Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

• Training in Community Development, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health or related areas with solid experience of at least 2 years in similar projects.
• Experience and Skills
• Training in Community Development, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health or related areas with solid experience at least 2 years in similar projects.
• At least two years of community work experience mainly in Nutrition, Sexual and Reproductive Health, MCH as well as Child Protection;
• Experience of working in child protection/health projects implemented in partnership with the directorates of Health, Education Youth and Technology;
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written, and the ability to lead, coach and motivate a team and stakeholders;
• Ability to collect information to produce good quality project reports;
• Fluency in Portuguese and the local languages spoken in Zambezia is an advantage;
• Motorbike driving licence is essential and indispensable.
• Understanding of community development and issues related to nutrition, sexual and reproductive health and adolescent rights;
• High sense of discretion in handling confidential information;
• Commitment to and understanding of Save The Chidren’s objectives, values and principles;
• Knowledge of computer packages (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Email, Internet and other software).
• Knowledge of child rights and rights based on development approaches
• Commitment to and understanding of Save The Children’s objectives, values and principles, including rights based approaches.

Desirable

• Ability to work without constant supervision;
  Be a self-motivated and humble individual in dealing with communities, colleagues and others who come into contact with Save the Children;
• Act ethically in the performance of the job;
• Dynamic, Innovative and Creative;
• Focussed and Results Oriented;
• Able to work under pressure and willing to work whenever necessary outside normal office hours.

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Portuguese and the local languages spoken in Zambezia;
• Have worked on child protection/health projects implemented in partnership with the directorates of Health, Education Youth and Technology;
• Understanding of community development and issues related to nutrition, sexual and reproductive health and adolescent rights;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, considering cultural and language difficulties.

Interested candidates should submit the Certificate of Qualifications, ID, CV, and the motivation letter in Portuguese and English by 17 July 2023. Through the following link: https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com:443/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/job/1103?utm_medium=jobboard

“We are an equal opportunity employer, we encourage women and people with disabilities to apply. Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all its staff and programmes are absolutely safe for children.

We apply strict procedures to ensure that only candidates suitable to work with children are allowed to join our organisation and all applicants will therefore be subject to this scrutiny.”

LEGAL NOTICE:

SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL DOES NOT MAKE ANY CHARGES AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND DOES NOT PROCEED VIA RECRUITMENT AGENTS.

NB: only successful candidates will be contacted.