NGO JOBS

Organization: World Vision
Country: Uganda
Closing date: 13 Sep 2013

Position: Reporting and Documentation Specialist
Reports to: Programs Manager and AIM Health Project Manager
Duty Station: Kabale

Purpose of the position:

To provide technical support for AIMHealth Project reporting and documentation development, data collection & analysis, Monitoring & Evaluation, research, reporting, and project visibility aligned to the Results Based M&E framework as well as support to the program teams on program development

Key responsibilities

• Develop/ rollout and manage AIM Health Project M&E database aligned to the Results Bases M&E Framework.
• Provide technical support to national office and field program staff and partners on integration of the strategy standard indicators into ongoing or new programs/projects and during program development, research and needs assessments
• Develop/adapt and coordinate administration of monitoring tools to track project performance based on the results based monitoring and evaluation framework
• Compile progress and annual program reports for management purposes in line with the detail strategy implementation plan and Donor Guidelines.
• Train and build M&E capacity of project and program staff, beneficiaries and other stakeholders according to World Vision Uganda Strategy, DME framework and Donor Guidelines.
• Plan for and implement project planning and review meetings in line with the project detailed implementation plan/National Annual Operating Plan
• Build and foster relationships with Government of Uganda counterparts, non-governmental organizations, academic and research institution, and work with them to advance M&E methodology, in close coordination with the Project Manager
• Document best practices and success stories of AIMH Project

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required

• Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences, Social Works and Social Administration, Development Studies or related development disciplines Or Statistics, Quantitative economics and related disciplines. Master’s degree is an added advantage.
• At least 5 years relevant experience with international organizations in research, monitoring and evaluation of, and reporting on complex (development) programs.
• Knowledge of and experience with a range of M&E tools and techniques, including ability to develop strategic plans and comprehensive effective systems for data collection, analysis and dissemination.
• Excellent command of MS Excel, and working knowledge of at least two statistical data management packages/softwares (quantitative & qualitative) e.g., SPSS, Nvivo/Nudist, Epi Info, STATA
• Ability to work with inter-disciplinary teams and a wide range of program/project activities.
• Strong writing and communication skills
• In sympathy with the Christian values

How to apply:

How to apply: Qualified candidates may submit their application and complete Curriculum Vitae, via email to wvujobs@wvi.org . Please address the application to the People and Culture Specialist (Recruitment) and do indicate the post title in the email subject line.

Deadline for receiving applications is: Friday, 13th September, 2013.

(Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply)

We do appreciate your interest in working with us. However, only short listed candidates will be contacted.

This position is open to Ugandan Nationals ONLY

Organization: Handicap International
Country: Iraq
Closing date: 19 Sep 2013

Handicap International is looking for :Consultant for Lessons Learned collection, analysis and documentation

COUNTRY : Kurdistan Region, Iraq CITIES : Erbil, Suleymaniah, and DohukStarting date : September 22nd, 2013 Length of the assignment:10 working days in Iraq, 10 working days outside Iraq– Total of 20 working days.Closing date for application : September 19th, 2013 Advertisement reference : LLRConsultancy

Terms of Reference for Lessons Learned Consultant

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organization 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 organization 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.fr/en/s/index.html

JOB CONTEXT:

Brief overview of the Iraqi contextAfter the official end of war in 2003, the population of Iraq is still hit by a complex and potentially violent situation. Despite a general improvement of the environment since 2007, the political agenda for the coming period is relatively volatile. Tensions between communities, issues such as access to oil reserves are not yet solved and can create further violence. As civilians are the primary victims of security incidents, Iraqi people continue to live in a climate of fear and insecurity. In addition, decades of wars and economic sanctions have also left Iraq in chaos. The country’s infrastructure has been severely damaged; access to basic goods and services remains restricted in many parts of the country. In Kurdistan Regional Governorate, where HI mission is based, overall situation and living conditions are far better than in the rest of the country. Nevertheless, the environment still remains unpredictable.

Project overviewThe Multi-Stakeholder Initiative - Improving Access to Rehabilitation services (MSI) is a 4 year-project aiming at improving access to rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the three governorates of the Kurdistan Region (KRG). Launched in 2010, the project has been supporting three main stakeholders involved in access to services: authorities, service providers and users of the services (PwDsand their representative organizations). It focuses on involving them in joint actions while facilitating the emergence of a multi-stakeholder dynamic with strong coordination and consultancy mechanisms. Indeed, access to services can only be improved by effective interaction between these stakeholders. Being a pilot initiative, the project also focuses on documenting experiences and lessons learned for dissemination amongst all stakeholders involved in access to rehabilitation services in Iraq.

