🇸🇱 Job Vacancies @ Save the Children

Freetown | Sierra Leone Posted 7 minutes ago Posted on Consulting / Business Strategy/ Planning, Project Management

Save the Children is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Officer
2.) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist

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See job details and how to apply below.

1.) Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Officer

TITLE: Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Officer

TEAM/PROJECT: System Strengthen Health Project (SHS)

Donor: Latter-day Saint Charities, (LDSC

Line Manager: Senior MEAL Manager

GRADE: 4

CONTRACT LENGTH: 4 Months with a possibility of Extensions.

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: Save the Children is anticipating funding from, Latter-day Saint Charities, a humanitarian arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This project seeks to reduce maternal, neonatal, and child mortality, stillbirths and morbidity in Sierra Leone by strengthening the capacity of district health management teams and health care providers. At community level, the project will support community-led solutions to improve quality, coverage and accountability of maternal, newborn and child health care, for the uptake of MNACH and nutrition services. The project will also utilize a digital application to improve quality of care.

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The MEAL Officers will support the implementation of the MEAL plan, systems and processes for the project, including accountability and feedback mechanisms, and all learning, review and evaluation activities in the project. MEAL Officers will be responsible for rolling out and managing the MEAL plan in all target communities, with the guidance and oversight of the MEAL Manager. They will carry out regular field monitoring of programme activities, facilitate community and school-level monitoring of the programme effectiveness and produce regular progress reports. Will collate school, and community-level data on children's attendance, assessments, and school supervision visits by school supervisors. In addition to data collection, She/He will provide initial analysis and feedback on the data collected for regular reports. Will maintain the programme database and perform quality controls to test data reliability, completion, consistency and accuracy.

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:

Reports to: LDSC Project MEAL Manager

Staff reporting to this post: None

Budget Responsibilities: No

Role Dimensions: Extensive engagement and communication with wide range of stakeholder within the district and at community level.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

With support from CO MEAL Team, ensure that a MEAL package, data collection, analysis and reporting tools, systems, and procedures are developed and approved for the project.
Ensure that all project staff and partners are trained on all MEAL tools, systems and processes; and provide ongoing technical support, mentoring, and coaching.
Ensure that all MEAL data collection, inputting, and analysis systems are properly utilised, and that accurate, reliable, valid, relevant and timely data is produced and shared on monthly or quarterly basis.
With support from CO MEAL Team, ensure that a MEAL package, data collection, analysis and reporting tools, systems, and procedures are developed and approved for the project.
Ensure that all project staff and partners are trained on all MEAL tools, systems and processes; and provide ongoing technical support, mentoring, and coaching.
Ensure that all MEAL data collection, inputting, and analysis systems are properly utilised, and that accurate, reliable, valid, relevant and timely data is produced and shared on monthly or quarterly basis.
Implement accountability mechanisms at field level, e.g. complaints and feedback response mechanisms; and ensure that feedback is collected, collated, analysed and responded to in a timely manner. Help ensure that sensitive issues (such as fraud, child safeguarding, etc.) are reported & referred immediately.
Support the project teams and partner staff to ensure that projects are carried out with participation from all communities (including children), that information, project results, and feedback is regularly shared with beneficiary communities, including children, on a regular basis.
In line with emergency response activities, help ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.
Help ensure that Save the Children's MEAL activities and learning is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and government, as relevant and appropriate.
Administer consent forms and conduct risk assessment for MEAL activities involving children
Participate in project launch/ kick-off, closeout at national and district levels.
Prepare and submit regular weekly/monthly plans and reports of activities. Work closely with MEAL Manager to embed MEAL framework, plan, tools, and systems into all project activities, promoting a culture of learning and regular review sessions.
Other Duties
Participate in and represent Save the Children in external events/meetings as requested.
Undertake any training required to meet the objectives of the post or as relevant to SCI.
Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures, including, but not limited to: fraud and anti-bribery, child safeguarding and code of conduct, sexual harassment and gender equality, safety and security, finance, procurement, and human resources.
Ensure all project activities are implemented in line with safe programming procedures/protocols.
Other significant duties as may be assigned by his/her line manager.
BEHAVIOURS (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 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: Undergraduate degree in social sciences or related fields ( such as Public Health , Economics, mathematic/statistics, development studies or Social work) with a minimum of 3 years' experience- substantive and proven experience in related field with Higher National Diploma may be considered.

