JOB ADVERT – VARIOUS TEACHER POSITIONS

 

SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone was established in 1974 (the village in Freetown being the second oldest in Africa), we work with partners in communities to help families care for their children or to provide an alternative, for instance an SOS family, in which the love of a Care Giver is essential.

 

Located in Freetown, Bo and Makeni, SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone has a wide range of programmes (Children’s villages, youth facilities, educational facilities, clinics) which supports more than 4,199 children in accessing and exercising their rights.

 

In addition to quality care, we seek to provide quality education to all the children through our Herman Gmeiner International Schools and Kindergartens through service providers.

 

SOS Children Villages Sierra Leone is seeking to recruit qualified teachers for the following subjects at SOS Hermann Gmeiner International Schools in Makeni

 

1. Accounting Teacher

2.  Teacher Upper Primary

 

WE OFFER:

• Attractive Salary

• A supportive team working environment

• Opportunity to work for a well-respected and recognised NGO

To apply submit a letter of interest, with Curriculum Vitae, photocopy of certificates, and three (3) professional references with at least one (1) from a direct supervisor, by email only to:

apply.sl@sossierraleone.org

Please indicate in the subject line the position, the location and the subject area desired, for example: “Teacher to teach Chemistry ”.

Closing date for the submission of applications is Tuesday 28th December, 2021

Only the successful candidates will be contacted.

In accordance with the organisation’s child protection policy, all employment is subject to applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.

What We Stand For:

SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment, which promotes its core values, and prevents and addresses child abuse and exploitation. We strongly condemn all forms of child abuse and exploitation, be it within or outside of our organisation, and always respond to any case of proven, alleged or attempted abuse within our sphere of influence according to its nature. Efforts ensure that mechanisms are in place to raise awareness, aid prevention, encourage reporting and ease response. They range from human resource development actions such as training and counselling to measures such as suspension, dismissal, and legal action.

 

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UNICEF is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) WASH Contractor- Knowledge Management
2.) Technical International Consultant for Digital Public Goods
3.) Education Specialist
4.) Supply Assistant

 

See job details and how to apply below.

 

1.) WASH Contractor- Knowledge Management

Job no: 546299

Position type: Consultancy

Location: Sierra Leone Division/Equivalent: Dakar (WCAR), Senegal

School/Unit: Sierra Leone

Department/Office: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, safe environment

Please access UNICEF Sierra Leone information here and here

How can you make a difference?

Achieving universal access to safely managed WASH services in Sierra Leone by 2030, in line with the sustainable development goals (SDGs), will require dramatic acceleration in current progress rates with a concerted effort to reach those at risk of being left behind. In recognition of these facts, there is a critical need to mobilize more investments to the sector to sustain the gains made so far and accelerate access to WASH services to the teeming vulnerable population in rural and peri-urban households, schools, and health facilities at risk of being left behind. Key to investment mobilization for the sector in evidence generation for making investment case for the sector as well as improvement in sector coordination to ensure that every investment count.

Purpose of Assignment : Information management and evidence generation remains a critical need in the WASH sector in Sierra Leone as evidenced from recent ASHWA evaluation as one of the key setbacks in driving evidence-based planning, investment mobilization, and results management in the sector. In the recent past, UNICEF supported the Ministry of Water Resource to develop a national Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and implementation plan. This followed a national WASH infrastructure mapping exercise conducted in 2016 with and follow-up in 2019. Subsequently, in 2019, the Ministry launched a national digital WASH platform (built on Akvo-Flow) for managing WASH data. The Ministry of Water Resources equally deployed mappers at the various districts to strengthen district-level capacity to collect, collate and input data. Despite these efforts, the uptake and implementation of the M&E framework remain a challenge. Currently, routine data collection and updates are not taking place at any level, while the existing data has become stale and obsolete. This situation has also been worsened by the weak coordination amongst the sector actors, which has often led to duplication, wastages, and lack of coherent approaches. There has equally been a high level of staff attrition as most staff trained on data management had moved on to other endeavours. To reverse this trend the Ministry has requested for an inhouse individual contractor to provide technical support to the Ministry in the area of coordination and evidence generation.

Objectives of the Assignment:

The coordination and monitoring contractor will facilitate all intra-sectoral and inter-sectoral engagements between the Ministry and other sector actors and line Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The individual contractor will also support routine data collection process and the updates that will be taking place all level in the Ministry. He will work in close liaison with UNICEF WASH Team to support the Ministry to roll out key strategies and activities on evidence generation and sector coordination. He will work closely with the management of the Ministry and other key technical staff to ensure that activity proposals are promptly articulated, implemented, and liquidated. The Individual contractor will also organize in house trainings, coaching and mentoring for key staff of the Ministry. The individual contractor will also organize and facilitate routine training of the district WASH engineers and mappers to collect, collate and input data on the national system.

S/He is expected to support content management for all existing sector information management platforms and provide overall quality control for the platforms. He will also support in documentation of key process and output, including sector performance reports and ensure wider dissemination amongst stakeholders. S/He will ensure that data is always updated and translated to useful information to inform advocacy and management decision through the development and dissemination of analysis, infographics, and synthesis reports.

Scope of Work:

•  Provide Support to the Ministry of Water Resources to strengthen sector coordination.
•  Support the Ministry of water resources to revamp sector wide monitoring and reporting system and grow WASH database.
•  Support the Ministry to build the capacity of the district engineers and mappers on data collection, collation, and input to the database.
•  Support the Ministry to review the sector medium term development plan.

Please see attached ToR for detailed information Terms of Reference WASH Contractor Knowledge Management.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to apply.

 

 

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2.) Technical International Consultant for Digital Public Goods

Job no: 546320

Position type: Consultancy

Location: Sierra Leone Division/Equivalent: Dakar (WCAR), Senegal

School/Unit: Sierra Leone

Department/Office: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Categories: Innovation

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, innovate

Please access UNICEF Sierra Leone information here and here

How can you make a difference?

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

“To realize the SDGs’ vision of a world in which no one is left behind, we need to go beyond business as usual – investing in innovation and building broader, bolder partnerships that help us reach every child.” UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore

Purpose of Assignment: Since 2014, UNICEF Sierra Leone has been championing the use of innovation to help identify and address the issues that affect the children and women of Sierra Leone. Work done over the past 6 years has established UNICEF Sierra Leone as the leading agency for innovative programming to help deliver results for children in Sierra Leone.

In 2018, the Government of Sierra Leone established a new Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI). DSTI’s mandate is to use Science, Technology and Innovation to support the Government of Sierra Leone to deliver on its national development plan effectively and efficiently; and to help transform Sierra Leone into an innovation and entrepreneurship hub. UNICEF Sierra Leone has already established a workplan with DSTI to promote and enable the use of Innovation in Sierra Leone for improved results for children.

The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) aims to facilitate the discovery, development, use of, and investments in DPGs of high relevance for attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Digital Public Goods are defined as open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable best practices, do no harm and are of high relevance for attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Objectives of the Assignment:

As part of Sierra Leone’s role as a co-champion of the DPGA, and to strengthen the existing collaboration between UNICEF and DSTI on DPGs, this assignment aims to:

•  Provide product development support to selected DPGs created and/or curated by DSTI (60%).
•  Provide open-source-community management support to the same projects to strengthen local capacity & talent (40%).

The Digital Public Goods (DPG) Technical Consultant reports to the Innovation Specialist for general guidance and direction.

Scope of Work:

Under the general guidance and supervision of the Innovation Specialist, the post has the following key responsibilities including, but are not limited to:

•  Provide product development/programming support to digital public goods such as, OpenG2P, GoSL USSD Services Platform
•  Coordinate the engagement and technical cooperation with the UNICEF Office of Innovation.

• Support any solution development to be prepared to meet the DPG Standard and to be included in the DPG Registry.
•  Provide technical assistance to each solution as outlined in the description of the assignment below.
•  Provide opensource community management support to digital public goods projects to strengthen local capacity & talent.
•  Identify key open-source community organizations, academia and/or private sector to be engaged in each of the projects
•  Advocate for the adoption of open-source best practices in the development and maintenance of these projects’ software repositories
•  Develop and deploy clear and structured documentation for all project repositories
•  Develop, deploy and manage issue and pull request templates for each of the projects and position these projects overall to welcome external contributions
•  Regularly review and incorporate community contributions functions/accountabilities:
•  Underpin UNICEF’s role as a convener to enable the scale-up of the DPGA at country level. czyBrVv B2Myhe
•  Maintain collaboration with government of Sierra Leone and identify new opportunities for engaging other stakeholders to contribute to the DPGA for Sierra Leone.
•  Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to ensure the success of the team, as needed.

Please see attached ToR for detailed information Consultant-ToR-DPG-Innovation.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

•  An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Technology, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
•  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
•  A minimum of 5 years of experience developing and managing open source technology projects.
•  Solid experience in programming languages including Java, Python, and Golang.
•  Previous experience developing projects in the open and the ability to demonstrate an active Github or Gitlab profile.
•  Familiarity with different frameworks such as Java/ Spring & Python/ Django.
•  Experience in system design and architecture.
•  Familiarity with Sierra Leone’s developer community organizations/landscape.
•  Ability to work with a diverse team in a rapidly changing work environment and adapt to unforeseen changes.
•  Experience working in the social impact space.
•  Fluency in English is required, strong written and verbal competency is necessary.
•  Experience working in a developing country required, working in the West African region is considered as an asset

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Consultants and Individual contractors are responsible for paying any taxes derived from the earnings received from UNICEF.

•  Application to include financial proposal that will detail your daily/monthly rate (in Sierra Leone Leones) to undertake the terms of reference.
•  Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

Advertised: Nov 18 2021 Greenwich Standard Time Application close: Dec 01 2021 Greenwich Standard Time

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to apply.

 

 

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3.) Education Specialist

Job no: 546415

Position type: Fixed Term Appointment

Location: Sierra Leone Division/Equivalent: Dakar (WCAR), Senegal

School/Unit: Sierra Leone

Department/Office: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Categories: Early Childhood Development

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child,

education!

Please access UNICEF Sierra Leone information here and here

How can you make a difference?

Purpose for the job:

The ECD Specialist reports

to the Chief of Section for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist supports the coordinated development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of ECD programmes/projects within the Country Programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on ECD related programmes/projects.

The Specialist contributes to the achievement of concrete and sustainable results on ECD related programmes/projects according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

Summary of key functions:

1. Support to ECD programme/project development and planning

•  Support the preparation, design and updating of the situation analysis and assessments on ECD related issues.
•  Keep abreast of national, regional and international development priorities to identify opportunities where ECD can enhance inter-sector partnership, integration and linkages.
•  Participate in CO programme discussion to determine areas for ECD integration/intervention.
•  Establish specific goals, objectives and strategies and implementation plans for the ECD programmes/projects using results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM).
•  Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss strategies and methodologies.
•  Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes to ensure ECD integration, coherence and harmonization with other UNICEF programme sectors.

2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results on ECD programmes

•  Plan and/or collaborate with internal and external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators to assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and sustainable results on ECD programmes.
•  Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts
•  Prepare/assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in programme management.
•  Actively monitor ECD programmes/projects through field visits, surveys and/or exchange of information with partners/stakeholders.
•  Monitor and verify the optimum/appropriate use of ECD programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets).
•  Prepare ECD regular/mandated programme/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of programme progress.

