1.) Senior Malaria Advisor – SIHSA
Job Description
TITLE: Senior Malaria Advisor
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Health
LOCATION: Coordination Office
GRADE: TBC
CONTRACT LENGTH: one Year
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: Because they work in country programs, are visiting country programs, or are in charge of carrying out the police checking/vetting process staff, the post holder will come into contact with kids and/or teenagers frequently (e.g., once per week or more) or intensely (e.g., four days in one month or more or overnight).
Save the Children is submitting a financing request to the next Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA) in Sierra Leone, which is expected to be financed by USAID. The Activity will increase the management and governance of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, both at the central and district levels, as well as the quality of family planning, maternity, neonatal, child, and adolescent health, as well as malaria services. It will also encourage the adoption of critical health behaviors.
The Senior Malaria Advisor (SMA) works under the direction of the Technical Director/Deputy Chief of Party (TD/DCOP) and assures the technical implementation of high impact, well-proven interventions that adhere to specified objectives and reporting specifications. In addition to ensuring that operations are technically and methodologically sound, the senior malaria advisor will assist in planning and designing a complete malaria control program in partnership with the project team and partners. Additionally, the Senior Malaria Advisor will oversee the work of technical employees, manage the implementation of essential program activities across the targeted areas, and make sure that the project team receives effective technical and operational assistance.
The money and endorsement of donors are required for this post.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Deputy Chief of Party
Budget Responsibilities: Yes
Role Dimensions: (N/A)
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- holds oneself accountable for making decisions, effectively managing resources, attaining goals, and setting an example for others. Values of Save the Children
- Holds the team and partners accountable for carrying out their duties, allowing them the freedom to do so in the way that best suits them, offering the required training to boost performance, and enforcing suitable sanctions when goals are not met.
Ambition:
- sets high-calibre objectives for themselves and their group, assumes responsibility for their own personal growth, and motivates their group to do the same.
- shares widely their own vision for Save the Children, engages others, and inspires them
Future-focused, strategically minded, and globally aware.
Collaboration
- builds and maintains strong connections with their group, teammates, members, and outside partners and supporters.
- recognizes diversity as a source of competitive strength and values it
friendly, attentive, and simple to talk to.
Creativity:
- creates and promotes fresh, creative ideas
- ready to take calculated risks.
Integrity:
Honest, promotes transparency and openness, and exhibits the greatest standards of integrity.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree is necessary; a master’s degree in global health, public health, international development, or medicine is preferred.
- Having implemented international malaria prevention and treatment programs for a minimum of seven years, preferably in Sierra Leone or other West African nations.
- interaction with US government agencies, host country governments, and other international and national stakeholders in the past
- technical expertise in program design, management, monitoring, evaluation, and research techniques.
Knowledge about malaria preventive and treatment strategies is crucial. - shown capacity to coordinate with local governorates, foreign partners, and national health ministries on complex, multi-intervention health development initiatives.
- Ability to organize and coordinate partners around chosen malaria intervention strategies and indicators has been demonstrated.
- commitment to meeting deadlines and working in a very time-sensitive workplace while providing high quality project deliverables.
- prior expertise and familiarity with USAID guidelines and procedures.
- the capacity to promote teamwork and function in a team environment.
- strong English communication skills, both written and spoken.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Participate in the creation of clinical training standards, supervisory systems, and other implementation-related materials that are evidence-based, relevant, and required for malaria control activities.
- Build and maintain a great rapport with coworkers, partners, and benefactors.
- To improve service access, use, and quality, exercise technical leadership.\
- Partner up and organize around chosen malaria intervention strategies and indicators.
Coordination of evaluations, analysis of clinical service delivery problems that obstruct access to care, formulation and testing of suitable methods for a long-term, sustainable solution are all things that can be helped. - Help in the evaluation of the clinical training needs, as well as in the creation and implementation of the best solutions to meet those needs.
- Ensure that USAID and the local government’s needs are met using a technically competent, evidence-based, and flexible approach.
- Inform the Chief of Party and the project team of any achievements, setbacks, or lessons gained from putting programs in place in your technical areas of competence.
- Participate in and make presentations at relevant meetings and conferences to represent Save the Children in professional settings.
- Develop work plans, long-term strategy, and reporting by contributing.
- Share your experiences, lessons learned, and difficulties with the technical and program personnel.
- When it comes to activities, give instruction, aftercare, and supportive monitoring as needed.
