NGO Job vacancies in Save the Children Nigeria, March 2011

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As the world’s leading independent children’s charity. Save the Children inspires dramatic change for children around the globe. We are looking for experienced staff to implement an ECHO funded project to make quality programmes to treat severe acute malnutrition more accessible to those
children who most need it through the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) model and appropriate reinforcement of the health structures in Katsina State.
Position: Office Assistant (LFC)
The successful candidate will aid with all logical and administrative functions for the state project office. Extensive experience in administration and logistics is required due to the nature of the job. Candidates with excellent IT skills and fluency in Hausa language are encouraged to apply.

Gross Salary: N1, 560,000 per annum

Position: Driver

The successful candidate will be responsible for the maintenance, care and safe driving of the project vehicles in the office as well as in rendering logistic support. You must have a current driving license and relevant driving experience.
Gross Salary: N780,000,

Position: Infant and Young Child Feeding Advisor

This position will assume a lead role in building the capacities of Save the Children Staff, Health Care Workers and Community Volunteers on good IYCF practices, This will involve identifying training needs, developing training materials and organizing IYCF trainings for Save the Children Staffs, Health Workers and Community Volunteers. The post holder will provide mentoring and follow up in the ITPs, OTPs and communities. This includes supporting facility staff in counselling for caregivers and promoting nutrition and health education for caregivers with a holistic approach.
The right candidate should be fluent in English and Hausa, have a health background
 With minimum of five years professional experience, three of which should be in IYCF and breastfeeding counselling.
Previous experience with other local and international NGOs especially in the area of treatment of acute malnutrition and other community based programmes is Desirable Gross Salary: N3, 200,000 per annum

Position: OTP Officers

This position is responsible for training, mentoring and supervising health staff to ensure quality screening and outpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition. This includes ensuring respect of approved protocols for admission and management of severe acute malnutrition and facilitating on the job training for health staffs in the OTPs, It includes planning logistics and materials needs for the supported sites and identifying the problems in the implementation process and proposing solutions. The OTP officer will ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of CMAM activities in the OTP sites.
 The ideal candidate should possess a health/nutrition background with at least three years professional experience, be fluent in Hausa and English and
have the ability to work in partnership with Government and other NGOs’ staff,
Previous experience with other local and international NGOs especially in the area of treatment of acute malnutrition and other community based programmes is desirable.
Gross Salary: N2, 080, 000 per annum

Position: ITP Officers This position is responsible for training, mentoring and supervising health staff to ensure quality screening and inpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition. This includes ensuring respect of approved protocols for admission and management of severe acute malnutrition and facilitating on the job training for health staffs in the ITPs, The ITP officer will ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of CMAM activities in the ITP sites. The ideal candidate should be a trained and registered nurse with at least three years professional experience, be fluent in Hausa and English and have the ability to work in partnership with Government and other NGOs’ staff. Previous experience with other local and international NGOs especially in the area of treatment of acute malnutrition and other community based programmes is desirable,

Gross Salary; N2,080,000 per annum.

Position: Community Mobilization Officers

 This position will assume a lead rote m ensuring the communities in the supported IGAs are involved in prevention, early detection and follow up of cases of malnutrition. This involves supporting the identification and training of community volunteers, identifying communities to sensitize and leading the community sensitizations in collaboration with volunteers and health workers. The Community Mobilization Officer will ensure timely collection and analysis of data for the monitoring and evaluation of CMAM activities, The ideal candidate should posses at least three years professional experience, be fluent in Hausa and English and have ability to work in Partnership with Government and other NGOs’ staff. Previous experience with other local and international NGOs especially in the area of treatment of acute malnutrition and other community based programmes is desirable.

Gross Salary: N2,080, 000 per annum

Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

This position is responsible for ensuring the capturing, compilation and analysis of quality data and reports in the field and support preparation of reports for donor, partners and internal use, This Includes participating in the preparation of programme monitoring and evaluation tools and the supervision of data collection in the facility and the community to ensure quality and truthfulness, The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will ensure a good referral system among facilities and within the community and carry out regular data quality assessments. The ideal candidate should posses at least three years professional experience, be fluent in Hausa and English and have the ability to work in partnership with Government and other NGOs’ staff, Previous experience with other local and international NGOs especially in the area of treatment of acute malnutrition and other community based programmes is desirable.

Gross Salary: N2,080,000 per annum

Position: Data Entry Technician

This position is responsible for supporting the collection of reports, and carrying out quality checks on data captured by field staff. This will involve verifying reports are correct and assisting with data quality assessment. The Data Entry Technician will ensure accurate entry of data collected and check data is correctly entered and coherent in the different templates used. The ideal candidate should posses at least one year professional experience, be computer literate and have the ability to work with databases and statistical software packages. Previous experience with other local and international NGOs and fluency in Hausa language is desirable.
Gross Salary: N1, 560,000 per annum

To apply, send your CV and covering letter in one attachment to vacancy@scuknigeria.org . The subject field MUST clearly state the position you are applying for (e.g. OTP Officer), or your application will be rejected.

Please note that interested applicants can send their request to vacancy@scuknigeria.org for a full job description of the positions to be sent to them by email. Given the urgent nature of this recruitment, short listing of candidate may start before the deadline. Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Our people are as diverse as the challenges we face. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply
Closing date on 16th March 2011

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