Jobs at Save the Children

 KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 
 Budgeting & Reporting 

• Act as the key strategic Finance Business Partner to the Director of Finance and Program  
•  Implementation team to support key decision making.  
• Ownership of the master budget process at Country Office and Field levels - ensuring proactive decision making, the efficient and effective allocation of resources, and financial sustainability (zero gap)  
• Provide financial expertise to the donor budget proposal process to ensure proposals are: high quality; reflect the needs on the ground; include the necessary shared costs  
• Working with the program implementation team to phase and realign budgets  
• Providing high quality weekly and monthly financial BvA reports 
• Mitigate the risk of donor disallowances by ensuring that awards are proactively managed and closed out effectively from a financial perspective  
• Ensure budget holders understand their responsibilities (e.g., through training and capacity building). 
• Identify and effectively manage all key risks, especially financial, related to delivering the Country  

 Office program 

• Provide value added ad hoc financial analysis to budget holders to inform decision making 

 Partnership Development and Management  

• Undertaking capacity assessment of partners' organisation in order to identify capacity gaps and areas of support that the partners will require for effective implementation of the programme financial management requirements.  
• Undertake regular support visits to the partners organizations to discuss financial and operational issues/progress and identify ways in which SCI can provide the needed support. 
• Support the development of partners' project budgets, work plan, cash transfer plans and procurement plans.  
• Support partners external audit exercise and follow up to ensure that the auditors' recommendations are followed up and implemented.  
• Monitor and follow up the implementation of the agreed work plan and budget to ensure that the programme objectives are being realized in accordance to the programme and partnership agreement and take the necessary actions for any identified deviations. 

 Field Operations Finance  

• Ensuring best in class financial management at field office level - including leadership in respect to recruitment and succession planning; capacity building; implementing efficient & effective processes and accounting systems; improving and ensuring compliance with internal controls. This should include regular visits to the field locations. 

 Staff Leadership, Mentorship, and Development 

• Ensure appropriate staffing and efficient & effective organisation design within the Budgeting & Reporting, and Field Finance teams.  
• Ensure that all staff understand and are empowered to perform their role.  
• Manage team; define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly.  
• Recruitment, training, and professional development of team as part of the wider staff development strategy.  

Performance Management : 

• Effective use of the Performance Management System including the establishment of clear, measurable objectives; ongoing feedback; periodic reviews; and fair and unbiased evaluations; 
• Coaching, mentoring and other developmental opportunities; 
• Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance; 
• Documentation of performance that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate performance improvements/ work plans 
• Any other duties assigned by the Line Manager. 

 QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 

• BA Degree in Finance and Accounting, Business Administration, or other relevant discipline. 
• Master's degree in finance and accounting, Business Administration, or other relevant discipline preferred. 
• Chartered Accountant (CPA, ACMA, ACA, ACCA) required. 
• Minimum of 8+ years management experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, of which three to five years at senior management level within a finance department 
• Strategic mindset with the ability to lead, inspire and achieve results in a challenging context  
• Strong team player 
• Excellent inter-personal skills and able to communicate with diverse set of stakeholders 
• Strong analytical, decision making and strategic planning skills with the ability articulate complex information in an easy to understand manner 
• Solutions focused with ability to identify weaknesses and drive continuous improvement 
• Ability to prioritise, plan ahead, and manage a complex and diverse workload with tight deadlines 
• Ability to coach, mentor, delegate appropriately and provide developmental guidance to supervised staff. 
• Self starter who is willing to go the extra mile to get the job done 
• Excellent understanding of business and financial planning including strategic modelling.  
• Excellent understanding of budgeting and budget management.  
• Excellent understanding of financial systems and procedures.  
• Excellent understanding of computerised accounts packages, Excel, PowerPoint and Word 
• A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and within a team environment.  
• Understanding of Save the Children's vision and mission and a commitment to its objectives and values. 
• Written and verbal fluency in English 

 Desirable 

• 7 years within the NGO / charities sector 
• Experience of working in an emergency context. 
• Understanding of major donor compliance regulations (USAID, Dfid, ECHO, UN, etc) 

