Sierra Leone

• Significant experience working on Education in Emergency and/or general education programming whether in emergency response contexts or fragile states. • Education to BSc/BA/BEng level in Social Work, Human rights Law, International Relations, Development Studies or similar or equivalent field experience. • Experience of developing and establishing new programmes of work and of working at both policy and implementation level • Substantial experience of developing working relations with donors and government • Experience of managing a team and ability to support staff in challenging circumstances • Fluency in written and spoken English and substantial experience in writing clear and well-argued project proposals and reports to donors. • Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. • Experience in training and capacity building and willingness to dedicate time to staff and partner development • Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability • • Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically.Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy • The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult working circumstances. • Previous safety and security training for working conflict settings • Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support Desirable • Experience of working and living in Sierra Leone, or similar contexts

CONTRACT LENGTH : 1 year ROLE PURPOSE: The Senior Education Adviser will be the focal point for the education programme in Sierra Leone with responsibility for maintaining technical oversight of the implementation of the programme in Sierra Leone in the four operational districts. The Education Advisor will also ensure that SCI’s Sierra Leone Education Programme informs Save the Children’s global and national strategies as well as national government and donor policies and strategies. In the aftermath of the Ebola crisis, this role will also provide leadership and scale-up SCIs education programme in Sierra Leone, including managing the education team in-country. The role will also support the SC team in developing an Ebola Education Strategy and liaise with the Ministry of Education, donors and partners to ensure SCI is well-positioned to fulfil an ambitious education strategy that supports the recovery and re-building of the education system post-crisis. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Strategic Programme Development • Liaise with Ministry of Education (MoE) and partners in-country to assess and provide direction on programming priorities for SCI in-country, SC’s value-added and capacity gaps and needs; • Liaise with donors to gather information about donor strategies for education and to influence donors regarding prioritisation; • Ensure the implementation of SC I’s Ebola Strategy incorporating both short-term response priorities and planning for the long-term intervention after the Ebola outbreak; • Work closely with the PDQ to lead fundraising efforts for education, including the development of high quality concept notes and proposals; • Oversee programme implementation, including oversight on Ebola-related education grants and the identification of staff needed to ensure timely delivery of programme activities; • Oversee donor reporting processes, in compliance with internal SC and donor requirements; Coordination and Representation • Strengthen relationships with key education stakeholders to ensure a complementarity and coordination of programming and advocacy efforts ensuring that the education programme links with other national and regional education initiatives. • Strengthen links and ensure good communication and collaboration with the Save the Children members • Work to strengthen networking among civil society stakeholders in education and promote capacity building of local civil society groups. • Leading education related advocacy with a view to influencing education policy and practice • Represent SC I at national education events, coordination and working groups meetings and other education fora Capacity building and technical support • Ensure that programme development meets Save the Children’s guidelines, as well as other agreed protocols on best practice at all stages of the programme’s development. • Work with other sector TAs, specifically with the Health, WASH and Child Protection TAs to ensure an integrated programming approach • Work closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation team to put in place a sector M&E plan, ensuring this links to reporting requirements; • Support the SCI Education Sector Coordinator, providing programming and technical information and support where required. • Manage the Education Technical Adviser in-country • Provide training, capacity building and technical support to education programme staff and relevant ministry/partners in line with identified capacity development needs. • Maintain oversight of the programme budgets for Save the Children’s education programme in Sierra Leone. Ensure good budget monitoring in conjunction with the education programme managers General • Other duties as assigned • Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child protection, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.

The Ideal Candidate Would Possess the Following Attributes:

Strong academic credentials. Excellent written and communication skills. Hard working, pro-active and professional work ethic. Some experience or ambitions in event organisation, coordination and fundraising. Keen to gain experience working in Africa and immersed in local culture. Independent and able to make decisions with little guidance.

The Terms: 

 

The successful applicant must be prepared to live in very basic conditions and to travel independently around the country. Food, accommodation and flights are at the applicant’s own expense. A more detailed breakdown of costs and expenses will be provided for those applicants selected for interview. A fundraising commitment is also required.

