Save the Children,Emergency Health and Nutrition Manager 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:                                      
    Emergency Health and Nutrition Manager
Place
of Work:
Rwanda
Kirehe/ Mahama Camp and Kigali)
Reports
to:
Staff
directly reporting to this
post:
Staff
indirectly reporting to this
post:
Time
frame:     
Tentative
start date:
                            
                                     
Field
Manager
Health
Coordinator, Youth health Coordinator, Pharmacy Coordinator & HMIS
Officer.
all
medical staff
Open
 As
soon as possible
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.
PURPOSE
OF POSITION:
The
Emergency Health Manager will work to implement, improve and monitor the overall
Health & Nutrition of the Burundian refugees in Mahama Camp through
provision of quality Comprehensive primary health care. The Emergency Health
Manager will work collaboratively with the SC Kirehe health team; Ministry of
Health staff (Kirehe District) and partners to meet the needs of patients,
promote healthy behaviors, strengthen health systems and improve access to
basic health services. The emergency health manager is also expected to take an
advisory role on technical matters and ensure quality of implementation of the
program and compliance with SC humanitarian health strategy. She/ He will work
under the direct line management of Kirehe Field Manager and is also expected
to work closely/coordinate with Health Technical Advisors (Backstop) HQ on
technical matters/inputs.
KEY
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
  • Supervise
    and manage the health team by providing daily support in routine
    activities and solving issues.
  • Provide
    Technical support to the Health emergency programme by leading the
    strengthening of the integrated health and nutrition component in the
    current service delivery point in Mahama 2 Refugee Camp
  • Develop
    in collaboration with the coordinators detailed implementation plans and
    ensure quality standards in compliance with Save the Children humanitarian
    health and nutrition strategy, donor guidelines and priorities;
  • Oversee
    and follow up the implementation of the agreed plan for health projects
    from timing, budget and quality perspectives
  • Identify
    programme supplies needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in
    place and follow up a procurement plan,
  • Support
    the pharmacist and logistic team on drug management including planning,
    procurement, storage, transport and stock management of medicines.
  • Lead
    the coordination and preparation of quality and timely donor reports and
    any internal or external reporting
  • Work
    closely with the Field Manager and Kigali office in supporting fundraising
    for health, including development of quality concept notes and proposals.
  • Work
    closely with the Emergency Education and Protection programme teams to
    ensure an integrated     programme approach, identify
    ways of maximising links, sharing of experiences and lessons learnt
  • Ensure
    Quality Assurance for Health, Nutrition and HIV services
  • Ensure
    adherence to standard clinical guidelines in all clinic operations.
  • With
    the Pharmacy team, develop standard algorithms to monitor drug usage
    against diagnosis to ensure appropriateness of drug consumption and
    appropriate usage.
  • Develop
    an Incident Management System and SOP for managing adverse drug reactions.
  • Develop
    guidelines for the use and dispensing of psychotropic drugs.
  • Conduct
    weekly meetings with clinicians to review clinical cases, disease trends,
    review of reported mortality and develop action points
  • Ensure
    appropriate IPC and waste control measures are in place and adhered to in
    all clinic operations
Management
of financial and human resources
  • Follow
    up closely the budget expenses for each health grant, support the field
    manager for cash forecast, and participle to review and revision of
    budgets in line with the budget and donor guidelines, SCI grant management
    and financial guidelines.
  • Assess,
    review the health project human resources needs when appropriate and
    participate in staff recruitment and performance review process
  • Ensure
    that staffing levels, management structures, and personnel processes are
    appropriate and effective to enable the implementation of the programme.
  • Provide
    training, capacity building and technical support to Health staff and relevant
    ministry/partners
  • Ensure
    Save the Children Child’s Protection and Safeguarding Children policies
    are understood, implemented and monitored and that it is integrated into
    all aspects of the team’s work.
  • Control
    and usage of Save the Children assets and funds and ensure the programme
    provides value for money.
Representation
and coordination within the organization and other stakeholders:
  • Engage
    with key Government Agencies and other stakeholders and duty-bearers at
    District level and national level, in particular to support the
    implementation of the health programme in Mahama Refugee Camp
  • Ensure
    an integrated approach to advocacy and programme work.
  • Represent
    Save the Children in various health related fora, meetings and workshops
    at the Kigali and Kirehe District level/strengthen & maintain links
    with relevant co-ordination mechanisms.
  • Ensure
    that regular and effective communications are maintained with Health
    Technical Advisors (both Regional & Member service) and other sectors
    within the organization for smooth program operations and
    implementation. 
  • As
    a key member of field Senior Management Team, actively participate in
