Emergency Child Protection Programme Manager , Myanmar

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We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.

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The role

Provide leadership, technical guidance in the development and implementation of the emergency Child Protection programme in Rakhine State with support from the Humanitarian Programme Manager, Regional Programme Manager and relevant colleagues. Provide strategic technical support to the emergency programme in Rakhine State including government and non-governmental partners. Work with the Child Protection Thematic Advisor and the Emergency Advisor for Child Protection to promote good practice and develop consistent approaches and address any problems arising in the field. Ensure guidelines are in place and that training is given.

This position is designed as both a leadership and capacity building reporting to the Humanitarian Programme Manager and working in parallel with the national Child Protection Programme Manager, ensuring that capacity is built for their eventual management takeover of the child protection response on leaving the post. Monitor behaviours and attitudes ensuring that humanitarian principles are adhered to through mentoring and exemplary behaviour.

Qualifications and experience

Essential
• Significant international experience and understanding of child protection issues in complex emergencies, including specific experience in setting up and running CFS and of psychosocial support programmes.
• Ability to represent Save the Children and maintain good relations at a local level with donors, NGO’s and authorities
• Substantial NGO working experience in international development in complex emergency situations and from a child rights perspective
• Skills and experience in project/programme monitoring, review and evaluation.
• Ability to design and implement capacity building plans and initiatives for staff and partners
• Experience and understanding of advocacy work
• Strong communication, interpersonal, representation and negotiation skills
• A good team player and strong capacity building skills
• Experience in defining and delivering training programmes
• Strong report writing and budgeting skills
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children's aims, values and principles.
• Experience of living and working under difficult and challenging environments.
• 3 to 5 years management experience in an INGO environment, including experience directing and implementing programs for children in emergency contexts
• A solid understanding of child protection issues and sufficient field experience in similar settings to design and implement innovative, appropriate solutions with a focus on program delivery and capacity building
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds
• Demonstrable commitment to humanitarian principles and accountability frameworks, especially in working with very vulnerable populations.
• Experience and knowledge of effective financial and budgetary control managing multiple grants and donors with ability to build staff capacity on budget management
• Ability to prepare draft reports against expected results and indicators
• Ability to analyze information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
 Experience of working in an emergency setting
• Flexibility and a sense of humour – ability to work, live and thrive under challenging circumstances
• A team player who is able and willing to learn from others as well as live and work in a communal setting
• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches

Desirable
• Experience working in IDP/Refugee camp settings
• Experience working in SE Asia
• Knowledge/Experience of peace-building and conflict resolution programming

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Please note that the closing date for applications is 19th February 2013

For further information on this role, please see our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

How to apply:

Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: jobs.30701.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com

Health Cluster Co-Lead

Health Cluster Co-Lead Responsible To: Line management – Merlin Country Director; accountable to Health Cluster partners. Responsible For: Jointly responsible with WHO Health Cluster Coordinator for Health Cluster. Works With: WHO Health Cluster Coordinator; Health Cluster Coordination team; Health Cluster partners Location: Yangon with travel to Rakhine State Contract Duration: 6 months with possible extension Starting Date: ASAP
Salary: £41,390 - £42,140 per annum (dependant on relevant experience),
Benefits: Insurance cover, accommodation, annual leave entitlement of 24 days per annum rising to 30 days at the completion of 12 months of continuous employment with Merlin.

Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short listed on a regular basis and we may offer this post before the closing date. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Please note that this is an unaccompanied position.

Merlin Our mission is to end the needless loss of life in the poorest countries caused by a lack of effective health care. We help communities set up medical services for the long term including hospitals, clinics, surgeries and training for nurses and other health workers.

Context and Background Merlin has worked in Myanmar since 2004. Merlin’s programmes in Myanmar focus on delivering essential health care and water/sanitation programmes across several regions of the country in response to both acute as well as chronic health situations. To date Merlin has responded to several natural disasters affecting coastal areas of Myanmar including the Boxing Day Tsunami, Cyclone Nargis and Cyclone Giri. Currently the programme covers 7 townships in 4 States and Divisions: Shan, Ayeyarwaddy, Chin and Sagaing. The programmes currently support a network of over 1,400 Volunteer Health Workers who provide essential community-based health care to over 750,000 people across more than 1100 villages.

