Save the Children’s origins lie in emergency response, and this has remained central to our work ever since. Our approach integrates our emergency and development work, through the medium of our country programmes. With the increasing frequency and severity of emergencies world-wide the organisation is increasing its capacity to support programmes in both sudden onset and chronic emergency situations. Our Emergency Response Personnel (ERP) play a key part with Save the Children’s humanitarian strategy. Members of the ERP scheme are active members of Save the Children’s UK’s humanitarian department, and contribute to organisational learning and help build organisation capacity to respond effectively to emergencies world-wide. Our Emergency Response Personnel are usually deployed for medium-term assignments for: • An emergency response where Save the Children is scaling up and we need immediate emergency expertise. • Surge capacity to a country programme by either filling a vacant position and/or adding further skills and experience to country programmes. • Capacity building of individuals and/or country programmes to ensure that programmes are being run effectively. Save the Children’s WASH team works to support newborn and child survival in emergencies through the provision of community-level water supply and sanitation, backed up with coordinated hygiene promotion. Additionally, Save the Children’s WASH work boosts education, health and nutrition outcomes by providing water and sanitation infrastructure at institutional level.
ROLE
An ERP WASH Adviser will generally be deployed to the field as the lead technical adviser in a small or medium-sized emergency or the 2nd phase of large emergency. Alternatively they may be deployed as a field level technical coordinator in a complex, large-scale emergency. On occasion they may also be asked to gap fill a senior technical advisory role in a longer term humanitarian country programme. The ERP WASH Adviser will be expected to lead on sectoral assessment, programme design and master budgeting, coordination, and support fundraising, recruitment and procurement. In most circumstances, the post holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity building existing country programme staff.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
The post holder will receive a context specific ToR for each deployment, which will draw upon the responsibilities outlined below. Programme Support (typically will be for small or medium-sized emergencies): • Lead on WASH technical assessments in coordination with other SCUK thematic areas and/or other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs. • Working with the Deputy Team Leader – Programmes or Team Leader, develop WASH sector response plans and master budgets and contribute to Save the Children’s overall response strategy. • Provide technical checking of WASH engineering designs and hygiene promotion programmes as necessary, and proactively promote high quality WASH technical approaches within country programmes. • Working closely with the Deputy Team Leader – Programmes or Team Leader, support fundraising for the WASH sector, including development of high quality concept notes and proposals, and engagement with donors’ technical advisers. • Prepare and oversee WASH programme implementation to ensure timely delivery of programme activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans). • Prepare timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements. • Working closely with the HR team, identify WASH staffing needs (both national and international) for emergency programmes, and ensure rapid recruitment, induction and training of new staff. • Identify WASH programme supplies needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan. • Working closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation team put in place a sector M & E plan, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build technical field staff in carrying out the work. • Working closely with the Accountability lead put in place accountability activities for your thematic area, ensuring that feedback from all relevant stakeholders is considered in WASH programme design. • To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct. Capacity Building: • Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children staff and partners and work as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff. • Oversee development of technical training material that will improve aspects of WASH work within Save the Children, at country level. Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning: • Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and take a leadership role within Interagency Coordination forums, such as the WASH cluster, ensuring the specific needs of children are being addressed. This may involve taking the lead in WASH cluster working groups at national level. • Take steps to document lessons learned, from WASH programmes, for wider dissemination. • In collaboration with senior programme staff, assist in advocacy activities that target decision-makers at all levels. • In collaboration with the Humanitarian Technical Unit and Thematic Team, feed in learning, experiences and evidence to relevant global advocacy objectives. • To identify opportunities and material to contribute to WASH communications and media work, acting as a spokesperson when required.
General: • Deliver high quality results in line with the terms of reference agreed in advance – to do this in a way which maintains the reputation of the WASH team and SCUK’s Humanitarian Department. • Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
How to apply:
To apply click here http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs using reference number 7569
