Save the Children Job in Nairobi Kenya

Education Officer – DFID-CT – Kenya Country Office
 

Team / Programme: Programme Development and Quality    

Location:  Nairobi
 

Grade:  TBC     

Post Type: National
 

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:
 

To effectively implement the SC education programme activities of the DFID Cash Transfer project in Garissa County, she/he will ensure quality delivery of programmes and maintenance of high professional standards of all our education programmes.

Scope of Role:

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since 1984, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners. 

Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH. 

Save the Children has an operational presence in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Eldoret, Habaswein, Mandera, Meru and Wajir and has a logistics hub in Garissa. 

Currently, we have a staff complement of approximately 370 staff and expenditure of approximately US$30 million this year.

Staff directly reporting to this post:  Yes

Key Areas of Accountability:

• Work as part of a team to ensure quality programming
• Travel frequently to implementation sites to liaise with community leaders, local governments and beneficiaries to ensure continued participation and support for the project.
• Carry out regular monitoring activities and engagement with schools and communities to support project activities.
• Support families participating in the cash transfer programme by providing information related to programme processes and procedures and troubleshooting any challenges.
• In collaboration with the Accountability Officer, support the establishment of Community Accountability Committees (CAC) and support the training of the CAC members
• Provide inputs for the development of strategic and operational plans in collaboration with Education Programme Management and partner agencies.
• Ensure timely production of reports by collating reports of different field locations consolidating into one report.
• Document programme learning and disseminate lessons learned to key stakeholders in the field and to SC Management.
• Ensure field staff adherence to the child protection policy and reporting procedures.
• Undertake any other duties as assigned by the Project Coordinator, Education Manager or other key Management Staff.

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 and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in education/ social sciences or its equivalent
• Minimum of three (3) year work experience in the education sector with experience implementing cash transfer programmes with development-related organisations
• Knowledge of education in emergencies, education sector policy, child rights and protection issues
• Experience of facilitating community-based training and awareness raising
• Strong self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances and priorities
• Positive attitude towards community work with emphasis on the ability to learn from communities and support participatory, innovative approaches to problem solving
• Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with all children and their care takers
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
• Good report writing skills
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
• Prepared to live and work in a remote field location in a somewhat uncertain security environment
• Commitment to the Save the Children values

Desirable:

• Previous experience in working with INGOs.
• Experience of working on education cash transfer programs
• Experience of working with communities and other agencies that support education
• The job holder is required to have regular contact with other similar organizations, education institutions, children, community, and government departments in field level.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required.  Swahili preferred.
• Commitment to Save the Children values and willingness to abide by Child Safeguarding Policy.

How to apply

The application period is now open and will close on Monday 28th January 2013 at 4.30pm.  

To apply for open positions, please send a short cover letter and CV to Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org  indicating the position applied for in the subject line.