Nutrition Coordinator - CMN

Reporting to the Country Program Coordinator, the Nutrition Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the nutrition department of ACF Kenya in overseeing, coordinating and ensuring integration between ACF-USA nutrition programs; providing technical support and working on analysis with nutrition program managers and surveillance PM.

The incumbent will be coordinating with nutrition cluster partners and donors for nutrition activities as well as represent the organisation and its interests to donors, partners and counterparts.

S/he will ensure compliance of programmes in terms of achieving objectives in current grants and ensure information sharing and collaboration with the food security & livelihoods, water and sanitation programs to ensure an integrated approach.

The Nutrition Coordinator will be responsible for proposing technical strategies that are coherent with the context and the humanitarian situations and also propose revisions of current strategies as per arising needs and changes in the humanitarian context.

The incumbent will be based in Nairobi with frequent field visits.

Qualifications and Skills required

• Masters degree in Nutrition/medical field.
• Minimum 5 years humanitarian work in developing or emergency context
• Minimum one year experience in a coordination role
• Excellent data analysis and reporting skills
• Excellent written and public communication and negotiation skills
• Able to adjust to a lifestyle of frequent travel on the field

These positions are contractual on a one-year renewable basis.

Closing Date: 11th July 2011

Applicants who can take up the positions immediately are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should forward their applications including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of certificates and telephone contacts or email addresses of 3 referees preferably former supervisors to:

Email: hr.ke@acf-international.org