- oversee the program’s activities’ monitoring and assessment.
Additional duties in the workplace
The obligations and activities listed above are not all-inclusive, and the role holder may be asked to perform additional tasks that are suitable for their level of education and experience.
Equitable Chances
The post holder must perform their tasks in accordance with SCI’s policies and procedures regarding equal opportunity and diversity.
Child Protection:
Children must be kept secure, thus our hiring procedure, which involves thorough background checks, demonstrates our dedication to safeguarding kids from harm.
Safety and Health
The role holder must perform the tasks in accordance with the policies and procedures of SCI Health and Safety.
What We Do
The Business We work locally in more than 100 countries and employ almost 25,000 people worldwide to assist children who are in need of improved healthcare, education, and child protection or who are affected by crises. Additionally, we advocate and agitate at the highest levels to recognize children’s rights and make sure their voices are heard. By 2030, we hope to achieve three breakthroughs in how the world views children:
Before turning five, no child dies from preventable causes. A good foundational education teaches all children that violence against children is no longer acceptable.
We are aware that great people make a successful organization, and that our staff members are essential to achieving our goals for children.We cherish our employees and provide a fulfilling career combined with a collaborative and inclusive environment that places a high importance on ambition, innovation, and integrity.
Application information: To apply, please submit a single document that includes your cover letter and most recent CV. Please be specific about your current compensation and expected salary. The whole role profile is available at www.savethechildren.net/jobs. Children must be kept safe, and our hiring procedure must reflect our dedication to safeguarding kids from harm.
Job Information
- Position Number: Max
- Employment Type Program Operations
- Date Posted: 09/22/2023 02:16
- Apply before October 20, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
- Job Schedule Permanent
- Locations Freetown, CO
Sierra Leone MEAL Advisor (MEA) On September 22, 2023Application First-Time OnlyA Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor is needed for the Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA) initiative, which Save the Children International will run in Sierra Leone over a five-year period with funding from USAID. This is a national post that will have a Freetown base with frequent trips to the provinces. Applications from women and people with disabilities are invited. Deadline: October 20, 2023. -Please be aware that applications will be assessed on a rolling basis while the original job posting is active and that this publication is a rolling recruitment. Save the Children International maintains a zero tolerance policy for multiple work and does not demand any payment or fee during the entire hiring procedure. Any request made in this direction needs to be reported right away.
2.) MEAL Manager (MEA) – EAA
Job Description
TITLE: Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager–Sierra Leone Country Office
TEAM/PROGRAMME: OOSC NGO Consortium
LOCATION: Based in Freetown with frequent field visit
GRADE: 2
CONTRACT LENGTH:12 months renewable up to 3 years
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: LEVEL 3: The post holder will come into contact with children and/or young people frequently (e.g., once per week or more) or intensely (e.g., four days or more in one month or overnight) because they work with country programs, are visiting country programs, or are in charge of carrying out the police checking/vetting process for staff.
In order to fulfill the projected Delivering Learning for Out of School Children (OOSC) Project, Save the Children is looking for a MEAL Manager. To help out-of-school children enroll in formal and non-formal learning programs, the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) is working in conjunction with the Qatar-based Education Above All (EAA) Foundation to launch a five-year program. The MBSSE will receive money from the World Bank as part of a program designed to offer efficient accelerated learning opportunities that enhance OOSC enrollment, retention, completion, learning outcomes, and transition. To co-implementate this initiative with MBSSE, an NGO Consortium led by Save the Children has been established.
The OOSC NGO Consortium Partners’ MEAL component will be led by the MEAL Manager, who will also ensure that a well-established, reliable MEAL system exists. His or her leadership will make sure that learning is included into program design along with quality and accountability criteria. The MEAL Manager will assist the project teams in strategically adapting activities and strategies to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of programming and maximize the project’s positive effects by encouraging participation and contextual data analysis. The MEAL Manager will coordinate with technical teams to oversee the program, which will include both proposed quantitative and qualitative approaches, and will offer technical and field support for implementation of research, learning, monitoring, and evaluation activities, data analysis, and application of findings.
The post holder will be expected to operate outside the typical role profile and be prepared to adjust working hours as necessary in the case of a serious humanitarian catastrophe.