3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation

•  Provide technical guidance and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and country office partners/donors.
•  Participate in programme meetings including programme development and contingency planning to provide technical and operational information, advice and support.
•  Draft ECD policy papers, briefs and other strategic programme materials for management use, information and/or consideration.

4. Networking and partnership building

•  Prepare communication and information materials for ECD programme advocacy. czyHMsw B2Myhe
•  Participate and/or represent UNICEF in appropriate inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planning on ECD related issues.
•  Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders and global partners/allies/donors/academia through active networking, advocacy and effective communication.

5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

•  Organize and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders to promote sustainable results on ECD related programmes/projects.
•  Apply/introduce innovative approaches and good practices to build the capacity of partners and stakeholders.
•  Keep abreast, research, benchmark and implement best practices on early childhood development.
•  Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure optimum efficiency and efficacy of sustainable ECD programmes and projects.

Please see attached GJP for detailed information on the responsibilities. ECD Specialist Level 3.doc

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

•  An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, public administration, public health, nutrition, economics, psychology, sociology, human development, child development, family studies or another relevant technical field.
•  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
•  A minimum of five years of professional experience in social development planning and management in early childhood development related areas is required.
•  Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
•  Fluency in English is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

•  Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
•  Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
•  Works Collaboratively with others (2)
•  Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
•  Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
•  Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
•  Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
•  Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offers of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Advertised: Nov 22 2021 Greenwich Standard Time Application close: Dec 05 2021 Greenwich Standard Time

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to apply.

 

 

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4.) Supply Assistant

Job no: 546485

Position type: Fixed Term Appointment

Location: Sierra Leone Division/Equivalent: Dakar (WCAR), Senegal

School/Unit: Sierra Leone

Department/Office: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Categories: Supply/Logistics

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, health

Please access UNICEF Sierra Leone information here & here

How can you make a difference?

Procurement/contracting:

•  Provide input to the formulation of the annual Supply Plan. Conduct data review and analysis for category management and assist in the development of procurement strategies. Support market research in relevant areas for UNICEF and assist in gathering evidence on the best approaches to sustainable and best value for money procurement.
•  Prepare requests for award including submissions to Contract Review Committee. Prepare purchase orders and contracts in SAP (ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning system), and submit for relevant approvals, ensuring completeness of documentation in UNICEF systems.

In-country logistics:

•  Provide input on the logistics component of the supply plan, including advising on infrastructure constraints (e.g. customs clearance, port capacity, transport options and warehousing capacity) and different delivery mechanisms. Keep track of demurrages and detention charges. Negotiate with Airport/Port/Shipping Line for waiver of demurrage/detention charges whenever required. Calculate budget requirements for various delivery modalities and ensure establishment of budget with the colleagues from the respective programme sections.
•  Provide support in logistics, following standard processes and contributing, directly or indirectly, to the effective delivery of programme supplies. Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to support logistics operations management and contribute to effective service delivery.

Warehousing and inventory management:

•  Following UNICEF policies and procedures, assess warehousing capacity including facilities, conditions of equipment, manpower, and processes. Propose corrective actions to supervisor. Assess new warehouse facilities when required. If necessary, assists the implementation of new warehouse facilities which may include installation and assembly of temporary warehouse structures (e.g. Wiik-Halls/Rub Halls type structures).
•  Prepare stock reports. Monitor inventory to track trends and account for the inventory status from source to beneficiary. Carry out regular physical counts of inventory in the warehouse. Prepare documentation for commodity disposal through Property Survey Board committee. Keep track of near to expiry supplies ensuring FIFO and FEFO approaches.

Alternative delivery mechanisms and procurement services:

•  Ensures continuous availability of data related to procurement, including forecasting, requisitions received, orders placed, incoming goods, actual delivery schedules. Prepares periodic reports, and ad-hoc reports as needed.
•  sections and UNICEF Supply Division (SD). As appropriate, support partners on forecasting and costing of PS-channel supplies. Monitor the submission of requests, PS cost estimates, Purchase Orders (POs) and/or Copenhagen Warehouse Stock Transfer Orders on PS Sales Orders. Follow up with SD and UNICEF freight forwarders as needed on timely delivery/shipment of PS orders. Support communications and follow up with programme colleagues and partners regarding

Other duties/responsibilities:

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•  In collaboration with supervisor, Supply Division, Regional Office and the global supply community, provide input to help ensure knowledge exchange and learning is prioritized to continuously build capacity of individuals and the team. Develop and facilitate training of newcomers, provide inputs towards establishment of processes or manuals to support effective workflows.

Please see detailed ToR attached. TOR Supply Logistics Assistant G-5.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

•  Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to supply chain, business administration, contract/commercial law, or another relevant technical field.
•  A minimum of 5 years of relevant administrative experience in supply chain management or a commercial context is required. Understanding of development and humanitarian work is an advantage.
•  Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

•  Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
•  Works Collaboratively with others (1)
•  Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
•  Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
•  Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
•  Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
•  Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/.

Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offers of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Advertised: Nov 25 2021 Greenwich Standard Time Application close: Dec 09 2021 Greenwich Standard Time

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to apply.

 

 

Disclaimer: Careerical eConsult posts job listings for the convenience of job seekers. We do not endorse or recommend employers, and a posting does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation. Careerical eConsult explicitly makes no representations or guarantees about positions listed on our website. Careerical eConsult is not responsible for safety, wages, working conditions, or other aspects of employment.  It is the responsibility of applicants to research the integrity of the organizations to which they are applying. We advise you to use caution and common sense when applying for any position with an organization or private party.

Jhpiego is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Technical Advisor – Training and Capacity Lead
2.) Technical Advisor – HIV Testing Services (HTS) & Prevention Lead
3.) Technical Advisor – Care and Treatment Lead
4.) Technical Advisor – Key Populations
5.) Senior Technical Officers
6.) Technical Officers
7.) Laboratory Advisor

 

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families.

 

Jhpiego Corporation has been providing technical support to the Ministries of Health in partner countries across the globe for the past 40 years in a variety of technical areas including cervical cancer treatment and prevention, community health, HIV and AIDS, maternal and newborn health, health workforce capacity development (both pre-service and in-service), family planning, malaria, and IPC/WASH.

 

The Global Reach II project is a five-year global HRSA-funded project, which started in October, 2021. It employs an iterative approach based on a country’s needs, informed by clients and beneficiaries, targeting high-priority populations and low-coverage and poor-performing areas to achieve HIV epidemic control. In Sierra Leone, Global Reach II works with government and builds local capacity to identify and implement proven solutions where they exist and develop innovative solutions to overcome persistent barriers that affect HIV services. Global Reach II will develop the capacity of the interdisciplinary health workforce to provide quality, client-centered care, ensuring that individuals will be informed and empowered to access services, receive high-quality care, adhere to treatment and remain in care, ultimately contributing to achievement of HIV epidemic control in Sierra Leone.

See job details and how to apply below.

 

1.) Technical Advisor – Training and Capacity Lead

 

Job Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Reports to: Global Reach Country Lead

Supervises: Senior Technical Officers, Technical Officers 

 

Position Overview:

The Technical Advisor- Training and Capacity Lead will serve as the lead technical advisor for all Global Reach II Project’s trainings and capacity building activities across the project and will also offer technical support to various HIV programming areas.  The position will provide technical leadership and project oversight in the areas of building capacity of national and district leaders, developing project staff training and mentorship approaches, designing health care worker/community health volunteer (HCW/CHW) training and capacity building approaches in HIV service provision include HTS (including index testing), PrEP, Care and Treatment, Linkage to Care, Counseling, NIMART, TB,  Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance (QI/QA), KP friendly services, digital health systems, networks of care, community led monitoring, laboratory, and data quality and use as it relates to comprehensive HIV programming.   S/he will work with the Global Reach II Country Lead and the Project Team to ensure that KP friendly HIV programming is implemented to meet the PEPFAR requirements with a focus on building and sustaining quality HIV programming across the district and national government structures, and local CSOs. The Technical Advisor- Training and Capacity Lead will also provide technical assistance at the National level ensuring ongoing capacity and expertise is built within the existing MOH/NACP structures in the areas of HIV service provision, QI/QA, laboratory, TB, community led monitoring, leadership and management and data quality and use for sustainability.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides technical oversight, strategic direction and definition of appropriate project activities with a focus on capacity building health care workers, community health workers and local and national level government authorities.

• Supports implementation of a system to ensure capacity and technical quality of trained health care workers, managers and supervisors to ensure high quality provision of comprehensive HIV services across the continuum of care

• Develops and/or update evidence-based training materials, standards, job aids, and curricula, supervisory systems needed for implementation of the Project to meet the needs of PEPFAR, HRSA and Sierra Leone

• Provides mentoring and capacity building at the individual, facility, district, regional and national levels in specific areas of expertise including but not limited to:

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Strengthening relevant departments of the MOH to plan, lead and oversee training of MOH staff to become effective leaders and managers of training and mentorship processes.

• Advocating with MOH to design, refine and facilitate HIV trainings using innovative, cost efficient and effective training/learning approaches.

• Working closely with stakeholders to strengthen national HIV training packages/systems including supplementary trainings such as leadership and management, quality assurance/quality improvement, data quality and use,

• Supporting the overall change management process related to improving health training systems

• Collaborating closely with Project Technical Advisors, and Government QI/QA, SI and Laboratory leads on training needs and approaches to support both project and NACP objectives and outcomes.

• Key population friendly services

• Provides technical assistance for targeted reviews of in-service and/or pre-service education needs impacting HIV services, and related supportive supervision activities and implementation

• Coordinates advocacy, and policy and training support, across project regions as required

• Leads the formulation of innovative approaches for sustained capacity and scale up of targeted HCW/CHW/volunteer capacity building HIV service provision, QI/QA in HIV prevention, care, and treatment as it relates to HIV across the continuum of care, laboratoryand data quality and use services

• Participates actively in relevant technical advisory/working groups and professional forums representing the project and/or Global Reach II

• Works with health care providers, local authorities, community members and project team members to identify clinical, community-based to national service delivery issues that impede access to care and uptake of services and develop context-based solutions

• Identifies and implements appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address HCW/CHW capacity building in HIV service provision, laboratory services and management, QI/QA in HIV care across the continuum and data quality and use and other targeted areas identified from service delivery gaps

• Identifies training needs for clinical and community healthcare providers and assist in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs

• Works closely with the Global Reach II Country Lead, Technical Advisors and the National AIDS Control Program on setting project priorities and directions, and responding to requests for support from local counterparts

• Works with SI staff and National AIDS Control Program to design, implement a plan to track data/results related to targeted HCW/CHW capacity building in QI/QA, data use, and reporting of HIV services =to inform adjustments in project implementation

• Collaborates with all local stakeholders and implementing partners, especially the National AIDS Control Program, and other US, Global Fund and implementing partners and local CSOs, to ensure that all activities conform to the requirements and regulations

• Documents successes, lessons learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of project activities and results to the project and donor, including routine quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements as requested

• Documents and maintains an inventory of successful tools and approaches for targeted HCW/CHW capacity building in HIV service provision, QI/QA, data quality and use and HIV services across the continuumto inform adjustments in project implementation

