Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning Intern
Position Code: MEAL Intern
Team / Programme:Programme Development and
Quality (PDQ)
Location: Nairobi
Contract Length: 6 Months
Child Safeguarding: Level 3 - the
responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular
contact with or access to children or young people
Role Purpose: Save the Children
International is a 'full spectrum’ organisation that seeks to inspire
breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and create lasting change
in children’s lives.
Monitoring,
Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) is a core function in all Save
the Children International programmes globally, representing our commitment to
accountability and transparency, and is crucial aspect of programme quality
management within Save the Children.
The MEAL Intern will focus on two key assignments:
1) Provide support to the endline evaluation of Save the Children’s School Health and Nutrition project
1) Provide support to the endline evaluation of Save the Children’s School Health and Nutrition project
The Wrigley funded School Health and Nutrition project has
worked for toward the goal of improving the health and educational status of
children in six countries.
In Kenya the project focuses on urban Nairobi and peri-urban
Kiambu schools.
During the life of the project, the School Health and Nutrition
(SHN) interventions directly reached 37,517 children from 25 schools.
The project set out to reach the following four objectives:
The project set out to reach the following four objectives:
- Availability
of Services: Increase schoolchildren’s access to primary health and
nutrition services.
- Quality
of School Environment: Improve access to safe water and sanitation in
targeted schools.
- Knowledge,
Attitudes and Interest: Promote awareness and understanding of healthy behaviors
and practices among schoolchildren, their teachers and parents.
- Policy
and Support: Strengthen application of the 2009 National School Health
Policy and practice at the school, district and national levels.
The MEAL Intern will work closely with an SHN Fellow from Emory
University to assist the SHN team for the end-line evaluation of the Wrigley
Kenya program.
2) Provide support to the development and implementation of a Learning and Knowledge Management Strategy for save the Children’s Nairobi Managed Programs
2) Provide support to the development and implementation of a Learning and Knowledge Management Strategy for save the Children’s Nairobi Managed Programs
As part of its MEAL roll-out plan for 2015, Save the Children
Kenya is developing a Learning and Knowledge Management (LKM) strategy and
system which looks at four stages of knowledge (generation, capture, sharing
and application) and looks at three components of learning and knowledge
management (people, processes, technology).
The MEAL Intern will work closely with the MEAL Officer for Nairobi Managed Programmes to adapt and apply the LKM strategy to different programmes managed from the Nairobi office.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: MEAL Manager
Dimensions: Save 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.
The MEAL Intern will work closely with the MEAL Officer for Nairobi Managed Programmes to adapt and apply the LKM strategy to different programmes managed from the Nairobi office.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: MEAL Manager
Dimensions: Save 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.
In February 2014, we completed a second transition, which saw us
join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and merge their health and nutrition
programmes with our own.
Save the Children now has an operational presence in Bungoma,
Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Nairobi, Turkana and Wajir.
We work through partners in many other parts of the
country.
We have a staff complement of around 300 staff and an operating
annual budget of approximately US$21 million in 2014.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key Areas of Accountability:
Under the direct supervision of the MEAL Manager, the MEAL Intern is responsible for:
Under the direct supervision of the MEAL Manager, the MEAL Intern is responsible for:
1) Provide support to the endline evaluation of Save the
Children’s School Health and Nutrition project
Working closely with the SHN Programme Officer, WASH Technical Advisor and SHN Fellow from Emory University:
Working closely with the SHN Programme Officer, WASH Technical Advisor and SHN Fellow from Emory University:
- Assisting
with the design and development of forms and questionnaires for data
collection and analysis;
- Conducting
data collection;
- Contributing
to data cleaning and analysis;
- Assisting
with research and writing or editing;
2) Provide support to the development and implementation of a
Learning and Knowledge Management Strategy for Save the Children’s Nairobi
Managed Programs
- Support
in the development and implementation of LKM plans for Nairobi Managed
Programmes, based on the wider country office LKM strategy;
- Assist
with data and knowledge management, cleaning, and quality control
- Support
wider learning initiatives in Kenya Country Office
- Support
the MEAL team through various administrative duties.
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
Profile of Desired Intern
- A
degree in social science.
- Experience
in child rights programing desirable
- Have
solid knowledge and practical experience in data collection and analysis
- Excellent
organizing, facilitating, presentation and communication skills
- Excellent
written and spoken English
- The
capacity and willingness to work well on their own initiative and respond
to challenges
- Ability
to work with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams
- Willingness
to sign and abide by the Save the Children Child Safeguarding Policy
How to Apply
Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory
Cover letter to Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org indicating the
Position Code on the subject line by 23rd March 2015.
Due to the urgency of these positions, applications will be
reviewed as when receive them.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.