Save the Children International NGO Jobs in Kenya
Save the Children International NGO Solution Developer Jobs in Kenya
IntroductionSave the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, 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. In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya.
Responsibilities
Working with members of the global IT team, the role holder will be responsible for building, implementing and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) solutions within the organisation.
This role will partner with business stakeholders in order to understand their analytic requirements, and implement and maintain BI solutions to meet these needs, utilising best practices.
The role requires experience in adapting existing solutions as well as creating new solutions.
Qualifications
Experience of working with SQL Server databases, including creating & modifying T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, triggers, writing ad-hoc queries and dynamic SQL
Experience of working closely with non-technical staff, demonstrating an ability to translate and negotiate non-technical requirements into a detailed technical specification
Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex technical ideas and problems clearly to non-experts
Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and strong problem solving skills
Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally
Keen to learn new technologies, especially in BI
Experience of working with Microsoft's BI technology stack SSIS, SSRS and/or SSAS (tabular and multidimensional models)
Experience working with BI presentation tools (e.g. Excel, Power Pivot, Power View and Power BI)
Experience working with BI reporting in SharePoint
Experience working with finance systems
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
Experience of working within an agile project delivery environment and with offshore project team members
Experience working with JIRA
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 1st December, 2017
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children International NGO Solution Developer Jobs in Kenya
Save the Children International NGO Child Survival and Nutrition Technical Advisor Jobs in Kenya
Responsibilities
Provide programmatic and strategic leadership, setting priorities in designing and managing the implementation of Afya Halisi activities in collaboration with the other technical advisors and the implementation team
Provide overall technical guidance and leadership for implementation of child survival and nutrition activities
Provide leadership for Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement measures in child survival and nutrition
Contribute to the capacity building of Afya Halisi, MoH staff and CHVs competences in child survival and nutrition for quality service provision
Work with Division of Family Health to develop and review policies, tools and strategies to improve access to child survival and nutrition interventions
Review and analyze data for performance monitoring and utilize the data to take corrective actions
Representation and advocacy
Represent Afya Halisi in relevant internal and external fora including donor meetings (as appropriate)
Represent Save the Children in relevant internal and external fora including donor meetings (as appropriate)
Work closely with the Head of Health and Nutrition, Head of Advocacy and Campaigns, PDQ and operations teams to develop policy research and advocacy strategy in child survival and nutrition in line with the Country Strategic Plan and global strategy of Save the Children
Work with consortium members to further Save the Children’s mission for children
Qualifications
Medicine/ Clinical Medicine/Nursing with a post graduate degree in public health/global health; community health; health management with training and experience in and project planning and management techniques
Knowledge of current global and regional public health debates in child survival and nutrition
Recommended a minimum of five years of relevant technical experience including at senior level. Experience working within the devolved Kenyan health system is a must.
Proven experience and skills in research and advocacy and influencing institutional,
private and/or corporate donors and writing up high quality donor reports
Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staff
Ability to extensively travel for project monitoring and provide on-site technical support to field teams
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international and matrix management environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required
Commitment to Save the Children values
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 1st December, 2017
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children International NGO Child Survival and Nutrition Technical Advisor Jobs in Kenya
Save the Children International NGO Save the Children International NGO Child Survival Service Delivery Officer Jobs in Kenya Jobs in Kenya
Responsibilities
Provide support for the implementation of child survival activities
Ensure Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement measures in child survival
Contribute to the capacity building of Afya Halisi, MoH staff and CHVs competences in child survival for quality service provision
Support the dissemination and use of policies, tools and strategies to improve access to child survival interventions
Review and analyze data for performance monitoring and utilize the data to take corrective actions
Monitoring and evaluation
Provide support in the design, implementation and follow up of routine monitoring and supervision plan in liaison with the CHMTs; including joint monitoring plans and mentoring plans and ensure action points are followed and actioned.
Ensure systems put in place to ensure child survival information required to monitor progress and impact are implemented
Ensure all Save the Children and external monthly/quarterly and donor monitoring requirements are complied with.
Contribute to quarterly meetings to review progress of community health program against set targets
Participate in the design of baseline, mid-term and end of project evaluations for the child survival component in collaboration with other project staff
Contribute to the documentation and dissemination of project findings and lessons learned through the production of high quality materials and their effective dissemination to key stakeholders.
In coordination with MER team, maintain child survival information data base with all the relevant project data readily available.
Qualifications
A registered nurse with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing or Diploma in a related field (Nursing, Midwifery) with experience in RMNCAH.
At least 5 years’ experience implementing community and facility child survival programs
Experience implementing community strategy and KQMH.
Up-to-date knowledge on child survival, including IMNCI, ETAT+, iCCM, SIAs, routine immunization, REC approach, supportive supervision and quality improvement systems.
Experience capacity building health workers, community health assistants, community health volunteers
Knowledge of the local county context strongly preferred.
Competent in development and implementation of work plans, monitoring and evaluation activities and reports
Computer literacy, particularly in the use of MS Office
Proficiency in both written and spoken English and Kiswahili.
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 22nd November, 2017
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children International NGO Save the Children International NGO Child Survival Service Delivery Officer Jobs in Kenya Jobs in Kenya
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