• Authors/co-authors abstracts, presentations, and articles for journals and conferences

• Supervises technical staff

• Maintains excellent relationships with HRSA, National AIDS Control Program, and in-country stakeholders and develop rapid responses

• Provides technical leadership to the development the project strategic plan, work plan, and project monitoring, in close collaboration with HRSA, NACP and Sierra Leone government at all levels and IPs to ensure timely implementation and compliance to the requirements and regulations of the award

• Performs other duties as required by the project

 

Required Qualifications:

•  Health Degree (doctor or nursing) required, and Master of Public Health preferred

• At least 2-3 years’ experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance in HCW/CHW capacity building, specifically in QI/QA and HIV prevention, treatment, and care

• Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels

• Skilled in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery projects; training; pre-service or in-service education; performance and quality improvement; monitoring and evaluation

• Demonstrated experience with a mix of practical technical skills in QI/QA initiatives and standardization for HIV prevention, treatment, and care at the regional, national, clinical and community-level

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding ofSierra Leone healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Sierra Leone preferred

• Familiarity with PEPFAR administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems

• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with facility-based teams, stakeholders and NGOs, CSOs

• Expertise in research to practice—identifying and adapting best practices to specific project contexts

• Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Ability to travel nationally to project sites up to 50% of the time

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above

• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability

• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

 

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:  GH-Recruitments@jhpiego.org

 

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 12, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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2.) Technical Advisor – HIV Testing Services (HTS) & Prevention Lead

 

Job Location: Port Loko, Sierra Leone

Reports to: Global Reach Country Lead 

 

Position Overview:

The Technical Advisor – HTS and Prevention Lead will serve as the lead technical advisor for HTS and prevention activities (including PrEP) under the Global Reach II Project’s HIV programming but will also offer technical support to care and treatment, laboratory support, PMTCT, key population and paediatric HIV care programming as needed. S/he will lead the design and oversee the implementation of culturally-appropriate, and KP friendly HTS and prevention programming across the 95-95-95 treatment cascade at the national and district level to support national and district led efforts toward epidemic control. The Technical Advisor-HTS and Prevention Lead will oversee the GRII team that will be based in Port Loko providing overall oversight, managerial and leadership support to this team.

 

The position will provide technical guidance and assistance to the National AIDS Control Program, DHMTs, CSOs, Drop-in Centers (DICs), project supported health facilities alongside other partners and stakeholders in Sierra Leone. S/he will work with the Global Reach II Country Lead and the Project Team to ensure that comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment programming with a focus on building and sustaining quality HIV programming across the district and national government structures, and local CSOs. The Technical Advisor- HTS and Prevention Lead will also work closely with the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and National HIV/AIDS Secretariat (NAS), cooperating partners and other stakeholders in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment to support the implementation of national level health policies and strategies in relation to HIV-programming with a focus on key populations. S/he will promote and ensure proper integration of HIV programming activities with other activities such as TB screening and prevention.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads Global Reach II’s HTS and prevention portfolio (including PrEP), collaborating with the NACP, NAS, implementing partners, CSOs and other key stakeholders

• Supports the Global Reach Project Lead in establishing relationships and working closely with senior level counterparts in the MOH/NACP and other government and non-governmental partners to advance HIV HTS and Prevention for KP in the implementation focal districts and the health facilities and drop-in centers.

• Ensures that the Global Reach II Project’s HTS, HIV prevention support and linkages to care are evidence-based, KP friendly and meet PEPFAR’s minimal requirements including, tuberculosis screening and prevention

• Trains, mentors and supervises Senior Technical Officers, Technical Officers, healthcare providers, health volunteers, DHMTs to address their attitudes and beliefs towards KPs, as well as improve the capacity of CSOs, providers and DHMTs to deliver HIV prevention and HTS services

• Leads the operationalization of the 2020 comprehensive guidelines

• Leads the design, piloting and implementation of various prevention and targeted HTS and linkage interventions including Index testing, HIV Self Testing, PrEP provision and outreach HTS activities

• Leads design and implementation of strategies to support optimized HTS and prevention (including PrEP) for targeted key populations meeting their needs

• Coordinates assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and SI across program sites as required by program activities

• Works with Monitoring and Evaluation (SI) staff to develop SI frameworks and use regularly data to guide program implementation, course correction and effectively track data/results

• Assists in the identification and dissemination of best practices and new technical strategies and approaches

• Provides technical leadership to revise or adapt products and documents in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention (including PrEP) and HTS

• Assists with coordinating the necessary technical input from partners required for key activities and work closely with external stakeholders, consultants and experts as required to ensure that the continuum of prevention and care is strengthened

• Cultivates strategic relationships and alliances with other PEPFAR and GF partners

• Provides technical assistance on HIV prevention (including PrEP) and HTS to various technical working groups at national level

• Ensures the dissemination of national policies, standards and guidelines on HIV programming

• Provides training, follow-up support and support supervision as necessary for activities

• Contributes to annual work planning

• Contributes/coordinates with project’s SI activities to ensure that the project meets set targets in accordance with national and PEPFAR standards

• Works with Strategic Information team to ensure quality and verified data

• Works collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary project planning, development, resource availability and management activities function smoothly and efficiently

• Promotes and supports the dissemination of project and country level best practices and lessons learned among the project team, key stakeholders (including the NACP/NAS), local partners, and PEPFAR collaborators

• Participates as requested in final review of technical and programmatic portions of documents

• Writes, co-authors and supports the documentation of Sierra Leone and project results in international conferences and through peer-reviewed journals and publications

• Motivates and mentors assigned staff and consultants

• Assists with identification of professional development needs for technical staff in the field

• Performs other duties as required by the project

 

Knowledge, Skills and Experiences:

• Experience in managing a large HIV prevention and treatment portfolio, including provision of clinical services (HIV/AIDS, PrEP, HTS (Index and HIVST), ART, PMTCT)

• Proven leadership skills, as well as skills in training, mentorship, facilitation, team building and coordination

• Experience in managing a team of two (2) or more professional staff

• Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current literature in HIV/AIDS and TB

• Strong change management, results-oriented and decision-making skills

• Strong leadership and technical capacity to support service delivery, especially at the community level

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding ofSierra Leone healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Sierra Leone preferred

• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills in English

• Experience and understanding of PEPFAR-funded programs

• Experience in KP programming

• Experience in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating HIV public health programs

• Ability to travel nationally and internationally up to 40% of the time

 

Qualifications:

• Holder of a health degree (doctor, clinical officer or nurse) required, with additional post-graduate training in public health desirable

• At least 5 years demonstrated experience working in one or more areas of HIV programming including: HIV counseling and testing (required), HIV self-testing, PrEP, HIV care and treatment, linkage, case management, lab support, PMTCT, TB/HIV or other applicable area.

 

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above

• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability

• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

 

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:  GH-Recruitments@jhpiego.org

 

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 12, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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3.) Technical Advisor – Care and Treatment Lead

 

Job Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Reports to: Global Reach Country Lead

Supervisors: Senior Technical Officer, Technical Officers

 

Position Overview:

The Technical Advisor – Care and Treatment Lead will serve as the lead technical advisor for HIV Care and Treatment activities under the Global Reach II Project’s HIV programming but will also offer technical support to HTS, HIV prevention, laboratory support, PMTCT, key population and pediatric HIV care programming as needed. S/he will lead the design and oversee the implementation of culturally-appropriate, and KP friendly care and treatment programming across the 95-95-95 treatment cascade at the national and district level to support national and district led efforts towards epidemic control.

 

The position will provide technical guidance and assistance to the National AIDS Control Program, DHMTs, CSOs, Drop-in Centers (DICs), and project supported health facilities in collaboration with other partners and stakeholders in Sierra Leone. S/he will work with the Global Reach II Country Lead and the Project Team to ensure that comprehensive care and treatment programming is implemented to meet PEPFAR requirements with a focus on building and sustaining quality HIV programming across the district and national government structures, and local CSOs. The Technical Advisor- Care and Treatment Lead will also work closely with the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and National HIV/AIDS Secretariat (NAS), cooperating partners and other stakeholders to support the implementation of national level health policies and strategies in relation to HIV-programming with a focus on key populations. S/he will promote and ensure proper integration of HIV programming activities with other activities such as TB screening and prevention.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads Global Reach II’s care and treatment portfolio, collaborating with the NACP, NAS, implementing partners, CSOs and other key stakeholders

• Supports the Global Reach Project Lead in establishing relationships and working closely with senior level counterparts in the MOH/NACP and other government and non-governmental partners to advance care and treatment in the implementation focal districts and the health facilities and drop-in centers.

• Ensures that the Global Reach II Project’s care and treatment are evidence-based, KP friendly and meet PEPFAR’s minimal requirements including, tuberculosis screening and prevention

• Trains, mentors and supervises Sr Technical Officers, Technical Officers, healthcare providers, peer navigators/educators, DHMTs to address their attitudes and beliefs towards KPs, as well as improve the capacity of CSOs, providers and DHMTs to deliver care and treatment services

• Leads the operationalization of the 2020 comprehensive guidelines in the project supported sites

• Leads the design, piloting and implementation of PEPFAR minimum program requirement in-regards to HIV continuum of care including targeted HTS & linkage, same day ART initiation, differentiated service delivery approaches, TLD transition & optimized pediatric regimens, advance HIV disease, viral load monitoring, KP friendly services, and community-based initiation and distribution of ARVs, including MMD

• Leads design and implementation of strategies to support treatment continuation for targeted key populations meeting their needs

• Coordinates assessments, site strengthening, follow-up and supervision, advocacy, demand creation, policy support, capacity-building and SI across program sites as required by program activities

• Works with Monitoring and Evaluation (SI) staff to develop SI frameworks and use regularly data to guide program implementation, course correction and effectively track data/results

• Assists in the identification and dissemination of best practices and new technical strategies and approaches

• Provides technical input during the development of Project work-plans, long-term strategies and reporting

• Represents Global Reach II in national and international technical, policy, management and strategic working groups and other platforms

• Provides technical leadership to revise or adapt job aids, SOPs, literacy materials and documents in the areas of HIV/AIDS care and treatment

• Assists with coordinating the necessary technical input from partners required for key activities and work closely with external stakeholders, consultants and experts as required to ensure that the continuum of prevention and care is strengthened

• Cultivates strategic relationships and alliances with other PEPFAR and GF partners

• Provides technical assistance on care and treatment to the various technical working groups at national level

• Ensures the dissemination of national policies, standards and guidelines on HIV programming

• Provides training, follow-up support and support supervision as necessary for activities

• Contributes to annual work planning

• Contributes/coordinates with project’s SI activities to ensure that the project meets set targets in accordance with national and PEPFAR standards

• Works with Strategic Information team to ensure quality and verified data

• Works collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary project planning, development, resource availability and management activities function smoothly and efficiently

• Promotes and supports the dissemination of project and country level best practices and lessons learned among the project team, key stakeholders (including the NACP/NAS), local partners, and PEPFAR collaborators

• Participates as requested in final review of technical and programmatic portions of documents

• Writes, co-authors and supports the documentation of Sierra Leone and project results in international conferences and through peer-reviewed journals and publications

• Motivates and mentors assigned staff and consultants

• Assists with identification of professional development needs for technical staff in the field

• Performs other duties are required by the project

 

Knowledge, Skills and Experiences:

• Experience in providing technical support to a HIV prevention, HTS and care and treatment portfolio, including provision of clinical services (HIV/AIDS, PrEP, HTS, ART, PMTCT)

• Proven leadership skills, as well as skills in training, facilitation, team building and coordination

• Experience in managing a team of two (2) or more professional staff

• Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current literature on HIV/AIDS and TB

• Strong change management, results-oriented and decision-making skills

• Strong leadership and technical capacity to support service delivery, especially at the community level

• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding ofSierra Leone healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Sierra Leone preferred

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills in English

• Experience and understanding of PEPFAR-funded programs

• Experience in KP programming

• Experience in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating HIV public health programs

• Ability to travel nationally and internationally up to 40% of the time

 

Qualifications:

• Holder of a health degree (doctor, clinical officer or nurse), with additional post-graduate training in public health desirable

• At least 5 years demonstrated experience working in one or more areas of HIV programming including: HIV counseling and testing including index testing, self-testing, PrEP, HIV care and treatment (required), linkage case management, PMTCT, TB/HIV, lab support or other applicable area.

