ASRHR Programme Officers for Zanzibar and Shinyanga - Save the Children International

ASRHR Programme Officers for Zanzibar and Shinyanga

 Application Deadline: 28-10-2016

Employer Name: Save the Children International

  

Team/Program: Programme Implementation Location: Zanzibar, Shinyanga Grade:  TBC Post Type: National 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 Role Purpose: The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) Programme Officer/s will form part of Save the Children in Tanzania and the ASRHR team and directly implement the project in Shinyanga, Kahama and Zanzibar. He/She will be responsible for ensuring effective programme planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting for Save the Children in Tanzania’s programme in ASRHR programme sites (Kahama, Shinyanga and Zanzibar) through coordination with the ASRHR Programme Coordinator as a Line Manager and with other colleagues. Scope Of Role: Save the Children has been operational in Tanzania since 1986 providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered in support of Government of Tanzania priorities and policies both directly and through local partners.  Current programming focuses on child protection, child  rights governance, education, nutrition, HIV/TB and emergency response.  In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the Children combined programmes of SCUK, SCUS, SC Sweden to create a single operation in Tanzania.  We currently have an operational presence in Lindi, Shinyanga, Zanzibar, Songwe and Kigoma and we  work through partners in other parts of the country. We employ nearly 100 staff and  have an annual operating budget of approximately $10 million. The ASRHR programme will have community level, district level and regional level  interventions – with the primary goal of improving SRHR outcomes for youth in the ESA region. It will be implemented in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe using a common conceptual framework with shared outcomes. The key objectives of the programme comprise promotion of the SRHR of children, adolescents and young people through  the provision of comprehensive sexuality education, with a focus on gender sensitive approaches, increased access for children, adolescents and young people to clinical and non-clinical SRHR services including community based services and creation of an enabling legislative and policy environment through advocating legislation that promotes the realisation of the SRHR of children, adolescents and young people in the selected countries and at regional level. Reports to: ASRHR Programme Coordinator Dimensions: Maintains strong linkages with the Tanzania team, advocacy staff, the Health and Nutrition, CP, CRG and MEAL Technical Specialists (TS) through  the line manager. Staff directly reporting to this post: None Key Areas of Accountability: Information sharing -          Assess what information children and their carers would like to receive about  the Save the Children programme, and how they would like to receive it. -          Put a system in place to ensure that information about our organisation and our projects is regularly shared with children and their carers. Participation -          Ensure that children and their carers participate as much as possibly at every stage of the programme cycle and their input is taken into consideration along the way. -          Ensure that children’s participation in our programmes comply with our participation practice standards. Complaints handling -          Consult with children and communities on complaints handling. -          Design and implement appropriate feedback mechanisms that are contextual,  effective, accessible and safe for children and their carers, and ensure that feedback is recorded, reviewed and acted upon. -          Ensure that feedback is integrated into regular programme planning, implementation, M&E and reporting. -          Support our partners in setting up accountability mechanisms. -          Act in a respectful and culturally sensitive manner towards the community. Monitoring and Evaluation -          Be responsible jointly with the MEAL team and local partners for gathering the learning  from the ASRHR project, including ensuring the documentation and dissemination of good practices across the project in form of statistics, written feedback, pre/post-tests, pictures and/or success stories. -          Support partner organizations and the MEAL officer to gather and analyse data for project monitoring and evaluation as stipulated in the project M&E plan. Child Safeguarding Policy Responsibilities -          Ensure that all partners in programme site/s fully understand the provisions  of the Child Safeguarding Policy and its 3 complementary policies (Child -          Participation, Local Procedures, and Reporting Abuse). -          Ensure that partners in programme sites/s conduct their business in accordance -          with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional  lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse to the  Child Safeguarding -           Focal person. -          Ensure that the way SC and partners/consultants/volunteers etc. carry out our  work is not putting children at risk (or further risk) – this means constantly scrutinizing  their work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children about  possible design/implementation “flaws.” -          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. -          Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and  professional lives.  -          Ensure that all beneficiaries of our programme are receiving ongoing, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages about Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. Capacity Building -          Coordinate and conduct trainings with partners, others stakeholders and children on various ASRHR, child protection related matters such as child safeguarding, to develop capacities to deliver the programme in the most  effective way. If training needs are not part of ASRHR PO’s expertise the  needs arising will be passed on to the ASRHR Programme Coordinator as a  line manager for follow up. Technical Support -          Provide technical support to our partner organizations in developing budgets and action plans to effectively implement proposed project activities in a timely manner. -          Support and ensure effective programme implementation and compile activity  reports completed not later than 1 week after event/activity has taken place. -          Facilitate regular joint field visits as part of backstopping to partners to assist in implementing agreed work plans. -          Facilitate the development of a monthly work plan with our partnerstogether with a phased budget to ensure proper monitoring and follow up. Emergency Preparedness -          Support Save the Children Tanzania to implement child protection standards  in emergency situation if required in programme site/s. -          Prepare reports on child protection in emergencies as required. -          Undertake any needed revisions to the Tanzania Emergency Preparedness -          Plan (EPP) together with the office and the rest of the country management team. Other Responsibilities -          Ensure that the programme approaches, objectives and goals are well understood and implemented accordingly by partners and that project information is accurately and promptly communicated to partners and other relevant parties. -          Strengthen communication and collaboration with Local Government Agencies  (LGA) at all levels to ensure ownership and sustainability of the programme. -          Advocate for a comprehensive and sustainableASRHR system at all levels to  communities and LGAs. -          Prepare a quarterly work plan taking into consideration the work plan of partners  is being developed and shared with ASRHR Programme Coordinator.  -          Ensure synergies and shared learning from project between district, regional and national level and cross sectorial (health/communication/CRG/education) within -          Save the Children Tanzania is taking place. Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice) Competencies and Skills 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 themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same ·         Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others ·         Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale. 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 Qualifications and Experience Degree in public health, social sciences, international development or business administration. ·         3 years of relevant area work experience or equivalent. ·         Expertise in the thematic area of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Child Protection and/or Child Rights Governance will be considered  a strong asset as well as practical knowledge of child participation methodologies. Experience in building relationships, fostering interagency coordination and experience of representing an organisation to external parties. Strong demonstrable skills and experience in programme management, monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability. Problem-solving and decision-making skills Report writing skills in English an asset. Date of issue:    October 2016           Author : JM

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