Merlin has in-country expertise of responding to emergency situations in both health and WASH sectors. Merlin is a lead agency for community health care in Myanmar and will be a Consortium Lead under the new 3MDG Health Fund.

Between May 2008 and June 2009, Merlin was Health Cluster Co-Lead overseeing jointly with WHO the national health response in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. The Cluster approach was first introduced at a global level as a part of “humanitarian reform” and aims at improving the effectiveness of humanitarian response by ensuring greater predictability and accountability, while at the same time strengthening partnerships between NGOs, international organizations, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and UN agencies. The other, complementary elements of the reform are: strengthening the humanitarian coordinator (HC) system; and improving humanitarian financing. The aim of a country-level Health Cluster is to ensure a more coherent and effective humanitarian response by all international, national and local actors operating in the health sector in areas affected by crisis

The escalating humanitarian crisis in Rakhine state has led to a request from the Humanitarian Coordinator, WHO and UNOCHA for Merlin to resume the role of Health Cluster Co-Lead to oversee the overall health response to the crisis and conflict which has developed in Rakhine State. The conflict in Rakhine is characterized as a complex emergency with complicating factors including ongoing inter-communal violence, limited capacity amongst health partners to intervene and challenging access constraints.

Main purpose of the role The Health Cluster Co-Lead will ensure the good performance of the country Heath Cluster, promoting and upholding the Humanitarian Principles and the Principles of Partnership. The country Health Cluster performance, in turn, will be monitored and evaluated according to the extent by which the activities and programmes of the cluster partners meet the health needs of the crisis-affected populations. Overall Objectives (scope) The Health Cluster Co-Lead will, working in close coordination with the WHO appointed Cluster Co-Lead, ensure the effective delivery of the Health Cluster mandate and specifically: • Work to strengthen the Rakhine Health Cluster, linkages to the national Cluster system and to UNOCHA system. • Liaise between all health stakeholders in Rakhine state - NGOs, UN agencies, WHO and MoH. • Providing technical assistance to MoH and national actors as required • Assist in developing strategies/policies/work-plans related to emergency and long term health services in Rakhine State.
• Assist in problem solving of issues and identifying gaps as they arise in the health sector and facilitate donor/other actors' involvement in finding solutions; and provide key NGO perspectives, challenges and lessons learnt.

Responsibilities The position holder will be line managed by the Merlin Country Director, work directly with the WHO Health Cluster Co-Lead and be accountable to Health Cluster partners. The postholder’s time will be 100% dedicated to ensure the effective functioning of the Health Cluster. The postholder will work closely with the MoH appointed Cluster focal point and the WHO appointed Cluster Co-Lead to ensure effective delivery of Cluster outputs in Rakhine State and any other areas of Myanmar, as mandated by the Humanitarian Coordinator and as agreed to by Merlin.

Summary of duties Working jointly with the WHO Cluster Co-Lead, the Merlin Cluster Co-Lead will:

