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  • Posted: Sep 19, 2019
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    The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries
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    Child Protection Information Management System Assistant

    Role Purpose:

    The CPIMS Assistant will provide statistical analysis and other information to support management decision making within Child Protection and Education Programmes in Dadaab refugee camps and the host community in Dadaab and Fafi. The role holder will ensure an up to date and quality data on both programme performance and quality delivery while maintaining high professional standards of all our Child Protection and Education Programmes.

    KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

    • To ensure data collection tools submitted for data entry are properly filled and support teachers in institutions supported by SC to address issues on the enrolment and attendance tools as they arise before being signed off by the Education Officers.
    • In liaison with MEAL and Education Coordinator ensure and maintain the Education Management Information System (EMIS) is up to date with all education project design indicators are updated.
    • Conduct data quality spot checks in the field to ensure data collected is accurate, reliable, complete, precise, and timely and are of high integrity.
    • To ensure that forms collected are well completed, conducting spot checks and supporting case workers in the camp offices to address issues on the forms as they arise, ahead of verification/signing by CPO.
    • To accurately enter data captured in the CPIMS forms into the IA CPIMS database, and provide data and information in response to requests from internal and external parties on a timely manner.
    • To develop and maintain appropriate hard and soft filing for all open and closed cases and ensure the database is backed-up on a weekly basis.
    • Support the CP team by generating a list of cases due for follow up on a weekly basis, and monitor this against the number of cases followed up on a monthly basis.
    • To provide statistics, information and reports to show progress and trends, and in liaison with the MEAL Coordinator and the Information Management officer present a monthly analysis to Child protection staff based at the camp.
    • To conduct regular data quality checks to ensure information collected as part of documentation and monitoring is accurate, reliable, complete, precise, timely and has high integrity.
    • Provide feedback to the CPO’s on the case management process in the camp and build the capacity of case workers to complete forms accurately through one-to-one and group mentoring and review sessions
    • To maintain confidentiality, privacy in the management of case files and observe data protection and confidentiality protocols while handling both the paper based and electronic data at all stages of data management. This includes and is not limited to the informed consent or use of data and privacy, but to all information sharing in the CPIMS.
    • To handle and respond to programmatic data request from Child Protection project team aptly on case management.
    • Actively seek complaints and provide feedback through engagement with the Community workers and beneficiaries at camp level – including through informal and focus group discussions and exit interviews
    • Maintain an updated complaints and feedback database at camp level, including tracking progress on actions from the complaints received and actions identified to mitigate the identified issues.
    • Participate in assessments, surveys and evaluations to gather, analyse and produce reports on data to demonstrate programme impact
    • Identify and highlight cases suitable for documentation of significant change and impact demonstration related to Save the Children’s programmes in Dadaab and host communities
    • Develop simple and effective methods to share information/data in an appropriate way (eg. internet, e-mail groups, phone, hard copies, verbal feedback at coordination meetings, etc.)
    • To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities within the overall function of MEAL as and when requested by the MEAL Coordinator.
    • To be proactive in developing actions that will improve the activities they engage in while in the camps

    Contract: Duration: 4 Months

    Nationality: Kenyan.

    Location: Dadaab.

    QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

    Essential

    • Bachelor’s degree in Information Management / social sciences or its equivalent or Diploma in Information Management with a minimum of three (3) years’ work experience in child protection and education sector and especially in the Somali Context.
    • Knowledge of child protection and education in emergencies, education sector trends, child rights and protection issues
    • Strong self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances and priorities
    • Positive attitude towards community work with emphasis on the ability to learn from communities and support participatory, innovative approaches to problem solving
    • Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with all children and their carers
    • Fluent in written and spoken English, Kiswahili and the local language in the camps and the host community
    • Good report writing skills
    • Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
    • Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Protection Policy.

    Desirable

    • Previous experience in working with IA CPIMS and EMIS in a refugee setup is an added advantage.
    • Good understanding of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning concepts in programme context.
    • Understanding of the dynamics of the refugees is essential
    • Experience of working with refugee and host communities in a Somali context and other agencies that support Child Protection and education.

    Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role. To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

    We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy.

    Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent.

    Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

    Disclaimer:

    Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process, nor request for medical examination or records and does not act through recruitment agents whatsoever.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Save the Children on www.aplitrak.com to apply

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