English and Kiswahili
·
Computer/IT proficiency with Very
good command of MS Office.
·
Exposure to some form of
security or safety management
·
Good analytical skills
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Ability to clearly convey information
·
Willingness to travel to
insecure/hostile environments.
·
Ability to work within a
multi-cultural, multi ethnic team
·
Good interpersonal and communication
skills
·
Adaptable and flexible; Able to work
at odd hours
·
Rigorous, precise, well organized and
punctual.
·
Very good sense of reliability,
initiative and responsibility.
·
Very good negotiation skills.
·
Ability to work in team,
independently and in stressful situations.
·
Knowledge of INGOs working
environment is an asset.
Vacancy: CP – Paediatric Counselor
– Kenya Country Office
Position Code:SCI/PDC/05-2015
Team / Programme: Programmes
Child Safeguarding: Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post
require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or
young people
Role Purpose: The Pediatric counselor is responsible for
field level implementation, inter-camp coordination and monitoring and
evaluation of psychosocial support activities as well as providing leadership
and guidance to Child Protection community workers at the CEWC and lay
counselors.
Provides direct counseling services
to children identified or refered by SC sectors, community structures and other
partners, deliver capacity building training for programme staffs, community
structures and staff from partner agencies.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Child Protection Coordinator
Dimensions: Save the Children has supported children in Kenya since
its Independence in 1963 and has had a consistent operational presence in the
country since 1984.
We provide support to children
through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both
directly and through local partners. Current programming focuses on child
protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods,
nutrition and WASH.
Save the Children has an operational
presence in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Turkana, Bungoma, Habaswein, Mandera, and
Wajir and has a liaison post in Garisa. Currently, we have a staff complement
of approximately 350 staff and a confirmed budget of approximately US$15
million this year.
Role description of the Paediatric Counsellor: Save the Children
has received funding from BPRM and UNHCR to provide psychosocial support for
vulnerable children in the 4 camps.
This role is expected to
significantly enhance the psychosocial well-being of the vulnerable children
through ongoing counselling support to not only support their emotional needs
but to also build their resilience through the Community Education and Welfare
Centres (CEWC) where the children will have a friendly space to learn, play and
interact with their fellow peers in the camps.
It is expected that the counsellor
will provide the needed guidance to ensure that Save the Children meets this
commitment to the children in line with Save the Children’s Theory of Change.
Save the Children will work with the government of Kenya through the Sub County
Children’s office, the UNHCR and other stakeholders to facilitate the various
interventions.
Staff directly reporting to this post: Lay counselors, CEWC Supervisors
& Child Education and Welfare Centers (CEWC) Community workers, together
with its support staff.
Key Areas of Accountability:
Programme Delivery
·
Facilitate and coordinate provision
of professional counselling services for children with protection
concerns by conducting play and art therapy, individual and group sessions and
work with caregivers to address children concerns
·
Provide overall management of the
CEWC centers to enhance the safety security and enhance the wellbeing of
children in each of the CEWC’s.
·
Ensure the CEWC’s are within the
recommended safety standards for child to play, learn and grow.
·
Conducting relevant training to
programme staffs, community structures and staffs from partner agencies.
·
Lead in the development of annual
detailed implementation plans; monitor performance against work plan deadlines,
ensure accurate data collection on performance indicators.
·
Lead the implementation of the
counselling KPI’s, including training and provision of ongoing counselling
support to the targeted beneficiaries.
·
Support in the development of
capacity enhancement sessions for the staff, conduct and/or supervise trainings
for the community structures, CEWC Boards of Management, to ensure programming
meets quality standards.
·
Plan, organize and implement quality
community sensitization forums in partnership with the community workers.
Monitoring , Evaluation and Reporting
·
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team for monitoring and evaluation of
programme activities including taking corrective action where necessary;
preparation of Counselling reports, documentation of lessons learnt.
·
Document programme learning and
ensuring it contributes to organizational advocacy.
·
Maintain an up to date database on
counseling clients.
·
Ensure timely implementation of
budgeted activities in addition to budget tracking and control.
·
Conduct/ensure regular follow-up
visits to monitor the rehabilitation and reintegration of clients, and document
changes identified.
Partnerships and coordination
·
Develop partnerships with the CEWC
management committees to enhance community participation, ownership and
sustainability of programmes by orienting them on the project goals and
to solicit their involvement in the implementation of the project especially
the running of the CEWC’s.
·
Collaborate and coordinate with other
aid agencies, governmental institutions and community level structures in order
to promote community ownership and sustainability of CEWC initiatives.
·
Represent Save the Children in
interagency working groups and camp coordination meetings.
Grants Management and Accountability
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Coordinate with finance and awards
team to ensure effective budget monitoring for the project in line with donor
requirements and contractual obligations, including Grant opening, mid-term and
closing meetings
·
Oversee project activities budget
expenditures and ensure they are allowable and allocable according to SCI and
donor regulations; review monthly Budget vs. Actual and expenditure sheets and
collaborate with the finance department to ensure accurate expenditures and
reporting.
·
Ensure timely production of
activity/events reports as well as monthly reports as per the agreed timelines.
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in
Practice)
·
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
·
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
·
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
·
Develops and encourages new and
innovative solutions
·
Willing to take disciplined risks
·
Honest, encourages openness and
transparency
Qualifications and Experience
·
Good communication skills with
fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
·
Graduate degree in counseling or
Psychology, with 6 years’ experience working with children is desirable
·
Knowledge of community based child
protection approaches, preferably including experience in participatory
approaches (PRA/PLA) and child participation methodologies.