• Identify and make contact with health sector stakeholders and existing coordination mechanism, including national health authorities, national and international organizations and civil society. • Hold regular coordination meetings with country health cluster partners, building when possible on existing health sector coordination fora. • Collect information from all partners on Who’s Where, since and until When, doing What, and regularly feed the database managed by OCHA (4W). Provide consolidated feedback to all partners and the other clusters.
• Assess and monitor the availability of health services in the crisis areas provided by all health actors using GHC tool: Health Resources Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS).
• Ensure that humanitarian health needs are identified by planning and coordinating joint, inter-cluster, initial rapid assessments adapting to the local context the IRA tool, as well as follow-on more in-depth health sub-sector assessments, as needed. • Mobilize Health Cluster Partners to contribute to establishing and maintaining an appropriate Early Warning and Response System, and regularly report on health services delivered to the affected population and the situation in the areas where they work. • Lead and contribute to the joint health cluster analysis of health-sector information and data (see points 3, 4, 5 and 6) leading to joint identification of gaps in the health sector response and agreement on priorities to inform the development (or adaptation) of a health crisis response strategy. • Inform the Cluster Lead Agency Representative (CLA) – WR of WHO - as well as Merlin Country Director of priority gaps that cannot be covered by any health cluster partner and require CLA action as provider of last resort. • Ensure partners’ active contribution to and involvement in joint monitoring of individual and common plans of action for health interventions; collate and disseminate this and other information related to the health sector in Cluster sit-reps and/or regular Health Bulletins. • Represent the Health Cluster in inter-cluster coordination mechanisms at country/field level, contribute to jointly identifying critical issues that require multisectoral responses, and plan the relevant synergistic interventions with the other clusters concerned. • Lead joint Health Cluster contingency planning for potential new events or set-backs, when required.
• Provide leadership and strategic direction to Health Cluster Members in the development of the health sector components of FLASH Appeal, CHAP, CAP and CERF proposals and other interagency planning and funding documents. • Promote adherence of standards and best practices by all health cluster partners taking into account the need for local adaptation. Promote use of the Health Cluster Guide to ensure the application of common approaches, tools and standards.
• Identify urgent training needs in relation to technical standards and protocols for the delivery of key health services to ensure their adoption and uniform application by all Health Cluster partners. Coordinate the dissemination of key technical materials and the organization of essential workshops or in-service training.
• In a protracted crisis or health sector recovery context, ensure appropriate links among humanitarian actions and longer-term health sector plans, incorporating the concept of ‘building back better’ and specific risk reduction measures.

Person Specification Essential Qualifications, experience and competences • Qualified medical doctor or nurse with Master in Public Health or equivalent degree • Considerable international field experience, of which strong experience in managing and coordinating health programs in chronic and acute, sudden-onset emergencies • Significant experience of Health Cluster Coordination either as a coordinator or key contributing partner at national and sub-national level. • Strong understanding of the humanitarian reform system. • Experience in dealing with emergency institutional donors such as ECHO, OFDA, etc; and emergency funding mechanisms such as CERF, FLASH, CAP. • Extensive experience in liaising with government/local authorities and coordinating NGOs, with excellent interpersonal, motivational and managerial skills • Experience of representation at national and local levels. • Experience in forming and leading technical working groups and workshops • Excellent analytical, writing and presentation skills • Strong communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English • Confident and proficient in the use of MS Office • Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures • Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritising a high workload and multiple tasks in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines • Experience of proactively identifying and addressing issues • An understanding of and commitment to Merlin’s mission and values • An understanding of and commitment to Cluster approaches, principles and values

Desirable Qualifications, experience and competences • Ability to travel regularly, both within country and internationally, sometimes for weeks at a time • Relevant experience in Myanmar

How to apply:

To apply for this position To apply for this job, please go to www.merlin.org.uk/jobs and apply using our online recruitment system. In order to apply for a job with Merlin online you will need to complete a short registration process and create an account – the online recruitment system explains how to do this. Once your account has been created, you will be able to save the information that you have entered in your application and re-visit it at any time before you submit it.

If you are unable to apply online for any technical reason, please contact applications@merlin.org.uk. Please note that we do not accept CVs. Unfortunately due to the number of applications we receive, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Data Protection Please note that in accordance with the 1998 Data Protection Act, Merlin will hold and use personal information that you have given for the purpose of recruitment and employment. This information can be stored in manual and/or electronic form. This information may also be disclosed to third parties in accordance with the Data Protection Act. In cases where a job offer is conditional on ensuring that potential employees’ names do not appear on counter terrorism lists generated by the United Nations, European Union or the United States due to donor funding requirements, Merlin will use the information that you have given for checking that your name does not appear on these lists.