    weekly Management and other team Meetings held in the field office
  • In
    additional to the above listed responsibilities the Emergency Health
    Manager will also be responsible for any other duty deemed necessary by
    the Line Manager.
Assessment,
Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Lead
    on health, nutrition, HIV assessments in coordination with other SC
    thematic areas and/or other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment
    findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific
    analysis of children’s needs.
  • Work
    closely with the MEAL and operations teams to ensure that all projects
    related to health have robust
  • monitoring
    plans, baselines, reviews and evaluations in line with project designs and
    donor guidelines
Carry
out reasonable field visits to document observations and experiences and share
them with operation and technical teams and influence management action for
technical improvement in projects.
  • Work
    with MEAL team to carry out relevant studies and document and disseminate
    good practices in projects related to health both in emergencies and
    development 
  • In
    collaboration with other actors in Mahama Refugee Camp participate
    technically in periodic health surveys conducted in the camp
Capacity
Building
:
  • Identify
    learning and training opportunities for Save the Children health staff and
    partners and work as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff.
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.
CORE
BEHAVIOURS
Understanding
humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:
  • Able
    to assess and analyse key issues in the humanitarian situation and
    formulate actions around them
  • Actively
    engages in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation
  • Leads
    on the development of an organisational response based on an understanding
    of the contexts
Achieving
results effectively:
  • Ensures
    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
  • 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
Operating
safely and securely:
  • Demonstrates
    an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and how the
    organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms
  • Undertakes
    effective risk assessments and develops contingency plans
  • Takes
    appropriate, coordinated and consistent action to handle situations of
    personal risk and risk for others
  • Reduces
    vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the
    organisation
Managing
yourself in a pressured and changing environment:
  • Helps
    team members to practise stress management through prioritisation of workloads
    and modelling of appropriate self-care
  • Remains
    focused on the objectives and goals in a rapidly changing environment
  • Remains
    effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding
    situations
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
  • Creates
    a managerial environment across the Region to lead, enable and
    maintain our culture of child safeguarding
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
  • Future
    orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
Collaboration:
  • Approachable,
    good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective
    relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and
    supporters
  • Values
    diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.
Creativity:
  • Develops
    and encourages new and innovative solutions
Integrity:
  • honest,
    encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
  • displays
    consistent excellent judgement
QUALIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Qualified
    Health professional MD, Nurse (MPH preference) with at least five years of
    relevant experience preferably in primary health care service delivery in
    the context of emergencies
  •  An
    area of particular expertise within humanitarian emergency health
  • Strong
    analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan
    strategically
    • Strong
      skills and experience in all aspects of programme development, including
      programme/project monitoring, review & evaluation.
    • Substantial
      experience of developing working relations with government, UN agencies
      INGO partner’s community stakeholders and beneficiaries
    • Fluency
      in written and spoken English and substantial experience in preparing
      projects proposals and reports to
      donors.           
    • Excellent
      interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and commitment to
      capacity building of staff with proven skills as a trainer/facilitator
      and mentor.
    • Demonstrate
      skills in resource and staff management/development and the
      implementation of appropriate policies, procedures, and systems
    • Commitment
      to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
  • Ability
    to be self-sufficient and resourceful.
    • Ability
      and willingness to travel to projects and stay in basic conditions.
  • Computer
    skills e.g.  Word, Power Point and Excel. 
Desirable
  • Language
    skills: English – preferred language and French – added advantage –
    Kinyarwanda – added advantage
  • Experience
    of working on HIV /TB programmes in emergencies
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 28th June 2017.
                   
Please mention Emergency Health and Nutrition Manager as subject of your
mail.
 
                     
       *Note that only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.      
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