 

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above

• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability

• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

 

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:  GH-Recruitments@jhpiego.org

 

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 12, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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4.) Technical Advisor – Key Populations

 

Job Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone. Position will be seconded partially to the National AIDS Control Program (70% time)

Reports to: GRII Country Lead and NACP Program Manager

Supervises: Senior Technical Officer, Technical Officers

 

Position Overview:

The Technical Advisor – Key Populations (KP) Lead will serve as the lead Technical Advisor for KP activities under the Global Reach II Project’s HIV programming but will also offer technical support to HTS, HIV prevention, laboratory support, PMTCT, and pediatric HIV programming as needed.  S/he will lead design and oversee implementation of culturally-appropriate, and KP friendly programming across the 95-95-95 treatment cascade at the national and district levels to support national and district led efforts towards epidemic control.

 

The position will also provide strategic thinking, technical assistance and support to the National AIDS Control Program driving KP policy, guidance, advocacy and operationalization of KP focused HIV programming at the national level. S/he will work with the Global Reach II Country Lead and the Project Team to ensure that KP friendly HIV programming is implemented to meet the PEPFAR requirements with a focus on building and sustaining quality HIV programming across the district and national government structures, and local CSOs. The Technical Advisor – KP lead will provide technical guidance, monitoring and technical assistance to the DHMTs, CSOs, RHIV/ AIDS care and treatment partners, and other KP-focused stakeholders in Sierra Leone. S/he will work with the Technical Advisors, Sr Technical Officers and Technical Officers to ensure that KP friendly and focused approaches are comprehensive integrated within the HIV program so that KP focused services are built and sustained across the local and national government structures, and local CSOs. The Advisor will also work closely with the National AIDS Control Program (NACP), National AIDS Secretariat, UNAID and cooperating partners and other stakeholders in the areas of KP policy and guidance development to support HIV/AIDS KP programming. S/he will promote and ensure proper integration of HIV and other health services with other activities particularly those related to KP focused needs.  The Technical Advisor- KP Lead will work engage and work closely with KP CSOs and the project support KP advisory group to ensure KPs voices and desires are heard and integrated into HIV programming at national, district and site level. The Technical Advisor- KP Lead will work closely with KP stakeholders to ensure community led monitoring includes KP members and their feedback is integrated into the larger CLM approaches.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads GRII Project’s KP focused HIV portfolio, collaborating with the NACP NAS, UNAIDs and other implementing partners, CSOs and other key stakeholders

• Supports the National AIDS Control Program in establishing the KP Advisor Group and having an active KP TWG.

• Works closely with senior level counterparts in the NACP and other government and non-governmental partners to advance HIV programming designed for KPs at National level.

• Ensures that the GRII Project’s HIV programming are evidence-based and KP friendly and meet the NACP national guidelines and PEPFAR minimum standards

• Trains, mentors and supervises Advisor, Senior Technical Officers, Technical Officers, Healthcare Providers, Community Counselors, R/CHMTs, CSO staff to address their attitudes and beliefs towards KPs, as well as improve the capacity of providers and R/CHMTs to a comprehensive packages of HIV services that are KP friendly

• Leads the operationalization of the National Guidelines for Comprehensive Package of HIV Interventions for the GRII Project

• Advocates and designs differentiated service delivery models for KPs at health facilities and DICs  and explore, with the NACP and DHMTs, the development of KP centers of excellence at select health facilities

• Advises on the design, piloting and implementation of various biomedical interventions including HIV Self Testing, PrEP provision, index partner testing and DIC HIV interventions

• Represents GRII Project in national and international technical, policy, management and strategic working groups and other platforms

• Provides technical leadership to revise or adapt products and documents in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment

• Assists with coordinating the necessary technical input from partners required for key activities and work closely with external stakeholders, consultants and experts as required to ensure that the continuum of prevention and care is strengthened

• Cultivates strategic relationships and alliances with other PEPFAR partners

• Provides technical assistance on biomedical prevention to KP technical working groups at national and regional levels

• Ensures the dissemination of national policies, standards and guidelines on KVP HIV programming

• Develops and provides training, follow-up support and support supervision as necessary for activities

• Contributes to annual work planning

• Contributes/coordinates with project’s SI activities to ensure that the project meets set targets in accordance with national and PEPFAR standards

• Works with Strategic Information team to ensure quality and verified data for the comprehensive biomedical package offered by GRII Project

• Works collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary project planning, development, resource availability and management activities function smoothly and efficiently

• Promotes and supports the dissemination of project best practices and lessons learned among the project team, key stakeholders, local partners, and PEPFAR collaborators

• Participates as requested in final review of technical and programmatic portions of documents

• Writes, co-authors and supports the documentation of GRII Project results in international conferences and through peer-reviewed journals and publications

• Motivates and mentors assigned staff and consultants

• Assists with identification of professional development needs for technical staff in the field

• Preforms other duties as required by the project

 

Knowledge, Skills and Experiences:

• Experience in managing a large HIV prevention and treatment portfolio, including provision of clinical services (HIV/AIDS, PrEP, ART, PMTCT)

• Proven leadership skills, as well as skills in training, facilitation, team building and coordination

• Experience in managing a team of three (3) or more professional staff

• Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current literature HIV/AIDS, family planning, TB and STIs

• Strong change management, results-oriented and decision-making skills

• Strong leadership and technical capacity to support service delivery, especially at the community level

• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills in English

• Experience and understanding of PEPFAR-funded programs

• Experience in KP programming

• Experience in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating HIV public health programs

• Ability to travel nationally up to 40% of the time

 

Qualifications:

• Medical degree (doctor, clinical officer or nurse) required, with additional post-graduate training in public health desirable

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  At least 5 years demonstrated experience working in one or more areas of biomedical HIV prevention including: HIV counseling and testing including selt-testing, PrEP, HIV care and treatment (required), linkage case management, PMTCT, home-based care, voluntary medical male circumcision, or other applicable area.

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Sierre Leone healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Sierra Leone preferred

• Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels

• Demonstrated experience with a mix of practical technical skills in QI/QA initiatives and standardization for HIV prevention, treatment, and care at the regional, national, clinical and community-level

• Familiarity with PEPFAR administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems

• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with facility-based teams, stakeholders and NGOs, CSOs

• Expertise in research to practice – identifying and adapting best practices to specific project contexts

• Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Ability to travel nationally to project sites up to 50% of the time

 

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above

• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability

• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

 

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:  GH-Recruitments@jhpiego.org

 

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 12, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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5.) Senior Technical Officers

 

Job Locations: Freetown (2), Port Loko (1), KP focused position (1)

Reports to: Relevant Technical Advisor

Supervises: Technical Officers

 

Position Overview:

The Senior (Sr.) Technical Officer in collaboration with the Technical Advisors (Tas), will provide strategic oversight and technical support in the implementation and expansion of integrated quality HIV services to both the general and key populations (KPs) at program supported health facilities and drop-in centers (DICs). One (1) Sr Technical Officer position will be KP focused will closely with the KP Technical Advisor on KP friendly programming.

 

The Sr Technical Officer positions will provide strategic support, oversight and technical assistance to the implementation of comprehensive facility-based HIV services including PrEP, HTS (including index testing and HIVST), Care and Treatment and linkage to care. They will also provide strategic support to DICs and health facilities conduct specific mobile and outreach services and services targeting populations (e.g., KPs, men). S/he will work closely with the technical officers to directly support health facility staff and volunteers at site and DIC level and contribute to the improvement of access and quality of HIV services including the optimization of HTS, referrals/linkages with HIV/AIDS care and treatment, other services (including lab) and the implementation of QI approaches. S/he will provide mentorship and support to health facility staff and volunteers at health facilities and DICs in the provision of HIV prevention (including PrEP) optimized HTS (including HIVST and index testing),  adherence counseling, TB screening and prevention, laboratory services, other health screening and referrals and QI/QA activities.

 

The position will work with Technical Officers and Advisors to identify capacity and skills gaps and implement targeted on-the-job trainings and mentorship for the provision of comprehensive and high-quality HIV, and KP-friendly services.  S/he will, in collaboration with the health facility and DIC staff, provide oversight and mentorship to the project Technical Officers alongside the volunteers at the health facility and DIC that are supporting demand creation for services, linkages to care, partner tracing, loss to follow up and peer support.  S/he will also collaborate with other organizations and the communities to support HIV services across the continuum of care.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports Technical Officers and health facility and drop-in center staff in the coordination, supervision and provision of optimized HTS (HIVST and index testing), HIV prevention (including PrEP), linkages to/and care and treatment support, TB and other health services at health facilities.

• Mentors and trains Technical Officers, health facility staff and volunteers on comprehensive and quality HIV services across the continuum of care and the clinical management of people living with HIV, integrated TB screening and prevention, and counseling provided at health facilities and outreach sites

• Ensures all clinical procedures at health facilities and outreaches follow national guidelines and protocols developed by the NACP and meet PEPFAR minimum requirements.

• Provides on-going coaching, mentoring and hands-on supervision to technical officers, health facility staff and volunteers

• Develops patient flow, protocols and supports site level standard operating procedures for comprehensive HIV services

• Ensures linkages of newly diagnosed clients to care, in collaboration with health facility staff and volunteers,

• Supports health facility and drop-in center staff to conduct weekly data review meetings and determines pivots or adjustments to implementation, in collaboration with the SI officers and SI assistants,

• Provide logistic support and oversight of laboratory sample transport and commodities and supplies for HIV services

• Provides technical assistance and participate in supportive supervision of clinical staff to ensure quality health care delivery; support the DHMTs to do the same in select sites

• Trains counselors and volunteers in HIV, HIVST, PrEP, community and adherence counseling, patient advocacy, case management and partners tracing

• Contributes to monthly, quarterly and annual reports with progress as per donor requirements.

