Nutritionist

Concern Worldwid

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

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Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental , international , humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries. Concern-Worldwide would like to invite dynamic and creative applicants for the following positions.

 

Employment Duration Initial period of six month with possiblity of extention based on performance

 

 

Job Purpose :

 

This position is designed as a 6 month maternity position. However, Concern, as a leading agency for Nutrition in the country provides an excellent base for dynamic and skilled personnel to develop their career as public health nutritionsists in the longer term also. Employment extension will be based on performance.

 

The job purpose is to support the Health and Nutrition Department of Concern Worldwide Ethiopia programme in the area of emergency and non-emergency nutriation . The position holder will be expected to provide field based and Head office support to plan , implement, evaluate and document nutrition interventions using community based management of Acute Malnutrition (SC, OTP, TSFP) and support projects working to integrate IYCF with CMAM in three region of the country . This duties will have strong emphasis on providing technical support for field based team operating emergency any development programmes for nutrition .

Mentroing and strengthening in-house capacity is an integral part of this work . The position holder will not have direct management duties but provide support to ensuer project provide high quality support communities , and ensuer high quality reporting that meets Concern's and Donor's specification. The position holder will be expected to liaise with Government representatives, UN partners and humanitarian actors to facilitate the needs of the projects as needed.

 

 

Main Duties and Responsibilities :

 

  • Ensure that assigned programme activities are compliant with the Government of Ethiopia’s National protocols and Guidelines for emergency and nonemergency nutrition programming.

  • Ensure that the assigned programme activities adhere to the programme Implementation plan outlined in various proposals, and deliver high quality outputs.

  • Ensure a strong monitoring system is in place and that programme data on international nutrition indicators, including TYCF, health, nutrition and hygiene knowledge , is collected, analysed , reviewed and used to inform effective community outreach efforts

  • Provide regular field based technical support to ensure quality of activities , result based monitoring , and support field staff to develop and deliver all reports compliant with Concern’s and Donor’s specification.

  • To support lessons learning and documentation in health and Nutrition Department

  • To represent concern at selected task force and technical meeting at Federal level (DRMFSS/MANTF).

  • To coordinate with the team members of the Health an d Nutrition Department in Addis Ababa and provide regular feedback to the ADCP and Concern’s Area Programme Coordinators.

  • Carry out any other duties as requested by the ADCP to support the Health and Nutrition Department

 

 

Person Specification :

 

Essentials :

 

  • MSc or BSc in Nutrition with at least three or six years relevant experience respectively in emergency and development nutrition programme in ethiopia

  • Minimum of three years NGO experience

  • Expertise in planning , implementation, management and evaluation of nutrition programmes as per community Based management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) approach.

  • Excellent Knowledge of National and International Guidelines, protocols and Standard for Nutrition Response interventions.

  • Excellent interpersonal and mentoring skills to support and develop staff capacity of field based teams.

  • Very good analytical skills, ability to analyse nutrition information and data and generate high quality reports in line with concern and Donor specifications.

  • Knowledge of SMART methodology for nutrition Surveys

  • A task oriented , self-motivated, team player who enjoys and office based work and is flexible to support the Health and nutrition Department.

 

Desirable

 

  • Good administrative skills

  • Ability to communicate effectively in both oral written English.

  • A strong Knowledge of project management

  • Experience in both emergency and development projects

  • Planning and organizing

 

 

 

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