 

Please send a CV and cover letter to ambassadors@street-child.co.uk

Street Child is seeking applications for an exciting voluntary position based in Kamakwie, a small town in the North of Sierra Leone, as part of the charity’s Street Child Ambassadors programme. 

This role will focus on supporting the implementation and monitoring of Street Child’s largest rural schools project. Since 2010, Street Child has enabled over 6,000 children to access education in the remote rural chiefdom of Tambakha by working in partnership with communities to construct simple school structures, train teachers, establish school income generating initiatives, and conduct advocacy on the importance of education.

Working alongside the Project Coordinator, Community Animators and Teaching Specialists, key responsibilities will include:

- Conducting regular monitoring visits to over 50 Street Child supported schools in the remote villages of Tambakha

- Supporting the Project Co-ordinator to gather and compile data for project reporting

- Where necessary, providing basic computer training (email, excel, word)

- Supporting the Teaching Specialists in their teacher mentoring work, including documenting the outcomes of teacher appraisals

- Working with the Community Animators on advocacy work engaging parents and other stakeholders on the importance of education

- Assisting with the distribution of teaching and learning materials, or other forms of school support

 

You have/are:

• Project Manager diploma AND/OR Master in Humanitarian Assistance or similar with proven skills in project management cycle management, planning & monitoring tools
• A minimum of 2 years of experience as field coordinator in emergency context, or at least in big and complex project management.
• Experience in WASH project would be an asset.
• Proven skills in team management
• Strong coordination and negotiation skills
• Flexible, able to work in team and to work under pressure and autonomous
• Srong interpersonal and intercultural skills.

 

 

REQUIRED LANGUAGE SKILLS: Excellent written and spoken level in English. 

 

Handicap International is looking for : Ambulance Platform Project Manager – Short term mission
COUNTRY : SIERRA LEONE	CITY : Freetown
Starting date : 26th October 2015	Length of the assignment : until 31rst December 2015
Closing date for application : 23rd October 2015	Advertisement reference : DIR-SAN-SLE-2064

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Handicap International is a not-for-profit organisation with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission.

For more details on the association: www.handicap-international.fr and review our job offers: http://www.handicap-international.fr/emploi

 

JOB CONTEXT:

The Ebola outbreak hit Guinea in December 2013. This is the first time virus is rife in West Africa; previously, over twenty deadly but rather limited outbreaks occurred in Central Africa where the virus was identified in 1976. The Ebola virus appeared in the forest area very close to the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia and, starting from Dec 2013, quickly spread to neighbouring districts in the two countries. Despite repeated global warning from MSF, WHO and national authorities were slow to implement strong control plans and the International response has been slow to deploy.

 

Today the epidemic is still not completely under control, especially in Guinea & Sierra Leone.

Today reaching Zero case is the objective. The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) entered Sierra Leone during a positive momentum in the country's development trajectory. The EVD have significant direct and indirect impact on the economy and the society at large, which are rapidly reversing the gains Sierra Leone has made over the past decade. This situation still needs to be urgently addressed to reduce the humanitarian consequences of the epidemic, especially the disruption of health services and the fragile livelihood situation.

 

HI RESPONSE

The Handicap International "Mano River" programme that covers Liberia and Sierra Leone was implementing the following projects until the outbreak of the epidemic in these two countries early in the summer of 2014:

• Inclusive Education projects (1 in Liberia and 1 in Sierra Leone);
• Mother and Child Health Project (SL),
• Civil society support project (disability movement) in Liberia. These projects have been stopped and their human resources devoted to the Ebola response.

 

The HI response to Ebola focuses in Sierra Leone on:

• Ebola Ambulance fleet management in Western Area (Freetown and rural area): transportation of affected persons and home decontamination.
• Ebola awareness raising of vulnerable groups (persons with disabilities, sex workers, HIV/AID affected, etc...), either through direct awareness actions with these groups or through sensitisation of stakeholders in the field (authorities, NGOs in order to include the specificities of those groups in their awareness campaigns. Awareness campaigns realized during the first phase towards people with disabilities were accompanied by a distribution of hygiene products.
• Consortium with several INGOs, to support the identification and response to protection issues, particularly alerts related to Ebola context.
• Resuming the Inclusive Education project following the reprogramming process to adapt the activities to Ebola context.

