Jobs at Save the Children

The IAWG is an active and inclusive regional membership led network which promotes effective humanitarian and development outcomes in complex environments across East and Central Africa. The mission is to convene, network and actively challenging the aid community in East and Central Africa to support effective delivery of sustainable solutions that positively impact individuals and communities across the region
East Africa has traditionally been, and is forecasted to remain, the centre of gravity for humanitarian need in the world. Therefore, the IAWG is looking for a Director who can provide coordinated leadership, dynamism, creative strategic visioning and superb interpersonal networking skills to help the IAWG membership’s Regional Directors provide a stronger and clearer voice and improved coordination.
The IAWG Director is responsible for facilitating coordination among the memberships Regional Directors and the sub-working groups and external stakeholders. The role will report to the elected Steering Committee. The coordination entails ensuring effective information exchange, as well as representing and advocating on common positions and agreed interests of the IAWG and wider humanitarian community.
The IAWG Director is also responsible for the general management of the IAWG, including the day to day administration and development of the staffing structure and the effective and regular communication on Forum performance to the IAWG Steering Committee. The IAWG Director supports the work of the IAWG through the following key tasks:

• Strategic management and oversight of the IAWG.
• Formalization and management of the IAWG
• Coordination and Communication
• Partnership Relations
• Human Resource Management (when applicable)

In order to be successful, you will bring/have:

Essential

• Minimum ten years of progressive international experience working with UN, NGOs and/or Donor agencies – ideally with some regional level experience.
• Significant experience leading senior leadership teams.
• Undergraduate/postgraduate qualifications in international relations, political science, development or other relevant field
• Demonstrated coordination experience in multi-agency forums
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills
• Documented skills in developing proposals, budgets and reports
• Significant experience in the development of advocacy, policy and key messaging documents
• Strong understanding of the UN system, integrated missions and Grand Bargain work streams.
• Significant understanding of complex emergencies and crisis contexts in East and Central Africa.
• Proven communication, public speaking, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Previous work experience in East Africa.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required
• Holder of a valid international driver’s license
• Ability to work in Kenya.

Desired

• Prior experience working in ESA contexts
• French language skills
• Contract duration: 2 years

Closing Date : Nov 12, 2022

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ROLE PURPOSE: 

Provides essential technical and administrative support to the health informatics team to ensure that Save the Children’s health information system, IMPACT (DHIS2), and other systems and processes are well functioning and able to provide timely guidance for programming and decision-making across the movement. Liase with Global Technical Advisors and Country Office Technical Advisors to ensure timely support and guidance.

Role Dimensions:

Supporting the technical and administrative needs of IMPACT, coordination of technical support, maintenance of data systems, training, troubleshooting, and data quality checks. The role holder will work closely with public health teams at the country office and global levels.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Administrative support and coordination of technical support for the maintenance of IMPACT, Save the Children’s DHIS2 platform. Where relevant, provide coordination and administrative support for other databases, including Save the Children’s digital standardised programming guidelines for Health, Nutrition, and WASH (COMPASS).

DHIS2

• Support the maintenance of IMPACT (DHIS2)
• Provide troubleshooting support for users and coordinate higher level technical support as relevant
• Training of new users in DHIS2 and support deployment of IMPACT to new sites
• Collaborate with Country Offices and the Emergency Health Unit to develop streamlined data sets to meet internal, Ministry of Health, and donor reporting requirements
• Design and facilitate periodic engagement and training workshops to strengthen user capacity on DHIS2 across Global, Regional and Country office colleagues
• Conduct regular data quality checks and database cleaning, including purging redundant user and test accounts, data elements, and dashboards
• Provide quality first line technical support for users, and escalate identified bugs
• Ensure data are appropriately represented and are available in visual form to decision makers
• Collate data collection and reporting needs from country/field offices

Administrative Support

• Manage the health informatics SharePoint environment and ensure best practices in collaborative working within the team.
• Act as spokesperson for the health informatics systems and various research projects in collaboration with the Humanitarian Health Adviser - Health Informatics
• Where relevant, support coordination and administrative aspects for Save the Children’s digital standardised programming guidelines for Health, Nutrition, and WASH (COMPASS).

