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Save the Children in South Sudan is looking for highly skilled and qualified persons for the following positions:
Job Title: Nutrition Assistant Project Manager
Location: Akobo east, with frequent field sites visit
Period: 4 months with possibility of extension
Job Purpose
Nutrition Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for the overall management and supervision of planning, implementation monitoring and evaluation of the nutrition project that will work intensively with indigenous partner NGOs in Akobo County, to build their capacity to setup and operate community based nutrition services. He or she will ensure that rapid expansion of access to nutrition services through building the capacity of the primary health care network to integrate community based management of severe acute malnutrition within already established primary health services.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Objective 1: Ensure the effective implementation of program activities and team management
- Ensure the implementation of activities defined by the Nutrition Program Manager in coordination with the Logistics and Administration departments
- Develop plan of work for both OTPs and SFPs activities according to the expected progress of the project
- Evaluate and update project needs (HR, financing, logistics)
- Liaise with concerned government county authorities and ensure the programme strategy, objectives and activities are understood and agreed and appropriate communication channel is in place
- Ensure sound monitoring of program activities, linking with M&E team at field level
- Provide advanced word processing support by creating complex spreadsheets, maintaining databases and creating high quality reports, presentations, and other documents
- Compile and submit weekly, bi-weekly and monthly routine OTP/SFP reports
- Involve in the preparation of key IYCF and health messages in reference to the existing health and nutrition education materials
- Organize regularly evaluation meetings of team members
- Organize monthly meetings with the team and report the outcome to the head of the programme
- Keep an updated register of the staff (absences, overtime)
- Supervise the daily and monthly reporting by the teams
- Help the OTP and SFP team in any task when required
Objective 2: Supervise treatment activities at OTP and SFP
- Supervising admission of patients to OTP and SFP
- Supervising treatment and progress of patients
- Ensuring adherence to and respect of current protocols
- Analysing nutrition situation and prevailing trends
- Compiling statistical data and draft appropriate reports on activities
- Document lessons learned and best practices at the project level
Objective 3: Nutrition supplies and stock management
- Checking that all the supplies are listed in the register
- Participate in the follow-up of supplies consumption and orders
- Ensuring that stock levels are sufficient for the functioning of SFP and OTP (weekly, monthly or quarterly)
- Make monthly physical inventory of all nutrition supplies
Objective 4: Meeting and coordination with the relevant sectors
- In liaison with the Nutrition Programme Manager, establishing network with the other actors in the area
- Develop productive working relationships with Government, Non-Governmental institutions and other project partners
- Establishing linkage with community leaders and representatives
- Participate in the relevant cluster meetings and other related forum at County or State level as and when requested by the Nutrition PM
- Conduct regular meetings with other program staffs to discuss and document lessons learned
- Assist in organization of project workshop and seminars, including preparation of short reports
SKILLS REQUIRED
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to produce project documents
- Ability to plan and organize work independently with appropriate follow through while paying close attention to detail and show initiative in completing tasks and projects in a timely manner
- Ability to read and abstract information from a variety of formats
- Supervisory and managerial skills with proven ability to manage a demanding workload
- Training provision and teamwork abilities
- Programme experience in the field of nutrition/health is advantageous
- Previous experience working for NGOs an asset
Save the Children work with children, communities and government all over the world and we believe in the right person for the job. Because Save the Children‘s work is based on deeply held values and principles, it is essential that our commitment to children‘s right and humanitarian principles is supported and demonstrated by all members of staff.
Save the Children‘s child safeguarding policy and code of conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must adhere to. We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.Save the Children promotes equality of opportunity and strive for a representative workforce. We strongly encourage people from all social, economic, ethnic, religious and racial backgrounds and we actively encourage people with disabilities to apply for positions. Save the Children values diversity.
Interested applicants should send their applications and CV with 3 professional referees addressed by email to;
Deliver hard copies to our field office in Akobo east addressed to- Human Resources
Closing date for submission of applications is 11th September 2012.
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted & applications shall be reviewed for interview as they are received.
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