CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently or
intensively because they work country programs; or are visiting country
programs; or because they are responsible for implementing . |
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ROLE PURPOSE: Over a period of 10 months,
Save the Children (SC) plans to implement an integrated economic
recovery and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) intervention in Kenya in 2
sub-counties of Turkana and Mandera to address acute malnutrition among
adults and children exacerbated by the current climate induced
vulnerabilities and inadequate community preparedness to disaster. The
project seeks to provide integrated support for increased access to
financial services including entrepreneurship skills while strengthening
community resilience through nutrition sensitive agriculture (kitchen
gardens) and disaster risk reduction approach. The main objective of the
project is to improve the resilience capacities of drought affected
households and their institutions to respond to and to reduce disaster
risks proactively and to adapt to long term trends of food insecurity. The
position is field-level tasked with planning, coordinating,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of community-based disaster
risk reduction and resilience livelihood related activities in
Mandera/Turkana field office. The Officer will spends most of their time
in the field, identifying target communities, establishing
relationships with community leaders, establishing community-based
disaster risk management committees, Village micro-savings and lending
association and delivery of nutrition sensitive agriculture activities. |
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SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Project coordinator Staff reporting to this post: None Role Dimensions: The
position holder will work with the project coordinator to ensure
successful delivery of the project. He/She work closely with sub-county
and county level stakeholders as well as local community stakeholders. |
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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
- With regular support from the Child Poverty Technical
Specialist and the Project coordinator, ensure full implementation of
the DRR/Livelihoods Project activities to achieve project goals and
objectives including monitoring relevant indicators, coordinating with
the relevant actors at county level and facilitating meeting/workshops
in in the target counties of Mandera/Turkana over the project period.
- Prepare project briefs in consultation with programme coordinator and Child poverty technical specialist.
- Lead in the participatory vulnerability and capacity assessments based on the project activities using SCI standard tools.
- Mobilize and support the establishment of CMBDRR committees,
village micro-savings and lending association and enhance link to formal
structure and relevant county agencies.
- Plan and coordinate relevant trainings to target groups in
community-based disaster risk management/VMSLA- establish and maintain
transparent, functional relationships with target communities - Ensure
daily activities at the field level follow implementation guidelines.
- Play a key role in integrating DRR and Livelihoods, for
building the collaborative efforts towards the Resilient Communities
Building in Project sites
- As required conduct regular monitoring and inspection visits to
DRR/Livelihoods project implementation areas and provide technical
assistance as needed or identifying areas of capacity development.
- Participate in project evaluations alongside MEAL and assist in the analysis of results.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual and final narrative reports as per agreement.
- Collect complaints and feedback during field activities and
ensure that these are shared with MEAL officers for updating of the CFRM
database
- Escalate complaints and feedback of a serious nature to Program Manager and field office child safeguarding focal point.
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BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability:
- Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources
efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds the implementing partners/actors accountable to deliver on their responsibilities.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals, takes responsibility for own personal development.
- Widely shares own personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future orientated, thinks strategically on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with colleagues and external Partners
- Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
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QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree in desplines related to Disaster Risk Reduction, agriculture, Economics Climate Change, Food security.
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EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- At least three years of experience working in ASAL areas in NGO setting.
- Technical skills and experience in implementing resilience livelihoods and DRR programs in the ASAL areas
- Excellent oral and written communications in English (knowledge of Somali/Turkana language is an added advantage).
- Solid documented technical experience in the following areas:
rural livelihood activity including agriculture, disaster risk
reduction, income diversification, building resilience and poverty
reduction.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders including private
sector development agencies, government agencies and social enterprise
in sub-sector/s relevant to livelihood engagement e.g. microfinance
- Expereice implementing vocational and technical education and training programs focused on youth empowerment.
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Additional job responsibilities The job
duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the
post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within
reasonableness of their level of skills and experience. |
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Equal Opportunities The role holder is
required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal
Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures. |
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Child Safeguarding: We need to keep
children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous
background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children
from abuse. |
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Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures |