Jobs at Save The Children

Reports To: Lead, Health

Role Purpose

• The Senior Advisor, Child Health provides technical and strategic support in their thematic area to enhance the quality and impact of save the Children’s work across all contexts. 
• Working within the Survive Breakthrough team, the postholder delivers timely country-driven technical assistance, and contributes to the development of tools, guidance, and evidence. 
• The role also plays a key part in capacity strengthening, knowledge exchange, and external engagement, and ensuring work is inclusive, context-responsive, and aligned with global and country priorities.

Principal Accountabilities

• Provide specialized technical guidance and advice to Country Office teams, ensuring high standards in health systems strengthening programme implementation, with a focus on specialized support in sub thematic area.
• Conduct regular reviews and analyses of relevant awards to ensure compliance with donor requirements and organisational policies, identifying areas for improvement.
• Apply specialised donor and sub thematic area technical knowledge to support the development and implementation of high-quality proposals and strategic plans in collaboration with country teams, ensuring alignment with Save the Children's mission and values.
• Oversee the design and quality assurance of capacity building and training initiatives for national and local partners to ensure sustainable and effective health systems strengthening interventions
• Lead on the strategic development and coordination of partnership strategies with local actors, local authorities and peer agencies to advance health systems strengthening work 
• Play a leadership role in external and internal working groups to continually learn and adapt best practices and institutionalize key learning. 
• Ensure internal systems are in place to support and learn from country office colleagues implementing health systems strengthening programs
• Manage global and multi-country projects and initiatives to strengthen specific programme guidance, tools, evidence, etc. 
• Deploy to priority countries as needed for emergency response and provide in-person technical support and guidance (up to 40%).
• Promote a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within all programmes, ensuring all interventions are accessible and effective for all community members, regardless of background or identity.

Education and Qualifications

Essential:

• An Advanced Degree in Public Health, Global Health, Health Policy & Management, International Development, or a related field. Extensive professional experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree.

Experience and Skills:

Essential:

• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of child health specific principles and practices. This should include experience in designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs and interventions. Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development and staying updated with the latest trends and best practices.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong ability to analyse complex data, review programme performance metrics and translate findings into actionable improvements.
• Capacity Building and Mentoring: Considerable experience in building capacity, delivering training, and mentoring staff and local partners on sector specific practices and broader technical approaches.
• Proposal and Strategic Plan Development: Proven experience in developing high-quality proposals and strategic plans. A track record of writing successful proposals for donor-funded projects is essential.
• Compliance and Quality Assurance: Proficient experience in reviewing and assuring compliance of awards with donor requirements and organisational policies. Demonstrated ability to identify and implement areas of improvement.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: High proficiency in communication, including experience in negotiation, influencing, and coaching. Must demonstrate the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to Operate in High-Pressure Environments: Ability to travel and work independently, occasionally in challenging environments and with short notice (up to 40%).

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Reports to: Supply Chain Coordinator
Role Purpose

• Support the program, The driver will be responsible for transporting SCI staff and visitors between office and other locations, as well as equipment’s and materials, also Maintaining the vehicles, updating log sheet and vehicle report.

Key Accountabilities

Documentation:

• Maintain the vehicle log and fuel consumption documentation
• Keep the Vehicle Documents Folder up-to-date:
• Support the Fleet Assistant with the Vehicle Usage report, including trip use, mileage and fuel consumption.
• Maintain a valid driver license, registration and valid permits all the time

Control of Vehicles:

• Ensure that all vehicle journeys are authorized in advance by Line Managers.
• Ensure that all vehicle journeys are to be recorded in the log book at the start and completion of the journey
• Ensure that the keys and vehicle documents are kept in a secure place when the vehicle is not in use.
• Ensure that s/he wears the vehicle safety belt and all passengers also wear seat belts before driving the vehicle.

On the Road:

• Drive all SCI vehicles on the approve speed limit of SCI
• Ensure that the line manager is immediately informed of any accidents, the Accident report is filled immediately and the accident reported to the police as soon as possible.
• Ensures the safety of passengers at all times
• Safe transport of all staff, equipment, and materials

Vehicle Checks:

• Check the vehicle prior to its use in the morning and after use
• Check the vehicle before departing from work.
• Check, on taking over a vehicle, that the items listed on the Vehicle Check List and the items listed in the Vehicle Tools and Materials Inventory are present and in full functioning order.

Vehicle Defects:

• A driver is to check for vehicle defects and damage to the vehicle and ensure that he reports them to his line manager. 
• After consulting a mechanic, the line manager will make the decision as to whether the vehicle should be taken off the road for repair.
• Report and supervise all maintenance and repair needs of assign vehicle.

Cleanliness & Visibility:

• The driver is responsible for ensuring that his vehicle is kept clean on the outside and inside at all times.
• The driver is also to keep the vehicle tidy and ensure that all rubbish is removed from the vehicle after a journey.
• The driver is to ensure visibility protocols are adhered to at all times
• Emergency Preparedness and Response.
• In case of emergency prepare to contribute to delivery of an appropriate and timely response.

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice):

Accountability:

• Hold self-accountable o vehicle management and records.

Achieving and role modelling SCI values,

Ambition:

• Set ambitious and challenging goals.
• Take responsibility of personal development.

Collaboration:

• Build and Maintain effective relationship with the team and colleagues
• Value diversity and good listener and easy to talk.
• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners.

Creativity:

• Develop new innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Skills and Experience:

Administrative & General Skills:

Essential Criteria:

• Must have qualified Secondary School Certificate Examination
• 2 year working experience working as a driver with reputable organizations (INGOs, Corporate, Government)
• Trade test certificate desirable
• Experience as a mechanic or auto-electrician highly desirable.
• Possession of valid driving licence
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Experience working in in a relatively insecure location
• Able to communicate with English and other Nigerian languages
• Computer literate (Word, Excel, Powerpoint at basic level, etc.).