Vacancy title:
IYCF Officer

Jobs at:
Save the Children

Deadline of this Job:
May 11th, 2018

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

JOB DETAILS:
Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We work together, with partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Save the Children works in thirty districts in Rwanda with a current staff complement of approximately 180 staff.
SC Rwanda Country Office seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced national staff to fill the following position:
Position: IYCF Officer
Place of work: Kirehe
Reports to: Nutrition coordinator
Post: 1
Time Frame: Open ended
Tentative start date: ASAP
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children (SC) has an opening for the following position. If you are interested to join our team, please review below position specification and requirement to help you make a decision.
TIIYCF officer has the responsibility to ensure high-quality IYCF activities, closely coordinated and integrated with th The Nutrition Coordinator. The IYCF Officer ensures activities fit within the framework of the National Nutrition Program and ensures good relations with local stakeholders and partner in Mahama II Refugee camp area.
1. Ensure that the program in place has sufficient compliance procedures for both commodity and non-commodity management activities pertaining to SCI Policy, and the Rwanda Nutrition program policy as well as the overall MoH Regulations and guidelines in relation to the IYCF.
2. Periodically tests the application of such procedures by sampling documents, actual activities, and reports
3. Provides capacity building training to relevant program staff to strengthen any identified gaps
The position will report directly to the Nutrition Coordinator and indirectly to Health and Nutrition Program Manager.

Key area of accountability:

• Ensure appropriate and consistent education messaging to mothers (at PHC, Hospitals, HCs and
• The incumbent will be expected to ensure that all caretakers of the beneficiaries at the distribution sites OTP and TSFP have get the IYCF counseling by the health extension workers of each program.
• Accomplish project site activities and supporting of community based groups – HDAs, mother support groups, local committees, etc
• Participate in providing IYCF technical support to Woredas, SCI and partners CMAM and IYCF staff
• Ensure that all staff understand and implement the IYCF program guidelines

Roles and responsibilities:

• 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 community levels)
• Advise the best feeding options/ practices and follow-ups as appropriate
• Participate in the development of mother support groups and mother-baby areas.
• Participate in developing regular work plans for the HWS, HEWs, CMAM officer, HDAs, mother support etc.
• Spot and address appropriately the violations of the code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes and violations of the MOH guidelines
• The position holder will be expected ensures the availability of teaching aid and IEC materials for program implementation
• Act as an effective member in promoting, supporting and protecting IYCF practices (give IYCF awareness sessions and IYCF individual counselling sessions as necessary).
• Give support to CMAM team members as necessary
• Ensure that IYCF tools are properly utilized and documented;
• prepare IYCF reports regularly and submit to CMAM coordinators
•  Link between CMAM team and IYCF team (such as promoting excellent communication and referral between IYCF counsellor, IYCF educator and CMAM)
• Assist in the development and review of educational material (IEC /BCC)
• Prepare training materials and conduct IYCF trainings when necessary
• With support from M & E officer, make sure all IYCF records are regularly filled and submitted (awareness sessions, database of counselled cases, etc.)
•  Liaise with SCI Team member and ensure the quality of IYCF/Nutrition capacity building activities are technically sound, aligned with proposed implementation plan and adhere to standard guidelines;
•  Provide mothers with practical advice on correct attachment and positioning when breastfeeding, timely introduction of complementary foods and respond to any concerns or local taboos associated with IYCF
• Upholds the image and values of SC at all times
• Assure the availability of IYCF training and counselling materials prior to any training;
• Support community assessments related to CMAM & IYCF and strengthen capacity of various health, agriculture, and other sectors’ front line workers to improve the quality of nutrition intervention
• Along with other SCI & partner staffs, conduct regular follow up site visits to provide support quality implementation, and document field all through submission of complete, accurate and timely feedback reports;
• Ensure IYCF indicator well captured and adhere to the national protocol guideline by CMAM team.
• Make sure that Mothers are counselled with the resource available at HH and proper understand
• Make sure that Mother who need special counselling are identified, linked and followed well for behaviour change
• Support the mothers suffering from insufficient milk production with advice on re-lactation
•  Perform other duties as required
• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children 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
• Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding
  Ambition:
• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same
• Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale
  Collaboration:
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners
• 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
• Always acts in the best interests of children

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelors or equivalent degree in Human Nutrition,
• Minimum 4 years field experience preferably in humanitarian work, including significant experience in managing CMAM & IYCF programs and related reporting, and data management.
• Substantial experience of community-based nutrition projects
• Demonstrated ability for leadership and independent decision making
• Strong interpersonal skills & excellent team player
• Willingness and ability to work in hardship environment
• Cultural and gender sensitivity

CHILD SAFEGUARDING POLICY:
Any employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding - Declaration of Acceptance Form] and comply with the SCIs Child Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact.
This extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly, but also includes children whom staff are responsible for. SCI believes that the situation of children must be improved through the promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children International's Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff

Job application procedure
Interested candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org . The deadline for receiving applications is May 11th, 2018.
*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.