• Participates in various learning activities

• Performs other tasks as required by the project

 

Knowledge, Skills and Experiences:

• Robust clinical experience in HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, care and treatment

• Experience in KP-focused clinical services is a plus

• Excellent written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in English

• Demonstrated experience in clinical training and mentoring

• Ability to liaise with DHMTs and representatives of stakeholders

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Sierre Leone healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Sierra Leone preferred

• Ability to travel nationally up to 50% of the time

 

Qualifications

• MD, Pharmacist, Clinical Officer or holder of nursing degree

• Holder of advanced degree in Public Health or MBA is a bonus

• At least 1 year demonstrated experience working in HIV prevention and treatment

 

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above

• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability

• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

 

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:  GH-Recruitments@jhpiego.org

 

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 12, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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6.) Technical Officers

 

Job Locations: Freetown(2), Port Loko (2)

Reports to: Senior Technical Officer

Supervises: Health Volunteers

 

Position Overview:

 The Technical Officer will provide technical support in the implementation and expansion of integrated quality HIV services to both the general and key populations (KPs) at program supported health facilities and drop-in centers. S/he will provide technical assistance and support in the implementation of comprehensive facility-based HIV services including PrEP, HTS (including index testing), HIVST, Care and Treatment and linkage to care. They will also provide support to specific mobile and outreach services and services targeting populations (e.g. men, KPs). S/he will directly support health facility staff and volunteers at site level and contribute to the improvement of access and quality of HIV services including the optimization of HTS, referrals/linkages with HIV/AIDS care and treatment, other services and the implementation of QI approaches. S/he will provide mentorship and support to health facility staff and volunteers at health facilities and DICs in the provision of HIV counseling and testing services including adherence counseling, TB screening and prevention, HIVST, PrEP and other health screening and referrals.

 

The position will support the Senior Technical Officers and Advisor to identify capacity and skills gaps and implement targeted on the job trainings for the provision of comprehensive and high-quality HIV, and KP-friendly services. S/he will, in collaboration with the health facility and drop-in center staff, provide oversight and mentorship to the volunteers at the health facility that are supporting demand creation for services, linkages to care, partner tracing, loss to follow up and peer support. S/he will also collaborate with other organizations and the communities to support HIV services across the continuum of care.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports health facility and drop-in center staff in the coordination, supervision and provision of HIV testing and Services (HTS), HIVST, PrEP, linkages to care and treatment support, TB, STI and other health services at health facilities

• Mentors and trains health facility staff and volunteers on comprehensive and quality HIV services including, PrEP, HIVST (including index testing), clinical management of people living with HIV, TB screening, and counseling provided at health facilities and outreach sites

• Ensures all clinical procedures at health facilities and outreaches follow national guidelines and protocols developed by the NACP and PEPFAR minimum requirements.

• Provides on-going coaching, mentoring and hands-on supervision to health facility staff and volunteers

• Supports health facility and drop-in center staff to implement patient flow, protocols and supports site level standard operating procedures for comprehensive HIV services

• Ensures linkages of newly diagnosed clients to care, in collaboration with health facility and drop-in center staff and volunteers

• Supports health facility staff to conduct weekly data review meetings and determines pivots or adjustments to implementation, in collaboration with the SI officers and SI assistants

• Provides technical assistance and participate in supportive supervision of clinical staff to ensure quality health care delivery; support the DHMTs to do the same in select sites

• Trains counselors and volunteers in HIV, HIVST, PrEP, community and adherence counseling, patient advocacy, case management and partners tracing

• Provide logistic support and oversight of laboratory sample transport and commodities and supplies for HIV services

• Contributes to monthly, quarterly and annual reports with progress as per donor requirements.

• Participates in various learning activities

• Performs other duties as required by the project

 

Knowledge, Skills and Experiences:

• Robust clinical experience in HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, care and treatment

• Experience in KP-focused clinical services is a plus

• Excellent written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in English

• Demonstrated experience in clinical training and mentoring

• The ability to liaise with DHMTs and representatives of stakeholders

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Sierre Leone healthcare system, particularly the public health system, experience living and working in Sierra Leone preferred

• Ability to travel nationally up to 30%

 

Qualifications

• Clinical officer or holder of nursing degree

• Holder of advanced degree in Public Health, MBA is a bonus

• Experience working in HIV prevention and treatment a bonus

 

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above

• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability

• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

 

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:  GH-Recruitments@jhpiego.org

 

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 12, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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7.) Laboratory Advisor

 

Job Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Reports to: GRII Country Lead

 

Position Overview:

The Laboratory (Lab) Advisor will work closely with the Global Reach II Country Lead to provide technical assistance, oversight and strategic direction for GRIIs lab strengthening approaches to support a PEPFAR funded comprehensive HIV program in Sierra Leone.

 

The primary responsibility of the Lab Technical Advisor will be to strengthen the specific laboratory systems (National, select District and facility level labs), lab capacity and quality improvement approaches with a focus on HIV specific lab services (e.g. TB, biochemistry and viral load testing).  The Lab Advisor will work closely with the NACP’s Laboratory QA Advisor and the Public Health and Clinical Laboratory teams to strengthen the clinical laboratory systems to support high quality laboratory services to meet PEPFAR minimum requirements and the national HIV guidelines and standards.  The Lab Advisor will be the primary technical lead for Lab Services as part of the GRII HIV project and ensure that the project meets required PEPFAR targets related to laboratory testing, including viral load testing requirements. The laboratory advisor will work with the clinical and public health lab teams and the NACP Lab QA advisor to develop long term, sustainable solutions for laboratory services that support HIV programming including sample logistics/transport, QI/QA systems, forecasting and quantification of laboratory commodities and equipment needs, equipment oversight and maintenance, electronic results and tracking, data entry, use and data for decision making, training and mentorship of laboratory personnel.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Conducts site assessment and develop action plans outlining support required for select laboratories to meet the standards required for PEPFAR HIV program implementation

  • Offers technical leadership in creating and strengthening laboratory management at facility, district and national levels and ensuring there is seamless implementation of activities leading to improved health outcomes

  • Provides guidance to public and clinical laboratory teams for developing and maintaining key HIV laboratory systems and services including use of data to identify priority technical areas of support.

  • Promotes the use of best laboratory practices in the PEPFAR focal districts, including infectious diseases and quality assurance/improvement

  • Provides oversight and ongoing support for sustainable integrated sample networking required from GRII supported health facilities and drop-in centers to clinical laboratories and national laboratory including the expedited return of results to the sites.

  • Provides technical oversight and required specifications of laboratory equipment procurements, refurbishment and laboratory commodities in consultation with the NACP, clinical and public health laboratory staff

  • Supports the public health and clinical labs to conduct ongoing HIV test QA approaches as required

  • Builds capacity of laboratory personnel to accurately forecast and order laboratory commodities to prevent stock outs

  • Attends related HIV TWG and provides inputs on lab specific areas

• Develops and coordinates mentorship and training activities in collaboration with NACP, national and district laboratory teams to remedy irregularities observed in practice during supervision visits

• Serves as a liaison between the GRII project, National Laboratory of Public Health and district level clinical laboratories for training and other quality improvement efforts across laboratory services

• Coordinates and identifies the training needs related to improving the practice of laboratory sites. Develop technical training programs to meet specific laboratory training needs in all areas of laboratory testing, laboratory safety, laboratory management, etc.

• Supervises the lab specific activities of implementation of HIV testing and make corrections if necessary

• Works with the clinical laboratory teams to ensure all equipment is functional, takes action when they are down and ensures appropriate documentation

• Creates, monitors and reviews the standard operating procedures, job aids, guidelines and technical procedures in collaboration with the NACP Lab QA advisor, public health and clinical lab staff

• Contributes to annual work planning, training plans and quarterly reports and other required technical reports.

• Works in close collaboration with the SI Advisor to strengthen Laboratory Health Management Information Systems and use of program data to improve commodity reporting at all levels of the project.

• Liaises with relevant stakeholders on performance of Proficiency testing, site supervisions, site audits, staff competency assessment, and capacity building.

• Identifies, documents and disseminates lessons learned, best practices, evidence and success stories related to the process of improving the quality and performance.

• Performs other duties as assigned which contribute to the achievement of program goals

 

Qualifications:

• Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Technology/Science or its equivalent with a minimum of 3 years’ experience providing technical support and leadership in implementation of laboratory systems strengthening. Advanced degree, Masters preferred

• Qualified and registered to practice with relevant statutory medical bodies

• Good knowledge of utilization of data to improve laboratory programs especially around reporting and LMIS functionality.

• Knowledge with strengthening laboratories/POCT to achieve international quality standards including against ISO 15189 and/or SLMTA/SLIPTA or in-country standards.

• Proven experience and familiarity with MOH/Government supply chain systems.

• Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills, capable of directing and managing change, effective delegation, inspiring teamwork and motivating staff and partners to achieve results.

• Ability to work in a complex project implementation environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.

• Ability to collaborate with a multi-sectoral project team and multiple stakeholders within the districts of support

• Ability and willingness to learn.

• Excellent mentorship, team building and coordination skills.

• Fluency in English

• Excellent facilitation, professional presentations, oral and written communications skills

• Field-oriented and conversant with a team approach to programming.

• Ability and willingness to travel around Sierra Leone up to 30% of the time

 

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above

• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process

• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability

• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed

• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

 

Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:  GH-Recruitments@jhpiego.org

 

Deadline for the submission of applications: November 12, 2021. Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Disclaimer: Careerical eConsult posts job listings for the convenience of job seekers. We do not endorse or recommend employers, and a posting does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation. Careerical eConsult explicitly makes no representations or guarantees about positions listed on our website. Careerical eConsult is not responsible for safety, wages, working conditions, or other aspects of employment.  It is the responsibility of applicants to research the integrity of the organizations to which they are applying. We advise you to use caution and common sense when applying for any position with an organization or private party.

Catholic Relief Service (CRS) is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Program Director
2.) Senior Finance Officer
3.) Education and Literacy Program Manager

About CRS:  

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in  the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries,  without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work are accomplished  through programs of emergency response, health (including malaria), agriculture, education,  microfinance, and peacebuilding.

CRS/ Sierra Leone and Program Background 

Catholic Relief Service (CRS) started work in Sierra Leone in 1963 carrying out the commitment of the  Catholic bishops and the Catholic community of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable  overseas. For over 57 years, CRS has been on the front lines in responding to emergencies and  promoting health, education, agriculture, and urban resilience in Sierra Leone.

To date, the Country Program has a robust portfolio built around several major programs in Health,  Agriculture, Nutrition, Education and Urban Resilience such as the USDA/McGovern Dole Food for  Education and Nutrition (All Pikin for Learn) Program, Global Fund Malaria Program and COVID-19  Response Mechanism Project. In addition, the country program is working on several high-profile  opportunities to improve water security in Freetown and support Freetown City Council to deliver its  Transform Freetown strategy through slum regeneration.

See job details and how to apply below.

1.) Program Director

Job Title: Program Director (International Position)

Department: Urban Resilience Program Unit

Reports To: Head of Programmes – Country Programming

Country: CRS-Sierra Leone.