·
Ability to use a wide range of child
counseling methodologies
·
Good managerial and IT skills
including the use of Word and database software
·
Demonstrable ability to adapt to
changing programme priorities and emergency priorities that may arise
·
Strong self-starter, able to take
initiative and adapt to changing circumstances and priorities
·
Positive attitude towards community
work with emphasis on the ability to learn from communities and support
innovative approaches to problem solving
·
Registered with the Kenya Counsellors
and Psychologist’s Association (KCPA)
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Commitment to Save the Children’s
Child Protection Policy.
·
Ability to adapt to different
cultures
·
Experience and skills in management
of staff
·
Experience in designing and
facilitating training sessions and activities for children
·
Understanding of the dynamics of the
conflict within the East African region.
·
Experience of working in an insecure
environment
Vacancy: Partnerships Officer – Kenya Country Office
Position Code:
SCI/PTAN/02-2015
Team / Programme: Programme Operations
Post Type: National ( 1 year with possibility of renewal)
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: Works in collaboration with staff in Save the
Children Kenya to promote effective partnership management and the
institutionalization of SC partnership principles.
Responsible for supporting the
improvement of agency-wide partnership management processes including the
assessment and improvement of SC and partners, capacity building and the
documentation of lessons learned.
In addition will lead in providing
partner focal point persons support on routine partnership management
activities with special emphasis on assessment, monitoring and close out.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Programme Operations Manager
Key Contacts: Awards Finance coordinators, Partnership Focal
persons, Awards/AMS officer, Awards / AMS Assistant, CRG and other Advisors,
Budget holders (partner implemented programs especially).
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since
the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian
relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners.
Current programming focuses on child
protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods,
nutrition and WASH.
In 2012, as part of a global
reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC
Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya.
In February 2014, we completed a
second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and
merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own.
Save the Children now has an
operational presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera,
Nairobi, Turkana and Wajir.
We work through partners in many
other parts of the country. We have a staff complement of around 300 staff and
an operating annual budget of approximately US$20 million in 2015.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Partnership management standards and processes.
·
Promote the utilization of SCI
Toolbox and Strategy best practices among SC staff by providing capacity
building training to partner focal persons and other staff, documenting use of
the tools and contributing to their development.
·
Provide inputs and presentations as
required during key award stages e.g. kick offs, close outs for awards that are
partner implemented.
·
Support in the process of partners’
capacity assessment ensuring SCI standards for partnership development are met.
Quality partner record keeping and
follow up.
·
Receive quarterly partner review
meeting schedules from all partnership focal persons and ensure attendance at
least one review meeting per partner annually.
·
Maintain the complete and updated
partner inventory records reflecting key data on partners.
·
Ensure that all partners have clear
capacity building plans and monitor implementation of the plans in close
collaboration with partnership focal persons.
·
Together with the Program Operations
Manager, visit partners periodically to monitor, support and assess partnership
quality. Write a trip report after each visit with clear action points to be
followed up. With support from Program Operations Manager coordinate visits
interdepartmentally.
·
Work with the Awards team to ensure
both hard copy and AMS partner files are complete and updated, particularly
ensuring all stages of the partnership management cycle especially assessment,
monitoring and close out are well documented.
·
Work with the Reporting Coordinator
to ensure that partner narrative and financial reports are received and
uploaded on AMS.
Strategic partnership development
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Support the Program Operations
Manager in the planning and organizing of national level partner meetings
including providing inputs into meeting agenda, leading on logistical
arrangements and documentation of meeting outcomes.
·
Report trends and performances of
partners and document lessons drawn from working in partnership with particular
reference to the Partnership Scorecard.
·
Any other duties as assigned by the
Program Operations Manager.
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Able to deliver timely and appropriate
results using available resources
·
Is able to plan, prioritise and
perform tasks without needing direct supervision.
·
Understands the link between their
work and the larger organization’s objectives
Problem solving and decision making
·
Can identify where to source the
right information and able to use critical thinking to make effective and
timely decisions.
·
Has the ability to stay on a problem
or challenge until a solution is reached. Can identify at which point to
escalate matter for support from line manager and other colleagues.
·
Able to involve account suitable for
contextual information when considering different problem solving options.
Working effectively with others
·
Is proactive and able to deliver
timely and appropriate support to team members.
·
Clarifies their role and
responsibilities within the team – both internally and with partners – to
maximize impact.
·
Communicates clearly and is able to
take into different perspectives and experiences into account.
Qualifications and Experience
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Bachelors’ degree in a relevant
social science
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Minimum 3 years of experience working
with NGO partners of diverse organizations ranging from CBOs to INGOs
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Thorough knowledge of best practices
in partnership and capacity building
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Demonstrated experience in monitoring
and evaluation of partnerships and capacity building
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Demonstrated ability to transfer
knowledge to diverse audiences through participatory adult training, mentoring,
distance education and other formal and non-formal methods
·
Good training design and facilitation
skills
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Excellent interpersonal and
communication skills including influencing and negotiation
·
Highly developed cultural awareness
and ability to work well in an international environment with people from
diverse backgrounds and cultures
·
Ability to present information in a
succinct and compelling manner
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Willingness to travel up to 30% of
the time
·
Fluency in English, both verbal and
written
·
Commitment to Save the Children values
How to Apply
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to
Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org indicating the Position Code on the
subject line by 17th June 2015.
Due to the urgency of this position
applications will be reviewed as and when they are received.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
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