New Jobs at Action Against Hunger, 11th April, 2019

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Action Against Hunger works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy. We are recruiting to fill the position of:     Job Title: PHP Officer Location: Maiduguri, Borno Job Type: Full Time Start date: as soon as possible Direct Line Manager: WASH Manager Objective 1

• Overall supervision of Public Health Promotion and Non-food items distribution activities following AAH’s local strategy and International Guidelines

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that a KAP baseline survey is carried out, analysis done and hygiene promotion strategy is designed on the basis of the findings (for projects more than three months long)
• In coordination with the WASH Manager, revise and adapt hygiene promotion training material to local context and in line with target groups to be trained
• In coordination with the WASH Manager, revise and adapt all IEC materials in line with the local context. This should be drawn up as a communication plan.
• Continually assess emergency needs, as requested, especially taking in the broader perspective of public health.
• Plan beneficiary selection and registration, and led the distribution of NFI kits with the Field Assistant team.
• Ensure that work meets with SPHERE minimum standards.
• Assist the WASH Manager with, and where required participate in, community mobilization.
• Ensure that all technical work reflects the needs and preferences of different target groups.

Objective 2

• Train and build the capacity of staffs and partners

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the PHP & NFI team members are fully aware of the hygiene promotion Strategy and all activities are in line with strategy activities.
• Prepare training tools on relevant technical topics and conduct trainings for both internal staff and external stakeholders.
• Assist the WASH Manager in the development of technical guidelines and tools.
• Assess areas for improvement and recording lessons learnt for future activities.

Objective 3

• Coordinate with internal staffs and local stakeholders to ensure smooth project implementation.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Liaise closely with the WASH manager throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of WASH technical activities.
• Represent AAH at local level WASH meetings and technical working groups relating to Public health promotion and NFI distribution as required by your line manager

Objective 4

• Supervise and manage staffs under your responsibility

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Participate in staff’s recruitment in line with agreed organogram structure.
• Provide day-to-day management of staff directly under your responsibility.
• Set objectives with staff under your direct management, and appraise their performance in accordance with AAH performance management policies, identifying areas where they require support and capacity building
• Ensure that your team co-ordinate and integrate with WASH technical team members.
• Ensure that gender issues are taken into account
• Report regularly, verbally and in writing, to the  WASH  Manager

Internal & External Relationship Internal:

• WASH Manager: technical hierarchical relationship - exchange of information, collaboration, coordination
• WASH Technical Officer: Collaborate with the WASH Technical Officer to ensure exchange of information, collaboration and coordination

External:

• Local governmental and non-governmental partners: exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision, influence on the choice of technical options
• Local representatives of international aid organisations: exchange of information

Qualifications

• Degree in Public Health, Sociology, Rural Development, and other related fields

Skills & Experience Essential:

• Previous experience in supervising hygiene promotion activities
• Professional, good organizational capacity, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
• Three years of relevant work experience
• Microsoft Office software Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri, Shuwa and English
• Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy

Preferred:

• Previous experience of work in the humanitarian sector
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
• Previous experience with AAH
• Previous donor programming experience (e.g. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA)

    Job Title: System Strengthening Officer Location: Dutse, Jigawa Job Type: Full Time Start date: as soon as possible Direct Line Manager: System Strengthening Manager Objective 1

• Strengthen government ownership, governance and policy to sustain and scale up quality, inclusive and accountable nutrition and health  interventions

Tasks & responsibilities:

• In collaboration with System Strengthening Manager, carry out analysis of trends and drivers of malnutrition at the state, LGA  and facility level and conduct capacity review and threshold setting for targeted HF
• Work with SMOH and SPHCDA to organize a workshop towards defining and costing of surge actions  and subsequent incorporation into the AOP
• Provide TA to SMOH and SPHCDA where required towards increasing budget allocation to health
• Work with SMOH and ministry of education on the incorporation of nutrition into the school curriculum.
• Provide TA to the state on the integration of Procurement and distributions of health and nutrition commodities into the state logistics management system with clear SOPs and tools for forecasting, distribution, storage and reporting
• Work closely with SMOH and other relevant bodies to ensure improved recording and reporting into DHIS2
• Work closely with SMOH and SMBP on the best strategy for the coordination of training of frontline health workers across the state
• Work with SMOH on the selection and TOT training of dedicated master trainers within the state structure to facilitate and lead the training of frontline health workers through the coordination centre
• In close collaboration with the advocacy team, support SMOH and SPHCMB in the adoption and institutionalization of CHIPS program and subsequent implementation at the selected LGAs
• Update stakeholder contact information at state level and targeted local government level for nutrition and health sector on a regular basis.
• Develop health facility matrix for tracking gaps in service provisions, HRH, supplies, technical capacities, information management and availability of policies/guidelines at state and health facility level