Duty Location: CRS Country Office, Freetown with 30% travel to program sites

Job Summary 

You will provide technical oversight and lead the development and implementation of the Country Program  (CP) urban resilience programming, particularly for large and complex projects, ensuring effective systems  and processes are in place that support high-quality program design and implementation advancing Catholic  Relief Services’ (CRS) work in serving the poor and vulnerable. Your technical, leadership, management and  knowledge will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards  improving the impact of its urban resilience programming. This role will oversee programme development  and implementation in several urban resilience subsectors including urban health, slum regeneration and  relocation, water security, sanitation and hygiene promotion, urban malaria, solid waste management,  disaster response, preparedness and mitigation, and disaster risk reduction.

people we serve through the application of the principles of stewardship, integrity, transparency, and  accountability.

Roles and Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide leadership, management, and technical guidance of all new and existing projects within the  CP urban resilience portfolio throughout the project cycle to ensure project design, start-up,  implementation and close-out are in line with CRS quality principles and standards, donor guidelines,  and industry best practices.
• Effectively manage talent for urban resilience and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well being.Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete  performance management for direct reports.
• Lead the development of program learning – identify opportunities for learning, research and  publications in the area of urban resilience and implementation of MEAL policy. Facilitate the  dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned to contribute to the agency knowledge  management agenda. Ensure integration of innovations and best practices.
• Contribute to the proactive pursuit of opportunities for new funding to ensure growth of the CP  urban resilience sector portfolio in line with agency, regional, and CP urban resilience strategic  priorities. Serve as the technical lead and technical writer to ensure quality proposals in urban  resilience per agency and donor standards. Contribute to budgeting and staffing plans and activities  for proposals.
• Lead activities related to disaster risk reduction and ensure integration with emergency response  and resilience programming
• Work with the Water Fund Director to ensure the successful implementation of a Water Fund in  Freetown by liaising with lead technical partner The Nature Conservancy to ensure that a robust  business case is delivered, key stakeholders are convened, and donors contribute to the Water Fund.
• Oversee the slum regeneration consortium led by CRS in partnership with AAH, GOAL, Concern  Worldwide and CARE International. Support coordination of the consortium, donor engagement, and  program development activities.
• Represent CRS at all platforms related to urban resilience with government, private sector and civil  society engagement
• Produce and review documentation related to urban resilience to facilitate growth and investment in  high-quality interventions to transform Freetown and other urban areas in Sierra Leone
• Oversee technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities in urban resilience for staff and  partner organizations to enhance program quality and impact.
• Support the use of MEAL tools and practices in program development and implementation to ensure  that projects activities, outputs and outcomes comply with the objectives and expected  outputs/outcomes on an ongoing basis
• Oversee the identification, assessment and strengthening of partnerships relevant to urban  resilience and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
• Ensure timely and appropriate project expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and  stewardship of project material sources.

Typical Background, Experience & Requirements: 

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in International Development, International Relations or in the field of urban  resilience required.
• At least 5 years working in the area of urban resilience, with preferably a minimum of 7 years’  experience in relevant field-based project management experience.
• Direct experience managing initiatives, programs and projects related to slum regeneration, waste  management, DRR, WASH and water security
• Experience in managing moderately complex projects preferably with an international NGO.
• Experience in driving and delivering high-profile urban resilience initiatives with multiple stakeholder  engagement and facilitation of investment

Personal Skills

• Good experience in project grants management, including project design, preferably for grants from  multiple public donors, including USAID.
• Demonstrated ability to write high quality technical proposals.
• Experience engaging with private sector, government representatives and local organizations.
• MEAL skills and experience required.
• Budget management skills.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web  Conferencing Applications, information management systems.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and  offer innovative solutions
• Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and  externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Good presentation and facilitation skills
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented

Required Languages – English – excellent spoken and written

Travel – Must be willing and able to travel up to 30% to project locations. Some international travel may be  required.

Key Working Relationships:  

Supervisory Responsibilities: MEAL Manager, Grant Manager, Shelter Advisor, Water Fund Advisor, PrePD  Manager and Urban Malaria Manager

Internal – Team members as mentioned above, Communications Manager, Business Development Specialist,  Partnerships Technical Advisor, and the West Africa Regional Technical Advisors.

External – Freetown City Council, consortium members (GOAL, AAH, Concern, CARE), ministries of water  resources, environment, health and sanitation, and agriculture and forestry, national water resources  management agency

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)  

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff  member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

***Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries  out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.  We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values  and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment  to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people  with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human  trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a  comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to  evaluate my behaviors related to safeguarding-related topics.

WOMEN ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. CRS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 

To apply for any of these positions please send up-to-date CV and a supporting letter, copies of  relevant certificates to:

SL_HR@crs.org.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be  contacted.

Also send a copy of your application package to the desk Officers, Ministry of Employment and  Social Security, New England, and Extension Offices in Applicants’ Locations

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and  responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable  adults from abuse and exploitation.

Closing date for the receipt of application packages is 19th November 2021.

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2.) Senior Finance Officer

 

Job Title: Senior Finance Officer

Department: MGD/FFE Project Unit

Reports To: Grant Manager – MGD/FFE

Country: CRS-Sierra Leone.

Duty Location: CRS Field Office in Kabala with 25% (to the field, SR Offices and project implementation  sites)

Job Summary: 

You will help coordinate and contribute to the implementation of the Country Program’s (CP’s) accounting  systems, policies and procedures in compliance with CRS’ established accounting standards, Generally  Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), donors’ rules and regulations, and legal requirements to support  high-quality programs serving the poor and vulnerable. You will efficiently perform accounting services  through documenting financial transactions by compiling, analyzing, and verifying account information;  preparing account entries; and delivering financial reporting services.

Job Responsibilities: 

Roles and Key Responsibilities: 

• Review and validate supporting documentation before processing of financial transactions to ensure  all required documents are accurate and complete and authorizations are in place.

o Review accuracy of POET coding for processing financial transactions for assigned accounts in  Insight.

• Ensure setup and maintenance of all data required for processing financial transactions for assigned  accounts in Insight financial accounting package.
• Record financial transactions following appropriate authorizations. Review and analyze various  accounts to detect irregularities. Advise on corrective actions and prepare correcting entries and  adjustments, as necessary.
• Monitor disbursement/receipt schedules, alert relevant staff of due payments/liquidations, and  maintain appropriate communication and follow-up to facilitate timeliness of financial resource  management.
• Prepare various, periodic and ad hoc financial reports, as needed, and perform variance analyses to  assist with decision-making and proper management of financial resources.

o Prepare Bank Reconciliation statements for Freetown and Kabala Sub-Offices. Ensure proper  follow up and clearing of outstanding unreconciling items in a timely manner in accordance with  policy.

o Serve as back-up to the Deputy Finance Manager for the preparation of FLCAT and ensure  Severance is printed and approved monthly.

o Provide relevant support for month and year-end close process.

o Prepare Quarterly Cash Forecast

o Prepare Monthly Aging Reports.

• Provide information to subrecipients and staff on financial accounting policies and procedural  compliance issues and contribute to capacity strengthening.
• Perform assigned treasury (cash payment/receipt, cash forecast, etc.) duties, as long as segregation  of duties is ensured.

Typical Background, Experience & Requirements: 

Basic Qualifications 

• B.A. degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration with courses in accounting,  or a qualification in accounting (CPA/ACCA or equivalent).
• Minimum of two years experience in a position with similar responsibilities, preferably with an  international or local NGO, or a financial/banking institution.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Excellent analytical skills with ability to detect and report inconsistencies
• Accuracy and completeness with great attention to detail
• Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions oriented and results-oriented
• Ability to work collaboratively

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  

• Knowledge of the relevant public donors’ regulations preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Familiar with an accounting software systems. Knowledge of Project Insight is a plus.

Required Languages – English

Travel – Must be willing and able to travel up to 25% to the field, SR Offices and project implementation  sites.

Key Working Relationships: 

Supervisory Responsibilities (if none, state none)

Internal: Finance and CP Team

External: 

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff  member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

***Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries  out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.  We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values  and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment  to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people  with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human  trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a  comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to  evaluate my behaviors related to safeguarding-related topics.

WOMEN ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. CRS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

To apply for any of these positions please send up-to-date CV and a supporting letter, copies of  relevant certificates to:

SL_HR@crs.org

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be  contacted.

Also send a copy of your application package to the desk Officers, Ministry of Employment and  Social Security, New England, and Extension Offices in Applicants’ Locations

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and  responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable  adults from abuse and exploitation.

Closing date for the receipt of application packages is 19th November 2021.

 

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3.) Education and Literacy Program Manager

 

Job Title: Education and Literacy Program Manager

Department: MGD/FFE Project Unit

Reports To: Senior Program Manager – MGD/FFE

Country: CRS-Sierra Leone.

Duty Location: CRS Field Office, Kabala with 30% (travel within the District and weekly travel to  Freetown)

Job Summary: 

You will manage the Education Programme under the McGovern-Dole International Food for  Education and Child Nutrition project in the Country Program (CP), designing and implementing  projectsadvancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work in serving the poor and vulnerable. Your  management skills and knowledge will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality programming and  continuously works towards improving the impact of its programming across the districts and areas  where we work within Sierra Leone.

Roles and Key Responsibilities: 

• Manage and implement all activities relevant to this project from project design, start-up,  implementation and close-out, to ensure efficient and effective implementation in line with  CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
• Ensure project team and partner staff use the appropriate systems and tools.
• Effectively manage and supervise talent including managing team dynamics and staff well being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, contribute to the  recruitment process of project staff, and complete performance management for direct  reports.
• Champion learning with project staff and partner teams. Analyze and evaluate project  performance data following MEAL policy.
• Proactively identify issues and concerns and use participatory processes to overcome  implementation obstacles.
• Act as a key resource person in project design and proposal development in the respective  programming area, gap-filling and taking on growth responsibilities, as and when needed.
• Coordinate the identification of staff capacity and technical assistance needs of partner  organizations and capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality  project implementation.
• Help identify, assess and strengthen partnerships relevant to education, applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
• Coordinate and monitor financial and material resources relevant to project needs.Through  planning and oversight ensure efficient use of project resources

Typical Background, Experience & Requirements: 

Basic Qualifications 

• Master’s Degree in Education, International Development or International Relations  required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant field-based experience in coordinating or managing light to  moderately complex projects required, preferably with an international NGO. • Additional experience may substitute for some education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management experience in Education is highly desirable.
• Experience engaging with partner organizations.
• Experience contributing to the development of technical proposals.
• MEAL skills and experience preferred.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web  Conferencing Applications, information management systems.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound  judgment.
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with culturally  diverse groups.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to write reports
• Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented

Required Languages – English Language. Knowledge of Krio will be an added advantage Travel – 30 %. (travel within the District and weekly travel to Freetown)

Key Working Relationships: 

Supervisory Responsibilities: Senior Project Officer Education, SILC Manager Internal: Health and Nutrition PM, Field Operations Manager, School Liaison Officers, Field  Monitors and other FFE program staff members

External: MBSSE (at national and district level), School Feeding Secretariat, Teachers, Education  Stakeholders and partners, SMCs,

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)  

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff  member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

***Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries  out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.  We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values  and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment  to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people  with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human  trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a  comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to  evaluate my behaviors related to safeguarding-related topics.

WOMEN ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. CRS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

To apply for any of these positions please send up-to-date CV and a supporting letter, copies of  relevant certificates to:

SL_HR@crs.org

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be  contacted.

