Save the Children Kangaroo Mother Care Intern Job in Bungoma, Kenya

Save the Children

Kangaroo Mother Care Intern
 

Position Code: SCI INTERN KMC
 

Team / Programme: KMC Intern

Location: Bungoma

Grade: Internship

Post Type: (3 Months Contract)
 

Child Safeguarding: Level 1 – The role holder will not have contact with children and/or young people, or access to personal data about children or young people, as part of their work.

 

Role Purpose: Work with the KMC Officer to support the setting up of centres of excellence for KMC in Bungoma county as well as ensuring that learning from these centres is captured and shared with other partners for scaling up.

Scope of Role:

Reports to:  KMC Officer

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners. 

Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH. 

In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya. 

By Feb 2013, we will have completed a second transition, which will see us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own. 

Save the Children has an operational presence in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Meru and Wajir – with plans to expand into Bungoma and Turkana in 2014. We work through partners in many other parts of the country. 

By February 2014, we will have a staff complement of around 300 staff and an operating annual budget of approximately US$25 million

SCI Kenya is in the process of implementing a signature maternal and newborn health (MNH) programme that is expected to significantly contribute to achievement of Kenya’s MDG 4 and 5 targets. 

The programmatic model will actualize continuum of care approach mixed with an integrated package of quick wins, a minimum community health care package and a strengthened health system approach to maternal and newborn health programming across Save the Children’s Theory of Change. 

Save the Children will work with the government of Kenya at both national and county levels and communities to address the maternal and neonatal health challenges in the country in a way that would deliver significant impacts for women and children by the end of the 5 year period

Key Areas of Accountability:

• Support the KMC officer in  the roll-out of the Kangaroo Mother Care programme for Bungoma County to improve the care for premature and low birth weight infants in the county


• Work in collaboratively with KMC officer to ensure that resources for effective and timely program implementation are available


• Ensure correct information is captured for follow up of babies who are discharged from the programme


• Assist in the formation of KMC support groups in all the five facilities


• Conduct sensitization on KMC to the support staff in the health facilities


• Ensure the procured job aids are distributed in health facilities


• Ensure proper documentation on the KMC registers

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

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same


• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others


• Future orientated, thinks strategically

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

Qualifications and Experience

• Trained and registered as a Nurse or Midwife (Kenya Registered Nurse, Kenya Registered Midwife


• Up-to-date knowledge on maternal and new-born health, focused ANC, malaria and  immunization


• Computer literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint


• Strong representational and communication skills


• Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding and other global policies, and to Save the Children’s vision, mission and values.


• Understanding of child rights programming.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to bungoma.jobapplications@savethechildren.org  and a copy to or drop hard copies to Save the Children Bungoma office next to One Acre Fund offices indicating the Position Code on the subject line by 8th January, 2016 

Residents of Bungoma/Busia are encouraged to apply and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.