Objective 2

• Support and strengthen community participation in the health system

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Support government through the provision of technical assistance to identify the gaps in nutrition human resource
• Support Program Manager to organize workshops and meetings at the state level in regards to HSS
• Actively participate in the development of a toolbox of nutrition interventions with costings to serve as a guide for States to implement nutrition programmes leveraging on opportunities
• In close collaboration with Nutrition team organize nutrition and health media jingles and campaign towards increasing the visibility of national MIYCN SBCC strategy
• Conduct a State Drivers of change (SDOC) assessment, to include a stakeholder and power mapping to provide the provisional listing of the networks and influencers to engage with in coordination with advocacy team
• Assess current funding for nutrition and health with the estimates from the 5 years costed multi–sectoral plans to identify the funding gaps in the state

Objective 3

• Project Management

Tasks & responsibilities: This position is responsible to support program Manager for budget planning, expenditure tracking related to HSS activities planned under the project. Some of the project management related work will be:

• Support MPM in developing HSS timeline
• Support MPM in developing financial forecast in line with the HSS timelines and planning at different level
• Ensure close collaboration with HR and Finance during recruitment planning, screening and finalization process for HSS related positions
• Ensure close collaboration with logistics and finance during the planning of workshops, trainings and/or meeting that requires financial advances and/or logistical procurement etc.
• Ensure close collaboration with logistic during any assessment planning, data collection for arranging transportation and other logistical aspects
• Review and update budget planning including HSS related follow up regular activities on a regular basis and share with N/H project manager.
• Maintain close collaboration with state MoH, primary health care agencies and LGA public health coordinators
• Lead coordination with state government and non-government partners working in the targeted LGAs on a periodic basis in close coordination with Nutrition and Health Sector manager.

Objective 4

• Follow up of the HSS action plan with AAH teams and external stakeholders working in the targeted LGAs

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Support LGAs in planning and budgeting for health and nutrition service delivery in reference to identified gaps.
• With support from the program manager, develop follow up mechanism and tools for tracking progress on the agreed HSS action plans
• Organize periodic observation, visits and update the follow-up tools
• Engage with State HIS officers to follow up on the progress on reporting
• Engage with all respective government counterpart such as SMoH, SPHCMB, Monitoring and Evaluation team (DHIS2 officers) during the follow-up and share with them the progress on a regular basis

Objective 5

• Information management, reporting and coordination

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Liaise with N/H teams and ensure that health facility matrix, 4W/5W are updated by the respective teams and archived.
• Ensure that attendance sheet are used and maintained by the teams for on-job coaching sessions, workshops/meetings and refresher training
• Identify key progress, gaps and challenges with proposed solutions from the monthly follow up visits, health facility matrix updates and inform N/H project manager
• Closely coordinate with State/LGA representatives from SMoH and health care agencies responsible for service delivery for the targeted LGAs
• Organize and lead the LGA based monthly coordination meetings and support LGA teams on structuring LGA coordination mechanisms with health workers and partners
• Participate in the relevant cluster meetings and other related forum at district or governorate level as and when requested by the PM or in absence of PM.
• Conduct regular meetings with other ACF sector or partners to discuss and document lessons learned
• Regularly report and coordinate with line managers regarding challenges, issues faced in the field for timely and appropriate decision-making.

Objective 6

• Performance Management

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Communicate Action Against Hunger performance standards and expectations to team members which includes ; 10 minutes monthly conversation, 3 months/end of probation performance appraisal and annual/ end of contract appraisal.
• Establish performance objectives, provide feedback, and identify strengths and areas for professional improvement.
• Contribute to the professional development and improvement of team members by providing support.

