Temporary FSL Program Assistants -Abudwak Somali-National only

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Reports to: FSL Program Officer

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Dimensions: Save the Children has been working in Somalia for more than 60 years. The Country Office has over 600 staff across 14 field offices (Boroma, Burao and Hargeisa in Somaliland; Bossaso, Garowe, Galkayo and Gardo in Puntland; Beletweyne, Adaado, Abudwak, Baidoa, Kismayo, Dhobley and Mogadishu in southern states). Our Country Office coordination and administration base is in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, as a result of significant scale up for the countrywide drought response, our annual spend FY2017 was US$117 million and we reached more than 2 million people through our humanitarian and longer-term development work in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Education, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Child Protection and Child Rights Governance. The Country Office manages 61 active awards totalling US$165 million from a range of governmental/institutional donors, including DFID, ECHO, EU, FFP, OFDA, and DANIDA being some of our largest.

ROLE PURPOSE: The primary purpose of the Program Assistant is to directly work with communities to implement FSL interventions in the target locations. In addition to this, the Program Assistants will be assigned additional duties and responsibilities to be undertaken at the office level. The Program Assistant will undertake community engagements, mobilization, project set up, delivery of project activities ensuring full adherence to quality benchmarks and other FSL set out protocols, project monitoring, data collection and management and capacity building of community groups.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor degree of (agriculture, veterinary or any other relevant degree with at least 1-year relevant Work experience or diploma/degree level qualification with 2-year relevant work experience.
• Experience working in community mobilization, data entry, data collection, project monitoring and reporting.
• Ability to read and write in English as well as Somali language.
• Computer skills, with focus on word processing and excel.
• Strong morals including, honesty, transparency, generosity, altruism and respect.
• Experience in working in harsh environment would be an added advantage.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations in a team.
• Able to work independently and with limited supervision.

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Application will be close on 17th April 2021.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy

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