Project Assistant(Health & Nutrition)

Programme & Policy Medical & Health

The Organization 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 realise 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.

Application Information: Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

ROLE PROFILE

TITLE: Project Assistant (Health & Nutrition) (Internal)

TEAM/PROGRAMME: MNCH, Project Implementation

LOCATION: Rakhine

Number of Positions: 1

GRADE: NAT-5

CONTRACT LENGTH: Fixed Term (5 months)

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

This position mainly intends to manage and implement health and nutrition activities at project areas and to make sure the activities to be effective by monitoring and supervision to field volunteers. Project Assistant implement the activities related to the improvement of health and nutrition status through Social and Behaviour Change (SBCC) Platform and engage with related stakeholders and volunteers to support MNCH& IMAM through effective mobilization at the community level. This project aims to reduce health risk factors among vulnerable population in targeted communities through WASH, Health and Nutrition in Rakhine State.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Direct report to: Project Coordinator

Staff directly reporting to this post: Community Facilitators

Budget Responsibility: No financial approval

Role Dimensions: Regular contact of basic information

Travel: Frequently (at least 4 times per a month)

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Program Implementation

• Day to Day management of health and nutrition activities through community-based approach while conducting field monitoring and remote monitoring

• Assist Project Coordinator in activities planning, work planning, budget calculation, with supportive ideas and experiences.

• Provide technical training such as MNCH& iCCM to CBHWs to build their capacity for proper project implementation.

• Make sure to conduct SBCC Group sessions that are Mother Leader Group session, Mother to Mother Support Group session, Father Group session and IYCF Care giver Session with the purpose of behavioral change intervention and do provide supportive supervision

• Supervision on MLG, MtMSG, Father Group and IYCF caregiver SBCC sessions at field level.

• Conduct coordination meeting with local authorities to raise awareness of health and nutrition implementation in community.

• Make sure to conduct Referral coordination meeting with Mobile clinic to be smooth referral pathway

• Responsible for stock management (i.e. Clean Delivery Kits, Micronutrient Tablets, Micronutrient Powder, ORS, Zinc and Amoxicillin etc.) not to be stock out in both field and office warehouse.

• Take a lead for Stock transportation to project areas dealing with logistics team.

• Deal with finance team for advance cash to implement field activities achievably.

• Support to Project Coordinator in Nutrition Promotion activities in project area

• Sharing of problems solving ways and lessons studies to colleagues

• Data collection, data checking and data follow up from Camp-Based staffs and make sure the records

• Ensure the documentation of project activities and keep systematic

• Submit Monthly activities report & Monthly stock report to Data Clerk

• Any other duties and tasks assigned by supervisor

Other program delivery tasks

• Participate in the design of new project proposals including field assessments, budget’s development, work plan and logical frameworks.

• Facilitate supply requests, distribution plans, consumption for health and nutrition activities.

• Participate in nutritional and health assessment planning, implementation, analysis, interpretation.

Communication and Coordination

• Ensure that project related information is relayed to Project Coordinators.

• Assist Project Coordinator in maintaining program documents and coordinating with all departments.

• Ensure good communication and coordination between the team members working in different contexts of intervention of the project.

• Liaise with other implementing partners and different authorities to maximize collaboration and ensure proper coordination of activities.

• Represent health and nutrition management and coordination meetings at Regional/ Township level.

• Capacity Building and Technical Support through close coordination with Nutrition Advisors and Health Advisors, provide technical guidance and capacity building support and supervision to operations team, and local partner staff to ensure successful implementation of nutrition/health program and provide opportunities for staff development.

Team Management and Development

• Ensure the effective use of Develop to perform including the establishment of clear, measurable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair and unbiased evaluations.

• Support project staffs through coaching and other developmental activities. Ensure all team members have the opportunity to build greater capacities in line with their expectations.

• Will have to manage diverse team members and contexts (camp and villages)

Child Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• Ensure that your staff is providing all beneficiaries of your programmed with ongoing, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages about Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct

BEHAVIOURS (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 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 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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

• Always acts in the best interests of children

QUALIFICATIONS

• Any bachelor degree (more prefer health related)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• At least 1-year experience in Maternal/Child health and Nutrition Program

• Proven team management skills & good communication with colleagues

• Experience or willing in working at hard to reach/ remote areas with limited resources

• Respect the local culture, belief and tradition and eager to learn from community.

• Strong commitment and dedication for development of grass root people

• Good team member and willing to work with various type of people

• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and

• principles.

Desirable

• Experience with multi-sectorial programming, or experience managing programs in several different sectors.

• Preferable implementation experience in Rakhine context

• Experience working with community groups in humanitarian, post-conflict and recovery development context.

• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.

• Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy.

• Prior experience with Save The Children

• Experience working with children and on children’s issues.

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.

All staff has an obligation and a responsibility to:

• Ensure they fully understand the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct and Local/Country Procedures.

• Conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.

• Ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk) – this means constantly scrutinizing their work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children about possible design/implementation “flaws”.

• Promote the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations and government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary families, and community members in general.

• Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.

All managers have the above responsibilities as well as ensuring

• Their staff are doing the above.

• That child safeguarding is integrated and given a “voice” in all management processes including recruitment, induction, performance management, team meetings, annual planning processes, field level monitoring, etc.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety

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

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