JOB DESCRIPTION: LESSONS LEARNED CONSULTANCY

IntroductionThe MSI project has been relying on three major pillars to provide persons with disabilities with improved access to quality rehabilitation services in KRG: the promotion of Person-Centered Approach in rehabilitation centers across the region, the creation of and support to three disability information points, and a core multi-stakeholder dynamics. Since the latter is proving to be the most sustainable outcome of the project though innovative and challenging all along the process, the Lessons Learned report will be exclusively dedicated to the analysis of this component over time. This analysis will include the process of said core multi-stakeholder dynamics as well as the results attributable to collaborative work. Innovative by definition, the MSI project was designed with the perspective of being replicable: learning from it will increase the chances of success of every project to be conceived in the future upon the basis of multi-stakeholder components.

Goal, Objective and outcomes of the assignment:Goal: Understanding the role played by multi-stakeholder dynamics in the improved access of persons with disabilities to rehabilitation services in Northern IraqSpecific objective: Identifying tools and best practices for the successful implementation, continuation and replication of a multi-stakeholder dynamics while fostering the feeling of ownership of every stakeholder involved in the MSI projectExpected outcomes:? A Lessons Learned report is produced to be used as a baseline document by every stakeholder.? A clear methodology on how to set up a sustainable and fruitful multi-stakeholder dynamics is developed and will be shared with all stakeholders involved by the project team.? All stakeholders involved in the MSI project commit to continuing their efforts to coordinate among each other in order to provide persons with disabilities in Iraqi Kurdistan with improved access to quality rehabilitation services.? Both Lesson Learned process and report command local stakeholders’ ownership over the pilot multi-stakeholder initiative and empower them to maintain and/or set up multi-stakeholder dynamics on their own.Expected Outputs from the Lessons Learnt Report:? Expose the evolution of the multi-stakeholder dynamics fostered by Handicap International between 2010 and 2013 to improve PwDs’ access to services in KRG within the framework of the MSI project;? Present the lessons learnt from the process of said multi-stakeholder collaborative work at every level (KRG level, governorate level, district level);? Draw conclusions about direct and indirect results directly attributable to said multi-stakeholder collaborative work with regards to PwDs’ access to quality rehabilitation services in KRG.

Expected use and users of the Lessons Learned Report:The Lessons Learned report’s conclusions and recommendations are expected to be used by the stakeholders involved in the MSI project as well as any other actor working on improving the access to and quality of services benefiting persons with disabilities on a local, regional and national scale.

Scope of the assignment:The data collection will take place in Iraqi Kurdistan between September 22nd 2013 and October 3rd, 2013 across the governorates of Erbil, Duhok and Suleymaniah. It will include most of the stakeholders involved in the Multi-Stakeholder Initiative and the analysis will cover the whole duration of the project (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013).Once submitted in English, the final Lessons Learned report will be translated into Kurdish and Arabic and disseminated throughout all Iraq following a major launching event scheduled at the end of November 2013.

MethodologyThe lesson learning should be led through a participatory approach involving the direct beneficiaries of the Multi-Stakeholder Initiative 2010-2013: IPs/DPOs, rehabilitation centers’ staff, local and regional authorities. Possible methods for data collection include but are not necessarily limited to:? Document review? Interview with stakeholders and final beneficiaries? Focus group with final beneficiaries? Collection of storytelling and testimonies? Field visits

Proposed work plan The suggested work plan below should be revised and adjusted by the consultant according to the technical offer made. The proposed steps for the Lessons Learned consultancy are:? Core data collection to be led in the three governorates of KRG amongst key stakeholders according to a previously designed and agreed methodology.? Review of project documents and discussion with the Project Manager. ? Analysis and presentation of first findings to the Project Manager.? Reporting.

Structure of the expected final report:

The final report should be written in English, not exceed 30 pages (without annexes) and include: ? Executive summary of maximum 5 pages? Introduction? Description of the Lessons Learned process? Analysis of the information compiled regarding the project’s component “multi-stakeholder dynamics”? Results: strengths, weaknesses, best practices, critical points requiring special attention for replication? Conclusions : main Lessons Learned? Recommendations – going beyond the Multi-stakeholder pilot initiative.? Annexes: list of persons interviewed, list of documents reviewed, final timetable of consultancy, tools used for data collection, preliminary results presentation, report of each meeting/focus group/interview/workshop.

