Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 22, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Through the Strategic Planning Advisors for Education and School Health in Africa (SPAEHSA) project, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership plans to work with ministries of education and health and global, regional, and local school health partners to strengthen systems for health programming in schools. Participants in this two-year project will benefit from and contribute to the global evidence on health in schools. The project will demonstrate how the implementation of comprehensive school health policies contributes to the sustainable prevention and mitigation of infectious disease outbreaks and endemic health issues for school-age children, making the education system resilient to future health emergencies and improving conditions for learning. The post holder will be responsible for overall implementation of the project to meet project outcomes as well as build relationships with stakeholders and government officials working in the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Education (MOE) to support the successful implementation of the MCGL initiatives.

Key Areas of Accountability
• Technical delivery
• Review of existing National policies and guidance manuals on School Health Policy. Ensuring that the country specific reports detail strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of current School Health Policies with recommendations for enhancements.
• Updated School Health policy include processes and system for Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Health (MoH), and other relevant ministries to coordinate in order to anticipate, prevent and mitigate health issues affecting school-age children.
• Develop M&E tools from adaptations of existing global school health tools
• Country-level School Health M&E tools are collected and shared across participating countries
• School Health “promising practice” recommendations are developed and supported by empirical evidence
• In Country School Health network, including MoE and MoH members as well as MCGL partners, is established to facilitate uptake and continued implementation improved School Health Policy
• Document education sector COVID-19 response and use of the school health platform to identify good practices at the country level, highlighting potential for the identification, mitigation and prevention of future infectious disease epidemics.
• Collaborate with academic partners to compare what has been implemented in the field with the empirical evidence documented of school health successes pre and post COVID-19
• Facilitate cross country exchanges (virtual or in-person) to share school health successes, challenges, and opportunities.
• High-impact school health interventions are identified, clearly indicating the supporting empirical evidence, as well as what may be lacking. Empirical results and progress are presented to broader education and health country regional and global community through technically recognized conferences and relevant global networks.
• Project Management
• Provide overall leadership, and oversee the implementation of the MCGL project.
• Develop and maintain detailed implementation plan and annual and quarterly work plans for MCGL project.
• Ensure the timely and efficient implementation of the MCGL project as described in the Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP).
• In Collaboration with the field based staff, prepare annual and quarterly work plans and ensure that program activities are implemented as planned and within the approved budget.
• Identify operations research questions, participate in protocol development and support and supervise research activities in collaboration with MEAL technical specialist.
• Finance & Grant Management
• Monitor monthly expenditure and track MCGL project budgets to ensure that spending on the program is in line with the approved budgets.
• Submission of Donor finance reports.
• Reporting

Qualifications and experience
• Qualification in MBChB, nurse/clinician, Masters in Education or/ with Administration and Management with post graduate qualification in Public Health, Administration and Management or other related disciplines;
• Technical policy review experience;
• Experience working with Kenya national Ministry of Health or Ministry of education;
• Proven experience of undertaking health and/or education research with outstanding skills in qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis;
• Ability to draw empirically strong and valid policy conclusions and recommendations;
• Experience of working with the Department of Adolescent and School Health is an added advantage;
• Excellent communication and report writing skills.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets.
• Experience solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in.
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
• Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
• Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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