Internal & External Relationship Internal

• System Strengthening manager: Line manager
• State Project Manager/Field manager: exchange of information
• Nutrition & Health sector manager & Advocacy team: regular collaboration and coordination; exchange of information

External:

• SPHCDA, SMOH, SMBP: direct technical and facilitation support, Close collaboration, training and workshop facilitation support.
• LGA Team/ Health facility team: Training, supportive supervision, exchange of information, coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine/Public Health/Nursing/Nutrition or related field
• Certificate in project management for development will be an added advantage

Skills & Experience Essential:

• 3 years’ work experience in the development sector
• Good understanding of Nigeria health system structure
• Previous role at coordination/supervisory level is required
• Fluency in spoken and written English language. Hausa language will be added advantage
• Understanding of Nigeria political dynamics and structure is required

Preferred:

• Experience of working in partnership with or directly with the Ministry of Health is preferable
• Ability to plan and organize work Independent with appropriate follow through while paying close attention to detail and can read and abstract information from a variety of formats.
• Ability to delegate and follow up of task among teams
• Ability to understand and to interpret the nature of human behavior
• Ability to manage a wide range of stakeholders for collaboration, coordination and consultation

    Job Title: Nutrition Officer Location: Dutse, Jigawa Job Type: Full Time Start date: as soon as possible Direct Line Manager: Nutrition Sector Manager Objective 1

• Contribute to the definition and the implementation of ACF policies, positioning and strategies in the mission

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Support the application of the common IYCF and Care Group Model package of guidelines and tools which will be used in WINNN CE for training, implementation and in support of M&E.
• Implement project framework, the mission’s Nutrition Security strategy taking into account the key internal and external documents: ACF charter, 2015 international strategic framework, policies (IYCF, MHCP, BCC, CGM etc.), positioning papers (N-H, IYCF, BMS, etc.), national strategies and other specific protocols and policies established and approved by the Government of Nigeria (GoN).

Objective 2

• Contribute to the identification, definition, formulation of Nutrition projects and/or components of projects led by other sectors.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Ensure supervision and quality assurance of all Nutrition activities in the area of intervention.
• Facilitate the compilation of need/feasibility assessments and related reports.
• Participate in the writing of Nutrition related parts of the proposals (proposal narrative, budget and LFA) as requested.

Objective 3

• Leads projects implementation, monitoring and reporting for Nutrition Sensitive.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Ensure availability of the printed copies of all project proposals and related guidelines/tools for implementation (IYCF, CGM or CMAM).
• Work with Nut Sector Manager to ensure that agreed technical guidelines and specifications for the implementation of all Nutrition sensitive projects are followed in the course of project execution.
• Contribute to the development of work plans for the implementation of all project activities in collaboration and coordination with other sectors; under supervision and guidance of the STL and Nutrition Coordinator.
• Track the implementation of project activities using ACF tools – Activity Progress Report (APR), Budget follow-up and Training Reports.
• Contribute to the Development of Monthly Situation Report (Sitrep) and Technical Monthly Report (TMR).
• Ensure support to ensure that donors and ACF visibility are conspicuous on working sites of all Nutrition Sensitive projects.
• Promote strict adherence to safety measures/rules for both ACF teams (including daily hire) and the populations/public.

Objective 4

• To support in local ACF representation and coordination with other stakeholders within the intervention area

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Support follow-up and ensure engaged relations with government authorities and partners implementing Nutrition sensitive activities in the same intervention area.
• Support the Coordination of ACF’s action with other stakeholders working in the intervention area.
• Support capacity building of ACF Nutrition sensitive partners in the area of intervention and the community.
• Promote partnerships with local NGOs, including capacity building, at district/provincial/regional level

Objective 5

• Contribute to the internal and external evaluation of the project’s effect/impact.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Contribute to the definition of external evaluations (opportunities, ToR,), supports external evaluators (during their mission), and implements recommendations coming out from external evaluations.
• Support M&E teams as needed on implementation of KAP survey and other related surveys in the program.

Objective 6

• Contribute pro-actively to HR management including staff career plan development

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Supervise the Nutrition sensitive teams working at the Local Government Level and ACF Base Office.
• Take part actively in the recruitment and the training of staff, in cooperation with the STL and HR administrator.
• Lead and support the Evaluation (performance appraisal) of Nutrition sensitive staff and ensure that all staff have planned and completed PAs. Recommend for capacity building and career development milestones.

Objective 7

• Contribute to the mission’s capitalization and to ACF communication.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Ensure the compilation on a soft drive of all essential documents related to N-H projects
• Ensure a compilation on a soft drive of all relevant pictures of Nutrition sensitive projects.
• Contribute to the set up and populating of the ACF Nutrition sensitive database in the mission

Internal & External Relationship Internal:

• Nutrition Sector Manager: Direct report.
• State Team Leader:  Technical support

External:

• State Primary Health Care Agency (SPHCDA), State Nutrition Officer, SMOH: exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision, influence on the choice of technical options.
• LGA Team/ HF team/CV: Training, supportive supervision, influence on the choice of technical options.