Time and DurationIt is expected that the trainer will:? spend 3 working days in Erbil to be briefed by the Project Manager, meet relevant stakeholders and read the documentation provided about the MSI project (reports of activities mainly)? spend 3 working days in Duhok to meet relevant stakeholdersand read the documentation provided about the MSI project (reports of activities mainly)? spend 4 working days in Suleymaniahto meet relevant stakeholdersand read the documentation provided about the MSI project (reports of activities mainly)? have 10 days to write the final Lessons Learned report in English (while outside Iraq):- submit a first draft for comments and validation by the Project Manager- submit a subsequent final version of the report to the Project ManagerAs previously mentioned, the 10working days on the field are expected to take place in Iraqi Kurdistan between September22nd and October 3rd, 2013.

EXPECTED FROM THE CANDIDATE

Candidate profileMandatory? Education: Minimum a Bachelor Degree in social sciences, development studies, disability studies or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related area.? Demonstrated experience in undertaking a Lessons Learned process (supporting documents appreciated) or similar activities.? Familiarity with participatory approaches and ownership-development strategies? Capitalization methodology and facilitation skills

Complementary? Experience in working in international/inter-cultural settings? Understanding of the Iraqi and Kurdish context, previous experience in Iraq an asset.

Required language skills? English mandatory? Kurdish and/or Arabic an asset

BudgetConsultant fees: 9,500 USD maximumThe travel expenses, local transportation and accommodation in Iraqi Kurdistan will be covered by Handicap International.

Offer expectedPlease provide us with :? CV including references? cover letter? technical offer and corresponding financial offer.

How to apply:

Please send your application no later than September 19th2013to: Handicap International Iraq: hi.iraq.recruitment@gmail.comApplications submitted by email should indicate as subject: LLR-MSI Please do not call

Organization: University Research Co.
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 19 Oct 2013

University Research Co., LLC (URC)URC is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.

Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems. Internationally, we expand access to and improve the quality of services addressing maternal, newborn, and child health; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; food and nutrition; and vulnerable children and families. In the US, we focus on improving communication related to issues like substance abuse, with a particular focus on reaching underserved populations.

URC’s mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based solutions to health and social challenges worldwide. Please join us in carrying out our mission (http://www.urc-chs.com/).

Division & Project OverviewThe International Development Group (IDG) is one of three international program divisions at URC/CHS and manages health field programs funded by USAID and CDC primarily in Africa and the Latin America region with key focus areas in improving health systems performance, including management support systems, and quality of care in maternal and child health, family planning, HIV/AIDS, TB and nutrition.

Roles and Responsibilities:IDG is seeking a Research and Documentation Specialist to support the implementation of Translating Research into Action (TRAction) Guatemala research activities and to provide documentation and communication support to the Developing Strategies in Central America and Panama Region to Strengthen the Reponses to the HIV Epidemic under PEPFAR (PROVIT) project. The Specialist will report to the TRAction Technical Support Lead for Guatemala, and technical lead for the PROVIT project.

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide technical support to project teams in the design and implementation of research activities.• Support field teams in LAC programs to analyze project data.• Support documentation of project activities through various communications channels (web stories, project briefs, journal articles etc.) • Edit project documents and reports.• Design, write, and edit promotional and informational material for internal and external audiences.• Work closely with IDG Knowledge Management Specialist to promote and foster results documentation, inter-project sharing and use of lessons learned and best practices.Minimum Qualifications:Required Experience & Qualifications
• Master’s degree in public health, communications, public relations, public policy, , international relations or the social sciences.• Three to five years of relevant experience. • Fluency in Spanish (reading, writing and speaking); experience with translation of technical documents.• Experience working with programs based in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region.• Ability to think creatively and strategically to identify the most effective methods for communicating information and promoting use of priority research and programming. • Experience with research design, implementation and data analysis.• Experience with report writing and project documentation. • Excellent writing and editing skills with strong attention to detail.Desired Experience & Qualifications
• Strong inter-cultural and interpersonal skills.• Experience writing for multiple audiences, especially in translating technical knowledge into common language. • Familiarity with use of social media sites as platforms for disseminating information and increasing interest. • Familiarity with Microsoft Suite

How to apply:

To Apply:

For immediate consideration, please visit URC’s Career Opportunities page at www.urc-chs.com/careers.

