We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
SCI - Afghanistan
Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.
We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Implementation/ Health and Nutrition
LOCATION: Kabul with minimum 50% travel to the provinces
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.
ROLE PURPOSE: The Health and Nutrition Program Manager is responsible to provide technical support to high value or high-risk health and nutrition projects to ensure quality service delivery. The post holder will be expected to lead and coordinate project planning, coordination, and support recruitment and procurement, conduct frequent supportive supervision and monitoring visits from the project sites. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the health program, ensuing compliance with the award regulations and monitoring of health projects. In addition, the post holder will support the capacity building of health project staff at provincial level.
This role is a NATIONAL role and will act as an OiC for Head of Health and Nutrition during R&R cycles.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Head of Health and Nutrition
Staff reporting to this post: None.
Coordinates with: HN Managers (provinces), MEAL, HR, Supply Chain, Programme Operations, Finance, PDQA
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Programme Implementation and Support
Act as a technical contact person for provincial teams and will provide punctual support to field teams by:
o enhancing the capacity of project staff
o cascading and facilitating health and nutrition standard operation procedure training for all health projects staff
Support Head of health and nutrition program in day-to-day operational management of the health and nutrition assigned projects and take active participation in the development of detailed implementation plans, procurement plans, budget management and relevant project reports as needed.
Responsible for drafting and reviewing project workplans and budgeting for field activities associated with donor requirements and provide guidance to the project coordinators in their delivery of those requirements as well as review project reporting schedules, developing project reporting tools for field teams.
Regularly review health and nutrition project achievements by comparing them to the project DIP and provide a summary of recommended areas for improvement and catch up
Lead an action plan with the project coordinators for immediate and future strategies for effective project impact.
On an ongoing basis, support and coach project coordinators to strengthen the capacities.
Review assigned health projects monthly and progress reports and provide feedback to the relevant project coordinators for the improvement of project activities.
Ensure program management approaches follow SCI standards and ethical principles (including the humanitarian principles).
Ensure that timely and accurate reports and risks are flagged to Head of Health and Nutrition
Collaborate with the Head of Health and Nutrition and relevant PDQ Technical Advisers to ensure that clinical scorecards, pharmacy scorecards are received, and quality benchmark trainings are held, understood and achieved.
Reporting and Documentation
Assist Head of Health and Nutrition for reviewing health and nutrition project reports –– monthly, quarterly, and final.
Collect and analyze the program technical monthly reports from provincial team and provide feedback for the quality services delivery
Coordination and Representation
Meet periodically with PDQ TAs and Project Managers for maximum coordination, information sharing with all stakeholders, MoPH and PPHDs, WFP, WHO UNICEF, NGOs and INGOS.
Liaise with the MEAL Department for outcome-level analyses (quantitative and qualitative) of the project’s progress, beneficiary impact, and challenges from the field.
Ensure that the views of community staff are factored into programme implementation throughout the life cycle, and to bring improvements both in terms of efficiency and quality.
Monitoring:
With support from the Monitoring & Evaluation team put in place an M & E plan for the assigned project, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build health field staff in carrying out the work.
Support MEAL in putting accountability mechanisms in place for Health components of projects, ensuring that feedback is responded to in a timely manner, and that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design.
Monitoring the health and nutrition program interventions and identifying program deviations(gaps), sharing the gaps with the Project coordinators to make a proper action plan.
Ensure that projects are on track in sense of indicators and immediate outcomes.
Share the findings in the forms of monitoring reports with project coordinators for the service improvements.
Child Safeguarding
Support the program staff so that they comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures regarding child protection and child safeguarding, for the maximum protection of children.
Ensure materials related to Child Safeguarding and reporting in all sites in a way that is accessible to people irrespective of age and literacy.
Report Child Safeguarding and/or PSEA cases when encountered.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds the team to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external and supporters
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS: Undergraduate degree in relevant discipline.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
At least four years’ experience of NGO implementation experience in relevant function / field.
Strong understanding of MoPH standards and guidelines.
Intermediate English communication skills, both verbal and written
Fluency both verbal and written in Dari and Pashtu.
Be able to annualize information, evaluate options, and think and plan in an effective, and strategic manner.
Substantial experience of line management, effective team building' and capacity development.
Proven record of successful team leadership, management of implementing teams and delivering
Programme objectives in complex, fragile and challenging environments, in particular with regards to staff safety and security management.
Excellent interpersonal, communication' and presentation skills.
Commitment to, and understanding of, Save the Children's Principles and values' including child rights and child protection
Equal Opportunities
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Health and Safety
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Additional job responsibilities
The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional job duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.
Applicants can login to the online application system by copying and pasting the following link intro their web browser. Returning users will need to enter their username and password, first time users will need to create a user account.
It is recommended that you save your username and password for future job applications through the online system.
https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=230002T8&tz=GMT%2B04%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FKabul
“Save the Children strongly encourages applications from women. Minimum country requirements for potential female applicants will be followed”
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highes... Read More
