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Development & Quality (PDQ) Intern
Position Code: PDQ Intern
Location: Nairobi
Contract Duration:6 Months
Background: 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, Save the Children 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 Nairobi,
Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana and Wajir and works
through partners in many other parts of the country. Save the Children employs
more than 300 staff and had an operating annual budget in 2014 of approximately
US$25 million.
Save the Children’s Programme Development and Quality (PDQ) team leads the
development of high quality, innovative programmes that deliver immediate and
lasting change for children and provides technical support to monitoring the
quality of the implementation of those programmes.
The PDQ team is comprised of a dedicated Technical Advisor (TA)
for each thematic area (Nutrition, Health/HIV, Education, Child Protection,
Child Poverty and Child Rights Governance), in addition to a WASH TA and a
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager.
The current intervention programmes are driven by Save the Children Kenya’s
strategic plan 2013-2015.
As the plan is coming to an end in2015, a process of developing
a new country strategic plan (CSP) for 2016-2018 has commenced and will be
ongoing throughout 2015.
Overview of Role and Responsibilities for the PDQ Intern: Save the
Children Kenya, as part of the Save the Children movement, is undergoing a
strategic planning process for the 2016-2018 period (three years).
An initial phase of planning, input and consolidation of
thinking is required to enable the country office to develop the
plan.
The strategic plan will build on the existing strategic plan,
but add a completely new dimension of organisational structure, Save the
Children priorities and a much stronger focus of efforts for children in
Kenya.
The strategy will provide the broad framework for future work,
but also contribute to the wider Save the Children vision, mission and breakthroughs.
The PDQ intern will provide support to the PDQ Director (DPDQ)
and PDQ staff in compiling key information, preparing workshops, tracking the
CSP process and writing up meeting and workshop notes.
In addition to this, the PDQ intern will provide support to PDQ team members in
the preparation and organization of thematic and programme-related events,
workshops, conferences and meetings, as well as any other specific tasks as
agreed with the DPDQ.
Intern’s Tasks
Under the overall guidance of – and with significant support
from - the DPDQ, the intern will:
- Support
in the setting up agenda for CSP workshops and taking minutes
- Organize
for and participate in CSP planning meetings
- Support
Technical Advisors and other CSP task team members in the collation of CSP
data
- Support
in the preparation of presentations and/or other sessions and materials
for CSP workshops
- Organize
the logistics for CSP workshops
- Support
PDQ team members in the preparation and organization of events, workshops,
conference and meetings
- Any
other specific tasks as assigned by the DPDQ
Timeline: This internship is for a
six month duration.
Profile of desired Intern
- A
degree in social science.
- Experience
in child rights programing desirable
- Have
solid knowledge and practical experience in primary research and secondary
data review
- 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.