Please cut and paste your cover letter and upload your CV where indicated. Also, please complete your application form and attach a completed USAID Form 1420 Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet as well.

Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be contacted. No phone calls please. However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise. Thank you very much for your interest.

URC is an E-Verify Employer

URC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.We value and seek diversity in our workforce.

Organization: Save the Children
Country: Kenya
Closing date: 16 Aug 2013

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR DOCUMENTATION OF BEST PRACTICES IN HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROGRAMME

Background Information

Save the Children is the world's largest independent organization for children, making a difference to children's lives in over 120 countries. We deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children's lives worldwide. Save the Children listens to children, involves children and ensures their views are taken into account. Save the Children secures and protects children's rights - to food, shelter, healthcare, education and freedom from violence, abuse and exploitation.

Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Save the Children has been operational in Kenya for more than 20 years, working on four core thematic areas: right to Health, right to Freedom from Hunger, right to Education and right to Protection. The rights-based approach of our interventions is founded on four interlocking pillars: direct programming, political and policy change, popular mobilization and fundraising. We provide support through both longer term development work and humanitarian relief in emergencies

Save the Children has a strong track record of supporting health systems strengthening through direct interventions, policy analysis and advocacy especially on key building blocks of high-quality health systems namely financing, governance and human resources. As a child rights organization, we are committed to ascertain and follow the priorities of the communities we work with and to increase child and community participation in governance, policy-making and delivery of health services.

Nutrition Programme

Save the Children received co-funding from both ECHO and DFID to support the Ministry of Health (MOH) to implement High Impact Nutrition Interventions (HINI) in Wajir and Mandera Counties starting from 1st July 2012 to 31st December 2013. The support to the MOH is provided in accordance with the new implementation strategy that shifts the responsibility of implementation of HINI programme activities to the Ministry of Health, with technical, logistical and financial support provided by Save the Children. The High Impact Interventions (HINI) are being implemented at both health facilities and hard-to-reach areas.

Rationale

Save the Children is currently supporting the MOH to implement High Impact Interventions, as adoption of the new strategy of indirect nutrition programme implementation. This process needs to be documented systematically so as to capture key challenges; best practices and lessons learnt which would then be shared with the MOH, Donors and other stakeholders for further scale up to other counties. Ultimately such lessons learnt, best practices and discussions should feed into the review of relevant national nutrition policies and guidelines.

Purpose of the Consultancy

• To document in both narrative and film selected aspects of the current Save the Children nutrition programme in Wajir and Mandera Counties. The review of this documentation by Save the Children will help in the determination of best practices and lessons learnt.

The Scope of Work

The scope of this consultancy includes, but is not limited to, the following:

a) Develop tentative consultancy work-plan
b) Narrative and film documentation of the health and nutrition programmes, focusing on the following areas:

1) Provision of technical support by Save the Children to MoH key nutrition and health staffs

• Advantages of the current implementation strategy over the previous direct implementation.
• What is the sustainability of the HINI activities in the districts?

2) The provision of logistical support to Ministry of Health to deliver High Impact Nutrition Interventions (HINI) in hard-to-reach areas.

• What are the types and quantity of logistical support provided to the Ministry of Health?
• What logistical support is usually provided to MOH?
• How are the monthly vehicle movement plans drawn or prepared and by whom?
• How the supplies (i.e. RUTF) are distributed from the district Hospitals to the rural facilities and who does the D-plan.?
• Is the logistical support provided adequate?

3) The participation of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the delivery of High Impact Nutrition Interventions in hard-to-reach areas.

• What roles do CHWs perform in the delivery of High Impact Nutrition Interventions and other health interventions?
• What is their level of motivation?
• What are the challenges they face?
• What are their recommendations?
• Perception of CHWs on the partnership with SC and MOH

4) The recruitment and secondment of health workers to support the Ministry of Health in the delivery of High Impact Nutrition Interventions (HINI)

• How was the recruitment conducted?
• What are the mechanisms for remuneration of seconded personnel?
• What are the Ministry’s future plans for the seconded staffs?
• What are the roles and responsibilities of the county government to support the deployment of personnel to the facilities to complement partner’s efforts?
• What advocacy role has SCI participated in at district and county level to ensure adequate staff to support health and nutrition programs in the region?

5) Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition at hard-to-reach areas

• Document the screening and admission processes.
• Document the pre-mixing of CSB and cooking oil.
• Document the provision of IMAM rations at hard-to-reach areas.
• Document emerging issues regarding the stabilization centers
• Document success stories of children admitted in the IMAM program

6) High Impact Nutrition Interventions at Health Facilities

• Document the package (range of services) and integration of High Impact Nutrition Interventions (HINI) at health facilities.
• Document the challenges/lessons learnt by the in-charges who also deliver services in their catchment outreach sites.
• Document the linkages in the integration of health and nutrition services in relation to implementation

7) Mother to mother support groups/care support groups

• How were the MTMSGs formed?
• Which functions do they perform to promote the uptake of the recommended maternal, infant and young child Nutrition (MIYCN) practices?
• What are the motivational factors?
• What have been some of the achievement of MTMSG in the promotion of MIYCN practices as well as hygiene promotion at the community? What impact has the training had in regard to uptake of services and behavior change?
• What has been the role of men in the promotion of MIYCN practices through the care support groups? What impact has it had?
• What are the challenges they face? How are these being addressed?
• What are the sustainability practices? (E.g. are there any successful income-generating activities initiated by the mothers and kitchen gardens etc.)
• What is the role of the community in regard to supporting the MTMSG to provide services?

8) Case Studies

• Document a case study on severely malnourished child with medical complications.
• Document a case study on a malnourished pregnant or lactating mother
• Document case study on successful Mother to Mother support Group.
• Document case studies on the trends and linkages of the program from mobilization, assessments, referral to facilities, interventions, discharges and referral back to community as well as linkages to sustainable strategies ( Nutrition Care Process holistic approach)

1. GoK roles and responsibilities including the role of MOH, other line ministries including water and irrigation, Agriculture and the devolved county government.

• What has been the Ministry of Health’s contribution/ role in the nutrition programme?
• What has been the role of the District and County in Advocacy to support health and nutrition interventions?( these includes HRH)
• The role of DHMT in systems strengthening, advocacy and resource mobilization to complement the role of partners in the region?
• What are the overall challenges and what impact have they felt from the Save the Children’s supported programs?

Expected Deliverables

The consultant shall be responsible for:

1) Concise Narrative Report (not more than 50 pages double-spaced, Times New Roman font size 12) on best practices and lessons learnt in the nutrition programme.
2) Film documentary on key areas in the nutrition programme (submitted in 3 or more quality CDs)Support to be provided by Save the Children

Save the Children will provide the following support towards the successful execution of consultancy:

1) Provide logistics to the consultant for field activities.
2) Make arrangements with beneficiaries, community members and partners.
3) Provide translators (if need be)
4) Consultant’s daily rate
5) Avail documents/information relevant to the project context that the consultant might require. Information might also be obtained from programme staff; MOH staff; mother-to-mother support groups; CHWs and beneficiaries through interviews.

Timeframe

This consultancy will be conducted in July 2013 and is expected to last between 8 to 12 days.

Conditions of Work

The exercise will be coordinated from Save the Children field offices in Wajir and Mandera Counties. Save the Children will facilitate the consultant’s travel from Nairobi to the field office and field sites. Save the Children will as well provide administrative, logistics, accommodation, meals and security-related support to ensure smooth implementation of the consultancy. The consultant will be required to abide by the organization’s security procedures as well as other applicable rules and regulations, including the code of conduct. Technical guidance and supervision for the consultant will be provided by the Health and Nutrition Programme Managers and Area Programme Managers.

Consultant’s Profile

1) Knowledge and understanding of community nutrition programmes.
2) Demonstrated experience in conducting similar work (film documentation of best practices) for international non-governmental organizations
3) Knowledge of and experience in arid, semi-arid and pastoralist environments.

Expression of Interest

All interested consultants/firms are requested to write an expression of interest by:

1) Explaining their competences to meet the requirements of the assignment.
2) Provide a detailed professional budget in Kenya Shillings (indicate daily professional rates)
3) Provide tentative work-plan and duration of the assignment and when ready to undertake the assignment. Kindly note that the work-plan might be subject to revision once the consultant has been selected.
4) Provide evidence of similar work undertaken in the recent past (not more than 5 years).

How to apply:

Please send your application as per attached Expression of interest by email to: Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org .

Please indicate ‘DOCUMENTATION OF BEST PRACTICES’ as the subject heading.
Application deadline: 16th August 2013
Any canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.