ROLE SUMMARY:
Reports to: The Country Office Head of MEAL and the SC OOSC Chief of Party
Employees answering to this position: MEAL Officers
Dimensions: Coordinates with SCUK TAs and FEPS MEAL Manager (at MBSSE) to ensure that each Consortium partner is successfully implementing a standardized MEAL System.
No budgetary obligations
ESSENTIAL FIELD OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Technical Direction
- Oversee the creation and implementation of the OOSC NGO system, ensuring the highest levels of accountability, monitoring, and assessment for all project components.
- In cooperation with the Chief of Party and the Head of MEAL, create a comprehensive research, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning strategy that includes longitudinal studies and impact monitoring techniques.
- Engage in discussions with SCUK Technical Advisors and the Consortium’s MEAL Working Group to make sure the MEAL System is reliable and functioning for all Consortium Partners.
- Implement the OOSC NGO Consortium MEAL system by providing hands-on technical and management support, oversight of MEAL activities, and technical advice and counseling to Consortium Partners.
serve as the hub for utilizing new technologies to support OOSC program monitoring, evaluation, research, learning, and quality improvement programs. - At regional, center, and member offices, work with Country Office MEAL and other technical experts to seek out pertinent technical help and recommendations.
- Establishing and maintaining an electronic database for OOSC will allow for accurate and efficient tracking of OOSC from enrollment through completion.
- Make sure that the teams, in collaboration with the Chief of Party, design and consistently apply MEAL tools and quantitative and qualitative research.
- Ensure the accurate, well-written, and compliant quarterly, intermediate, and annual reports, including KPI adjustments, are submitted on time.
- Technical assistance from the Consortium technical working group will be used to plan, design, and manage a baseline survey, midline survey, and end line evaluation throughout all 10 Target Districts in cooperation with the Chief of Party and Head of MEAL.
- Develop and implement improvement strategies to strengthen OOSC programming and Non Formal Education (NFE) interventions in accordance with Key Performance Indicators based on the assessment’s findings.
- Make certain that programming information and user comments are reliable, timely, and frequently used to guide programming decisions.
- Assure that all evaluation/assessment reports adhere to Save the Children’s standards for quality, and encourage the incorporation of suggestions and lessons learned into project planning and future programming.
- Work with the national MEAL team to standardize project monitoring methods, promote the sharing of lessons learned, and take full advantage of opportunities for capacity building.
- Maintain the Save the Children MEAL culture by adding MEAL modules in PRIME in your project management methodology.
- Make sure the project team is aware of the project’s contribution to the CSP deployment and reporting.
- Promote child-friendly MEAL techniques to aid in the implementation of programs that are child-focused and child-led.
- Make sure that the monitoring and evaluation technique for the project is based on an awareness of gender and age dynamics.
- Create quality case studies and quarterly lessons learned reports, and make sure they are included in each report.
Coordination and personnel development
- Create the appropriate MEAL Working Group and either Lead or Co-Lead it for the Consortium Partners.
- Support and technical direction are given to the TWG’s MEAL employees.
- Facilitate professional development chances for everyone who reports to him or her directly by holding coaching and mentoring sessions.
- Organize and lead educational activities and events for all MEAL personnel involved in education and child development.
- Cooperate closely with FEPS colleagues within the MBSSE to improve MEAL in order to collect more thorough, accurate, and well-disaggregated education data.
Publications and Reporting
- Ensure that all quarterly, biennial, and yearly reports to funders and other audiences have up-to-date and correct information on indicators.
- Compile and exchange project and program data systematically with external partners and stakeholders, as well as at departmental and project review and planning meetings.
- Ensure that all the data and material utilized for publications and media products is correct and appropriate by working with your colleagues in advocacy, communications, and media.
- Assist the communication officer in recording and communicating the successes, lessons learned, and accomplishments of projects and programs to a variety of audiences.
- Work together on the creation of the country annual plans (CAP), country annual reports (CAR), and cross-thematic learning and knowledge management initiatives with the PQD Director and Senior MEAL Manager.
Advocacy and Representation
Establish collaborations and relationships with academic institutions both inside and outside of Sierra Leone, and make sure that research and publications adhere to strict technical standards.
whatever additional responsibilities that the supervisor assigns
COMPETENCES AND BEHAVIOR (OUR VALUES IN PRACTICE)
Accountability:
- holds oneself accountable for making decisions, effectively managing resources, attaining goals, and setting an example for others. Values of Save the Children
- Holds the team and partners accountable for completing their tasks, allowing them the freedom to do so in the method that best suits them, giving them the training they need to perform better, and enforcing suitable sanctions when objectives are not met.
