Save the Children Kangaroo Mother Care Intern

Save the Children Kangaroo Mother Care Intern
March 20, 2015 Job Description
Kangaroo Mother Care Intern
Team / Programme: KMC Intern
Location: Bungoma
Grade: Internship
Post Type: (3 Months Contract)
Child Safeguarding: Level 1 – The role holder will not have contact with children and/or young people, or access to personal data about children or young people, as part of their work.
Role Purpose: Work with the KMC Officer to support the setting up of centres of excellence for KMC in Bungoma county as well as ensuring that learning from these centres is captured and shared with other partners for scaling up.Scope of Role:
Reports to: KMC Officer
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners.
Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH.
In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya.
In Feb 2014, we completed a second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own.
Save the Children now has an operational presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the country.
We employ nearly 300 staff and will have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million.SCI Kenya is in the process of implementing a signature maternal and newborn health (MNH) programme that is expected to significantly contribute to achievement of Kenya’s MDG 4 and 5 targets.
The programmatic model will actualize continuum of care approach mixed with an integrated package of quick wins, a minimum community health care package and a strengthened health system approach to maternal and newborn health programming across Save the Children’s Theory of Change.
Save the Children will work with the government of Kenya at both national and county levels and communities to address the maternal and neonatal health challenges in the country in a way that would deliver significant impacts for women and children by the end of the 5 year periodKey Areas of Accountability:
Support the KMC officer in the roll-out of the Kangaroo Mother Care programme for Bungoma County to improve the care for premature and low birth weight infants in the county
Work in collaboratively with KMC officer to ensure that resources for effective and timely program implementation are available
Ensure correct information is captured for follow up of babies who are discharged from the programme
Assist in the formation of KMC support groups in all the five facilities
Conduct sensitization on KMC to the support staff in the health facilities
Ensure the procured job aids are distributed in health facilities
Ensure proper documentation on the KMC registers
Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
Assist in compiling field visit reports as per programme schedule and participate in documentation of activities within a stipulated deadline
Ensure documentation of any achievements and Participate in the development of work plans, reporting.
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
Qualifications and Experience
Trained and registered as a Nurse or Midwife (Kenya Registered Nurse, Kenya Registered Midwife
Up-to-date knowledge on maternal and new-born health, focused ANC, malaria and immunization
Computer literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Strong representational and communication skills
Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding and other global policies, and to Save the Children’s vision, mission and values.
Understanding of child rights programming.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org and a copy to lucy.Ntongai@savethechildren.org indicating the Position Code on the subject line by 3rd April 2015
Residents of Bungoma are encouraged to apply and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.