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science, a Nurse, Medicine, or Public Health Degree or equivalent in a field related to Nutrition sensitive and or training/courses specific to Nutrition sensitive in development contexts  + minimum 3 years of work experiences.

Skills & Experience Essential:

• Fluent English, Hausa and Kanuri
• Ability to analyze and synthesize information
• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible, culturally sensitive
• Human resource management experience, leadership and motivation/training skills
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and time management
• Must be disciplined, able to work autonomously and self-learner;
• Strong capacity to represent ACF and sustain relations with state and local stakeholders.
• Interpersonal skills (team management, communication, reporting, autonomy, pedagogy, planning and organizational skills.
• Experience in working with CMAM, Care Group Model, BCC and IYCF programming.

Preferred:

• Experience in the International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) and Humanitarian context
• Experience with Social Behavior Change Programming

    Job Title: HR Officer Location: Monguno, Borno Job Type: Full Time Start date: as soon as possible Direct Line Manager: HRManager Objective 1

• Oversee the base’s recruitment process.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Ensure that all steps of the recruitment process are followed accordingly at the base level.
• Liaise with managers to initiate recruitment and ensure proper approval by HR and Finance.
• Manage the posting, advertising and circulation of vacancies and the screening of received applications at the base level.
• Liaise with managers for technical shortlist and to define the interview panel.
• Ensure interviews and tests are done in a timely manner and proper documentation submitted and filed.
• Participate in reviewing written technical test and interview grids for all existing positions and work with coordination team to develop these tools for new positions.
• Participate in the update of a recruitment tracking database and submit to HR Manager on a weekly basis.

Objective 2

• Ensure proper contract administration for all staff.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Provide all necessary paperwork needed prior to making an offer at Capital level.
• Follow up on contracts dates and contract amendments at the base level in order to ensure that the processing of contract amendments or end of contract documents in a timely manner, communicated, and documented properly.
• Ensure that administrative processes for employee separations are followed properly, and that necessary documentation and information is provided and recorded for the processing of end of contracts.

Objective 3

• Oversee the processing of employee’s salary and benefits.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Submit a finalized version of all data needed for the payroll to the HR Manager on a monthly basis.
• Liaise with Capital to ensure that all information related to payroll is received and filed in a timely manner.
• Work with the HR team at Capital level to ensure that signed time sheets and pay slips are received, tracked and filed correctly for all staff.
• Support the HR Manager in periodic review of salary scale, benefits and cost of living.

Objective 4

• Support in the mission’s capacity building and career development.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Support the implement a uniform briefing process across the mission and ensure that it is provided for all new staff.
• Facilitate staff trainings on HR policy and procedure, as assigned.
• Track the performance appraisal due dates for all staff and follow up with managers and Heads of Base to ensure they are received in a timely manner.
• Extract and track relevant training information from performance appraisals and submit to the HR Team at Capital level to be followed in the Mission Training Plan.
• Participate in the research and identification of training opportunities for staff.
• Ensure the proper follow up and filing of all staff trainings.

Objective 5

• Supervise and manage staff under your responsibility.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day management of staff directly under his/her responsibility.
• Set objectives with staff under his/her direct management, and appraise their performance in accordance with Action Against Hunger performance management policies, identifying areas where they require support and capacity building.
• Ensure that all HR policies and procedures are followed for staff directly under his/her responsibility.

Objective 6

• Provide overall support to the HR Department.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Implement and ensure the application of the HR policy on the mission and provide advice and support to employees and managers.
• Participate in elaborating projects related to national HR functioning.
• Provide suggestions on how to improve HR functioning throughout the mission.
• Draft and circulate HR department communications as necessary.
• Ensure the maintenance of Action Against Hunger communication boards.
• In collaboration with the HR team in Abuja, develop and maintain a tracking system for mission statistics.

Internal & External Relationship Internal:

• HR Manager: technical guidance, line management, exchange of information, reporting, collaboration, coordination
• Logistics and Finance Departments: collaboration, coordination, and exchange of information
• Abuja and field-based HR team: collaboration, coordination, and exchange of information
• HR Assistant: Line manager

External

• Suppliers (newspaper advertising, insurance providers, etc.)
• Job applicants and inquiries

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in fields related to HR, Administration and Management; masters’ degree a plus.

