We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•            No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•            All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•            Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 
Level 3:  The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: 
As part of our CO humanitarian strategy for 2024, Save the Children CO wants to improve the efficient deployment of high-quality staff to support the delivery of our Humanitarian Responses directly and in collaboration with SCI partners. This role will be rapidly deployed by the CO to support the response team in quickly developing and implementing a humanitarian-response. 

The Health & Nutrition Coordinator will continue the work already started by an existing Emergency Response Team. S/he will focus on inter-agency sector level coordination, involvement national/subnational nutrition assessment and nutrition integration strategy roll out within SC programme operations. S/he will work closely with other members of the PDQ team and in coordination with other nutrition actors to design appropriate, child focused, contextually relevant nutrition programming, ensuring integration with SC’s existing experience in country and ensuring SC voice at sector level is present.   
    

SCOPE OF ROLE: 
Reports to: Response Team Leader (RTL)

Staff directly reporting to this post:  N/A
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Sector level coordination: 
•    Provide sector level leadership at the Health and Nutrition sector. Ensure Save the Children has a leading voice in the health and nutrition sector. Attending all relevant meetings and ensuring strong influence, and updating Technical Specialist, PDQD and RTL accordingly. 
•    Lead conversations with existing health and nutrition actors to get better picture of situation and potential gaps in the medium/long term (key stakeholders, WHO, UNICEF, FAO, WFP, MoA, MoH, MoE).
Sector level oversight on the assessment: 
•    Within the health and nutrition sector, support the implementation of a nationwide health and nutrition assessment (which SC is partly funding). Ensure adherence to agreed assessment plan, and work with other inter-agency colleagues to ensure timely implementation and sharing of critical results. 
SC internal programming: 
•    Monitor and promote integration of health and nutrition activities for maximum impact Provide technical support as needed. 
•    Provide guidance on applying Resourcing Families for Better Nutrition and establish a work plan for its implementation with on-going activities. 
•    Provide ad hoc support to our FSL activities to ensure SC (and our partners’) food programming is nutritionally sound and takes into consideration the needs of pregnant and lactating mothers, as well as children under 5
•    Oversee implementation of clinical standards adherence during consultations.
•    Follow up of referred cases by IMHNTs with hospital to ensure that they have proper secondary medical care.
•    Lead field level implementation of Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams 
•    In collaboration with the MEAL team contribute to documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and best practice
Capacity Building and supervision
•    Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children staff and partners and work as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff. Together with other sectors, identify sector-integrated capacity building opportunities. 
•    Participate in trainings to improve medical performance for SCI staff and/or partners.
•    Provide joint supportive supervision to project sites, on the job training to IMHNT staff and undertake regular joint monitoring of the project activities.
•    Compile and generate the training reports conducted in provinces.
•    Conduct regular review of the response.

Non-Deployment activities 
•    Ensure the role out of Quality Clinical Care initiative to all health and nutrition program of the country office when not deployed.
•    With the support of PMs organize training and continuous support to core health and nutrition staff on familiarizing and consistent use of these quality clinical care initiatives tools.  
•    Clinical Supervision: conduct regular supportive supervision and ensure all similar supervisions are done using the CAS (clinical assurance score card).  
•    Ensure appropriate reporting of the work of the team meeting internal and donor requirements.
•    Ensure close review of humanitarian situation and beneficiary needs for designated program.
•    Together with the health TA, proactively participate in health cluster. 
•    Engage and maintain regular contact with other health related response mechanisms run by other partners.
•    Work with the field office management to ensure the RRM response is integrated into the overall humanitarian program and supports early recovery and long-term plans.
•    Provide technical support to existing CO programs remotely and through in-country visits. 
•    Contribute to joint business development activities between the Emergency Health Unit and PDQ. 
•    Support health/nutrition-related operational research as required.
•    Any other tasks assigned through EHU initiatives.

.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

• Bachelor’s degree in health sector
• Health & Nutrition in emergency experience.
• Strong experience in sector level leadership/coordination, representing Save the Children in a complex coordination environment.
• At least 5 years of professional work experience in fields of nutrition, humanitarian health, food security.
• Demonstrable understanding of international humanitarian response architecture, co-ordination mechanisms, humanitarian reform and action.

• High-level communication skills, including ability to speak formally, negotiate, demonstrate tact and diplomacy, and advocate for child protection issues with humanitarian community and authorities.
• Highly developed programme design skills
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Demonstrated experience in building capacity of teams and staff.
• Fluency in English
• Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children International.
• Ability to work well in a team and under pressure and in response to changing needs.
• Ability to plan well, set own targets and meet them.

• Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities 
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.

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Save the Children International provides an equal employment opportunity and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.