Ambition:
- sets high-calibre objectives for themselves and their team, takes ownership of their own personal growth, and motivates others to do the same.
- shares widely their own vision for Save the Children, engages others, and inspires them
Future-focused and strategically minded
Collaboration:
- creates and upholds effective connections with their group, teammates, members, and external partners and supporters.
- recognizes diversity as a source of competitive strength and values it.
- Easy to chat to, good listener, and approachable
Creativity
- creates and promotes fresh, creative ideas
- being ready to accept controlled risks
Integrity:
Honest, promotes transparency and frankness
REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE
- a bachelor’s degree at the very least in statistics, education, economics, or another pertinent field.
- It would be ideal to have an advanced degree or postgraduate certificate in educational testing and measurement, monitoring and evaluation, or statistics.
- An extra benefit is educational experience.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- a minimum of five years of practical experience conducting research, monitoring, and evaluation in the field of education or a closely connected development field.
- extensive knowledge of program management information systems and tools, including creation and maintenance
- terms of reference (ToRs) for independent consultants, supervising independent consultants, and analyzing research/evaluation reports are understood and capable of development.
- shown program management and/or advisory expertise in roles involving educational measuring, monitoring, evaluation, and research.
- Excellent community abilities, especially CBMIS (management information systems) and community-led planning, monitoring, and assessment.
- excellent time management abilities, the capacity to fulfill deadlines, and the capacity to perform under pressure
- Commitment to and comprehension of the goals, objectives, and principles of Save the Children. Effective communication skills.
- willingness to occasionally work in challenging conditions while traveling to field offices
- the capacity to function in a multicultural environment
Additional duties in the workplace
The obligations and activities listed above are not all-inclusive, and the role holder may be asked to perform additional tasks that are suitable for their level of education and experience.
Equitable Chances
The post holder must perform their tasks in accordance with SCI’s policies and procedures regarding equal opportunity and diversity.
Child Protection:
Children must be kept secure, thus our hiring procedure, which involves thorough background checks, demonstrates our dedication to safeguarding kids from harm.
Safety and Health
The role holder must perform the tasks in accordance with the policies and procedures of SCI Health and Safety.
What We Do
The Business We work locally in more than 100 countries and employ almost 25,000 people worldwide to assist children who are in need of improved healthcare, education, and child protection or who are affected by crises. Additionally, we advocate and agitate at the highest levels to recognize children’s rights and make sure their voices are heard. By 2030, we hope to achieve three breakthroughs in how the world views children:
Before turning five, no child dies from preventable causes.
A good foundational education teaches all children that violence against children is no longer acceptable.
We are aware that great people make a successful organization, and that our staff members are essential to achieving our goals for children.We cherish our employees and provide a fulfilling career combined with a collaborative and inclusive environment that places a high importance on ambition, innovation, and integrity.
Application information: To apply, please submit a single document that includes your cover letter and most recent CV. Please be specific about your current compensation and expected salary. Children must be kept safe, and our hiring procedure must reflect our dedication to safeguarding kids from harm.
Job Information
Position Number: Max
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning as a Job Category
Job Schedule Permanent
Location: Sierra Leone FO – Freetown MEAL Advisor (MEA) – SIHSA
A Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor is needed for the Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA) initiative, which Save the Children International will run in Sierra Leone over a five-year period with funding from USAID. This is a national post that will have a Freetown base with frequent trips to the provinces. Applications from women and people with disabilities are invited. Deadline: October 20, 2023. -Please be aware that applications will be assessed on a rolling basis while the original job posting is active and that this publication is a rolling recruitment. Save the Children International maintains a zero tolerance policy for multiple work and does not demand any payment or fee during the entire hiring procedure. Any request made in this direction needs to be reported right away.
4.) MandE Advisor
Summary
A Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor is needed for a Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA) program in Sierra Leone that is expected to be financed by USAID for five years. The program will emphasize strengthening the stewardship and governance of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, both at the central and district levels, as well as improving the quality of family planning, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, and malaria services. It will also encourage the adoption of critical health behaviors.
For all project activities, the M&E Advisor will develop, implement, and constantly improve M&E systems. S/he will apply best practices to guarantee that the data gathered is precise, timely, and distributed correctly in high-caliber reports. These results will be used by the M&E Advisor to enhance the program and accomplish activity goals. She or he will also take a lead role in designing strategies for community analysis and leveraging data for decision-making, as well as actively fostering learning through the documentation of lessons learned.
