Vacancy at COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale for Nutrition Manager

Employment Nigeria 12-Apr-2017 BORNO , NGO

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale - For more than 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and to supporting populations affected by wars, socio-economic crises or natural disasters in their path to recovery and sustainable developmen

POSITION : Nutrition Manager

Purpose

To support the set up and improve CMAM and IYCF services to safeguard the nutritional and health status of infants and children in northern Nigeria.
Overseeing the overall implementation of the programme activities and the management of nutrition programme staff.
Provide input into the strategic vision and direction to the COOPI nutrition programme in northern Nigeria, including allocation of resources and ensuring that appropriate monitoring are maintained at all levels, that programme implementation is on track and that outputs are being delivered.
Is responsible for designing, overseeing and coordinating the nutrition programs, as well as liaising with various external partners.
Reports to head of mission.
The set of activities in a nutrition programs includes:
Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) approach
IYCF promotion activities
Assessments and surveillance interventions (nutrition surveys using ENA for SMART, coverage surveys using SQUEAC methodology, KAP surveys)
Capacity building of local staff and local partners
Community mobilization

Responsibilities
Management of the Nutrition Program:

Follow up and ongoing analysis of the context.
Definition, supervision and monitoring of COOPI Nutrition programs, in compliance with COOPI nutrition security policy and standard operating procedures
Ensure the integration of nutrition components in the food security programmes
Provision of continuous guidance and technical support to the programmes
Identify and troubleshoot challenges to remove any obstacle that might arise during project implementation.
Design and ensure the use of monitoring tools. Ensure that the M&E systems are effective, of high quality, and provide regular impact and process data and that the baseline and evaluation assessments are conducted
Ensure compliance of programs in terms of achieving objectives in current grants.

Team Management:

Management of nutrition program staff and elaboration their Job description.;
Ensure that staff have clearly defined objectives and understand their responsibilities.
Conduct evaluation and appraisal of staff
Provision of technical and organizational support and trainings to the nutrition project staff
Ensure all staff understand and implement programme guidelines and protocols

Reporting:

Compilation, analysis and feedback on monthly reports for the nutrition programmes and assist with stock consumption/distribution plans as required
Ongoing communication with food security programme teams and nutrition focal point at HQ level.
Donor reporting.

Representation and Internal/External Communication:

Coordination with other technical departments at coordination level (Food Security and Livelihood, Logistics and Administration).
Provide technical guidance to support COOPI to promote consistent good practices
Represent COOPI at national and regional level in nutrition technical meetings.
Participate in the external coordination with nutrition partners and governmental bodies and provide technical support and guidance in the nutrition sub-committee and cluster, where relevant.

Qualifications

Qualified doctor, nutritionist, nurse with primary health care and nutrition experience
Health / Public Health / Nutrition / B.Sc or equivalent
Demonstrable management experience, including budget holding responsibility
3 years of previous experience working with NGOs specifically on CMAM and infant and young child feeding programmes
Experience of designing and implementation programmes, including monitoring and evaluation methodologies (SQUEAC, LQAs)
Experience in conducting nutrition assessments (SMART, KAP surveys) and an understanding of nutritional data and information systems
Proven capacity to supervise, train, motivate and coach staff
Capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
Prepared to work in an uncertain security environment
Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay in the field
Commitment to and understanding of COOP mission, values and principles
Ability to represent COOPI nutrition work in external meetings
Ability at report writing and excellent communication skills
Computer literacy in Microsoft Office software including Word and Excel as well as email/internet
Fluency in written and spoken English

Desired:

Prior experience working for humanitarian agencies
Knowledge of the operational area

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