Save the Children recruits a FSL AssistantS – (200003CX)

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to FSL Project Officer

Reporting to: None

Budget responsibility: None

Key areas of accountability:

  • Follow up on time implementation of all FSL activities in assigned areas under close coordination with the direct supervisor.
  • Coordinate with the community for conducting community sensitisation meetings/workshops to the project’s objectives, activities, and selection criteria on the area level.
  • Follow up implementation of FSL activities with the established Community Development Committees (CDC).
  • Coordinate with targeted communities for conducting of the beneficiary selection, registration and verification process.
  • Make sure the daily work of the participants in CFW activities are going smoothly.
  • Ensure all labor participants are committed to the safety and security measures.
  • Pay attention to ideas and information from field visits, which may assist in future project ideas. Such information to be included in regular project reports to the direct supervisor.
  • Send daily reports to the direct supervisor including detailed and accurate data concerning all activities assigned as well as addresses progress, specific challenges and successes.
  • Ensure quality photos are taken in the field and shared in the reports.
  • Respect time within working hours, meeting deadlines, and other requests from direct supervisor or Program Manager.
  • Assist in carrying out needed assessments and data collection from the targeted areas.
  • Assist in data entry and ensure the quality of information collected.
  • Cooperate with other sector field workers: WASH, Health & Nutrition and Child Protection to ensure proper integration and coordination.
  • Participate in regular feedback sessions on all implementation findings.
  • To ensure and evaluate project progress in order to capture and share learning from what has been done, and to facilitate a culture of continuous individual and organizational learning.
  • Take lead in the supervision of CFW activities.
  • Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

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
  • Creates a managerial environment to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding

Ambition:

  • Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
  • Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a country wide/global scale

Collaboration:

  • Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
  • Builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
  • Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.

Creativity:

  • Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
  • Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach

Integrity:

  • honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
  • displays consistent excellent judgement

Qualifications and experience and attributes

  • Secondary school with at least two years working experience on development projects;
  • Experience in emergency response RRM and cash transfer.
  • Experience in field data collection.
  • Experience in verification and accountability.
  • Very good at using Excel and other MS Office applications
  • Good coordination skills.
  • Ability to work with a team and individually.
  • Flexible, adaptable, able to improve and work in stressful and instable environment.
  • Good written English and ability to write good quality reports.
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions quickly and independently.
  • Willingness to travel as required within Yemen; willingness to live in remote and isolated environments.
  • Sense of neutrality and ability to work across Yemen, in cooperation with all sides of the conflict.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Location: Hodieda

Employee Status: Fixed Term

Closing Date: Jun 29, 2020

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