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Job Title: WASH Officer, Lagos State
ROLE PURPOSE:
The position of WASH Officer under the SDI project will support the implementation of activities as it relates to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in the context the 7 point plan and overall achievement of output 1.1 and 1.2 of this project require to address diarrhoea prevention and management. In the regard, the availability of adequate and safe drinking water is crucial to the reduction of water borne diseases, such as diarrhoea. During the assessment of Shomolu, the target LGA, it was observed that the vast majority of the communities have no or poor access to safe drinking water. Activities planned to achieve output 1.2 are primarily focused on contributing to the elimination of open defecation in Shomolu LGA. The WASH Officer will support all effort design under the SDI programme to substantially reduce open defecation across the target LGA. The preferred candidate will support effort at strengthening the capacity of specific community structures, government institutions in coordination with other peer organizations to ensure the sustenance of the SDI intervention.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: WASH Adviser;
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Budget responsibility: No
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
WASH Programming
Under the direct supervision of the WASH Adviser, support;
- Effective and timely implementation of all interventions outlined under output 1.1, 1.2 and any other related and cross cutting programme activities related to WASH on the SDI project.
- Make technical input into the planning and design of project specific operational researches, including baseline and end line evaluation related WASH on the SDI signature project
- Work closely with State/LGA authorities to ensure all WASH interventions deployed in the communities, facilities and schools alignment with the 7 point plan aimed at the prevention and management of diarrhoea.
- Work together with other staff/ to ensure that key trainings meets the standard required to facilitate provide knowledge and reinforcement of desired behaviour and practices as it relates to open defecation free (ODF) regime.
- Be able to systemically review DIP/budget and other key implementation tools with the hope of initiating innovative approaches that will open new frontiers for learning on the 7 point plan.
Technical and Advisory Support:
- Provide technical support and timely feedback to State and LGA teams on WASH strategies outlined in the signature project.
- Support M&E of WASH activities in coordination with relevant stakeholders.
- Build capacity of field staff, partners and government personnel WASH interventions and practice.
- Identify other opportunities in an ongoing manner that will add value to the overarching strategy of the signature project.
- Track and prepare monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual progress reports of activities relates to WASH KPIs/indicators; including documentation of key lessons learnt and successes stories.
- Lead and contribute to the development of publications for peer-reviewed journals.
Planning, Documentation and Budgeting:
- Develop activity plans and budgets for technical support activities related to WASH.
- Participate in the preparation of overall work plan and budget for WASH activities programme in Lagos State
- Collaborate with relevant ministries and other relevant partners at the state, local government and community levels to ensure integration and high level implementation of all WASH activities on the signature project.
- Participate in developing different levels of progress report and supporting PQA on WASH interventions.
Representation and relationships
- Actively participate in State/LGA level technical working groups on WASH relevant to policy forums.
- Actively contribute to national policies/strategies on WASH.
- Support advocacy colleagues with technical messaging on WASH, external reports and publications.
- Work closely with other thematic teams in Nigeria Country office and the Lagos State offices in support of SDI signature project.
Programme Management:
- Ensure the maintenance of healthy partnerships with relevant government counterparts and other partners at Federal, State, Local government level in the community in the management of WASH related interventions.
- Other – Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Line Manager.
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
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
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
- A development worker with postgraduate qualification in public health with specialisation in environment or health education. Other related post graduate qualifications related to water and sanitations with at least 3 years progressive experience in WASH programming will be giving priority consideration.
- Essential: basic training in WASH programming
- Essential: at least 3 years programming experience with I/NGO in Nigeria
- Essential: very good understanding of national WASH policies and strategies, programmes and stakeholders in Nigeria
- Essential: Demonstrable management experience and very good understanding of child survival issues, school health and common childhood illnesses in Nigeria
- Essential: very good understanding of safe water and hygiene practice in Nigeria will be added advantage.
- Desirable: Experience in community based interventions in Nigeria
- Desirable: Master trainer and good facilitator.
- Desirable: analytical & research skills, experience in conducting health systems research, ability to analyse data using SPSS/ EPInfo/ STATA etc
Additional Qualifications
- Work experience in health/public health and or in a health/public health organisation, including as a trainer.
- Experience with providing institutional support and technical assistance to development partners, government/community institutions
Additional skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently (with minimal supervision) and as a member of a team
- Commitment to gender equity, child rights, community empowerment, and grassroots development approaches
- Effective planning and organising skills
- Effective interpersonal skills – oral and written communication skills
How to Apply
Job Title: Community Mobilization Coordinator, Lagos State.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The position of Campaign and Community Mobilization (CCM) Coordinator under the SDI project will support the implementation of activities to raise awareness, reinforce knowledge and improve practices among community members on diarrhoea prevention and control, encourage two-way dialogue to enable communities to create an enabling environment for improved family and community practices; address unhealthy social norms; and employ best practices in community mobilization and BCC. A comprehensive approach using a variety of delivery mechanisms will be implemented to create demand for services. We will build on the existing community structures, enhance their capacity and ensure we reach the most marginalized communities. The preferred candidate will support effort at strengthening the capacity of specific community structures, government institutions in coordination with other peer organizations to ensure the sustenance of the SDI intervention under the guidance of SDI BCC Adviser.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: BCC Adviser;
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Budget responsibility: No
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
WASH Programming
Under the direct supervision of the BCC Adviser, support;
- Effective and timely implementation of all campaign and community mobilization interventions, demand creation effort and any other related and cross cutting programme activities as directed by the BCC Adviser.
- Make technical input into the planning and design of project specific operational researches, including baseline and end line evaluation related Campaign and Community Mobilization activities under the SDI signature project
- Work closely with State/LGA authorities to ensure all CCM/BCC interventions deployed in the communities, facilities and schools alignment with the 7 point plan aimed at the prevention and management of diarrhoea.
- Work together with other staff/ to ensure that key trainings meets the standard required to facilitate provide knowledge and reinforcement of desired behaviour and practices as it relates behaviour and attitude influences the incidence and diarrhoea.
- Be able to systemically review DIP/budget and other key implementation tools with the hope of initiating innovative approaches that will open new frontiers for learning on the 7 point plan.
- Coordinate/Support designated community structures under the SDI project responsible for series of community mobilization and campaign effort.
Technical and Advisory Support:
- Provide technical support and timely feedback to State, LGA and Community teams on Community mobilization strategies outlined in the signature project.
- Support M&E of community mobilization and BCC activities in coordination with relevant stakeholders.
- Build capacity of field staff, partners and government personnel on demand creation interventions and practice.
- Identify other opportunities in an ongoing manner that will add value to the overarching strategy of the signature project.
- Track and prepare monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual progress reports of activities relates to Campaign, Community Mobilization and BCC KPIs/indicators; including documentation of key lessons learnt and successes stories.
- Support the development and distribution of publications for peer-reviewed journals.
Planning, Documentation and Budgeting:
- Develop activity plans and budgets for technical support activities related to CCM.
- Participate in the preparation of overall work plan and budget for CCM activities programme in Lagos State
- Collaborate with relevant ministries and other relevant partners at the state, local government and community levels to ensure integration and high level implementation of all CCM activities on the signature project.
- Participate in developing different levels of progress report and supporting PQA on CCM interventions.
Representation and relationships
- Actively participate in State/LGA level technical working groups on CCM and demand creation activities relevant to policy forums.
- Actively contribute to national policies/strategies on CCM/BCC.
- Support advocacy colleagues with technical messaging on CCM, external reports and publications.
- Work closely with other thematic teams in Nigeria Country office and the Lagos State offices in support of SDI signature project.
Programme Management:
- Ensure the maintenance of healthy partnerships with relevant government counterparts and other partners at Federal, State, Local government level in the community in the management of CCM and related demand creation interventions.
- Other – Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Line Manager.
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
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
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
- A development worker with postgraduate qualification in communications, journalism, public health, sociology or related discipline with at least 5 years progressive experience in campaign/community mobilization and BCC programming will be giving priority consideration.
- Essential: basic training in BCC, demand creation, communication/journalism.
- Essential: at least 3 years programming experience with I/NGO in Nigeria
- Essential: Good writer, very good understanding of community mobilization/BCC policies, strategies, programmes and stakeholders in Nigeria
- Essential: Demonstrable management experience and very good understanding of child survival issues, school health and common childhood illnesses in Nigeria
- Essential: very good understanding of safe water and hygiene practice in Nigeria will be added advantage.
- Desirable: Experience in community based interventions in Nigeria
- Desirable: Master trainer and good facilitator.
- Desirable: analytical & research skills, experience in conducting health systems research, ability to analyse data using SPSS/ EPInfo/ STATA etc
Additional Qualifications
- Work experience in health/public health and or in a health/public health organisation, including as a trainer.