The money and endorsement of donors are required for this post.
What You’ll Be Doing (Primary Tasks)
- To develop and implement M&E activities (such as building tools, putting data collecting and analysis into practice, and sharing and using data to analyze and enhance program effect), provide leadership, training, and mentorship.
- Create a strategy and procedures for gathering data and pertinent details on the project’s activities, beneficiaries, outputs, outcomes, and effect.
- Create a framework and plan research tasks for project management and evaluation.
- Roll out M&E data collecting and reporting systems efficiently to all employees and partners by providing training, site visits, manuals, and other technical assistance as necessary.
- Obtain the necessary cost data to monitor financial indicators, including benchmarking data to assess the success of programs and cost-efficient inputs.
- In order to increase program effectiveness, make sure that programming is in line with the aims and indicators specified in the project proposal.
- Support all project reviews and evaluations, such as organizing interim and final assessments and assisting with donor and outside reviews.
- Develop capacity among project team members, partners, and stakeholders by identifying skill shortages and providing ongoing support to sustain M&E systems.
- Include applications for digital health technologies in the curriculum.
- As needed, prepare excellent, precise, and timely reports for Save the Children, project partners, and donors.
Required credentials
- It is necessary to have a bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, or a comparable subject.
- Experience with qualitative research methods is a bonus, as is advanced expertise in quantitative methodologies, including database management.
- Minimum of seven years’ experience in family planning, malaria, and global health monitoring and evaluation, particularly with regard to maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health.
- To encourage evidence-based learning, possess strong analytical abilities and an awareness of monitoring, evaluation, and assessment techniques.
- the capacity to synthesize difficult data for a variety of audiences after analysis.
- Ability to develop others’ potential and get support from personnel across teams.
- Solid strategic thinking and planning abilities, including the capacity to make achievable work plans and priorities, think creatively and innovatively, and assess progress.
- excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken.
It is ideal if you are familiar with the political, social, and cultural landscape of Sierra Leone.
Save the Children US provides exceptional benefits such as commuter benefits, dress for your day, short-term and long-term disability coverage, a 403(b), an Employee Assistance Program, health, dental, vision, and life insurances, pet insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and much more.
Concerning Save the Children
No matter what position you hold when you join Save the Children, you will be challenged to use your knowledge, abilities, and experience to change the world for children every day. No matter what type of professional you are—an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any other of the countless other positions we’re trying to fill every day—it’s an ambitious objective and a meaningful one.
Save the Children holds the opinion that every child deserves a future. We provide children with a healthy start in life, the chance to learn, and protection from harm in the United States and around the world. Every day and in times of crisis, we go above and beyond for children, altering their lives and the future we all share.
We must pledge to cooperate wherever possible in order to uncover and eliminate systematic and structural racism, inequality, and any other types of discrimination that continue to exist both within and outside of this country as part of our work for children and their families. Save the Children is an anti-racist organization and will not accept any type of prejudice in our hiring procedures, among our personnel, in our leadership, or against the clients we assist. We struggle for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging in solidarity with all people.
Without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran, we offer equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all workers and qualified applicants for employment. Save the Children abides by all relevant laws.
Save the Children is dedicated to running its programs and operations in a way that is secure for the kids it helps and aids in safeguarding the kids we come into contact with. It is expressly forbidden for any Save the Children representative to take part in any activity that could lead to child abuse of any type. Additionally, it is Save the Children’s policy to establish and proactively maintain a setting that tries to stop and deter any intentional or unintentional behaviors that expose kids to the risk of child abuse. All of our representatives are required to act in a way that is consistent with this commitment and duty.
As part of its commitment to minimizing safety and security risks for its cherished staff members, Save the Children makes sure that everyone has access to training, support, and information that will help them minimize their risk exposure while optimizing the effectiveness of its programs for children and families. To seek out and uphold safe working conditions for everyone is our joint duty as an organisation and as individuals.
5.) Director of Finance and Administration
Summary
For a Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA) program in Sierra Leone that is projected to be funded by USAID for five years, Save the Children is looking for a Director of Finance and Administration (DFA). The program will emphasize strengthening the stewardship and governance of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, both at the central and district levels, as well as improving the quality of family planning, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, and malaria services. It will also encourage the adoption of critical health behaviors.