 

Today, in Sierra Leone, HI is leader of the “special needs” sub-committee of the cluster “Social Mobilisation” (lead by UNICEF).

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

As Ambulance Platform Project Manager, you will be under the supervision of the Emergency coordinator and you will supervise 1 logistician, 1 administrator, 2 IPC Manager (Infection and Prevention Control). The total number of project staff is 250 persons

 

You will be responsible to:

• set up and ensure the continuous monitoring of the project; plan, monitor and identify potential obstacles to programmatic success in a timely fashion, and implement corrective actions as needed
• participate to the definition, planning and proposal writing of the possible next phases of the project
• properly manage the team under your responsibility (including regular meetings and guidance, development of individual action plans when necessary…)
• ensure a correct follow-up of the administrative and logistic aspects of the project
• supervise the project budget and the follow-up the expenses
• regularly report on the activities (statistics, review monthly objectives, situation report, PM box, etc.) as per requested by the Emergency Coordinator
• Ensure external coordination and partnership operational management
• Ensure external (Donor reports) reporting of the project
• Ensure a smooth coordination with the other HI projects (referral system and tools…)
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• JOB ENVIRONMENT:

  You will be based in Freetown office, in a guesthouse with other expatriates (no charges)

  There is no contact at all with Ebola patients for any expatriate positions.

   

  Because of the Ebola context and safety concerns, the position is unaccompanied.

   
   

  EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS:

  Salary: from 2015 to 2400€ gross salary/month (depending of the experience of the candidate)+ 457 Euros net/month expatriation allowance + high level cost of life allowance  +50% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI + repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children

   

  The last 21 days of the contract will be spent out of Sierra Leone (mainly in Europe) if the country is not ‘’Ebola free’’, to ensure the coverage of any health issue after the mission. If the country is ‘’Ebola free’’, the last 21 days of the contrat will be spent on fiels

  Rest and Recuperation (R&R) travel outside the country is provided every 8 weeks

   

   

  Please send resume and covering letter with the reference:

  By this link:http://hi.profilsearch.com/recrute/fr/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=1151&idpartenaire=142

• Or by our website: www.handicap-international.fr

  Please do not telephone

PROFILE REQUIRED  You have a public health master degree. A nurse degree and/or Ebola training would be an asset.  You’re experienced at least in 3 years health projects management, with necessarily MCH project. Your previous experience with Handicap International and in emergency context would be an advantage.  You have proven and strong skills in writing proposals.  You have also a good knowledge in epidemiology  For this position, it is required to have an excellent written and spoken level in English.  You are a flexible person, able to work under pressure. You also able to work in team, analyse and synthetize, and to delegate and control. Please apply directly on French Handicap International website : http://hi.profilsearch.com/recrute/fr/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=876&idpartenaire=142 This advertisement is permanently open allowing continuous recruitment for this position.

