Save the Children Community Service Delivery Officer Job Vacancy

Save
the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We
work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we
help them fulfill their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the
world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their
lives.



We
are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job
Title:
Community
Service Delivery Officer
Location
: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time





The
Role
  • The
    purpose of this role is to bridge the gap in household service delivery
    under the RB and Save the Children’s Stop Diarrhoea Initiative (SDI)
    project in Somolu LGA.
  • S/he
    will monitor and supervise the Community Oriented Resource Persons (CORPs)
    activities within the household and get feedback’s as part of the
    Complaint Response Mechanism (CRM) from beneficiaries as well as provide
    support during organize special group sessions in collaboration with the
    community leaders and other stakeholders.
  • The
    job holder must be ready to work as a team, multi task and also undertake
    other support duties including, but not limited to arranging
    meetings/workshops, data entry and reporting.
Key
Areas of Accountability and Service Delivery

Programmes:
  • Plan
    and coordinate CORPS monthly cluster meetings and document feed backs
  • Manage
    the SDI CRM by updating feedback’s on database, collate, report and close
    all complaints/feed backs timely.
  • Support
    coordination of all elements of SDI related social accountability and CRM
    to ensure standards and responsiveness of community structures around the
    seven point plan
  • Support
    the coordination of quarterly town hall meeting as part of the CRM
  • Support
    refresher training’s of 300 CORPs on the use of counselling guide and
    interpersonal communication skills
  • Take
    regular stock of all SC procured commodities under the SDI project and
    ensure no stock out at the health facilities and within households
  • Provide
    administrative support to SAC Programme Teams including: preparing meeting
    agendas, tracking actions and key dates and organising events,
    meetings/workshop logistics e.g. booking venue/room, setting up conference
    calls etc
  • Follow
    up with partners and stakeholders on mutually agreed action points and
    commitments with SDI
  • Process
    payment, and payment requests for Partners as applicable
  • Develop
    success/human interest stories around the SDI interventions and support
    BCC to ensure publication on SDI quarterly Newsletter
  • Support
    all SDI demand creation activities around the 7 point plan and align all
    community structures’ events that promotes healthy behaviour
  • Coordinate
    information required for the quarterly newsletter
  • Point
    of contact to receive/send communication to/ from states on behalf of the
    team
  • Receive
    Finance request from programme teams, follow up authorization etc
  • Follow
    up with partners on mutually agreed action points with SCI
SDI
Core Deliverables:
  • Conduct
    advocacy visit to community stakeholders to foster good relationship
  • Coordination
    of monthly CORPs Cluster meetings
  • Conduct
    monthly Supportive Supervision of CORPs
  • Analyse
    CORPs monthly activities and conduct a bi-monthly review by comparing
    commodities supplied with beneficiary listed for verification
  • Liaise
    with State and Somolu LGA actors and share progress report bi-annually
  • Collate
    retrieved complaints and establish a data base for timely closure
  • Support
    transportation and distribution of program materials to beneficiaries
  • All
    official communication is copied to line manager and the relevant people.
Skills
and Experience

Administrative & General Skills:
  • Level
    of Education – A Master’s degree in Public Health, Sociology, Social Work,
    Health Management, Nursing or Development Studies.
  • Minimum
    of 4-7 years’ work experience in a similar role preferably within
    National/INGO sector.
  • Ability
    to manage competing priorities effectively in a constantly changing
    environment, meet deadlines and work calmly under pressure
  • Strong
    teamwork skills with the ability to both support colleagues and request
    support as and when required.
  • Computer
    literate and knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Points and statistical
    applications
Skills
and Behaviours (Our Values in Practice)

Accountabilities:
  • 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 others to
    do the same
  • Widely
    shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates
    others
  • Future
    orientated, thinks strategically
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
Working
Contacts
  • Internal:
    Regular liaison with the management teams in Lagos and States
  • External:
    Contact with Somolu LGA, SC partners, Community structures (CORPs, PLACO
    and WASHCOM)
How
to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application
Deadline:
31st
August, 2017.
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