Save the Children
Community Development Intern (Signature Programme)
Position Code: SCI INTERN DEV
Team / Programme: Programmes
Location: Bungoma.
Grade: Internship
Post Type: National
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: To support in ensuring functional community units to promote demand creation for services at the community level
Reports to: Community Development Officer
Scope of the role
Key Areas of Accountability:
Programme support
- Learn skills in supporting community units to be functional and sustainable for improved service delivery at the household
- Learn how to conduct social mobilization of community structures and population to effectively participate in their own health programs through M2MSGs, F2FSGs and PLAC.
- Learn how to facilitate capacity building and linkages of community units on viable livelihood support initiatives.
- Build skills in linking between Save the children – Boresha Project, the health facilities (CHEW) and the community (Community Units).
- To learn skills in programme documentation for accountability through processing participant lists, payment lists and developing beneficiary file.
- Learn skill in development and dissemination of BCC messages through relevant community structures.
- To improve team work skills by performing any other relevant duties assigned to him/her by the CDO
Representation
- To build his/her skills in networking by attending external meetings/forums with partners, other NGOs and other agencies as required
Monitoring, Learning and Reporting
- To build his capacity in Compiling field monitoring reports as per the requirements
- To improve skills in identification and compilation of case studies from project beneficiaries
- To learn from the CDO the processes involved in demand creation for MNH services at the community level.
- To build skills in conducting joint supportive supervision with MoH staff
Skills and Behaviours (our 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 others to do the same
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future orientated, thinks strategically
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
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Social sciences/public health
- Basic experience in programme implementation in a public health context.
- Possession of report writing skills
- Understanding of community health structures
- Basic message development skills
- Computer skills, in particular MS Word, Excel and
- Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding and other global policies, and values.
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to bungoma.jobapplications@savethechildren.org and a copy to or drop hard copies to Save the Children Bungoma office next to One Acre Fund offices indicating the Position Code on the subject line by 8th January, 2016
Residents of Bungoma/ Busia are encouraged to apply and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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