Job Description

TITLE: FSL Officer (1)
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Nutrition/FSL

LOCATION: Torit FO

GRADE 4

CONTRACT LENGTH: 9 months

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or' more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The post holder will be responsible for overall community mobilization and engagement, timely planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and review of the project. The post holder will specifically provide technical support to the project for its successful implementation according to approved donor and government agreements. It will also ensure that the human, material and financial resources of the project well managed in line with SCI financial, grant management and other approved guidelines in close collaboration with the project and other team members. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Nutrition Project Coordinator

Staff reporting to this post: MIYCN counsellors, Nutrition Assistant ,Father & Mother support groups

Budget Responsibilities: N/A

Role Dimensions

About: For 100 years, Save the Children has been making a difference in children's lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world's largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by a vision of 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 is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organisation dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives. In South Sudan, we implement programmes in Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Develop livelihoods work plan Captured related activities during implementation as per the project documents.
• Work with the local authorities and target community in setting participatory beneficiary selection criteria and selections of direct beneficiaries for each type of responses„
• Facilitate technical training on good agronomic practices and Set up demonstration plots for nearing purpose and innovation.
• Facilitate distribution of agricultural inputs: seeds, tools and livestock & poultry and ensure the beneficiaries receive timely to meet agricultural and Livestock seasons.
• Facilitate technical training to modern agronomic practices, animal husbandry, disease Prevention, and nutrition utilization and climateClimate-Smart Gardening including processing, preservation, and marketing.
• Plan, implement, monitor and review the implementation of the livelihood component of the project according to the approved donor and local government agreements.
• Provide technical support to local authorities and target communities aiming at building their planning and implementation capacity
• Prepare and maintain records, beneficiary's database, documents and control for the monitoring of projects/ program implementation.
• Prepare weekly and monthly implementation plans
• Provide technical support to Nutrition promoters, counsellors, mother & Father Support group, community volunteers, AAP committees and community to ensure that activities are carried out on timely manner.
• Represents SCI at county and/or Payam(s) levels and participate in local nutrition, and FSL at cluster level and others as required.
• Prepare action plans jointly with project -staffs and line departments and -other stakeholders for monitoring, review and periodic project reporting.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, intermediate and final reports and submit to the supervisor
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Document and share lessons learnt in a comprehensive and detailed manner to enable track trends on changes on a timely basis
• Work closely with MEAL officers to ensure accurate and all data are captured related to MIYCN indicators.

BEHAVIOURS (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 their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree, Diploma or equivalent in agronomy, Agriculture economics, Rural Development, NRM and DRR, food security, and/or emergency livelihood/food security intervention.
• At least three years of work experience in agriculture sector at least three years in the local or international NGOs or government
• Experience in implementation of similar project/programs in livelihood-based emergency responses activities in agriculture sector and village level saving and credit activities.
• Spoken and written fluency in English and computer literacy (MS Office and email/internet);
• Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
• Understanding of local language and culture is mandatory.
• Experience in facilitating community based trainings.
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
• Strong communications skills, and a good team player.
• Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with children and their careers.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks
• Able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
• Strong interpersonal skills, ethical sensitivity and ability to empathise with children, youth and their carers

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.

JD written by: Date:

Save the children India employ approximately 300 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.