Save the Children International NGO Jobs in Kenya
Save the Children International NGO Solutions Developer Jobs in Kenya
IntroductionSave 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.
Responsibilities
Working with members of the global IT team, the role holder will be responsible for building, implementing and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) solutions within the organisation.
This role will partner with business stakeholders in order to understand their analytic requirements, and implement and maintain BI solutions to meet these needs, utilising best practices.
The role requires experience in adapting existing solutions as well as creating new solutions.
Qualifications
Experience of working with SQL Server databases, including creating & modifying T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, functions, triggers, writing ad-hoc queries and dynamic SQL
Experience of working closely with non-technical staff, demonstrating an ability to translate and negotiate non-technical requirements into a detailed technical specification
Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex technical ideas and problems clearly to non-experts
Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and strong problem solving skills
Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally
Keen to learn new technologies, especially in BI
Experience of working with Microsoft's BI technology stack SSIS, SSRS and/or SSAS (tabular and multidimensional models)
Experience working with BI presentation tools (e.g. Excel, Power Pivot, Power View and Power BI)
Experience working with BI reporting in SharePoint
Experience working with finance systems
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
Experience of working within an agile project delivery environment and with offshore project team members
Experience working with JIRA
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 1st December, 2017
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children International NGO Solutions Developer Jobs in Kenya
Save the Children International NGO Child Survival and Nutrition Technical Advisor Jobs in Kenya
Responsibilities
Technical assistance and capacity building
Provide programmatic and strategic leadership, setting priorities in designing and managing the implementation of Afya Halisi activities in collaboration with the other technical advisors and the implementation team
Provide overall technical guidance and leadership for implementation of child survival and nutrition activities
Provide leadership for Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement measures in child survival and nutrition
Contribute to the capacity building of Afya Halisi, MoH staff and CHVs competences in child survival and nutrition for quality service provision
Work with Division of Family Health to develop and review policies, tools and strategies to improve access to child survival and nutrition interventions
Review and analyze data for performance monitoring and utilize the data to take corrective actions
Representation and advocacy
Represent Afya Halisi in
relevant internal and external fora including donor meetings (as appropriate)
Represent Save the Children in relevant internal and external fora including donor meetings (as appropriate)
Work closely with the Head of Health and Nutrition, Head of Advocacy and Campaigns, PDQ and operations teams to develop policy research and advocacy strategy in child survival and nutrition in line with the Country Strategic Plan and global strategy of Save the Children
Work with consortium members to further Save the Children’s mission for children
People management, mentoring and development
To have overall management responsibility for the child survival and nutrition service delivery officers. Lead and motivate the team to ensure effective project implementation.
Manage the child survival and nutrition service delivery officers; define expectations, provide leadership and support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly
Ensure the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as appropriate; ensure availability of and support appropriate professional development opportunities for staff in Afya Halisi
Incorporate staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team building process.
Qualifications
Medicine/ Clinical Medicine/Nursing with a post graduate degree in public health/global health; community health; health management with training and experience in and project planning and management techniques
Knowledge of current global and regional public health debates in child survival and nutrition
Recommended a minimum of five years of relevant technical experience including at senior level. Experience working within the devolved Kenyan health system is a must.
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
Ability to extensively travel for project monitoring and provide on-site technical support to field teams
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 mindsets
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
Commitment to Save the Children values
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 1st December, 2017
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children International NGO Child Survival and Nutrition Technical Advisor Jobs in Kenya
Find jobs in Kenya. Jobs - Kenya jobs. Search our career portal & find the latest Kenyan job positions, career opportunities & jobs in Kenya.
Jobs in Kenya - banking jobs, IT jobs, accounting jobs, NGO jobs, business administration, ICT, UN jobs, procurement jobs, education jobs, hospital jobs, human resources jobs, engineering, teaching jobs, and other careers in Kenya.
Find your dream job from 1000s of vacancies in Kenya posted and updated daily - click here!
Click here to post comments
Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Jobs in Kenya.