Also send a copy of your application package to the desk Officers, Ministry of Employment and  Social Security, New England, and Extension Offices in Applicants’ Locations

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and  responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable  adults from abuse and exploitation.

Closing date for the receipt of application packages is 19th November 2021.

Disclaimer: Careerical eConsult posts job listings for the convenience of job seekers. We do not endorse or recommend employers, and a posting does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation. Careerical eConsult explicitly makes no representations or guarantees about positions listed on our website. Careerical eConsult is not responsible for safety, wages, working conditions, or other aspects of employment.  It is the responsibility of applicants to research the integrity of the organizations to which they are applying. We advise you to use caution and common sense when applying for any position with an organization or private party.

Job Description

Opportunity

Abt Associates seeks qualified Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for an upcoming USAID-funded opportunity in Sierra Leone, the Integrated Health Activity. improving health systems, service delivery capacity, and service quality in the country .

Under the supervision of the Chief of Party (COP), the MEL Director is responsible for designing the project’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning agenda and creating systems to measure and document program process, output and impact data results by routinely and systematically collecting, analyzing and presenting program data for project staff, partners and donors. The MEL Director is responsible for tracking progress towards goals and fidelity to implementation design as well as recommending appropriate subjects for operations research. We are looking for individuals who are committed to exceeding expectations and who strive to improve the lives of people worldwide.

The position is based in Freetown, Sierra Leone , and is contingent upon award to Abt Associates.

Responsibilities Include

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of the project MEL Plan, indicators, and learning agenda, including developing relevant indicators;
• Manage a rigorous approach to M&E to measure performance toward specific goals and objectives, including quantitative, qualitative, and participatory methodologies;
• Design data collection tools, schedules, analysis methods, and applied learning approaches for stakeholder training;
• Develop mechanisms to establish feedback loops to ensure that learning approaches and trainings inform and contribute to achievement of objectives under communications and training activities;
• Oversee implementation of a baseline study on the indicators, including review of tools and survey methodology and review of data quality and analysis;
• Oversee and lead qualitative and quantitative data collection processes and strategies as needed;
• Contribute to quarterly strategy reviews as well as drafting core components of program progress reports to the client;
• Drive the project’s overall learning agenda to derive lessons learned and best practices from project activities, and contribute to quarterly program evaluations;
• Design and maintain integrity of project’s MEL database;

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, social science, development economics or a related field. Masters preferred;
• At least twelve years of experience in data management and analysis for M&E, learning and adaptive management;
• Skills in qualitative and quantitative analytical methods, data collection and analysis, and establishing MEL systems. Demonstrated ability to lead baseline data collection and analyses;
• Knowledge of and experience with M&E frameworks, and reporting systems;
• Experience with USAID programming highly preferred;
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, and other MS Office software; data analysis software, e.g. SPSS or Stata;
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability working collaboratively and independently;
• Demonstrated team player with effective cross-cultural interpersonal skills; able to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners and lead multidisciplinary teams;
• Ability to resolve sensitive and complicated work issues with senior high-level country counterparts, donor representative and senior-level staff;
• Strong communications, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Ten years of relevant experience, or PhD+ Eight years of relevant experience

Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

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Overview

King’s Sierra Leone Partnership is launching an exciting new project focused on improving care in emergency rooms in hospitals across Sierra Leone.

Through training and systems change, this project will ensure that patients access the best possible emergency care. We are recruiting a collaborative team of 5 experienced clinicians to lead this work: 3 international volunteers and 2 Sierra Leonean team members. Together the team will together deliver a ‘Training of Trainers’ session; mentor trainees in 16 facilities nationwide; and review emergency care processes to establish best practice.

The opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in a small, high-impact team in Sierra Leone. Between September 2021 and November 2021, this team will:

Run a Training of Trainers for 70 emergency room health workers in South African Triage Scale (SATS), Basic Emergency Care (BEC), Primary Trauma Care (PTC) and pedagogy

Support these 70 emergency room health workers to roll out their training to 250 multidisciplinary health workers in 16 hospitals

Work with the Medical Superintendents and Matrons to review emergency care systems in 16 facilities and make recommendations for system improvements

Run a learning conference to establish action plans for each facility

The team will work in partnership across all activities. There is a strong emphasis on learning from and working with the healthcare workers in facilities, collaboratively designing solutions and training packages which are appropriate for the environment.

The team will be supported by King’s Global Health Partnership’s team in the UK and in Sierra Leone, with operations, logistics, financial and project management support.

All transport and accommodation out of Freetown will be provided as well as facilitators fee, paid in Leones, as you will be travelling away from your normal place of work.

Who do we want?

We are seeking a Sierra Leonean Clinical Training Volunteer who will implement training, mentorship and systems review. Working with a Clinical Project Lead Volunteer and Clinical Training Volunteers from the UK and Sierra Leone, the Clinical Training Volunteers will:

Develop high-quality context-specific training materials (SATS, BEC, PTC and pedagogy)

Run a ‘Training of Trainers’ course for 70 emergency room health workers

Mentor these health workers through on-site or remote visits across 16 health facilities

Review emergency room systems and develop recommendations for system changes to enable high quality patient care

Essential:

Substantial post medical or nursing experience (4 years or more)

Minimum 1 year experience working in an emergency/outpatient department in Sierra Leone

Experience in delivering training or teaching

Experience in using the SATS

Desirable:

Experience in working as part of a multi-cultural team

Experience in systems change

Experience in designing or adapting training material

Experience in the specific training packages (SATS, BEC, PTC and pedagogy)

When?

This project will run from late September 2021 to 30 November 2021. We are happy to discuss your circumstances if you are interested in the post; the information below is provided as a guide.

Stage 1: Remote volunteering: The first few weeks of the project will establish training plans and can therefore be done remotely. It is expected to be part-time during this period (2-3 days/week).

Stage 2: In Sierra Leone: We anticipate that the first in-person activity (the training event) will be held in Sierra Leone in early October. It’s therefore essential that the post holder is available to facilitate the activities from the end of September until the conclusion of the activities in early November.

Stage 3: Remote volunteering or in Sierra Leone: From late October to end of November, this role could be either remote or in Sierra Leone. If remote, it is expected that this will be part time during this period (1-2 days/week).

This role is advertised as part time, approximately 15 days per month, it will still include significant cross-country travel as well as dedication and enthusiasm from the post holder. We will have a cohort of training volunteers who will rely on the successful candidates’ continued involvement in this project.

Next steps

Interested candidates should send a cover letter stating how you meet the person specific and CV(Maximum 4 pages) to:

KGHP@kcl.ac.uk

Please include the role title in the subject line of the email. No in person applications will be accepted. Application deadline is Friday 24th September 2021. Interviews will take place online on Tuesday 28th September 2021. If you have any queries please contact Cecily Borgstein, Partnership Lead, on cecily.borgstein@kcl.ac.uk

 

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Job no: 544542

Position type: Temporary Appointment

Location: Sierra Leone Division/Equivalent: Dakar (WCAR), Senegal

School/Unit: Sierra Leone

Department/Office: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Categories: Education

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, hope

Please access UNICEF Sierra Leone website here: www.unicef.org/sierraleone

How can you make a difference?

A. Provide technical and operational support to GPE program implementation

• Facilitate regular coordination and component meetings with MBSSE, and partners and internal GPE meetings with the UNICEF GPE team.
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external colleagues and partners (MBSSE, TSC component leads and PIU, component leads) to facilitate the MBSSE and MTHE submission of costed quarterly workplans, reports, concept notes, salary requests and liquidations are submitted in time and with quality.

B. Support monitoring and delivery of results under GPE

• Support the coordination of the GPE Retreat and UNICEF- Government Annual Review meetings to assess progress and challenges with GPE implementation and UNICEF’s overall contribution to the Education sector in Sierra Leone.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts to assess progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve results.

C. Evidence generation and knowledge management

• Support to strengthen documentation for evidence base on best practices and solutions to improve learning outcomes in basic education.
• Coordinate with Government on organizing visibility events around GPE and the GPE Annual retreat.

D. Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Please see detailed ToR attached. TOR Education Officer NOB TA.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A University Degree in education and or other social science field with expertise in data management.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience at national level in the Education Sector.
• Experience in programme management, including programme design, costing, monitoring and evaluation and reporting, quality assurance and standards.
• Understanding of gender and inequity issues in relation to education.

• Experience in working with the government.
• Computer skills, including excel, internet navigation and various office applications.
• Experience working in the UN or other international development organization an asset.
• Fluency in English is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offers of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Application close: Sep 26 2021 Greenwich Standard Time

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Introduction

 

SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone is looking to engage a trainer/facilitator to conduct a training on how to build an independent and high performing team, organized for heads of units/departments and Locations that will be engaged in the process of building their teams, as well as different activities with beneficiaries.

 

SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone was established in 1974 (the village in Freetown being the second oldest in Africa), we work with partners in communities to help families care for their children or to provide an alternative, for instance an SOS family, in which the love of a Care Giver is essential.

 

Located in Freetown, Bo and Makeni, SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone has a wide range of programmes (Children’s villages, youth facilities, educational facilities, clinics) which supports more than 4,199 children in accessing and exercising their rights.

 

In addition to quality care, we seek to provide quality education to all the children through our Herman Gmeiner International Schools and Kindergartens through service providers.

 

Background

Developing high performance teams in a work force can be challenging. The aim to create a safe environment where each individual’s skills, attributes and talents are harnessed for the growth and development of the organization. It is important to focus on helping leaders to understand what makes a team tick, and to put efforts into actions that will make real difference. No team is the same, but the things that help make them perform better and become a success have been explored in-depth, giving us the opportunity to focus on the key things that will help make a difference.

 

 It’s not easy to develop high performing teams where everyone works together and towards the same goals. If you want to harness the different skills and attributes of the people within your organization, it’s important to focus on helping leaders to understand what makes a team tick and to put the effort into actions that make a real difference..

 

The ‘high performing teams’ training course materials will give your participants the knowledge and skills required to develop and nurture their team, ensuring they are better abled to meet the challenges of the organization and to meet business goals. The training would be suitable for managers, leaders, supervisors and anyone else that needs to work with a team.

 

Purpose and Coverage

The purpose of the training is on building an independent and high performing team. The heads of units/departments/locations will be engaged in developing their teams and improving on the overall performance of their units/location/department. The participants at the training/workshop will be heads of units/locations/ departments from all our four locations (National Office, Freetown, Bo and Makeni) targeting managers and coordinators in different professions (HR, Finance, ICT, Program, Principals and Care professionals).

 

Methodology and scope of work

Under this section, the proposed methods for organizing the training on building an independent and high performing team will help to create a more professional, dynamic, effective work team that enjoys the work environment and consistently achieves more. Under the supervision and in close co-operation with the HROD Manager, the trainer and facilitator will implement the following tasks:

 

Creation of the methodology and training schedule, based on the assessment document:

Interactive, engaging teaching matrix e.g. Discussions, games, activities.

Drafting the methodology and training schedule and submission to the National Director for approval;

Finalizing the methodology and training schedule;

Conducting the 6 (six days) trainings – 2 days in each location with the training team moving to each location.

