Job Opening at COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale for a Nutrition Manager
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale, is a humanitarian, non-confessional
and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more
than 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty
and to supporting populations affected by wars, socio-economic crises
or
natural disasters in their path to recovery and sustainable
development, by making use of the professionalism of local and
international operators, and through our partnerships with public and
private bodies and civil society organizations.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Nutrition Manager
Location: Yobe and Borno
Context and Background
- Since the declaration of state of emergency in the Nigerian
federal States of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, the escalation of the Boko
Haram insurgency has led to multiple displacement crises, with
communities fleeing their area of origin to take refuge in camps or host
communities.
- Given the unfolding large scale emergency in the north eastern
Nigeria, COOPI plans to scale up its current operations in Yobe state
and reach newly accessible areas, in addition to areas receiving
Nigerian returnees from Niger, with its multi-sectoral services
including food security, cash transfer programming, nutrition and
protection.
- Furthermore, COOPI plans to set-up operations to extend its
humanitarian services to affected populations in Borno state, including
the capital Maiduguri and newly accessible areas in the state, where the
most vulnerable populations are stuck with insufficient basic services
to respond to their immediate needs in a dignified manner.
Role Purpose
- The goal of this programme is to support the set up and improve
CMAM and IYCF services to safeguard the nutritional and health status of
infants and children in northern Nigeria.
- The Nutrition Manager will be responsible for overseeing the
overall implementation of the programme activities and the management of
nutrition programme staff.
- The Nutrition Manager will provide input into the strategic
vision and direction to the COOPI nutrition programme in northern
Nigeria, including allocation of resources and ensuring that appropriate
monitoring are maintained at all levels, that programme implementation
is on track and that outputs are being delivered.
- The nutrition manager is responsible for designing, overseeing
and coordinating the nutrition programs, as well as liaising with
various external partners. S/he reports to head of mission.
- The set of activities in a nutrition programs includes:
- Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) approach
- IYCF promotion activities
- Assessments and surveillance interventions (nutrition
surveys using ENA for SMART, coverage surveys using SQUEAC methodology,
KAP surveys)
- Capacity building of local staff and local partners
- Community mobilization
Responsibilities
Management of the Nutritional Program:
- Follow up and ongoing analysis of the context.
- Definition, supervision and monitoring of COOPI Nutrition
programs, in compliance with COOPI nutrition security policy and
standard operating procedures
- Ensure the integration of nutrition components in the food security programmes
- Provision of continuous guidance and technical support to the programmes
- Identify and troubleshoot challenges to remove any obstacle that might arise during project implementation.
- Design and ensure the use of monitoring tools. Ensure that the
M&E systems are effective, of high quality, and provide regular
impact and process data and that the baseline and evaluation assessments
are conducted
- Ensure compliance of programs in terms of achieving objectives in current grants.
Team Management:
- Management of nutrition program staff and elaboration their Job description.;
- Ensure that staff have clearly defined objectives and understand their responsibilities.
- Conduct evaluation and appraisal of staff
- Provision of technical and organizational support and trainings to the nutrition project staff
- Ensure all staff understand and implement programme guidelines and protocols
Reporting:
- Compilation, analysis and feedback on monthly reports for the
nutrition programmes and assist with stock consumption/distribution
plans as required
- Ongoing communication with food security programme teams and nutrition focal point at HQ level.
- Donor reporting.
Representation and Internal/External Communication:
- Coordination with other technical departments at coordination
level (Food Security and Livelihood, Logistics and Administration).
- Provide technical guidance to support COOPI to promote consistent good practices
- Represent COOPI at national and regional level in nutrition technical meetings.
- Participate in the external coordination with nutrition partners
and governmental bodies and provide technical support and guidance in
the nutrition sub-committee and cluster, where relevant.
Requirements
Essential:
- B.Sc or equivalent in Health/Public Health/Nutrition
- A qualified Doctor, Nutritionist, Nurse with Primary Health Care and Nutrition experience
- Demonstrable management experience, including budget holding responsibility
- Minimum of 3 years of previous experience working with NGOs specifically on CMAM and infant and young child feeding programmes
- Experience of designing and implementation programmes, including monitoring and evaluation methodologies (SQUEAC, LQAs)
- frustrating working conditions
- Prepared to work in an uncertain security environment
- Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay in the field
- Commitment to and understanding of COOP mission, values and principles
- Experience and ability to represent COOPI nutrition work in external meetings
- Demonstrable ability at report writing and excellent communication skills
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office software including Word and Excel as well as email/internet
- Experience in conducting nutrition assessments (SMART, KAP
surveys) and an understanding of nutritional data and information
systems
- Proven capacity to supervise, train, motivate and coach staff
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and
- Fluency in written and spoken English
Desired:
- Prior experience working for humanitarian agencies
- Knowledge of the operational area
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline: 27th March, 2017.