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EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

At least three years of relevant MEAL experience, preferably in an INGO setting, and demonstrating a diverse range of skills beyond data entry and analysis using DHIS2 and other health related systems.
Thorough understanding of logical frameworks and/ results frameworks, and experience in developing monitoring systems to assess progress against these.
Experience facilitating or assisting with project reviews, baselines, assessments and evaluations.
Experience developing MEAL tools using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, and in training others how to use these tools.
Experience in developing and/or using data collection and monitoring tools in communities (where documentation is generally non-existent) as well as with formal service providers.
Familiarity/experience with a range of data collection & analysis systems and software is a plus.
Experience working in projects that address complex social issues, attitude and behaviour change.
Experience working directly with children and/or adolescents.
Experience with project/beneficiary accountability and feedback mechanisms.
Fluency in written and spoken English; excellent documentation and report-writing skills.
Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, and training/facilitation skills.
Experience in working with local/national civil society partners with capacity building approaches.
Proficiency in the used of DHIS2 system and other computer applications e.g. MS Word, MS Power Point and Excel.
Commitment to gender equality, diversity and inclusion.
Ability to be self-sufficient and resourceful, proactive in identifying and addressing challenges, yet consulting and asking for assistance as needed/relevant.
Willingness to ride motor bike is essential; SCI will provide motor bike riding training as needed.
Ability and willingness to travel to project communities and stay in basic conditions.
Willing to commit to Save the Children's aims, values and principles.

Additional job responsibilities; As identified and delegated by line manager.

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.

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2.) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist

TITLE: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist (Nationals only)

TEAM/PROGRAMME: GRADE: 2

LOCATION: Freetown, Sierra Leone with travel to the Sierra Leone Coastal Landscape

CONTRACT LENGTH: 24 months

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the child friendly activities.

BACKGROUND AND ROLE PURPOSE: Save the Children International Sierra Leone seeks to recruit a Gender Equality and Social Inclusive Specialist (GESI) to support the successful implementation of the ‘Sierra Leone Coastal Resilience Project' (SLCRP), a Green Climate Fund-funded (GCF) project. Gender Mainstreaming is central to the Government of Sierra Leone's development agenda, Save the Children's policies and GCF's objectives and guiding principles, including through engaging girls, women, boys and men of all ages as stakeholders in all development strategies and activities. The Sierra Leone Coastal Resilience Project will be one of the largest community-based adaptation projects ever delivered in West Africa. It has been designed to improve the climate resilience of communities across five coastal districts of Sierra Leone. It will increase communities' resilience to climate variability, extremes and change and build the adaptive capacity required to ensure communities can maintain a good quality of life in the face of climate change.

The project will do this by:

Community mainstreaming of climate change adaptation through governance, partnerships, education and training,
Enhancing climate resilience of food production systems and value chains to secure food and livelihoods, especially for women, youth and children
Delivering ecosystems-based adaptation for coastal protection and natural resources

The project is extremely ambitious in scope. It will intervene in five districts and 75 coastal communities; and covers several thematic areas, including: Governance; WASH; education; livelihoods; climate change adaptation; and ecosystems rehabilitation, with the key focus on livelihoods, and ecosystems rehabilitation. Due to this broad focus, an experienced GESI Specialist will work across multiple sectoral areas and a strong background in the field of environment and governance would be an advantage for the role.

The GESI Specialist will have direct liaison and support from the Director of Operations, Project Director and Technical Specialist. He/she will play a key role in protecting Save the Children Staff, EPA staff, Partners, consultants, contractors, project affected persons especially children women, vulnerable groups against sexual exploitation, harassment, harm and abuse. He/she will be instrumental in mainstreaming GESI perspectives in the three project outcomes and monitor the achievement of the GESI indicators in the result framework.

The SLCRP is a partnership between the Government of Sierra Leone through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Save the Children International Sierra Leone, supported by four other NGO implementing partners. The project will be managed by a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) which will sit within the Save the Children International Sierra Leone office, overseeing staff within the EPA and the other NGO partners.

The GESI Specialist will also complete an annual risk assessment and safeguarding self-audits which maps the internal and external safeguarding risks present in the area of operations, as well as details on legislation, support services etc.

The Government of Sierra Leone through the Parliament enacted the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act 2020 with key provisions including 30% of women in elective and appointive positions, 30% representation of women in decision making positions in public and private sector among others. SCI values the work and contributions of every staff within the organization. We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe that it is essential to create an open, inclusive environment that allows every staff to thrive. SCI, we have zero tolerance for harassment, bullying and sexual exploitation and abuse. These behaviours are prohibited under our policies, and we have systems and processes in place to address them if they occur. Whilst SCI has a globally recognized International Gender Equality Principle, it is also fitting for SCI to fully implement all the provisions of the GEWE Act and GCF's gender policy considerations.

The GCF Policy states that:

Women, as well as men significantly contribute to combating climate change. Shifting the paradigm towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways, which is the Fund's mandate, requires a large number of individual and collective decisions by women and men. A gender-sensitive approach is therefore part of a paradigm shift.
Climate change impacts women and men differently, to the detriment of women, and existing gender inequalities are likely to be exacerbated by climate change; and
Gender inequality, exacerbated by climate change, is linked, as are other development areas, to vulnerability and risks. The greater vulnerability of women to climate change stems from gender norms and discrimination that result in the imbalanced division of labour, lower incomes, and lesser livelihood opportunities; less access and control over land and other productive assets; fewer legal rights; lesser mobility and lesser political and professional representation.

