🇸🇱 Job Vacancies @ Save the Children – 4 Positions
Save the Children is recruiting to fill the following positions:
1.) Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Manager( MEAL Manager)
2.) Senior MEAL Manager
3.) District Health Project Coordinator
4.) Project Health Officer
See job details and how to apply below.
1.) Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Manager( MEAL Manager)
TITLE: Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Manager | |
TEAM/PROGRAMME: CECIE (FCDO SSEIP II Pillar 3) | LOCATION: Freetown with frequent field visit |
GRADE: 2 | POST TYPE: National CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 months with possibility of extension |
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: The MEAL Manager will provide leadership to the MEAL component of the FCDO SSEIP II Pillar 3 NGO consortium on Community Engagement for all Children’s Improved Education (CECIE) which seeks to reach at least 110,000 12-17 girls and children with disabilities across 6 districts (Kailahun, Pujehun, Bo, Moyamba, Falaba, and Tonkolili) in Sierra Leone to improve their access, safety, learning, and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes. The project will take place over 5 years, with a value of GBP 10,000,000. Through an expert and equitable consortium of 6 national and international partners, this CECIE project will address key barriers that hinder access, retention and attainment of the educational goals of adolescent girls and children with disabilities in Sierra Leone, providing opportunities for both to thrive in education and learning. The project will target and measure results at three levels: i) selected catchment communities, ii) Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) and SRH catchment areas, and iii) district wide. The proposed project embeds a crosscutting inclusion strategy on child participation, gender equality and disability from design to inception and throughout implementation. We centre children’s voice in our strategy; involving them in proposal development, in design and delivery of programme activities, strengthening their voice in schools and communities, and working with MBSSE’s Youth Advisory Group and Youth Advisory Panels. To ensure meaningful participation of people with disabilities, especially adolescent girls, our disability inclusion strategy has been developed with Sight savers’ expertise on supporting inclusive education for children with diverse functional difficulties. 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. Any final offer will be dependent on funding. | |
SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Head of MEAL Staffs reporting to this post: TBC Dimensions: Works with multiple consortium project teams and implementing partners Budget responsibilities: None | |
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Technical Leadership
MEAL Planning
Collaboration and Staff Development
Reporting, Publications and Representation
Quality Assurance
Organizational MEAL Culture
Evaluations and Assessments
Accountability and Child Participation
Management of MEAL resources
Supportive supervision and capacity development of staff
Knowledge Management; Learning and sharing
Promoting Learning for Strategy Development and Decision Making
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SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability:
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
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EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
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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. | |
Equal Opportunities The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures. | |
Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. | |
Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures. |
Note that all applicants should apply through the following link provided below (Taleo Link). FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
APPLY = MEAL Manager – CECIE
2.) Senior MEAL Manager
THE ROLE: Senior MEAL Manager
Save the Children is recruiting a Senior MEAL Managers to be based at the Coordination Office that will provide technical support to the Sierra Leone MEAL Team. This position will closely support the Head of MEAL. This position will work with both the Country Office and the Field Offices to ensure quality MEAL system design and implementation; evaluations and researches; MEAL budgeting; recruitment as well as support proposal writing and log frame development at national level. The post holder will support capacity building of staff and partners and ready to fill in gaps in the MEAL structure at all levels. Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
The Senior MEAL Manager will work across sector programs to ensure that MEAL is fully integrated into implementation. The post holder will support the Country Office to deliver on MEAL responsibilities to the Region and SCI Global.
The Senior MEAL Manager will support the implementation of accountability procedures including community feedback and response mechanisms for both development and humanitarian programs, Support compliance and assessment of quality benchmark. build capacities of staff and partners in promoting accountability and participation in Country Office s. S/he will support Awards, Finance, PDQ/TAs, Internal controls, Advocacy and Operations to review and implement a compliance strategy towards donor commitments, especially in project start-ups, implementation, documentation, progress reporting and phase-outs. S/he will assume day to day support for MEAL tasks for quality evidence-based programming.
S/he will provide MEAL supportive supervision in on-going project implementation. The Senior MEAL Manager will be highly involved in project and MEAL planning and reviews, provide support on implementation of required MEAL actions, monitoring and evaluation processes ensuring high level of child participation in these processes in operational area. S/he will guide SC and Partner teams in tracking outcome of projects which includes but not limited to documenting success stories/ case studies in line with project activities and expected outcomes. S/he will provide quality assurance for data and information (including progress reports) generated from their Country Office.
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.
QUALIFICATIONS
- A degree level in Social Science – Statistics, Economics or equivalent field experience.
- Recommended a minimum of six years management and/or MEAL experience in both emergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than two of the Save the Children priority sectors: education, protection, rights governance, HIV/AIDs, health and nutrition, and emergencies
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Demonstrated strong monitoring and evaluation skills, including planning, participating in and critically reviewing evaluations.
- Proficiency in computer skills, especially ability to work with MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, data collection/ management and analysis software etc in support of T4D
- Ability to think and analyze issues and data critically
- Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
- Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
- Ability to assess capacity gap and provide relevant trainings.
- Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
- Experience in writing clear assessments and reports
- Excellent communication skills.
- A high level of written and spoken English.
- A high level of qualitative and quantitative data analysis competency
- Good interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
- Proven capacity to train and coach staff.
- Strong knowledge in Rights based programming.
- Experience working in a handson implementation capacity.
- Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies
- Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children.
Desirable
- Experience working with SCI on MEAL is highly desirable
- Female applicants are encourage to apply.
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, sensitivity and diplomacy.
- High cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in
difficult circumstances
CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 Months
Closing Date: 07th February 2023
The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Applicants are advised that
Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process and we maintain zero tolerance to dual employment. Any request in this direction should be immediately
Please apply in English using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document including details of your current remuneration and salary expectations for this role.
∙ Candidates should apply through the links that will be provided by Careers.sl.
∙ Applicants should attach a copy of a valid Labour Card to their applications
WOMEN ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
Note that all applicants should apply through the following link provided below (Taleo Link). FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
APPLY – Senior MEAL Manager
3.) District Health Project Coordinator
The Role: District Health Project Coordinator – Western Urban and Rural
The District Health Project Coordinator This position will support the government efforts in healthcare system strengthening especially with a focus on RMNCH +FP services at the district level. S/he will represent the project at district level forums, meetings and consultations on policy and technical issues related to the project’s objectives. S/he will work closely with both the technical and programmatic teams based in the field office and country office. S/he will ensure the regular monitoring of indicators and coordinate with relevant stakeholders at the district and national level
Momentum Country Global Leadership (MCGL) project is a five-year global project funded by the USAID to provide targeted RMNCAH + FP technical and capacity development assistance (TCDA) to countries to facilitate countries’ journeys to self-reliance. MCGL also aims to contribute to global technical leadership and learning, and USAID’s policy dialogue for achievement of global RMNACH + FP goals through support to globally endorsed MNCH/FP/RH initiatives, strategies, frameworks, guidelines, and action plans.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- Qualified health professional with strong background in RMNCH. Female applicant with clinical qualification, nurses and midwives are encouraged to apply.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Experience in program management with least 3 years in managing public health projects/programs; leading and managing RMNCH projects and programs will be given priority
- Minimum 1-year experience in management of RMNCH services
- Strong skills in building a team, training, facilitation coaching, and on the job mentoring.
- Experience in supervision, training and mentoring.
- Involvement in recent current or past outbreak preparedness and response efforts
- Strong computer skills (i.e. Word Excel, Outlook).
- Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
- Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a demanding workload comprised of diverse and challenging tasks and responsibilities
- Strong oral and written skills. Proficiency in writing technical and programmatic reports that document program directions and results
- Strong interpersonal skills with managing multicultural teams
Desirable:
- Demonstrated relationships with district and national stakeholders within and outside the government
- Experience working in urban and rural settings
- Experience working on a USAID-funded project
Experience in managing and/or monitoring program budgets and expenditures
CONTRACT LENGTH: 11 Months
Closing date: 8th February, 2023
The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Applicants are advised that
Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process and we maintain zero tolerance to dual employment. Any request in this direction should be immediately
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document and include your current remuneration and salary expectations for this role.
- Candidates should apply through the link that will be provided.
- Applicants should attach a copy of a valid Labour Card to their applications
- For any support: please call on +23276760214
Note that all applicants should apply through the following link provided below (Taleo Link). FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
APPLY = District Health Coordinator
4.) Project Health Officer
THE ROLE: Project Health Officer
Save the Children is recruiting an experience Project Health Officer that will support the government efforts in healthcare system strengthening especially with a focus on RMNCAH + FP services at the district level. S/he will represent the project at district level forums, meetings and consultations on policy and technical issues related to the project’s objectives. S/he will work closely with DHMT and health providers to utilize quality improvement tools to strengthen essential RMNACH+FP services. S/he will ensure the regular monitoring of indicators and coordinate with relevant stakeholders at the district and national level. Female applicants and persons with disabilities are encourage to apply.
Momentum Country Global Leadership (MCGL) project is a five-year global project funded by the USAID to provide targeted RMNACH+FP technical and capacity development assistance (TCDA) to countries to facilitate countries’ journeys to self-reliance. MCGL also aims to contribute to global technical leadership and learning, and USAID’s policy dialogue for achievement of global RMNACH+FP goals through support to globally endorsed RMNACH+FP initiatives, strategies, frameworks, guidelines, and action plans.
Additionally, 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.
QUALIFICATIONS DESIRABLE
- Minimum of Diploma/Higher Diploma/ BSc in Community Health and Clinical studies, SRN, BSc Public Health, Community Health Officer
Certificates in IMCI, AYFS, IYCF, ETAT is a plus
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- At least 1-2 years working with District Health Management Team
- Knowledge on quality improvement approaches and tools
- Strong skills in building a team, training, and on the job mentoring
- Demonstrable experience working in relatively similar position in an NGO setting.
- Demonstrable experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, with good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels
The ability to be flexible and make things work.
- Familiar with national health registers and DHIS2
Desirable
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, with good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Experience working in urban and rural settings
- Experience working on a USAID-funded project
CONTRACT LENGTH: 11 Months
Closing Date: 08th February, 2023
The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Applicants are advised that
Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process and we maintain zero tolerance to dual employment. Any request in this direction should be immediately
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document and include your current remuneration and salary expectations for this role.
- Candidates should apply through the link that will be provided.
- Applicants should attach a copy of a valid Labour Card to their applications
- For any support: please call on +23276760214
Note that all applicants should apply through the following link provided below (Taleo Link). FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
APPLY - Health Officer
WOMEN ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY