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The situation is tragic especially as most of these babies die due to mainly preventable treatable causes such as birth asphyxia, infections and prematurity. The present situation informs that if we do not re strategize to arrest the trend and substantially reduce newborn mortality, Nigeria will not attain the SDG 3.2. Most of these young lives can be saved with existing cost effective and efficient interventions, possible even in hard to reach areas through the existing health system. However, coverage is extremely low, even much lower than in most other African countries.

In order to support Nigeria in the achievement of the 100,000 babies initiative related to new-born in Northern Nigeria, a 2 year new-born health programme is being implemented with support from Johnson and Johnson in Igabi LGA of Kaduna state in Nigeria. The project seeks to contribute towards the reduction of neonatal morbidity and mortality in Kaduna state.

Essential New-born Care
An unacceptable number of babies around the world die in the first week of life with the highest number dying within the first 24 hours of birth. Many of these deaths occur to babies born too early and too small, or with infections, or to babies asphyxiated around the time of delivery. Studies have shown that many newborn lives can be saved by the use of simple low technological interventions.

Interventions such as: supporting breastfeeding; providing adequate warmth; ensuring good hygiene and cord care; recognizing early signs of danger and providing prompt treatment and referral; giving extra care to small babies and having skilled health workers attend mothers and babies at delivery and in the immediate post-partum period – can all increase a newborn babies chances of survival.

The Essential Newborn Care Course aims to ensure health workers have the skills and knowledge to provide appropriate care at the most vulnerable period in a baby’s life. Health workers are taught to use the ‘Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care: A Guide for essential practice’ and particularly the sections concerned with newborn care which provides up-to-date evidence based information and management of babies with a range of needs in the initial newborn period.

To reduce neonatal mortality and morbidity, the practices of health workers and others caring for new-born babies must be improved. This can be achieved by training skilled birth attendants in essential new-born care practices, and new-born resuscitation who in turn will improve the skills of those caring for babies and children less than five years in the early postpartum period and beyond.

Purpose of Assignment

• To improve care for new-born babies it is essential to improve quality of care available currently at the primary and secondary levels of care in Igabi LGA through training of medical doctors, midwives and community health extension workers on the Essential newborn care course.
• A National consultant in -country will be engaged to direct the training and ensure quality. S/He will be supported by five facilitators to ensure participants have adequate skills exposure.

Methodology
The consultant working with other facilitators would direct: 

• A Four (4) day training for Nurses, Midwives and doctors across the project supported facilities on the Full ENCC curriculum – HBB, ECEB, ECSB, Clinical sessions and Video .
• A three (3) day training for CHEWs on the Modified ENCC – HBB, ECEB and ECSB – 3 batches of training will be conducted. The training will be structured to ensure that health workers do not vacate the facilities thereby disrupting service provision
• The training would involve both lectures and skills training using adult learning methodologies

Tasks

• Conduct a planning meeting with facilitators
• Conduct the training
• Discuss recommendations for the conduct of post training follow up visits based on pre and post test results and develop a follow up plan for the trainees
• Carry out post training follow up visits to trainees as per follow up plan developed after the training
• Debriefing at the LGA and state level with the RH Coordinator
• Report writing

Expected outputs:

• Training Report – draft and final
• Post training follow up plan
• Post training follow up visit report
• Final consultancy repo4

Type of Consultants Required:

• National consultants from the pool of trained TOTs, with expertise and experience in managing neonates in hospitals in ENC and skills in Helping Babies Breathe will be required. This training will be conducted for 100 participants. 1 national consultant will be supported during each batch of training by 5 facilitators. This is to ensure the quality of the training (as this is mainly a hands-on training that involves several practical sessions)
• Expertise in ENC and public health programming
• Experienced trainer
• Extensive experience in the health sector in (experience in  Nigeria would be an added advantage)
• Familiarity with health system strengthening approaches to health development.

Timing of Consultancy:

• February 20th – May 31st 2017

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Deadline:17th February, 2017.

Job Title: Logistics Coordinator

Location: Borno

Role Purpose

• This role will lead or coordinate the set up or scale up of emergency response logistics functions and responsibilities and will supervise and manage logistics staff, under the supervision of the Borno area office’s Logistics Manager.
• The role will include logistics support to the emergency response and field base. As such, the role may include direct line management of a particular logistics function.

Scope of Role:

• Reports to: Logistics Manager
• Staff directly reporting to this post: Maiduguri Logistics Officer, Warehouse Assistance and Logistics Assistance.

Key Areas of Accountability
Representation:

• Sits in for the Logistics Manager (LM) in his absence
• Coordination of Maiduguri Field Office Logistics ; implement the country logistics policies and procedures for the management of the supply chain, including one or more of the following areas; procurement, transport and distribution, warehousing and stock management, management of vehicle fleets, and assets
• Ensure that Save the Children minimum standards of logistics procedures and country policies are implemented and adhered to in the area of responsibility, supporting relevant staff as required
• Provide logistics training and capacity building as required

Fleet Operation:

• Supervision and line management for fleet Assistant
• Monitoring of Vehicle and engine maintenance plan
• Review and validation of Monthly Fleet report
• Supervises selection of road worthy vehicles for rental

Warehouse Management:

• Supervision and line management for warehouse Officer / Assistant (s)
• Review and validation of monthly warehouse report
• Ensure TIM system is functional and up to date

Asset Management:

• Continuous Update of Asset register and GPE list
• Managing asset issue, and recording all asset movements and disposals

Procurement:

• Runs all local tender processes under the supervision of the Logistics Manager and in collaboration with the Country Office Supply chain manager
• Draft all contracts and submits for review LM / SCM

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.

Qualifications and Experience

• Recommended a minimum of 5 years in Humanitarian Logistics management experience in NGO environment, including significant field operations experience running both development and emergency programs
• BA/BSc degree or equivalent in management, Development Studies or other social sciences
• Diploma/certificate courses in Logistics and Supply Chain strongly preferred.
• A good understanding of Basic service programs and a working knowledge of the Country program priorities
• Substantial experience in logistics, including procurement, supply chain, fleet management & inventory
• Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams in the event of major emergencies
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively in country

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Deadline:24th February, 2017.

Job Title: Project Manager – ECHO

Location: Borno

Key Roles
Working closely with the  AOM , Humanitarian Project Manager, Head of Food Security and Livelihoods, and the Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator:

• Administer the development and successful implementation of work plans and oversee the creation of reports and other deliverables to ECHO in a timely and accurate manner.
• Oversee and support implementation through a local partner, including the supervision of proper targeting, identification, registration, and monitoring of beneficiary lists to prevent overlap with other humanitarian programs in the intervention zone.
• Quality technical leadership and advice to the local partner around the design, implementation and monitoring of project work at state and community levels.
• Coordinate closely with other humanitarian actors and UN agencies carrying food vouchers, and food distributions for geographic mapping and to ensure program activities are in line with national and humanitarian food security priorities.
• Ensure that efficient systems are in place to support all aspects of project activity, including financial and grant management, project monitoring and evaluation, and sub grant management, and that they support the effective use of project resources in compliance with ECHO regulations.
• Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) team to develop appropriate monitoring and evaluation plans and to capture learning opportunities around the effectiveness of voucher-based programming, and in particular, the use of e-vouchers.
• Ensure regular monitoring of the market prices and generation of monthly market assessment reports.
• Work with the logistics team in the identification and selection of vendors to participate in program activities
• Ensure that all vendors working on the program are abreast with and respect all SCI rules/regulations pertaining to the program as well respect the rights and privileges of beneficiaries
• Maintain close contact with the service providers facilitating the food assistance program and ensuring timely replenishment of beneficiary accounts as well as tracking beneficiary transactions.
• Ensure compliance with all grant, ECHO and government provisions, and timely fulfilment of all project programmatic reporting requirements.
• Oversee timely expenditure of approved budgets, avoiding both under spending and overspending on grant line items.

Other Roles
Personnel and Administration:

• Supervise emergency field based project staff: conduct performance evaluations, identify staff skills development needs and assist the AOM to meet these needs, provide management support to staff as needed, and maintain office policy of respect and communication between supervisors and subordinates.
• See that all staff are aware of and understand SC policies and procedures; take appropriate disciplinary measures as needed.
• Promote accountability, communicating expectations and providing constructive feedback through regular performance reviews.
• Responsible for the timely recruitment, orientation, and training of new staff as needed.
• Ensure all administrative procedures are followed, such as those regarding vehicle use and procurement; ensure logistics/administrative staff provides sufficient and timely support to programs and programmatic staff, and that data collection processes are standardized and applied by all field staff.

Representation and Leadership:

• Represent Save the Children in humanitarian coordination fora within the State as and when required.
• Maintain good working relationships with officials and other humanitarian actors, particularly those within the relevant government agencies (State Emergency Management Agency), ACF, IOM, and UN agencies.
• Represent SC and maintain good working relationships among the international and local NGO community, among community leadership structures and community-based organizations, and with visiting donor teams and other key contacts. Keep abreast of NGO, government, and donor initiatives relevant to SC’s work.
• Maintain focus on SC program principles.
• Encourage teamwork, openness, and honesty among State staff and between SC and its partners.

Monitoring and evaluation:

• Where security permits, the PM will make regular visits to field sites, to monitor and oversee project implementation and offer advice.
• Support program assessments, evaluations and other reviews required in the program.
• Contribute to situation/response analysis and development of food security and livelihoods strategy documents and sector response plans ensuring integration with other sectors.
• Coordinate with the MEAL team the timely development of periodic evidence-based project impact reports, captured through Post Distribution Monitoring and ensuring that lessons learnt and best practices are factored into project implementation.
• Contribute to the development and deployment of project-specific assessment/survey tools and templates

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Extensive experience of working within a senior management role within a complex country programme in an emergency response or fragile state
• Previous experience of managing programme teams in large-scale first phase emergency response is essential

Education:

• MA / M.Sc level (or equivalent field experience) in Agriculture, Rural Development, Development Studies and other relevant qualifications.
• Experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability systems in large complex programmes
• Experience of developing and negotiating successful partnerships with institutional donors
• Proven ability to influence change at an operational and strategic level
• 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
• Fluent in English

Desirable:

• Fluent in Hausa.

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Deadline:14th February, 2017.

Job Title: Cost of Diet Dissemination Event Graphics Design – Consultancy

Location: Abuja

Background
The Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) is a six-year pilot programme aimed to tackle poverty and hunger and reduce malnutrition in children in Jigawa and Zamfara states in Northern Nigeria. Save the Children is leading the INGO consortium delivering the programme, in partnership with Action against Hunger (ACF).

The cash transfer is accompanied by nutritional education, advice and counselling. The predictable monthly cash transfer is expected to contribute to increased food security, improve intake of more nutritious food, leading to improvement in child nutrition within beneficiary households. By 2019, the programme aims to reduce the prevalence of stunting among under-3s in beneficiary households. In doing so, the programme will work with state governments to build commitment and capacity in social protection to tackle poverty and under nutrition.

Objective of the Assignment

• The objective of the consultancy would be to develop communication materials for Cost of the Diet Dissemination event. This is basically aimed at sharing the knowledge and results of Cost of the Diet Study among key government and non-government actors, policy makers, partner organizations, donor agencies, individuals and other relevant sectors, creating adequate awareness on the importance of Cost of the Diet tool as a decision making tool for both short termed emergency intervention and long term development program and policy changes.

Scope of Work
The development of communication material would be led by a consultant in close coordination with a Nutrition and KM Advisors for CDGP. The consultant will be responsible for undertaking the following tasks:

• Design and layout formats for communication materials for the Cost of the Diet and MIS dissemination event.

Timeline:

• 9th to 14th February, 2014 (4days consultancy)

Key Deliverable:

• In line with Save the Children’s branding policy, deliver high quality designs for reports and summaries to be published and used at the dissemination event.

Expertise Required and Prequalification
A team of consultants/individual proposals will be evaluated against the following criteria:

• Demonstrated experience and competency in conducting similar assignments of a regional/ international magnitude. We expect four to five years working experience in content development for Communication Briefs.
• Additional experience in development communication and mass communication will be an added advantage;
• Clear articulation of capacity and skill, and innovative approaches to carry out the assignment;
• The organizational/individual competency to deliver the services;
• Clear work plan and articulation of expected methodologies and outputs
• Ability to start immediately

Person Specification

• The consultant should have at least a Bachelor degree in Communications, English Language, Social Sciences or Media studies having ample experiences  in content development, graphics design with software’s such as Corel Draw, Photoshop, InDesign and media production; clear understanding of  language and writing style frequently used by several International Non-Governmental Organization’s is required
• Demonstrates knowledge of content development for visibility/communication materials particularly for international organizations and certification in digital arts, graphics design etc. is desirable.
• Four to Five years’ experience in Communications for development and content development is essential.
• Experience in writing skills and content development.
• English language skills, both written and verbal are key.

Location and Duration:

• The content development process will be carried out in FCT Abuja. The total number of working days available is 4days.

Child Protection:

• The consultant will receive a briefing and orientation on Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct, and overall guidelines for ensuring a safe environment in interviewing and engaging children.

Ownership
The edited and final copy of the communication brief derived from this assignment is the sole property of Save the Children; However logos of donor and those of implementing partners might be placed on the Front and Back cover. The selected consultants name and logo shall only be acknowledged in the closing credits under ‘Production and Post Production by’.

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Deadline:13th February, 2017.

Job Title: Project Manager – WFP BFSP

Location: Borno

Job Description
Save the Children is seeking a Project Manager (PM) for its 6-month WFP funded program in Maiduguri, Nigeria (and surrounding LGAs) to provide blanket nutritional support to internally displaced and host community children ages 06 – 59 months, as well as Pregnant/Lactating Women (PLW) in Borno State.

The program’s goal is to minimize adverse effects on vulnerable displaced and host community individuals within the target population who lack access to agricultural lands, or who have otherwise constrained income earning opportunities and reduced market access as a result of the on-going conflict. SC will support program beneficiaries with a mix of Ready-to-Use-Supplementary food (PlumpySup) for children and CSB/fortified vegetable oil for PLW. 

Deadline:22nd February, 2017.

Job Title: Advocacy Program Assistant

Location: Abuja

Role Purpose

• The project assistant will provide support to implement the Child Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) funded “Nutrition Advocacy” project activities specifically at National, FCT and Gombe State.
• He/she is responsible for implementing daily task that ensures the project meets all SCI related policies and procedures.  
• The project assistant serves as an administrative and technical support to coordinator and CIFF field staff.

Key Areas of Accountability

• Provide support in the day-to-day implementation of the CIFF grant activities.
• Support the Advocacy and Campaign Coordinator to co-facilitate trainings and workshops, draft agenda for meetings, prepare presentations, and participate in the development of, and/or the timely completion/review technical reports such as: activity, monthly, quarterly and/or annual reports; strategic plans and work plans; and other ad hoc report.
• Manage event logistics, travel and accommodation for event participants, consultants and staff.
• Liaise with the administrative department for Programme needs and raise procurement request for the production of IEC materials.
• Support in maintaining good relationship with Government and non-Government partners working on the Project.
• Liaise with the media and communications team to produce contents to be used for evidence gathering and for contribution to the SCI website.
• Manage internal and external correspondence as directed by line manager.
• Under the direction of the national coordinator he/she will represent the project in internal and external events and take notes and provide feedback.
• Perform other duties and tasks as determined by the Line manager.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Bachelor Degree.
• Minimum of 1 year practical experience working in nutrition advocacy with Local or international NGO.
• Commitment to SCI’s mission, values and approach.
• Interest in development issues.
• Strong computer skills required, especially the ability to work comfortably in the MS office package
• Ability to work in partnership with government and development partners
• Excellent interpersonal skills end ability to work successfully in team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to assess priorities and handle multiple tasks simultaneously to meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality;
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work well with people at all levels.
• Strong initiative and self-motivation required, with a commitment to teamwork and effectiveness within a dynamic integrated project.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project’s zones of influence in the North East.
• Fluency in English

Desirable:

• Fluency in Hausa (as there will be occasional travel to  the field)

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Deadline:17th February, 2017.