TITLE: Temporary Child Survival Programme Officer

TEAM/PROGRAM: Health, Nutrition and WASH

LOCATION: Hobyo

GRADE: 4

CONTRACT LENGTH: 6 months

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Temporary Program Officer-Childsurvival will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of Health and Nutrition activities under the Damal Caafimaad project in Galmudug. This role includes direct planning and coordination of all sector activities related to Nutrition, Health, and WASH.

The Program Officer will work closely with relevant line ministries to ensure effective coordination, information sharing, smooth implementation, and delivery of high-quality services. He/She will provide regular progress reports on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to the line manager.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Nutrition Program Coordinator-Galmudug

Staff reporting to this post: Program Assistant

Budget Responsibilities: N/A

Role Dimensions:

Save the Children operates across all zones in Somalia and currently has three main area offices and additional 11 field offices. Programmatically Somalia is a large Country Office with more than $100million annual budget and staff over 650 staff.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

Operational implementation responsibilities

·         Prepare detailed action plans and ensure project implementation in accordance with the work plans with the involvement of partners and concerned stakeholders at all levels

·         Liaise directly with community elders and local authorities, as well as other agencies operating in targeted programme sites regularly to ensure coordination and effective implementation of activities

·         Work closely with targeted communities to solve and mediate any conflicts that may arise within the course of implementation.

·         Ensure timely procurement, development, distribution and utilization of respective program supplies.

·         Identifying program related training gaps, planning, implementation, ensuring quality of the training and generate training reports.

·         Produce and implement monthly and quarterly plans in line with (Detailed implementation plan, procurement plans and phased budgets)

·         Assist line manager in tracking project expenditures to ensure budgets are strictly adhered in line with SCI financial procedures

·         Provide field reports with regards to the program implementation and challenges encountered to the respective line manager to ensure timely action is taken.

·         Provide relevant support to team on a regular basis, managing their performance, timesheets, annual leave & build their capacity.

·         Support the collection and documentation of the needs, impact and success stories

·         Support preparation of IEC materials for accountability, visibility and communication, with the purpose of promoting and disseminating of messages

·         Support and ensure the implementation of cross cutting issues (gender, safeguarding, and disability inclusion) by identifying risks, concerns and mainstreaming it to program implementation.

·         Promote and advocate children’s rights, document and report child right gaps within the scope of the programme at community level

Technical and thematic  Responsibilities

·         Design community level Nutrition Health Hygiene Promotion (NHHP) through community action plan.   

·         Work with the community structures to mobilize communities and ensure new arrivals are seen as a priority.

·         To ensure minimum standards of WASH, Health and Nutrition humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere standard and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

·         Provide on site technical support mentoring, couching on health, nutrition and WASH services in the health facility and community team.

·         Ensure that all line ministries staff understand, adhere and implement program guidelines and procedures for quality services delivery.

·         Esnure project staff are responsible to prepare distribution plan, rational drug use and utilization, proper stock management (Bin card, stock card, SRF, waybills, GRN and stock report) and draft signed beneficiary lists for accountability purpose. 

·         Facilitate cross-sectoral programming, particularly to promote excellent communication and referral between inter and intra thematic sectorsthrough integration model.

·         Supervision: Ensure weekly/monthly and quarterly program monitoring and prepare field visit report for decision making purposes. 

·         Work closely with the teams to ensure standard and correct criterias are understood and applied effectively across the programs.

·         Ensure adequate availability of all supplies at the point of distribution and proper documentations and guidelines are used.

REALM Responsibilities

·         Facilitate and monitor implementation of community level activities

·         Ensure proper filling and documentation of relevant program documents

·         Provide support to the REALM team to effectively implement thematic quality benchmark, IPTT, monitor ongoing program activities and report progress

·         Work with REALM team in collecting information on needs assessment, baselines and post distribution monitoring ensuring the highest level of professional conduct by those collecting data for data integrity.

·         Produce timely programme quarterly monitoring and supervision reports and ensure the documentation and dissemination to the concerned parties, using standards checklists, monitoring tools such as QBMs.

·         Support the line manager in addressing MEAL issues and update action plan trackers

·         Prepare field visit plans and supervision and use standard checklists during the field trips

BEHAVIOURS (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 their team to do the same

·         widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

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

• Bachelor Degree or Diploma in health science (Nurse/Midwife/Public Health, Community Health/Nutrition/medicine/pharmaceutical)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Minimum 2 years of Experience with an international NGO/UN/ Local NGO & Government in implementing and coordinating humanitarian/development program activities including, health, nutrition and WASH)
• Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship building skills.
• Experience in community mobilization/CMAM/IYCF/EPI/IMCI/ BeMONC//GBV/PHAST/CHAST/CLTS.
• Basic knowledge of project planning, implementation, and monitoring.
• Good understanding in local language and culture practises.
• Basic understanding of child right frameworks. 

Desirable

• Computer skills
• Reporting skills
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Psychological and first aid skills
• TOT skills
• Humanitarian sphere standards and Core humanitarian standards (CHS)
• SCI common approaches

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties with respect to their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures. The post holder must commit to work in an international agency that respects racial diversity and fights racism in all forms; and to model positive behaviours and respect to all colleagues, partners and communities.

CHILD SAFEGUARING POLICY:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Adult Safeguarding

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy, all employees are also expected to carry out their duties in accordance with the SCI protection from sexual exploitation abuse policy.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,

At SCI, we uphold the principle of equal rights and opportunities for all our employees. In our commitment to fostering a more inclusive workplace and addressing gender gaps, we have implemented additional efforts aimed at supporting female qualified candidates: -

·         Maternity leave (6 months)

·         Annual Leave 30 working days

·         10% *gross salary. (female allowance)

·         1.5 flexible working hours for lactating mothers

Qualified candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Apply Before06/28/2026, 11:59 PM