Jobs at Child Fund International

About This Role

• The primary objective of the Sr. Manager, Safety & Security is to provide safety and security leadership, expertise and support to ChildFund’s programs and activities by implementing high-quality security risk management practices and ensuring that the countries in their assigned region are achieving the expected standard. The Senior Manager reports to the Director, Global Safety & Security and works closely with the Africa Regional Director, Country Directors, the global security team, program teams, and others.

This is a full-time, hybrid position located in Africa and is open to candidates with current residence and work authorization in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Gambia or Guinea Conakry. Fluency in English is required. International travel up to 40% is required. To be considered, candidates must have proximity to a ChildFund office location.
Value Proposition

• The person in this role will have a significant impact on our ability to achieve our critical organizational security strategy in Africa. You will like this job if you want to be part of an international, cross-cultural, virtual team but enjoy the convenience and warm welcome of a local office. You will thrive in this position if you like to travel, enjoy leading other professionals in your area of expertise, and you can balance multiple responsibilities and priorities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Proactively produces quality analysis and reports and understands the threats in the region.
• Identifies and analyzes sources and drivers of risk to achieving program objectives and organizational resilience, areas of impact and potential consequences.
• Oversee and develop country security risk management plans. Help Country Directors implement risk treatments.
• Collaborates as a key contributor in the development of an effective training strategy and curriculum design that reflects ChildFund’s strategic direction, cultural diversity, operational threat environment and international practices.
• Key contributor in critical incident management: prevention, response, follow-up, after action reviews. Responsible for information management during a critical event and maintain all notes, logs, and information.
• Leads cross-functional working groups and security projects.
• Applies project management skills and takes on new security projects to strengthen processes and systems.
• Promote international security standards to and from the region and provide oversight for compliance to security standards.
• Actively promote a culture of incident sharing and risk management.
• Proactively report and update incidents using established protocols.
• Maintain the global security training register.
• Co-manages international travel approval process.
• Develop intentional communication and consultative plans with your region and disseminate timely briefings, reports, alerts, and advisories.
• Maintain strong regional networks with governmental and international agencies (e.g., OSAC, UNSLT, and other NGOs).
• Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Child Safeguarding Policy.

Required Competencies

• Able to read, write, and speak fluently in English.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional or cross-department teams in an international organization.
• Proven ability to influence without authority, with a track record of serving as a champion and advocate for safety and security standards.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills at all levels of an organization.
• Can use project management tools and databases to track and monitor risk.
• The ability to thrive in a matrix reporting structure and communicate proactively with stakeholders from different teams.
• Strong organization skills; demonstrated ability to effectively manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Strong presentation and training skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical skills, with the demonstrated ability to undertake complex security and risk analysis based on established frameworks.
• Excellent judgment and risk assessment capability.
• High resilience, with the ability to lead others through change and challenges.
• A commitment to participating in an inclusive environment and the desire to be part of a diverse team.

Required Experience And Education

• University degree in a relevant field.
• At least 8 years of professional experience in security and/or risk management in an international organization context.
• Experience with project management software and tools.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience living and working in a high risk country context.
• INSSA regional security certification or ASIS certification.
• Training of Trainers certification or Adult Learning skills training certification.
• Experience with an international non-governmental organization (NGO) is highly preferred.

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• This assignment involves creative design, layout works and provision of InDesign and camera-ready versions (both web and print versions) of various ChildFund publications and Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials. These will be done in three languages i.e., English, French and Portuguese, for ChildFund’s programs in Africa, following ChildFund International’s branding guidelines and standards.

KEY TASKS

• Accordingly, this TOR outlines the request of a highly professional graphics design service provider to deliver the following tasks:
• Develop document-specific layouts and graphic design mock-ups to be used in the designing and layout of key documents and Information, Education and Communications (IEC) materials for ChildFund.
• Propose innovative ideas and present concept ideas to ChildFund, discuss the proposed layouts, and incorporate feedback.
• Design and layout documents and materials based on the agreed mock-ups.

The expected deliverables will include:

• Original illustrations and infographics for reports, manuals, policy briefs, brochures, posters, and other communication/ visibility materials on thematic areas.
• Graphic design/layout for ChildFund publications: reports, manuals, policy briefs, project brochures, project factsheets, and capacity statements among others.
• Graphic design/layout templates for project sites and web articles.
• Printing packages (all layout and design files, including pre-press for the printing house and web versions) for publications and other communication products, such as reports, brochures, handbooks, leaflets, charts, briefs, posters, folders, etc.
• Inputs for video production on the work of ChildFund.

Interested parties should submit their proposals before January 5, 2024, to KenyaProcurement@childfund.org. Email subject: GRAPHICS DESIGN SERVICES

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WEBSITE OVERVIEW

• ChildFund is inviting proposals from reputable and qualified companies with a track record of success in developing websites.

SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

• Develop a working ChildFund Kenya website, on WordPress, prioritize user experience by creating a visually appealing website that's easy for visitors to navigate and engage with.
• Mobile Optimization, make sure that the website is fully responsive and optimized for devices especially considering the growing use of smartphones for browsing.
• Ensure security all security aspects are embedded in website.
• Provide a prototype for user testing and acceptance before going live.
• Provide onsite training to the ChildFund staff and system administrators to perform content upload, system maintenance, and administration.
• Support and maintenance: Administrative and technical support, and quality control for a period of 3 months after the website is launched.
• Source code handover: Full source code including all developed libraries shall be handed over to the ChildFund Kenya IT and Communications staff.
• Prioritize user experience by creating a visually appealing website that's easy for visitors to navigate and engage with.

Required skills and experience

The vendor should demonstrate and provide examples of previous experience in the performance of similar services as follows:

• Be a reputable firm with at least 5 years of prior experience designing visually appealing and navigation-friendly websites for NGOs;
• Familiarity and relevant experience in using different Content Management Systems (CMS), particularly WordPress.
• Have a broad knowledge of current web development technologies and design tools in the field, and new software and other web programming languages and programs including use of HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, Macromedia Flash, Java;
• Have excellent knowledge of recent trends in graphic design, websites, including online video publishing, and social media networking;
• Demonstrate the ability to create innovative and visually appealing web designs;

The proposals are to be submitted kenyaprocurement@childfund.org by 30th January 2024 at 4:00 PM EAT. Late submissions will not be opened. Please title the email “CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO UNDERTAKE CHILDFUND KENYA WEBSITE DESIGN”