Save the Children, Health Coordinator Jobs Vacancy

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 164 staff.

SC
Rwanda Country Office seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced National
to fill the following position:

Position:
Health
Coordinator

Place of Work:	Kirehe
Reports to: Staff directly reporting to this post: Time frame: Tentative start date:	Health and Nutrition Manager Pharmacist, Medical doctor, Midwife One Year ASAP

CHILD
SAFEGUARDING:

Level
3- the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular
contact with or access to children or young people

PURPOSE
OF POSITION:

The
Health coordinator will work to contribute to an improvement in the overall
health of the targeted community through the provision of quality primary
health care including family planning and post abortion care (PAC). Under the
Health and Nutrition coordinator will work collaboratively with the health
team; Ministry of Health staff, UNHCR and other partners to meet the needs of
patients, promote healthy behaviours, strengthen health systems and increase
local capacity.

KEY
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Program
management

Lead
on the day to day implementation of the health program at the field
location
Work
with the health and Nutrition Manager and develop health response plans,
staffing structure and budget for the field location and contribute to
Save the Children’s overall health response strategy as needed.
Lead
and manage the health team including ensuring that appropriate performance
management of the team is done.
Prepare
and oversee programme implementation to ensure timely delivery of
programme activities (for example, monthly/weekly data report, supervision
check lists, etc).
Prepare
timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance
with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor
requirements.
Working
closely with the HR team and Health and Nutrition manager to rapidly
recruit, induct and train new staff.
Identify
programme supplies needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in
place a sensible phased procurement plan, as well as advising the
logistics team on drug management including planning, procurement,
storage, transport and stock management of medicines.
Ensure
the integration of appropriate HIV activities into the health programmes,
with a particular focus on PMTCT
Working
closely with the MEAL team put in place a sector MEAL plan ensuring this
links to reporting requirements, and capacity build health field staff in
carrying out the work.
To
ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in
accordance with the Sphere charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.
Work
in close coordination with other health partners in the field including
attending and contributing to sector meetings and processes.
Oversee
all aspects of FP PAC project implementation and narrative reporting to
ensure high quality
Manage
work plan and ensure activities are carried out as planned – key
activities include clinical training, supportive supervision, community
mobilization, use of data for decision making
Convene
regular meetings with focal points for all aspects of the program to
monitor progress in implementation – head of maternity, clinic supervisor,
MOH trainers, Community Coordinator, Youth Health Coordinator, and MEAL
Support
team to use data for decision making
Liaise
regularly with Health and Nutrition Manager and finance to monitor project
spending
Liaise
regularly with the HQ backstop
Complete
RHE e-learning modules and advocate for relevant SCI Rwanda staff to take
RHE e-learning modules

HMIS
– Health Information System

Lead
health data collection systems based on donor and internal agency
indicator list relevant for the response
Initiate,
design, and scale-up the data collection system to cover all programming
components: mobile health, community health, and facility health services
Ensure
the integration of the MISP (Minimum Initial Service Package), FP and PAC
reproductive health indicators in to the emergency response
With
the health and Nutrition Manager coordinate the sharing of SC response
data with the Ministry of Health, the Health Cluster and other relevant stakeholders
Ensure
that the data from the health programs is accurately profiled and shared
across stakeholders internally
Analyse
program data and any secondary data to better inform program design and
implementation
Lead
trainings to improve understanding of indicators, to establish uniform
data collection system (uniform case definitions), data analysis and
translation and using data for programmatic action

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:

Significant
management experience working in an emergency response contexts or fragile
states, including in health programmes
Previous
first phase emergency response experience
Health
professional with a health /Nurse/medical background having a Bachelor
degree in public health, General Medicine, degree and/or equivalent field
experience
Experience
of and commitment to working through systems of community participation
and accountability
Demonstrated
monitoring and evaluation skills
Ability
to work a hands on implementation capacity
Excellent
communication skills
Politically
and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
A
high level of written and spoken English
The
capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in
difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
Commitment
to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of
the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this
continues to underpin our support

Desirable

Language
skills in Kinyarwanda, English ,French and Swahili
An
area of particular expertise within humanitarian health
Experience
of working on HIV programmes
Specific
experience of working in consortia projects.

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 9th October 2017.

Please mention Health and Nutrition Coordinator as subject of your mail.

*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.