Child Centred Risk Reduction and Adaptation Advisor

Contract Period: 12 months
Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to the field
Grade: 4
Reporting to: Livelihood and Food Security Technical Manager

General:

Save the Children International fights for children’s rights. We influence public opinion and support and
work with children at risk.

Our vision is a world in which all children’s rights are fulfilled – a world that
respects and values each child, a world where all children participate and have influence, a world where
all children have hope and opportunity.

The world is faced with increasing number of emergencies in which children are often the most affected
and most vulnerable.

They constitute the highest number, as much as 1/3rd in an affected population. Save the Children has learned from its experience that children need to be at the forefront of our emergencies planning while integrating them in to long-term development strategies.

Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction (CCDRR) as a strategic approach has emerged out of Save the Children’s work with children in a number of recent emergencies across the world.

Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction (CCDRR) has been recently established by Save the Children primarily in response to the severe drought conditions that prevail across Somalia/Somaliland.

There is an opportunity in developing relevant and appropriate involvement of children in integrated DRR
programmes and include activities which also consider Climate Change Adaptation (CCA).

The integrated programme will focus on child resilience and education.

This position will be currently based in the Save the Children Somalia/Somaliland Country Office in
Nairobi.

Key Responsibilities

• S/he will have the responsibility for developing and advising Save the Children Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation work in line with the global Save the Children DRR/CCA strategy and in particular the Horn of Africa Emergency Response Strategy.
• The role will be supported by the Regional Risk Reduction and Adaptation Programme manager:

Technical Support and Capacity building:

• Facilitate capacity development of staff, partners, children and communities in childcentred Risk Reduction and Adaptation work
• Ensure implementation of context specific DRR/CCA interventions with relevant participation of children and other stakeholders
• Provide technical training and orientation on how to reduce the impact of disasters through drought management and climate change adaptation.

Strategy and Programme Development

• Support the Somalia country programme to establish Child-Centred DRR/CCA activities across existing sectoral and multi-sectoral projects
• Support integrated assessments in target zones to identify the risks and vulnerabilities facing children and their coping strategies through the Integrated Vulnerability and Impact assessment for Adaptation to change methodologies
• Initiate new ideas focusing on child-centred DRR/CCA through conceptual and practical analysis of the subject relevant to the context
• Build the capacity of national staff to prepare Risk and Adaptation plans for implementing quality and timely DRR/CCA activities in coordination with other sector staff.
• Assist implementation teams to communicate to local authorities the outcomes of the Risk and Adaptation plans stemming from the child centered integrated assessments
• Work closely with the area teams to Assist and develop the capacity of Local Authorities to prepare and adapt to risks and changes
• Collaborate with Sectoral Managers and technical advisors and network with other agencies to promote integrated planning and implementation
• Ensure that lessons of child-centred DRR/CCA are regularly documented and communicated to not only inform project planning and implementation but also enhance better understanding amongst other key actors including donors.
• Contribute to the development of proposals related to DRR/CCA • Proactively explore and develop opportunities for fundraising including proposal writing for Child-Centred DRR/CCA related work and strategic co-operation
• Proactively explore Research gaps for improved programming and Advocacy opportunities
• Contribute actively to the regional DRR/CCA working group

Monitoring and Evaluation

• With the support of the M&E manager put in place and operationalize a monitoring system where the project results are tracked regularly
• Provide support to project managers and Quality assure the periodic reports on the DRR/CCA components of the projects
• Facilitate reviews and project impact assessments of DRR/CCA projects
• Develop mechanisms and tools to facilitate children’s participation in project monitoring, assessment and evaluation in DRR/CCA projects.

Qualifications, Competencies and Experiences Required:

Qualifications:

Essential

• Bachelors in Development, Environmental Studies, Social & Political Science etc.
• Minimum 2 years relevant experience of working with an INGO
• Minimum one year experience in a Humanitarian context and in Child participation methodologies.
• Previous experience in Risk Reduction and Adaptation
• Previous experience in coordinating, implementing and managing programs at Head and Field Office
• Fluent in English

Competencies:

• Project Management and coordination of projects in a humanitarian context
• Providing technical assistance on how to incorporate meaningful child participation in DRR/CCA project activities.
• Providing technical assistance on cross-sectoral analysis of risks and adaptation options
• Producing monitoring and evaluation reports and reporting according to donor requirements

Personal competences

• Organized and systematic
• Strongly analytic and socially engaged
• Can work independently and in teams
• Flexible and with good problem solving skills
• Ability to work in extreme circumstances
• Ability and willingness to change work patterns and hours in the event of major emergencies

Experience:

• Experience from previous posting and/or similar work
• Ready to and experienced with travelling.
• Knowledge of civil society and partnerships in developing countries
• Knowledge of youth and education, protection and child rights based work in practice
• Experience of working in Africa and with knowledge of drought management.
• Good intercultural communication skills

Terms of employment

• The position starts as soon as possible.
• The recruitment implies that the candidate meets the requirements of Save the Children Child
• Protection Policy which includes a criminal records disclosure.
• Applications should be forwarded to: vacancies@scsom.org
• Application Closing Date: Friday 18th May 2012.
• However, the closing date may be earlier than this date due to the urgency in filling the position.