PRESENTATION OF HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights. Handicap International is a not-for-profit organisation with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission. For more details on the association: http://www.handicap-international.org MISSION CONTEXT The Ebola epidemic was confirmed in Guinea on March 2014. The Ebola virus appeared in the forest area very close to the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia and, starting from March 2014, quickly spread to neighbouring districts in the two countries. According to the latest World Health Organization update on March 1st, 2015, a total of 23,969 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola and 9,807 deaths had been reported from the three West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) where transmission has been widespread and intense . Total case counts include all suspected, probable, and confirmed cases, which are defined similarly by each country. Because of improvements in laboratory diagnostics and surveillance in recent weeks, totals may overestimate the actual number of cases in some areas. The highest reported confirmed case counts were from Sierra Leone and Liberia, followed by Guinea. Various factors are still contributing to the spread of the epidemic such as (among others):  Health Factors: the symptoms of this haemorrhagic fever are very similar to those of other types of endemic fevers in the affected countries (confirming the presence of the virus is possible only through biological tests that cannot be carried out on all suspected patients). Additionally, health centres, which are already poorly equipped or little operational, are being deserted; the 3 countries are facing lack of health personnel and the death of many frontline health workers is a significant obstacle to increase the capacity to care for patients.  Cultural, social or political factors: some very important traditional practices increase the risk of transmission (burial practices...); communities are highly mobile, namely for economic reasons (border markets...); the population lacks information and has very little or even incorrect knowledge on health issues; the population have little trust in authorities and sometimes turn to unreliable sources of information (spiritual leaders...); many cases are hidden by families because they fear not only the disease, but also stigmatisation; there are popular 'revolts' (demonstrations, violent movements) in Guinea and Liberia as a protest against actions of the government or international organizations.  Economic factors: poverty is widespread; the prices of commodities are increasing because of the crisis; the restrictions on freight and imports limit the availability of goods. Current situation: The overall response to the EVD epidemic has now moved to a second phase, as the focus shifts from slowing transmission to ending the epidemic. To achieve this goal as quickly as possible, efforts have moved from rapidly building infrastructure to ensuring that capacity for case finding, case management, safe burials, and community engagement is functioning as effectively as possible. For the first time since the week ending 29 June, 2014, there have been fewer than 100 new confirmed cases reported in a week in the 3 most-affected countries in January. Nevertheless, case incidence increased again in Guinea and Sierra Leone the following weeks. It is worth mentioning that the health system is currently unable to meet the non-Ebola health needs of the population (primary health care, immunization, maternal and child health, surgery), food insecurity is striking in some areas, the livelihoods of people are affected (economic activity has considerably slowed down), and all schools are still closed even about to be reopened. If the general population is directly or indirectly affected by the epidemics, all vulnerable groups, such as elders, pregnant women, children or persons with disabilities (due to their lower capacity to access services) are even more impacted. The consequences of the Ebola outbreak are turning this health crisis into a major humanitarian crisis. The indirect consequences of the epidemic are significant even if response plans have taken into account the impact of the outbreak on other sectors. However, major information gaps still prevent a clear picture of the situation in the three countries. HI RESPONSE The Handicap International "Mano River" programme that covers Liberia and Sierra Leone (based in SL) was implementing the following projects until the outbreak of the epidemic in these two countries early in the summer of 2014: - Inclusive Education projects (1 in Liberia and 1 in Sierra Leone); - Mother and Child Health Project (SL), - Civil society support project (disability movement) in Liberia. These projects have been stopped last year and their human resources devoted to the Ebola response. They are currently resuming. The HI response to Ebola focuses in Sierra Leone on: - Ebola Ambulance fleet management in Western Area (Freetown and rural area): transportation of suspected and affected persons and home decontamination. - Ebola awareness raising of people with disabilities, either through direct awareness actions with this vulnerable group or through sensitisation of stakeholders in the field (authorities, NGOs in order to include the disability dimension in their awareness campaigns. Awareness campaigns were accompanied by a distribution of hygiene products. Today, in Sierra Leone, HI is leader of the “special needs” sub-committee of the cluster “Social Mobilisation” (lead by UNICEF). HI is also developing in this country several projects such as: - Consortium with several INGOs, to ensure protection of vulnerable groups (including Ebola affected persons) through the development of a protection desk mechanism in Sierra Leone. - Maternal and Child Health project: participate in rebuilding mutual confidence between community and health facilities, advocate for the inclusion of vulnerable people in community planning and response meetings, support and maintain comprehensive Infection Prevention and Control practices in the context of MCH at PHU level and psycho-social support (PSS) for EVD-affected families, with a special focus on vulnerable groups (women, children, disabled persons, survivors) discharged from holding/treatment canters. - In few districts in SL, HI is also realizing an assessment of the other impacts of the Ebola outbreak: on health system, food security (including a market analysis) and WASH. POSITION OBJECTIVES The Health Coordinator, who will report to the Program Director, will be in charge of coordinating and developing all health projects (current and future) for the Mano River program (Sierra Leone and Liberia) and provide technical support to the PM under his/her management. He will also be responsible for developing the next health (particularly Maternal and Child Health) strategy in Sierra Leone and Liberia linked with the recovery phase (including proposal writing). The Health Coordinator is expected to work in collaboration with the other coordinators of the program and to ensure linkages are done between emergency, recovery and development projects/phases. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS Your main responsibilities will be : - Monitor, in coordination with the Program Director, the evolution of the health and epidemiological situation in Sierra Leone and Liberia, particularly through information gathering, participating in meetings with emergency health stakeholders, and representing HI in relevant clusters (health, PSS etc.); - Support the needs assessments on-going (health part of the assessment) in Sierra Leone and coming assessments of needs in Sierra Leone; - Support the development of the intervention and positioning strategy of the program; - Identify resources to be mobilized for new interventions and write project proposals for donors; - Oversee the implementation and ensure relevancy and quality of the health response projects; - Ensure the follow up of donor contracts and reporting for health projects and guarantee the quality and timely submission of reports; - Ensure capitalization and analysis of internal reporting for the projects under his/her responsibility; - Participate in the management committees of the program; - Be the Safety focal point of the mission MAIN SPECIFIC TASKS REPRESENTATION - You participate actively to coordination and information meetings linked with the health and recovery response (health clusters, PSS, etc.); - Under request of the Program Director, you represent the organization, its health activities and programs during delegation visits; - Participate in the management committees of the program; HEALTH STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT - Monitor the evolution of the health and epidemiological situation in Sierra Leone and Liberia - In close collaboration with the Emergency Coordinator, you regularly follow up health humanitarian needs, donors strategies, financing opportunities in Sierra Leone linked with the health recovery phase - Ensuring health strategic programs development in accordance with humanitarian needs identified in the frame of Handicap International’s mandate and expertise - Support the development of the intervention and positioning strategy of the program; - Identify resources to be mobilized for new interventions - Write project proposals for donors according to the defined strategy; SUPERVISION /MONITORING - Oversee the implementation and quality of the current MCH project; - Ensure the coherence and the homogeneity of the MCH project under your responsibility (methodologies, indicators and results follow up); - You support the preparation of the final evaluation of the current MCH project; - Support the health part of the needs assessments on-going (Revision of data analysis, revision of preliminary report); TEAM MANAGEMENT - You define, with the staff under your responsibility (1 project manager), his action plan and delay for reaching defined goals (IAP); - You support and advise your team in the implementation of their IAP; - You ensure feed back towards your team about issues potentially raised by them; - You ensure a good communication – coordination – information level of each member of your team through regular coordination meetings (or other if needed); - You are concerned and aware on the personal and professional evolution of each expatriate under your management, and its development within the mission : individual interviews, oral and written evaluations; - You ensure conflict resolution (personal and professional) within your team and inform your manager; REPORTING - You receive and take acknowledgment of technical Sitreps sent by your team - You write the health department monthly sitreps, and send them monthly to the Program Director - You regularly update partners on the organization activities (especially in relevant coordination meetings) and send activities reports when accurate; - You regularly update donors on projects follow up (through contractual demanded or ad hoc reports and final reports); - You provide a mission report and/or handover document at the end of your contract; - Debriefing at HQ at the end of your mission (and during Home-Break if needed). SAFETY FOCAL POINT FOR THE MISSION - Support the DP concerning the safety/health of expat in Sierra Leone: - Ensure safety briefing for all expat arriving on the mission - Monitor the implementation of the RT Safety recommendations on specific measures linked with the Ebola context and suggestions for improvement if necessary - Technical support to the Program Director in maintaining the network related to safety and medevac in Sierra Leone - Participation in the development/revision of internal safety procedures, especially technical support to the Program Director for the update/inclusion of new information related to the expat health package in Freetown and the districts where HI works (new medevac process, contact list..) - Is the first focal point for any related health issues for all expat on the mission - Support to the Program Director for the response for any expat health problem (EVD or non EVD related) at mission level - Is the technical counter part of the safety RT at HQ level (concerning safety in the mission and project) - Support the DP in managing Ebola-related health issue of national staff JOB CONDITIONS - Based in Liberia(Monrovia) or Sierra Leone (Freetown), with frequent travel to the other country.  Status: salaried French contract - Salary : from 2200€ to 2400€ depending on the experience of the candidate) + 457€ expatriate allowance  Start: June 2015  Duration: 6 months (until December 2015) - Living conditions: guesthouse shared with other expatriates (no charges) - Social insurance: 100% covered - There is no contact at all with Ebola patient for any expatriate position