Information and Communication Support

• Collate, edit and produce, and help design and implement dissemination strategies for, various types of information (newsletters, training brochure, reports, and publications) to internal and external audiences.
• Help develop and maintain the IMPACT and COMPASS webpages, My Learning pages, and Workplace by Facebook profiles.
• Act as a point of contact and to provide a timely response to external and internal requests for information about IMPACT, COMPASS, and various research activities.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Qualification or equivalent experience in public health or health information systems
• Proficiency in use and maintenance of DHIS2
• Excellent computer literacy, including advanced Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills
• Ability to solve problems, work under own initiative and see tasks through to completion
• Proven organisational and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
• Experience organising and delivering training to colleagues in person and remotely
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Understanding of and commitment to humanitarian work

Desirable

• Formal qualification in DHIS2
• Formal training in or experience of data protection regulations (including GDPR) and their application to digital information systems
• A post-graduate degree, or equivalent experience, in public health
• Formal training in, or equivalent experience of, SharePoint
• Experience using web content management systems and or with HTML5
• Fluency in written and spoken French

Closing Date : Nov 10, 2022

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ROLE PURPOSE:

The International Market Development Lead (Planning and Strategic Investment) is a key role in the Global Fundraising and Marketing Hub and will have oversight across all markets and be responsible for planning to maximise net revenue from members through supporting rigorous data analysis and market insight as well as developing robust mechanisms (such as the Performance Fund) to deliver strategies for investment at Member and Global level. They will lead on selected priority cross cutting strategic projects as well as providing partnering support and engagement directly to selected priority markets. They will provide strategic advice, support and expertise to Fundraising Directors on strategic growth projects and investment planning in markets with high potential to increase their revenue from private sector sources.

The role will be a key leader within the team - working with other senior Hub managers, especially the Director and the other International Market Development Leads, to help determine how and where we deploy Hub global specialists and global investment resource in line with a strategic investment approach to develop and deliver the targets in our Global Funding Framework (through our Global Fundraising and Marketing Operating Frame). This role will also require a very strong working relationship with the Analytics team to ensure we are optimizing our market performance analysis and reporting to key stakeholders to make better decisions and ensure good investment stewardship, to identify opportunities in Members for growth or improvement and to demonstrate impact and value added of Hub resources.

As a senior staff member, both in the directorate tasked with leading on delivery of the Global Funding Framework (which includes Institutional Funding) and in the Global Fundraising and Marketing Hub, you would be called on to represent the team in cross-organisational working groups and work streams at the international level.

We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter who can work strategically and tactically as an effective leader in a complex federal organization internationally.

The key areas of the role can be summarized as:

• Helping develop FR and Marketing Directors as a global leadership community focussing strategically on areas of collective action and shared ownership – including through organizing twice-yearly planning meetings as well as Quarterly Global Reports.
• Managing Member partnering and accountability systems and developing new ways of Hub / Member and Member / Member support and accountability to ensure Hub resource is utilized effectively.
• Developing selected cross-cutting marketing strategic projects as agreed with the Director
• Developing financial investment planning best practice at both SCI and Member levels including developing and managing new investment funds, such as the Performance Fund, as well as critical reporting processes including a strong ROI focus.
• Leading the Hub’s work on measuring its impact and communicating that to key stakeholders
• Working with a small portfolio of markets to provide business partnering support and engagement.
• Deputizing for the Director in key meetings and through strategic project working

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Must have worked at the Fundraising Director / Senior Consultant level with experience in multiple countries as well as participating as a fundraising leader in a networked international organisation
• Strong background in individual giving is essential with an emphasis on regular monthly giving including multi-channel with digital as a critical enabler
• Experience across all areas of fundraising at a leadership level desirable (e.g. corporate, major donors, trusts and foundations and legacies/bequests)
• Track record as a leader of a high performing team delivering significant revenue growth
• Track record of delivering strategic and operational plans and target setting across a full fundraising portfolio with a focus on achieving growth
• Strong analytical skills and evidence of using market and consumer insight to drive decision-making as well as rigour in reviewing KPIs to drive actions to improve performance
• High level influencing skills including with CEOs, SLTs and boards of not-for-profit organisations
• Experience of fundraising from emergency appeals demonstrating the transformational impact of effective emergency marketing
• Ability to identify and coach talent in fundraising teams
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, with the gravitas to inspire and influence a wide range of stakeholders
• An inclusive and confident senior player who is extremely adaptable to work in a fast moving environment and who is comfortable with dealing with constant change
• Whilst determined to achieve results on behalf of members, you need to have a collaborative approach
• Restless to seek improvements in cross-organisational ways of working
• Energy, drive, and belief in the values and mission of Save the Children, including a strong commitment to safeguard the wellbeing of children as set out in our Child Protection Policy
• Willingness to travel when necessary but strong remote working skills and approach will be the norm
• Willingness to work out of conventional office hours when an emergency strikes.

Closing Date : Nov 14, 2022