Selection of the training dates in collaboration with the HROD department;

Propose a budget for the training to the ND for approval through the HROD

Based on the adopted methodology and training schedule, conducting the training;

Conduct the evaluation of the training.

Report on the conducted trainings.

The facilitator will be engaged to conduct 3 sets of trainings (two days session per location).

 

Trainer/facilitator deliverables

The following will be the expected deliverables of the Trainer/facilitator:

 

Work plan for developing the trainings, including strategy and proposed methodologies, as well as quality assurance plan;

Evaluation of the trainer/facilitator work, based on evaluation forms received from participants;

Successful facilitation of the training.

Technical advice and support to participants during the training.

Final report on the implementation of the tasks after finishing the training.

 

Duration and time frame

The training shall be expected to be completed within one week (two training session, for each location).

 

Six (6) days after signing of the contract the trainer/facilitator will have to provide to SOS Children Village Sierra Leone with plan for implementing trainings that will articulate the overall requirements of the ToR including proposed methodology, work plan with clear timelines, and division of labor.

 

Consultancy Competencies, Experience and Skill Requirements:

 

Minimum university degree in Social Science or other relevant field;

Extensive experience (at least 5 years) experience in completing trainings/workshops for organizations;

Extensive knowledge of the humanitarian sector in Sierra Leone;

Extensive experience on building capacities;

Demonstrated high level of professionalism and an ability to work independently and in high pressure situations under tight deadlines;

Excellent inter-personal communication skills including experience of facilitation of trainings/workshops and presentation;

Proven and demonstrated broad knowledge of and ability to utilize principles, methods, techniques and systems of project management;

Excellent communication and written skills in English;

Deadline and submission of expression of interest

 

SOS Children Villages Sierra Leone invites interested teams to submit the following documents by 13/09/2021, 16:00hrs.

 

Expression of interest (EoI) outlining how the trainer/facilitator meets the selection criteria and their understanding of the ToR.

A summarized description of the scope of work and the intended methodology to be used as well as a tentative work plan including activities and time frames.

Names and contacts of three recent professional referees (previous clients) for whom similar work has been conducted.

An example of similar pieces of work completed recently.

Curriculum Vitae (CV) outlining relevant qualifications and experience.

Itemized financial proposal.

Evaluation and Selection Process

 

This application is open to trainers/facilitators who are specialized in completing trainings/workshops and have proven and demonstrated broad knowledge of and ability to utilize the principles, methods, techniques and systems of building an independent and high performing team. The selected trainer/facilitator will be responsible for designing and executing all the activities described in this TOR in collaboration with SOS Children’s Villages HROD department.

 

The selection process of the trainer/facilitator will be based on the set of criteria developed by SOS Children Villages Sierra Leone Evaluation Committee to evaluate the proposals. The Evaluation Committee will evaluate the proposals by using the combined scoring method. Technical proposal will be evaluated on 60%; whereas financial proposals will be evaluated on 40%. The short-listed bidding consultant or firm will be expected to submit and conduct a formal presentation prior to the final selection.

 

Final report

This section outlines expectations in terms of inception and final reporting, as well as interim process updates.

 

The Final report will document the context in which the trainings took place.

 

The deadline for sending the report is 5 days after completion of trainings. Approval of the final report by the Contracting Authority will be the basis for issuing the final payment as indicated in the Special Conditions.

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Deadline: 31st August 2021.

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Population Services International (PSI) is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Malaria Technical Advisor (MTA)
2.) Consultancy Services – Training

 

See job details and how to apply below.

 

1.) Malaria Technical Advisor (MTA)

 

Reports to: Chief of Party PMI Impact Malaria, Sierra Leone

Duty Station: Freetown with travel to operational districts

 

Who we are?

With over 45 years of experience, working in over 60 countries, Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. PSI is reimagining healthcare, by putting the consumer at the center, and wherever possible – bringing care to the front door. We are working to fix market failures, shape future health markets and shift policy and funding to better support consumer empowered healthcare.

There are over 8,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. We are a diverse group of entrepreneurial development professionals with a wide range of backgrounds and experience. All with unique skills that we bring to the critically important work that we do.

 

Join us!

PSI and its local affiliates manage malaria control programs in 32 countries and are world leaders in malaria control implementation delivering 42 million treated mosquito nets and almost 19 million treatments for confirmed malaria cases in 2016.  More specifically, PSI supports national Ministries of Health to deliver improved malaria case management through public sector channels in partnership with the global fund and is working with a number of other donors to harness the private sector to deliver quality assured diagnosis and treatment of fever. Complimenting these service delivery programs with improved integrated reporting across all channels using DHIS II, today PSI supports countries that need it, to deliver a holistic malaria control program.

 

We are looking for a Malaria Technical Advisor (MTA) to support the National Malaria Control Program  to  roll out quality malaria service delivery  across public, private and community channels, and helping to shaping the National vision of  a  Malaria Free Sierra Leone.

 

Sound like you? Read on.

 

Your contribution

Working under the supervision of PMI-IM COP , the Malaria Technical Advisor (MTA) will provide technical, practical hands-on support to MOHS and NMCP to plan, implement and monitor evidence base malaria service delivery with particular focus on malaria diagnosis, malaria treatment and malaria in pregnancy. The MTA will work with NMCP and Partners to achieve the following:

 

• Provide overall technical and programmatic support to PSI SL and NMCP management and technical leadership to implement evidence-base malaria control through the adaptation of  global policy and guidance to the Sierra Leone context,
• Provide technical support to NMCP to develop funding proposals to major donors like PMI and Global funds whilst identify new funding opportunities,
•  Provide high quality technical expertise and assistance to NMCP for the development of policies, strategies, and implementation plans related to case management, malaria in pregnancy (MIP), and chemoprevention
• Contribute to technical working groups advising on and interpreting NMCP-led operations research studies on case management, MiP, diagnoses and other innovative interventions,
• Provide technical and operational assistance to PSI SL and NMCP in designing and implementing case management-related activities and MiP recommended by NMCP malaria strategic plan,
• Contribute to finalization and rollout of revised national guidelines, including technical inputs, dissemination, and orientation of health workers in all districts,
• Coordinate with other PMI/USAID-funded Implementing Partners to allign support to NMCP in order to avoid duplication and promote seamless and client-centered malaria service delivery,
• Provide technical and operational support to NMCP towards  the implementation of a monitoring and evaluation framework and information systems to track progress, outcomes, and impacts against targets set, to demonstrate success and influence decision making in coordination with the PMI-Measure Malaria  Project and Directorate of Policy, Planning, and Information(DPPI) ,
• Work with the NMCP to liaise with other MOHS directorates, PMI, Global Funds and stakeholders, in the public and private sectors to ensure the program is in line with best practices, delivered under national leadership, integrated with other programs  and as efficient as possible.

 

What are we looking for?

• Medical Doctor or Senior Midwife/Matron,
• At least a  masters’ degree in public health
• A minimum of  eight(8) years of  frontline working experience  in malaria endemic country,
• At least five(5)years of experience working with public health programs in developing countries, both at central and district  levels,
• Experience in providing hands on technical and operational support to  disease control interventions  especially  Malaria Control Programs,
• Extensive working experience  with donors like PMI/USAID ,Global Funds and UN,
• Experience in managing relationships and expectations between  donors and national programs,
• Experience in mentoring and coaching staff to improve their performance and competencies,
• Able to write, read , interpret  and present complex information to different  audiences in English,
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the global malaria technical and policy debate.

 

Interested candidates should submit CV and cover letters indicating which position you are applying for to:

ImpactMalaria-SL@psi.org

by September 3, 2021.

 

Application will be treated as and when received.

 

PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy,

 

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2.) Consultancy Services – Training

 

WHO WE ARE?

With over 45 years of experience, working in over 60 countries, Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. PSI is reimagining healthcare, by putting the consumer at the center, and wherever possible – bringing care to the front door. We are working to fix market failures, shape future health markets and shift policy and funding to better support consumer empowered healthcare.

 

JOIN US!

PSI and its local affiliates manage malaria control programs in 32 countries and are world leaders in malaria control implementation—delivering 25 million treated mosquito nets and almost 16 million quality-assured ACTs for confirmed malaria cases in 2016.  PSI also supports national Ministries of Health to scale up malaria diagnosis in the public and private sector and to improve tracking of malaria patients through surveillance and health information systems using DHIS2 software.

 

In 2018, PSI began implementing the global US President’s Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, with the goal of working with national governments to scale up best practices and innovations in malaria case management, control of malaria in pregnancy, and the introduction of other malaria drug-based approaches. In Sierra Leone, PSI is seeking qualified, dynamic, and innovation-driven candidates for multiple positions with the Impact Malaria (IM) project. All candidates are expected to promote and demonstrate an ethical work environment in line with PSI’s values of honesty and acting with integrity. Sierra Leonean nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

 

Call for Consultancy Services to deliver a high-quality training on Malaria Control and elimination for staff

 

Purpose

By its mandate, PMI-IM works with MOHS, NMCP and DHMTs to improve malaria service deliver with  emphasis  on malaria case management, Prevention of malaria in pregnancy and iCCM. In order to  better  support these interventions ,  PMI-IM regularly update the  knowledge and skills of frontline staff in malaria control and elimination.

In furtherance of this policy, PMI-IM is  seeking the services of individuals, companies, or NGOs with the requisite capacity and experience to deliver a high-quality training in malaria control and elimination for  our staff.

 

Key Deliverables

The successful vendor is expected to cover the following elements to ensure high quality training:

• Update staff on history of malaria epidemiology and control activities at Global Level and  in Sierra Leone
• Provide overview of Global malaria prevention, control, and elimination strategy as per the WHO Global Technical Strategy, Roll Back Malaria and Sustainable development Goals
• Provide in depth overview of Sierra Leone National Malaria Control Strategy as contained in the draft 2021-2025  strategic plan in the context of MOHS policies including universal health package.
• Provide hands on training on  guidelines and practice of   key malaria interventions comprising.

i. Malaria Case Management at facility and community level,

ii. Prevention of Malaria  in Pregnancy at facility and community level,

iii. Malaria prevention interventions like  LLINs, IRS etc.

iv. Surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of malaria interventions including NMCP  targets and performance framework

 

Training strategy

Training will target two sets of cadres.

First level training will cover senior level staff responsible for mentoring and supervision of field staff in Freetown.

Second level training will  be provided to field level staff in Bo and Makeni.

Pre-training preparation will take I day

Training will take 2 days.

Post training report writing will take 1 day

 

Key deliverables

Before training the vendor will share with PMI-IM the following

1. Training plan highlighting the agenda, methodology, schedules, and session plans.
2. Training materials including facilitators and learner’s manual, job aids and treatment charts
3. Samples of antimalaria medicines, diagnostic kits, and medicine for Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy.

The vendor will provide PMI-IM  the following documents not later than 3 working days after the training

1. Training report highlighting the training methodology, training process, content ,feedback from learners and analysis of pre-post tests results
2. Key knowledge and skill improvement for individual staff and recommendations on improvement plans for same

 

Interested candidates should submit CV and cover letters indicating which position you are applying for to:

ImpactMalaria-SL@psi.org

 by September 3, 2021.

 

*Due to high volume of applications, only finalists will be contacted

PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.

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