CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Country: Zambia
Closing date: 12 Dec 2014

In April 2013, the Government of Zambia launched the National Food and Nutrition Strategic Plan (NFNSP) 2011-2015. Within the NFNSP, the prevention of stunting by focusing on the First 1000 Most Critical Days of life (MCD) is the first strategic priority. To this end, a First 1000 Most Critical Days Programme (MCDP) has been developed by the NFNC and collaborating partners.

The Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Fund is a joint financing mechanism established to support the Zambian National First 1000 Most Critical Days Programme. CARE and its partners, Concern Worldwide and the Nutrition Association of Zambia, are the management agent for the SUN Fund, supporting the NFNC and key line ministries (Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Local Government and Housing and Ministry of Education) to implement the First 1000 Most Critical days Programme.

Much of the work supported by the SUN Fund focuses on increasing capacity to provide nutrition services in the 14 priority districts, primarily through support to National and District level Government Line Ministries. The SUN Fund is promoting the scaling up of 14 Priority Interventions (see Annex 1). Each line ministry has lead responsibility for 1 or more of the priority interventions; most fall under MCDMCH but others fall under other Ministries e.g. water and sanitation (MLGH) or diversified foods/diet (MAL).

Each of the PIs has an ideal ‘pathway’ for implementation and will illustrate how interventions and service providers are linked to the household, mother and child. The formal government systems/staff/resources go as far as the district or to the health centres, but in general the formal systems do not reach far into the communities, especially in remote areas. Sun Fund has been supporting the supply side resources, through GRZ and others, but also needs to engage communities on the ‘demand’ side of the pathway. In order to do this, each ministry will need a community mobilization and engagement strategy, which builds on the district plan and maximises existing structures and optimises resources including time spent by volunteers.

Purpose of the Consultancy: To develop a community mobilization and engagement strategy for the SUN Fund that supports the Line Ministries to implement the priority interventions and reach as far and deep as possible into the communities to the target groups (including but not limited to: pregnant and lactating mothers, children under 2 and adolescent girls) .

Annex 1

1. Iron & folic acid supplementation
2. Micronutrient powders (building on current pilots)
3. Multiple micronutrients (pilot first)
4. Promotion of Breastfeeding (Early initiation, Exclusive Breastfeeding and continued breastfeeding )
5. Promotion of Complementary Feeding
6. Promotion of Diverse Diets for pregnant and lactating mothers
7. Zinc provision during diarrhoea
8. Promotion of safe water and hygiene and sanitation
9. Growth monitoring and promotion (facility and community)
10. Vitamin A supplementation
11. Deworming
12. Expanding Integrated management of acute malnutrition
13. Promotion of increased availability of diverse locally available and processed foods (with focus on women’s empowerment)
14. Nutritional sensitive messages in cash transfers & other programmes

How to apply:

The SUN Fund invites eligible experts, NGOs, CBOs, FBOs, or firms to indicate their interest in carrying out the consultancy. Expressions of Interest should describe in less than five pages the experience and qualifications of the submitter for this assignment, including:

• CV of principal consultant
• Suitability for this assignment
• Brief description of similar assignments
• At least three (3) referees for past assignments
• An estimate of fees (daily rate)

Expressions of interest must be sent by email to the address below by Friday 12 December 2014 at 17:00 hoursand mention “SUN Fund – Community Engagement Consultancy’. Shortlisted experts will be sent a full Scope of Work for the assignment.

CARE Zambia Scaling-Up Nutrition Fund 9 Chitemwiko Road P. O. Box 36238 Lusaka, Zambia. Email: kolalaf@carezam.org with copies to chibambulam@carezam.org

Organization: UN Children's Fund
Country: South Africa
Closing date: 25 Oct 2014

TERMS OF REFERENCE – Individual (non-IMEP related)

Assignment
Administrative support to Budget Specialist to streamline critical budget documentation

Location South Africa
Duration Initial period of 1 month
Estimate number of working days 21
Start date 01 November
End date 30 November
Reporting to Rory Williams
Closing date for proposals 25 October 2014

Justification/Background

UNICEF SACO underwent an audit in 2012 conducted by the UNICEF HQ audit team. Some of the challenges related to a smooth transition of the audit process was a lack of a streamlined documentation database with a complimentary softy copy online database. To ensure more effective documentation and an efficient budget database to facilitate budget related work, it is critical to:

· Ensure all relevant hardcopy Programme and budget related documentation is available and filed in such a way as to make it easily accessible

· Streamlining Programme and budget related documentation on the shared drive to allow easy access ( and create a complimentary online copy)

Scope of the Work & Deliverables

The scope of the work and deliverables will be to:

1. Collate the following documentation (identified by the Budget Officer):

a. Current Grants agreements, with Donor reports submitted to date and forthcoming schedule

b. Current PCA contracts (including Results matrix, Budget and work-plan), with required schedule of spot-checks and M&E visits

1. Develop a hard-copy filing system that categorises

a. All Donor Agreements, with sections for

i. Original agreement

ii. Donor Reports submitted by UNICEF

b. All PCA contracts, with sections for

i. Project Document

ii. Project budget

iii. Workplan and Results matrix

iv. Micro-Assessment (where relevant)

v. FACE form submissions

1. Scan all the documents identified above and save them online (in the agreed format)

Desired Background and Experience

Experience: A minimum of 5 years’ experience in an Admin related role

Education: Minimum of a diploma in Admin or related fields

Conditions

• The contractor will be provided with a laptop by UNICEF and use UNICEF office space in the execution of this assignment. The contractor’s fee shall be inclusive of all office administrative costs
• Local travel (outside Gauteng) and airport transfers (where applicable) will be covered in accordance with UNICEF’s rules and tariffs.
• Flight costs will be covered at economy class rate as per UNICEF policies.
• Any air tickets for travel, will be authorized by and paid for by UNICEF directly, and will be for the attendance of meetings and workshops (if contractor is from outside Gauteng)
• Please also see UNICEF’s Standard Terms and Conditions attached.

How to apply:

Please direct any enquiries to: safpretoriavacancy@unicef.org

Interested and suitable candidates should ensure that their applications are to be accompanied by the attached completed and signed Personal History form (P11 Form), CV with a clear reference of the individual consultancy assignment being applied for. Applications are to be sent on or before 25 October, 2014 to the following email address: safpretoriavacancy@unicef.org

South African Nationals/candidates who have permanent residence/temporary residence and/or valid work permit for the duration of the contract will be considered.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted and regret emails will only be sent to interviewed candidates.