Save the Children,Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Coordinator Jobs in Rwanda

POSITION
ANNOUNCEMENT
Rwanda
Country Programme, Kigali Rwanda
BACKGROUND:
Save
the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We
work in 120 countries. We work together, with partners, to inspire
breakthroughs in the way the world treats children

and to achieve immediate and
lasting change in their lives. Save the Children works in thirteen districts in
Rwanda with a current staff complement of approximately 134 staff.

SC
Rwanda Country Office seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced National
to fill the following position: 
Position:   
 Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Coordinator
Place
of Work:
Kigali
Reports
to:
Staff
directly reporting to this
post:
Time
frame:  
Tentative
start
date:                              
                                     
CM/SBCC
Team Leader
None
1
yeah
ASAP
 
                            
Child
Safeguarding:
Level
3: the role 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 in country programs; or are
visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the
police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE
PURPOSE:
The
Maternal and Child Survival Program Overview:
The
Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) is a global U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) cooperative agreement to introduce and
support high-impact health interventions in 24 priority countries with the
ultimate goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths (EPCMD) within a
generation. MCSP engages governments, policymakers, private sector leaders,
health care providers, civil society, faith-based organizations and communities
in adopting and accelerating proven approaches to address the major causes of
maternal, new-born and child mortality such as postpartum haemorrhage, birth
asphyxia and diarrhoea, respectively, and improve the quality of health
services from household to hospital. MCSP tackles these issues through
approaches that also focus on health systems strengthening, household and
community mobilization, gender integration and eHealth, among others. MCSP
carries forward the momentum and lessons learned from the highly successful
USAID-funded Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), which has
made significant progress in improving the health of women and children in over
50 developing countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the
Caribbean.
In
November 2014, USAID/Rwanda requested MCSP to support its commitment to EPCMD
and to the Government of Rwanda’s (GOR’s) Vision 2020 and its second Economic
Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS 2) (2013 – 2018) through two
key objectives:
  • Reducing
    child and maternal mortality through increased coverage and utilization of
    high-impact low cost reproductive, maternal, new-born, and child health
    (RMNCH) interventions and innovative new approaches; and
  • Strengthening
    the capacity of the Ministry of Health (MOH) to manage and scale up
    high-impact RMNCH interventions. 
Despite
these significant achievements in maternal and child health in Rwanda, there is
still more progress to be made. USAID’s acting on the Call Report (2014)
estimates that in Rwanda, scaling up key interventions to end preventable
mother and child deaths can lead to 123,000 child lives and 6,800 women’s lives
saved by 2020. There are also variations across the districts requiring
different needs.
Position
Overview:
Save
the Children is seeking a SBCC Coordinator, to lead the development,
implementation and monitoring of strategies to facilitate appropriate
care-seeking and adoption of preventative MNCH/FP behaviors within the
household, community, and health facilities. The SBCC Coordinator will work
under the direction of the Community Mobilization/SBCC Team lead for day-to-day
implementation of the work plan and with the Community Mobilization/SBCC
Technical Team in Washington, D.C. on a regular basis on technical matters
related to SBCC.
KEY
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
 Responsibilities:
  • Provide
    overall management of the SBCC component of the program;
  • Collaborate
    with the Community Mobilization/SBCC Team Lead and the technical team to
    design and develop SBCC strategies and materials for use at the household,
    community, and facility levels in project areas;
  • Build
    capacity of Social Clusters, community health workers and volunteers, community
    groups to implement and monitor quality Community Mobilization/SBCC
    activities
  • Reporting
    and documentation
  • Support
    the MOH on technical Community Mobilization/SBCC/IEC issues, including
    participation in key Ministry-led technical working groups related to
    SBCC;
  • Support
    the Community Mobilization/SBCC Team Lead and other staff by
    problem-solving and providing guidance with operational issues related to
    SBCC
Child
Safeguarding
  • Understand
    the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct and
    Local/Country Procedures and conduct oneself in accordance with the rules
    of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in personal and professional lives –
    which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.
  • Ensure
    that all project activities carried out are considered in relation to
    prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and handling of serious
    complaints in line with the child safeguarding policy.
  • 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 and be vigilant about observing possible
    child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.
General:
  • Comply
    with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child
    protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and
    other relevant policies and procedures.
  • Perform
    other duties, as assigned by the Chief of Party or other senior leadership
    team members.
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 her/himself (and her/his team), takes
    responsibility for her/his own personal development and encourages others
    to do the same
  • Widely
    shares her/his personal vision for Save the Children, engages and
    motivates others
  • Future
    orientated, thinks strategically.
Collaboration:
  • Builds
    and maintains effective relationships, with her/his 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
Qualifications:
  • A
    bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences or a related field ;
  • At
    least five years of health behaviour and community mobilization
    experiences in developing countries;
  • Experience
    in monitoring programs and participating in evaluation.
  • Knowledge
    of the Rwandan health system
  • Ability
    to work independently and in a team setting with minimal supervision.
  • Excellent
    planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a
    fast-paced work environment.
  • Excellent
    interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Fluency
    in French or English and Kinyarwanda.
  • Ability
    to use MS Office applications.
  • Ability
    to travel within the country.
  • Legal
    authorization to work in Rwanda
CHILD
SAFEGUARING POLICY
:
Any
employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on
behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of
Acceptance  Form
] and comply with the SCIs Child Safeguarding Policy
which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting
children with whom it comes into contact. 
  • This
    extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly,
    but also includes children whom staff are responsible for.  SCI
    believes that the situation of children must be improved through the
    promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of
    staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the
    standards which all staff members must adhere to.
Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in
English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org. The deadline for
receiving applications is 1st August 2016.
     
 Please mention Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC)
Coordinator as
subject of your mail.
                               
         *Note that only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.       
                     
         

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