- Experience with providing institutional support and technical assistance to development partners, government/community institutions
Additional skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently (with minimal supervision) and as a member of a team
- Commitment to gender equity, child rights, community empowerment, and grassroots development approaches
- Effective planning and organising skills
- Effective interpersonal skills – oral and written communication skills
Job Title: Child Health Officer- Lagos State
ROLE PURPOSE:
Under the guidance of the adviser, the Child Health Officer will support Child Health thematic intervention of the SDI signature project. The Child Survival Programme in Save the Children in Nigeria is growing in portfolio. Child Health is a new area identified as key component of our signature programme in Nigeria. Therefore the Child Health Officer in Lagos will be part of the team that will be responsible the smooth implementation of therelevant child health components of the Stop Diarrhoea Project in Shomolu LGA of Lagos State. He/she will provide technical input in project roll out, and implementation; including ensuring that project outputs delivered are of high quality.
He/She will provide technical input in the area of child health in Lagos State while coordinating with the MNCH Advisor on the GSK Health Worker training project and other partners involved in child health activities such as UNICEF, WHO, PATHS2 and CHAI
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Child Health Adviser
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Budget responsibility: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Child Health Policy and Programming
- Support the Government of Lagos State to revise/update her Child health policy and treatment guidelines in line with National recommendations
- Make technical input into the planning and design and of project specific operational researches, including baseline and end line evaluations.
- Work closely with State/LGA authorities to ensure the availability and use of updated treatment guidelines for the management of diarrhoea is available and used in all supported PHC
- Provide overall child health technical guidance on day to day project issues and challenges.
- Work together with other staff/ to ensure that key trainings (IMCI, iCCM, RI etc) provided to PHC staff is of high quality and tailored to identified needs
- Be able to systemically review new evidence on child health interventions and apply such to overall program implementation and quality improvement.
Technical and Advisory Support:
- provide technical support and timely feedback to State and LGA teams on effective implementation and quality of care of child health programmes
- Support M&E of child health programme; develop monitoring checklists; conduct supportive supervision visits, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
- Build capacity of field & partner staff on child health and quality of care
- She/he will also work closely with the MNCH adviser on GSK Project in Lagos state to ensure that quality training is delivered along the continuum of care and ensure synergy for trainings to
- ensure full integration of our child health project with the MNH projects
- Support the development, review/adaptation of training materials, job aids, counselling and behaviour change materials for child health in Lagos state in collaboration with the MNCH Advisor
- Track and prepare monthly and quarterly reports on progress and indicators, child health technical support activities; including documentation of key lessons learnt and successes
- Contribute to the development of publications for peer-reviewed journals.
Planning, Documentation and Budgeting:
- Support the development of activity plans and budgets for technical support activities
- Participate in preparation of overall work plan and budget for Child Health programme in Lagos State
- Collaborate with SMOH Child Health Desk, UNICEF and other relevant partners at the state levels to ensure integration and high level implementation of child health activities.
- Participate in developing different levels of progress report and supporting PQA on child health interventions.
- Representation and relationships
- Engage and maintain good relationships with key stakeholders on child health (relevant SMoH dept, UNICEF, WHO)
- Actively participate in State/LGA level technical working groups on Child Health and relevant policy forums.
- Actively contribute to national policies/strategies on child health
- Support advocacy colleagues with technical messaging on child health, external reports and publications
- Work closely with other thematic teams in Nigeria Country office and the Lagos State offices.
Programme Management:
- Ensure the maintenance of healthy partnerships with relevant government counterparts and other partners at Federal and State levels. Management of child health related interventions.
- Other – Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Line Manager.
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
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 strategicallyCollaboration:
- 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
- SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- A Medical Doctor with a minimum of 2 years demonstrable experience in child health interventions or related programme is essential. A public health background with demonstrable experience on PHC at LGA/SMoH level will be an advantage.
- Essential: basic clinical and public health qualifications.
- Essential: very good understanding of national health policies and strategies, programmes and stakeholders on Child Health in Nigeria
- Essential: Demonstrable management experience and very good understanding of child survival issues and common childhood illnesses in Nigeria
- Essential: very good understanding of childhood immunizations and immunizations programming/ coverage issues in Nigeria
- Desirable: clinical experience in Paediatrics or Community Paediatrics in Nigeria
- Desirable: master trainer/ ToT on IMCI and iCCM
- Desirable: analytical & research skills, experience in conducting health systems research, ability to analyze data using SPSS/ EPInfo/ STATA etc
- Additional Qualifications
- Work experience in health/public health and or in a health/public health organisation, including as a trainer/technical assistance provider in the area of RH/MCH with government of Nigeria or an International NGO.
- Experience with providing institutional support and technical assistance to decentralised health system and or NGOs on issues related to RH/MNCH service provision.