In accordance with USAID guidelines and regulations, the DFA is responsible for overseeing all program financial management, internal controls, and financial compliance activities. By creating sound budgets, keeping an eye on project spending, and delivering precise and punctual financial reports to funders, s/he provides financial and operational management to guarantee the optimum use of resources.
The money and endorsement of donors are required for this post.
What You’ll Be Doing (Primary Tasks)
- Review and compile monthly financial reports to make sure they are accurate and to give top management ongoing input.
- Ensure that all financial plans, invoices, reports, and other papers and transactions are correct, submitted on time, and adhere to USAID and Save the Children policies.
- Ensure that key program people are aware of budgetary resources and are able to track their particular budgets. Prepare and monitor budgets to ensure that expenditure happens as planned and that deviations are anticipated, acknowledged, and addressed.
- Create quarterly reports, annual fiscal consolidated reports, cumulative life of project reports, and any additional donor filings that may be necessary.
- In order to maintain the integrity of the country office’s financial and administrative operations and to ensure effective support for field activities, confirm that the proper segregation of roles is in place.
- To guarantee compliance with Save the Children policies and procedures as well as the requirements of USAID grants and contracts, do financial reviews of purchase requests, purchase orders, and payment requests.
- Develop subgrant monitoring strategies, conduct and record compliance visits, and oversee subgrant monitoring and compliance, including organizational evaluations, reviews of financial reports and advance requests, and financial tracking.
- Conduct performance reviews and make any required changes to job descriptions while supervising the financial and operations employees. Increase the team’s capability and promote their professional development.
- Provide local partners and government stakeholders with capacity building in financial and operational management.
- To guarantee compliance with SC and USAID regulations, create and update financial and operational guidelines;
- Encourage a respectful, high-performing work atmosphere where everyone on the team strives for greatness.
Required credentials
- A bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or a related discipline is required, and graduate work is preferred.
- A minimum of seven years’ worth of expertise managing the financial aspects of USAID-funded projects; thorough familiarity with USAID financial management guidelines.
- a track record of creating donor financial reports and budgets.
- Strong analytical, interpersonal, and leadership abilities; shown capacity for leadership and teamwork.
- Working knowledge of coaching and mentoring colleagues to improve their financial skills.
- excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken. Preferable is local language proficiency.
- It is ideal if you are familiar with the political, social, and cultural landscape of Sierra Leone.
Save the Children US provides exceptional benefits such as commuter benefits, dress for your day, short-term and long-term disability coverage, a 403(b), an Employee Assistance Program, health, dental, vision, and life insurances, pet insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and much more.
Concerning Save the Children
No matter what position you hold when you join Save the Children, you will be challenged to use your knowledge, abilities, and experience to change the world for children every day. No matter what type of professional you are—an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any other of the countless other positions we’re trying to fill every day—it’s an ambitious objective and a meaningful one.
Save the Children holds the opinion that every child deserves a future. We provide children with a healthy start in life, the chance to learn, and protection from harm in the United States and around the world. Every day and in times of crisis, we go above and beyond for children, altering their lives and the future we all share.
We must pledge to cooperate wherever possible in order to uncover and eliminate systematic and structural racism, inequality, and any other types of discrimination that continue to exist both within and outside of this country as part of our work for children and their families. Save the Children is an anti-racist organization and will not accept any type of prejudice in our hiring procedures, among our personnel, in our leadership, or against the clients we assist. We struggle for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging in solidarity with all people.
Without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran, we offer equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all workers and qualified applicants for employment. Save the Children abides by all relevant laws.
Save the Children is dedicated to running its programs and operations in a way that is secure for the kids it helps and aids in safeguarding the kids we come into contact with. It is expressly forbidden for any Save the Children representative to take part in any activity that could lead to child abuse of any type. Additionally, it is Save the Children’s policy to establish and proactively maintain a setting that tries to stop and deter any intentional or unintentional behaviors that expose kids to the risk of child abuse. All of our representatives are required to act in a way that is consistent with this commitment and duty.
As part of its commitment to minimizing safety and security risks for its cherished staff members, Save the Children makes sure that everyone has access to training, support, and information that will help them minimize their risk exposure while optimizing the effectiveness of its programs for children and families. To seek out and uphold safe working conditions for everyone is our joint duty as an organisation and as individuals.
