Child Health and Immunization Specialist at Save the Children

Job Title: Child Health and Immunization Specialist

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Programme Quality

•  Provides technical expertise and oversight to ensure programs are of high quality and comply with the country and SCI standards.
•  Coordinates in-country and UK based technical advisers and external consultants as needed.
•  Supports the COP and State Programme Manager in the development of high-quality programming, annual plans, and budgeting processes for the programme, as and when necessary.
•  Contributes to the formulation of key program questions that will help to advance the evidence base and leads design of targeted evaluations.
•  Ensure the programme’s operational and analytical research, coordinate the publication and dissemination of results, and ensure that research informs advocacy.
•  Actively contribute to the process of learning, evaluation, capturing and disseminating lessons from the programme for continuous improvement of programme performance and overall outcome
•  Work closely with the programme team to ensure that other technical sectors are coordinated, integrated, and support each other to optimise the project purposes and objectives.
•  Contribute to the preparation of quality quarterly and annual reports and timely submission of deliverables.
•  Any other duty assigned by the Chief of Party

Capacity Building:

•  Identify learning and training opportunities for project staff, and work as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff.
•  Build capacity of health workers and other sector staff to implement quality programs

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

•  Represent the programme on all technical working groups, partners, and stakeholders’ forums.
•  Create partnerships with Ministries of Health and other relevant organizations, WHO, and UNICEF to maximize program impact and harmonize agendas.
•  Ensure that Save the Children’s work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and take a leadership role within the Health Sector, ensuring the specific needs of children are being addressed.
•  In collaboration with the Advocacy team, assist in advocacy activities that target decision-makers at all levels.
•  Ensure that learning, experiences, and evidence generated on the research component of the project is documented and presented to the right forum.

Safeguarding

•  Support safeguarding team in carrying out safeguarding risk assessment and develop a mitigation plan when needed.
•  Flag safeguarding concerns noticed during programme implementation as well as share good practices identified in the field.
•  All children and programme beneficiaries are provided with ongoing, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages about Save the Children’s Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.

Additional Job Responsibilities:

•  This position is responsible for ensuring that the project team and SCI programmes in the assigned state are implemented with the highest standards and safe programming
•  The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

CORE BEHAVIOURS

Achieving results effectively:

•  Ensure beneficiary and partner feedback is incorporated into programme design, planning and learning
•  Demonstrates flexibility to adapt plans and make decisions in rapidly changing environments
•  Actively manages risk and takes action to reduce risk eb9F5o9 B2NdVf
•  Makes changes to improve performance as a result of information received
•  Documents lessons learned and applies them to future projects

Maintaining and developing collaborative relationships:

•  Develops strategies for teams to work across traditional boundaries, working in diverse environments
•  Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance
•  Fosters collaborative, transparent and accountable relationships through partners
•  Uses negotiation and conflict resolution skills to support positive outcomes

Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:

•  Builds own awareness of the bigger global picture by using a broad range of sources to gather data
•  Demonstrates managerial courage by confronting difficult situations and seeking resolution, and stating willingness to champion ideas
•  Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings
•  Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses
•  Openly talks about doing things differently, pushing the boundaries and ways of working
•  Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to another for the purpose of his/her development
•  Works to ensure that the workplace is inclusive, and the talents of individuals are harnessed to achieve business success

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

•  Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in medicine, health, nursing, public health is required; a health professional (MD or nurse) with clinical training skills (pre-service and/or service clinical training) preferred.
•  Minimum of 5 years’ experience implementing and delivering technical assistance to maternal, newborn and child health programs in developing country settings.
•  Demonstrated expertise in program development and management of child survival and strong experience in immunization service delivery. program design and implementation required; must have experience facilitating training, supportive supervision.
•  Excellent writing and oral communication skills.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is on 04/November/2024. Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:

Official Job Website: https://www.savethechildren.net/