- Experience in RH/maternal newborn and child health programming including facility and community based health service improvement is essential.
Additional skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently (with minimal supervision) and as a member of a team
- Commitment to gender equity, child rights, community empowerment, and grassroots development approaches
- Effective planning and organising skills
- Effective interpersonal skills – oral and written communication skills
Job Title: Nutrition Officer, Lagos State
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Nutrition Officer will generally support technical programme management, information gathering, results communication and documentation. He/She will be expected to support project level assessment, project planning and coordination. The Nutrition Officer under the SDI project will support the implementation of activities related to Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) interventions within the context of the 7 point plan in Shomolu LGA. Under the guidance of SDI Child Health Adviser and the Senior Nutrition Adviser, He/She will support all efforts under the SDI programme to substantially improve the uptake of immunization and nutrition services, improve IYCF practices and other related interventions that will contribute to the prevention diarrhoea among under 5 children. The preferred candidate will support effort at strengthening the capacity of service providers in public/private facilities and Government stakeholders; including community actors on IYCF programming in collaboration with other peer organizations to ensure the sustenance of the SDI intervention.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Child Health Adviser;
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Budget responsibility: No
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Under the direct supervision of the Child Health Adviser, the Nutrition Officer will;
Institutional capacity building:
Build capacities of Government staff on IYCF
- Support the needs assessment for building the capacity of staff at the State and Local Government level on IYCF.
- Ensure integration of IYCF in all trainings and programme activities at community and facility level.
- Work with IYCF Adviser in supporting the SNO and LGA PHC teams to step down trainings on IYCF
- In collaboration with the SNO, support and coach LGA PHC teams to supervise and follow up on IYCF activities, ensuring quality implementation
- In collaboration with LGA PHC teams, provide on the job training and coaching for service providers in the facilities and volunteers in the communities
Build capacity of the programme team and other Staff of Save the Children on IYCF
- Identify training needs and train staff according to the programme plan or on ad-hoc basis.
Programme Management:
- Provide technical support and timely feedback to State and LGA teams on IYCF strategies outlined in the signature project.
- Collaborate with relevant ministries and other relevant partners at the state, local government and community levels to ensure integration and high level implementation of all IYCF activities on the signature project.
- Work with the MEAL team on setting up indicators and monitoring tools for IYCF
- Together with the MEAL team, evaluate regularly the impact of the activities and propose changes for improvement
- Participate in the preparation of overall work plan and budget for IYCF activities programme in Lagos State
- Provide day-to-day technical support and advice to Save the Children Staffs at the Area office to ensure national guidelines, international guidelines and programme strategy on IYCF
- Support M&E activities on IYCF in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
- Actively participate in State/LGA level technical working groups on IYCF relevant to policy forums.
- In collaboration with stakeholders, actively contribute to the domestication of national policies/strategies on IYFC in Lagos State.
- Identify other opportunities in an ongoing manner that will add value to the overarching strategy of the signature project.
Planning, Documentation and Budgeting:
- Develop activity plans and budgets for technical support activities related to IYCF.
- Track and prepare monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual progress reports of activities relates to IYCF KPIs/indicators; including documentation of key lessons learnt and successes stories.
- In collaboration with MOH and relevant SC staff ensure timely data compilation and reporting on IYCF activities
- In collaboration with the other team members support the development of case studies related to IYCF in the programme
- Lead and contribute to the development of publications for peer-reviewed journals
- Support advocacy colleagues with technical messaging on IYCF, external reports and publications.
- Participate in developing different levels of progress report and supporting PQA on IYCF interventions.
Representation and relationships
- Participate in Nutrition related Meetings, Seminars and Workshops and feed information acquired back into programming.
- Work closely with other thematic teams in Nigeria Country office and the Lagos State offices in support of SDI signature project.
- Other – Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Line Manager.
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
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.
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
- Health background (Doctor, Nurse, Midwife with at least 3 years’ experience on IYCF programming with adequate skills on IYCF counselling.
- Previous experience with local and international NGOs.
- Experience in Nutrition and in community based programmes.
- Essential: basic training in IYCF programming
- Essential: at least 3 years programming experience with I/NGO in Nigeria
- Essential: very good understanding of national IYCF policies and strategies, programmes and stakeholders in Nigeria
- Essential: Demonstrable management experience and very good understanding of child survival issues, school health and common childhood illnesses in Nigeria
- Essential: very good understanding of safe water and hygiene practice in Nigeria will be added advantage.
- Desirable: Experience in community based interventions in Nigeria
- Desirable: Master trainer and good facilitator.
- Desirable: analytical & research skills, experience in conducting health systems research, ability to analyse data using SPSS/ EPInfo/ STATA etc
Additional Qualifications
- Work experience in health/public health and or in a health/public health organisation, including as a trainer.
- Experience with providing institutional support and technical assistance to development partners, government/community institutions
Additional skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently (with minimal supervision) and as a member of a team
- Commitment to gender equity, child rights, community empowerment, and grassroots development approaches
- Effective planning and organising skills
- Effective interpersonal skills – oral and written communication skills
Job Title: WASH Adviser
ROLE PURPOSE:
The position of WASH Adviser under the SDI project will help ensure the implementation of activities as it relates to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in the context the 7 point plan and overall achievement of output 1.1 and 1.2 of this project require to address diarrhoea prevention and management. In the regard, the availability of adequate and safe drinking water is crucial to the reduction of water borne diseases, such as diarrhoea. During the assessment of Shomolu, the target LGA, it was observed that the vast majority of the communities have no or poor access to safe drinking water. Activities planned to achieve output 1.2 are primarily focused on contributing to the elimination of open defecation in Shomolu LGA. By the end of this programme, the WASH Adviser will be responsible for all effort design under the SDI programme to substantially reduce open defecation across the target LGA. Specifically, the Adviser will facilitates the introduction of CLTS approach in target communities with the aim of completely eliminating open defecation in Shomolu LGA. In addition, the preferred staff will strengthen the capacity of specific community structures, government institutions in coordination with other peer organizations to ensure the sustenance of the SDI intervention
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Chief of Party;
Staff directly reporting to this post: WASH Coordinator and Officer
Budget responsibility: Yes
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
WASH Programming
- Facilitate effective and timely implementation of all interventions outlined under output 1.1, 1.2 and any other related and cross cutting programme activities related to WASH on the SDI project.
- Make technical input into the planning and design of project specific operational researches, including baseline and end line evaluation related WASH on the SDI signature project
- Work closely with State/LGA authorities to ensure all WASH interventions deployed in the communities, facilities and schools alignment with the 7 point plan aimed at the prevention and management of diarrhoea.
- Work together with other staff/ to ensure that key trainings meets the standard required to facilitate provide knowledge and reinforcement of desired behaviour and practices as it relates to open defecation free (ODF) regime.
- Be able to systemically review DIP/budget and other key implementation tools with the hope of initiating innovative approaches that will open new frontiers for learning on the 7 point plan.
Planning, Documentation and Budgeting:
- Develop activity plans and budgets for technical support activities related to WASH.
- Participate in the preparation of overall work plan and budget for WASH activities programme in Lagos State
- Collaborate with relevant ministries and other relevant partners at the state, local government and community levels to ensure integration and high level implementation of all WASH activities on the signature project.
- Participate in developing different levels of progress report and supporting PQA on WASH interventions.
Representation and relationships
- Actively participate in State/LGA level technical working groups on WASH relevant to policy forums.
- Actively contribute to national policies/strategies on WASH.
- Support advocacy colleagues with technical messaging on WASH, external reports and publications.
- Work closely with other thematic teams in Nigeria Country office and the Lagos State offices in support of SDI signature project.
Programme Management:
- Ensure the maintenance of healthy partnerships with relevant government counterparts and other partners at Federal, State, Local government level in the community in the management of WASH related interventions.
- Other – Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Line Manager
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
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
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- A highly experienced and broad based development worker with postgraduate qualification in public health and specialisation in environment or health education. Other related post graduate qualifications related to water and sanitations with at least 7 years progressive experience in WASH programming will be giving priority consideration.
- Essential: basic training in WASH programming
- Essential: at least 5 years programming experience with I/NGO in Nigeria
- Essential: very good understanding of national WASH policies and strategies, programmes and stakeholders in Nigeria
- Essential: Demonstrable management experience and very good understanding of child survival issues, school and common childhood illnesses in Nigeria
- Essential: very good understanding of school community safer water and hygiene practice in Nigeria will be added advantage.
- Desirable: Experience in community based interventions in Nigeria
- Desirable: Master trainer and good facilitator.
- Desirable: analytical & research skills, experience in conducting health systems research, ability to analyse data using SPSS/ EPInfo/ STATA etc
Additional Qualifications
- Work experience in health/public health and or in a health/public health organisation, including as a trainer.
- Experience with providing institutional support and technical assistance to development partners, government/community institutions
Additional skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently (with minimal supervision) and as a member of a team
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