By adopting a gender-responsive approach, the GCF will efficiently contribute to gender equality, in addition to:

Achieve greater, and more effective, sustainable and equitable climate change results
Build equally women and men's resilience to, and ability to address climate change, and ensure that women and men will equally contribute to and benefit from Fund activities
Address and mitigate assessed potential project risks for women and men from funded adaptation and mitigation activities; and
Contribute to reducing the gender gap in climate change-exacerbated social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities.

Through its Gender Policy, the GCF commits to:

Gender equality and equity, as enshrined in international agreements and national constitutions, and other human rights agreements
Inclusiveness in all activities
Accountability for gender and climate change results and impacts
Country ownership through alignment with national policies and priorities, and inclusive stakeholder participation
Competencies throughout the Fund's institutional framework; and

Equitable resource allocation so that women and men benefit equitably from the Fund's adaptation and mitigation activities.

The GESI specialist will show proven commitment to the realisation of the above policies in implementing the SLCRP in the country.

SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Project Director

Number of direct reports: None

Indirect or Matrix Management Reports: Gender and Child protection specialist

Budget Responsibilities: None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Technical Guidance

Oversee the implementation of the GCF SL Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Action Plan mainstreaming gender and social inclusion and promoting the leadership of women, girls and people with disabilities.
Conduct comprehensive gender and social inclusion analysis to identify the unique vulnerabilities, needs and capacities of different groups and actors affected by climate change and recommend any adaptations that are needed to the project to account for them.
Train all programme staff and partners in gender and social inclusion principles and values and orient them on the GESI Action Plan including indicators and ensure all project staff understand their responsibilities in the GESI Action Plan.
Develop and implement detailed action plans outlining how gender equality and social inclusion will be integrated and monitored throughout the project lifecycle;
Develop and maintain the project compliance and safeguarding requirements including but not limited to the Risk Register, Social and Environmental Safeguards, GCF's Grievance Redress Mechanism and the Independent Redress Mechanism focussing on inclusion of the most marginalized communities/groups in particular gender inclusion and mainstreaming, Do No Harm Principles.
Advocate for the adoption of GESI principles in broader development plans for local councils, ensuring that project outcomes influence long-term institutional changes.
In collaboration with the MEAL team, ensure the project identifies and measures changes in gender equality, risk and impact on women, girls and people with disabilities and holds the project team to account for them. Conduct field visits as necessary to implement and oversee project activities.
Conduct risk monitoring, reporting and mitigation within our compliance monitoring system.

Other: Cross-Cutting Issues

Prepare and submit regular work plans and relevant documents to line manager as requested.
Other significant duties as may be assigned by the line manager; participate in required trainings.
Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures, including, but not limited to: fraud and anti-bribery, child safeguarding and code of conduct, sexual harassment and gender equality, safety and security, finance, procurement, and human resources.
Ensure all activities of the SLCRP is implemented in line with safe programming procedures and international good practices, as adapted to the local context.
When requested, represent the country office at relevant conferences and workshops.

Safeguarding:

Develop and agree on annual safeguarding goal and deliverables with your line manager
Ensure safeguarding banner and discussions are held during project meetings

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

Bachelor's Degree in any of the Social Sciences related to the field of study and a postgraduate degree or diploma in Gender studies will be an added advantage.

EXPERIENCE and SKILLS

Essential

A minimum of 3 or more years of experience in programming related to gender equality, women's empowerment, gender-based violence, or a related field in a humanitarian or development context.
Minimum (2) years of experience in a gender technical or management/coordination role.
Proficiency in computer e.g. MS Word, MS Power Point and Excel
Demonstrated understanding of underlying factors related to gender equality, patriarchy, and women's empowerment; how these impact on the experiences of men, women, boys, and girls in Sierra Leone; and how to adapt programming (in all sectors) to address these factors.
Demonstrated experience with programming to address such gender/protection issues as gender-based violence, harmful traditional practices, child/early/forced marriage, and related issues
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, including excellent internal consultation and liaison skills; facilitation and coaching skills
Understanding of and commitment to principles of the relevant international conventions and national laws, policies, and strategies related to gender equality and women's empowerment.
Excellent analytical and creative abilities; ability to read and synthesize new information, research and evidence; and to use it to adapt current programming or design new programming.
Ability to contribute gender-transformative elements to other proposals and concept notes.
Ability to train staff, partners, and other stakeholders in basic concepts pertaining to gender equality and gender-based violence, using reflective and interactive approaches.
Commitment to Save the Children's values and Child Safeguarding / safe programming.
Experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external technical forums, particularly with respect to gender equality and gender-based violence.
Experience working with local partners and helping them strengthen their technical capacity.
Experience working with government agencies in a professional and constructive manner.
Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.
The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

Desirable

Experience working in child-focused programmes or programmes serving children and families or engaging directly with children; and with a particular focus on child/early/forced marriage, adolescent pregnancy, sexual and gender-based violence, and other harmful traditional practices.
Experience working in emergency response, environment and governance projects.

Additional job responsibilities