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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Collaborate with Ministry of Health at County, Sub County, Health facility and Community Health unit levels of health care to promote sustained delivery of Health and Nutrition interventions.
• Provide regular technical support and guidance to the department of health county, Sub County and Health facility managers and Health service delivery staff to address logistics system problems to ensure consistent supply of commodities.
• Work closely with the County Health Management Team (CHMT) to support supply and management of pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical including coordinating CHMT support for the sub-counties, facilities and community units
• Collaborate with County Department of Health at all levels of health care to ensure availability of commodities in public and private health facilities, and community health unit level.
• Gather data, analyze and address medical supply chain system bottlenecks to ensure sustainability and accountability.
• Build the capacity of health staff on commodities and supplies management through supervision, coaching, mentorship and support to teams in the implementation of activity plans.
• Advance innovations and use of technology in requisition, utilization, and monitoring of health commodities and supplies for the private and public health sector.
• Build the health teams capacity in inventory management 
• Work with other project staff to help identify resource and/or performance improvement needs to advance the goal of commodity security.
• Prepare and present quarterly technical reports and presentations as necessary.
• Participate in the County Commodity security committee meetings, County health services performance review meetings, technical and partner meetings as required.

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 personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Fully-orientated thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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.

Integrity:

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

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree or higher in pharmacy, Nursing, Nutrition, or related field. 
• Minimum of eight years of experience with progressively increasing responsibility managing designing and implementing large and complex public health programs, ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
• Experience leading a highly successful health systems strengthening program in Kenya or in a similar setting. 
• Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of decentralized nutrition and health delivery programs within Africa
• A minimum of three years of experience managing health commodities and supplies
• Proven experience building capacity of programs with local NGOs and government bodies in-country and working collaboratively with partners and/or key stakeholders. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.  Fluency in English required. 
• Proven experience and skills in research and advocacy and influencing institutional, private and/or corporate donors and writing up high quality donor reports
• Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staff
• Willingness to be based in Turkana County, with frequent travel to project offices and field sites within the Turkana and Samburu Counties. 
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international and matrix management environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required
• Demonstrates Save the Children’s core values of accountability, collaboration, integrity, ambition, and creativity. 

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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Collaborate with Ministry of Health at County, Sub County, Health facility and Community Health unit levels of health care to promote sustained delivery of Health and Nutrition interventions.
• Provide regular technical support and guidance to the department of health county, Sub County and Health facility managers and Health service delivery staff to address logistics system problems to ensure consistent supply of commodities.
• Work closely with the County Health Management Team (CHMT) to support supply and management of pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical including coordinating CHMT support for the sub-counties, facilities and community units
• Collaborate with County Department of Health at all levels of health care to ensure availability of commodities in public and private health facilities, and community health unit level.
• Gather data, analyze and address medical supply chain system bottlenecks to ensure sustainability and accountability.
• Build the capacity of health staff on commodities and supplies management through supervision, coaching, mentorship and support to teams in the implementation of activity plans.
• Advance innovations and use of technology in requisition, utilization, and monitoring of health commodities and supplies for the private and public health sector.
• Build the health teams capacity in inventory management 
• Work with other project staff to help identify resource and/or performance improvement needs to advance the goal of commodity security.
• Prepare and present quarterly technical reports and presentations as necessary.
• Participate in the County Commodity security committee meetings, County health services performance review meetings, technical and partner meetings as required.

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 personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Fully-orientated thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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.

Integrity:

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

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree or higher in pharmacy, Nursing, Nutrition, or related field. 
• Minimum of eight years of experience with progressively increasing responsibility managing designing and implementing large and complex public health programs, ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
• Experience leading a highly successful health systems strengthening program in Kenya or in a similar setting. 
• Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of decentralized nutrition and health delivery programs within Africa
• A minimum of three years of experience managing health commodities and supplies
• Proven experience building capacity of programs with local NGOs and government bodies in-country and working collaboratively with partners and/or key stakeholders. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.  Fluency in English required. 
• Proven experience and skills in research and advocacy and influencing institutional, private and/or corporate donors and writing up high quality donor reports
• Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staff
• Willingness to be based in Turkana County, with frequent travel to project offices and field sites within the Turkana and Samburu Counties. 
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international and matrix management environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required
• Demonstrates Save the Children’s core values of accountability, collaboration, integrity, ambition, and creativity.