Deadline: 29 October, 2020
Location: Yobe, Nigeria
Save the Children is seeking to fill the position of Nutrition Coordinator.
Save the Children’s mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the implementation of nutrition activities and ensure quality standards and state of the art are met
- Work closely with the nutrition specialist in providing technical leadership and strategic guidance in the development, implementation, monitoring and learning from nutrition projects
- Supervise, lead, guide, support and manage nutrition officers and implementing partners, enabling them to fulfil their roles and responsibilities in an effective and efficient manner
- Facilitate training for nutrition professionals
- Participate in and/or leading health, nutrition, and/or multi-sectoral assessments as required
- Manage all Save the Children resources (equipment, supplies, HR)
- Conduct regular field visits to provide supportive supervision to the projects
- In liaison with the nutrition specialist, develop work-plans, SOPs, budgets, and other required programme documents for nutrition section
- Conduct regular field visits and review meetings with government officials to monitor the implementation of nutrition programmes
- In collaboration with nutrition specialist, ensure timely preparation and implementation of activities while focusing on the targets/deliverables/budgets
Requirements
- Master’s degree or first degree in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition, or a related field
- Five years, minimum, of work experience in the area of emergency nutrition in NGO environment
- Strong analysis and writing skills
- Certificate in monitoring and evaluation, nutrition in humanitarian context, CMAM, IYCF, or any other related area
- Experience in working with government counterparts and other partners at various levels
- Excellent understanding of the relevant thematic sector in Nigeria
- Proven experience in emergency nutrition projects
- Familiarity with nutrition donors, partners, and NGO groups
- Practical understanding of the challenges and opportunities in realising children’s rights in Nigeria, in relation to thematic area
- Understanding of advocacy and representation within the nutrition sector
To apply and for more information, click here.
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