Skills & Experience Essential:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in HR and/or administrative support positions.
• Understanding of national labor law and employment norms and practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Approachable, diplomatic, able to work effectively in diverse, cross-cultural teams in a complex, multi-site work environment.
• Computer literacy including all Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook).
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organized, rigorous, self-motivated, a strong sense of responsibility, ability to work independently.
• Able to maintain confidentiality.
• Capacity for analysis, synthesis and reporting of large amounts of information.

Preferred:

• Previous experience working for INGOs an asset, particularly health-related INGOs.
• Fluency in one or more National/regional languages an asset.

    Job Title: Advocacy Manager and Communications Manager Location: Dutse, Jigawa Job Type: Full Time Start date: as soon as possible Direct Line Manager: Project Manager Objective 1

• Expand and improve ACF’s/WINNN advocacy and communication work for tackling undernutrition in Jigawa State.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Development of project specific advocacy and communications action plan and provide technical guidance throughout their implementation.
• Develop and drive implementation of the state focused advocacy and communication plan in collaboration with advocacy coordination team.
• Analyse and understand the state government structures, parliamentary and political processes including key decision-making structures and how to influence them.
• Increase visibility and dissemination of ACF/WINNN programme interventions by developing a range of communications materials and other activities for sharing with the stakeholders.
• Identify both global, federal and state events/celebrations and organize awareness-raising events and campaigns.
• Explore media opportunities for broadcasting ACF/WINNN activities and showcasing community initiatives.
• To develop or contribute to the development of advocacy products such as policy briefings, letters, submissions and other advocacy products.
• Facilitate documentation and coordinate the collection of evidence from ACF/WINNN programs in the state to influence state policies and practices.
• Facilitate institutional capacity building of government stakeholders and partners as per ACF mandate.
• Facilitate and create platforms for active and meaningful engagement of citizens with the government stakeholders.

Objective 2

• Collaboration and representation in advocacy fora

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Raise awareness and knowledge about WINNN objectives and activities.
• Provide Coordination team and State Team Lead with regular updates on the political and policy developments in the State and state level conversations.
• Develop and coordinating partnerships with other parties on advocacy activities (NGO, civil society) and facilitating joint advocacy activities.
• Engage in networking, building relations with State stakeholders to continually inform, challenge and improve advocacy messages and tactics
• In collaboration with the advocacy coordination team, support the development of policy and advocacy materials such as talking points, briefing notes, position papers for ACF.
• Undertake additional coordination as requested by the State Team Lead and Area Coordinator.

Objective 3

• Capacity building and repository of information

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for regular progress reports on advocacy activities, outcomes, lessons learned, best practices and challenges as related to the project at the state level.
• Create a repository of advocacy and communication initiatives, tools and documents and support colleagues in the identification, documenting and drafting of best practices and lessons learned from ACF/WINNN interventions.
• Provide context specific, field-level information to national and global advocacy efforts.

Internal & External Relationship Internal:

• Others Managers: exchange of information and coordination (integrated approach)
• State Team Lead (WINNN):  hierarchical relationship – reporting, exchange of information on relations with Government Institutions and collaboration on the program and operational issues
• Field Manager: Collaboration and exchange of information on operational and security issues
• Advocacy Manager (Abuja): work very closely to provide information and request technical support on project advocacy and communication efforts.
• Media and Communications Officer (Abuja): Exchange of information on media and communication activities.

External:

• Governmental and non-governmental partners: exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision, influence on the choice of technical options
• International and Local Aid Organizations: exchange of information
• Donor representatives: hosting field visits, exchange of information
• Cluster and other coordination forums

Position Requirements Qualifications:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications & Journalism, Media Studies, Communications Strategy, Development Communication or relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience at the national/state level in providing communication packages to promote the activities of the organization, preferably in humanitarian and development contexts.

Skills & Experience Essential:

• Credibility to lobby, network, influence and represent AAH Nigeria at all levels.
• Must be disciplined and able to work autonomously and arrive at decisions and conclusions with minimal guidance.
• Proven ability to learn and adapt Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
• Previous experience with advocacy or communication duties
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Excellent writing/editing, analytical and verbal communication skills
• Fluency in English and Hausa (written and spoken)
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy

Preferred:

• Advanced knowledge of donors’ guidelines/procedures
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Package and Adobe Photoshop
• Good understanding of all three ACF’s technical sectors is desirable

    How To Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply   Application Deadline 17th April, 2019.   Note: Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

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