Project Support Officer , Myanmar

Vacancy code: VA/2012/B5506/1208 Position title: Project Support Officer Department/office: APO, Myanmar Duty station: Yangon, Myanmar Contract type: Fixed Term Contract level: P4 Duration: 1 year with possible extension Application period: 15-Nov-2012 to 28-Nov-2012

For detailed job description, please see attached vacancy announcement.

How to apply:

Application must be made through UNOPS GPRS online system. Please follow the links:https://gprs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VAListing.aspx

. Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time (CET) · Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. · Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified. · Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. · UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a level below the advertised level of the post · The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.

Chief of Party | Yangon, Myanmar

The Chief of Party (COP) is responsible for the overall coordination and management of a large donor-based project or multiple smaller projects. The COP is responsible for meeting the project’s technical objectives, managing financial resources, managing program staff, managing partnering agreements, maintaining good working relationships with host government officials and local partners, managing donor reporting and ensuring a high-quality delivery of services.

The COP reports to the Country Director in Myanmar

Specific Duties:

• Overall planning, management and leadership of project activities

• Ensure high-quality technical programming through hands-on guidance and support grounded in the program’s strategic objectives and adhering to expected technical quality and reporting requirements

• Participate in the technical and programmatic design of award and partner programs; represent Pact in negotiating with donors and partners

• Oversee financial management, budget monitoring, and procurement plans.

• Manage all project planning responsibilities, including the production of annual workplans; guide and oversee the alignment of the budget to expected results, monitoring and implementation and review and approve annual budgets and quarterly reports

• Ensure the cost-effective use of Pact resources

• Ensure compliance with HQ and donor requirements, policies and regulations.

• Act as liaison to USAID with responsible for reporting on all deliverables.

• Establish and maintain solid relationships with implementing partners, and stakeholder groups.

• Oversee delivery, management, and monitoring of subgrants, and efficient delivery of results by implementing partners and sub-contractors;

• Provide strong strategic leadership to achieve program key results, leading, mentoring, and coaching key staff in programming planning g and execution. Provide guidance and support to staff and project partners.

• Define the project’s capacity development strategy. Oversee design and implementation of capacity-building activities with partners, beneficiary groups and other stakeholders; Design and supervise the execution of training plans for project staff and partners.

• Recruit and directly supervise local project staff in line with Pact HR policies; Oversee the management and development of project office human resources to ensure a diverse, skilled and productive workforce, an effective leadership team, and an organizational culture where Pact’s values are practiced

Minimum Qualifications:

BA and at least 8 years of relevant experience (or equivalent)

Willingness and ability to be posted abroad, likely in a developing country

Preference for:

• Advanced degree

• Experience managing large donor-funded programs with demonstrated capacity to create and/or maintain complex systems and procedures involving multiple implementation sites, multiple partners and diverse beneficiaries

• Ability to provide the financial management and oversight necessary to successfully execute a large-scale program

• In depth knowledge of USAID and/or other donor regulations, systems and procedures

• Diplomacy and negotiation skills that demonstrate ability to collaborate and coordinate with a range of stakeholders and complex priorities.

• Fluent in English with proficiency in the local language

Skills and Abilities

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong in all areas

Leadership

• Ability to sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with internal colleagues and contacts in donor and peer organizations

• Deep understanding of Pact’s strategy and how efforts contribute to the greater good

• Consistently works within internal process and procedures

• Strong interpersonal and team building skills

• Proactive engagement in corporate initiatives

Project Management

• Strong planning and time management skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively present complex ideas to diverse audiences

• Ability to problem-solve difficult issues

• Ability to multitask with ease, adapting to frequently changing priorities

• Strong negotiating and conflict resolution skills

• Proficiency in developing and managing a budget

Technical Skills

• Strong experience in one of Pact’s technical areas or a support function

• Strong knowledge and understanding of donor policies and regulations

• High competence using common desktop applications and internal systems

People Management

• Demonstrated proficiency in supervising staff, including providing honest feedback

• Ability to mentor others

To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org