Concern Worldwide Nutrition Monitoring & Survey Technical Officer (Maternity Cover) Jobs in Ethiopia
Concern Worldwide Nutrition Monitoring & Survey Technical Officer (Maternity Cover) Jobs in Ethiopia
Job Purpose The Nutrition Monitoring and Survey Technical Officer will contribute to high quality nutrition programming in emergencies (especially in Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and Comprehensive Integrated Nutrition Services (CINS)) and provide survey, assessment and monitoring expertise through supporting projects and project staff, documentation and knowledge management across the range of contexts in which Concern Ethiopia works – emergency, fragile/chronic emergency, development.
S/He is expected to ensure all activities are implemented with a high degree of quality, in line with national guidelines and international standards.
S/He will be required to keep up-to-date with any changes in global and national policies and oversee the technical direction and quality of nutrition and surveys in collaboration with the Health and Nutrition and MEAL units.
Main duties and responsibilities
Technical Support & Quality Assurance
Harmonise, develop and use nutritional survey and assessment tools in Concern health and nutrition projects, including SMART, SQUEAC, barrier analysis, rapid nutrition assessments, baseline/midterm/endline and any new methodology introduced (RAM, S3M etc)
Plan and oversee implementation of nutrition assessments and surveys in existing and potential project areas including:
Permissions from relevant government bodies obtained for planned nutrition surveys and endorsed survey reports disseminated
Design (sampling, questionnaires, team composition, data collection plan), coordination, implementation (training, supervision, data quality checking/entry), analysis and report writing for all surveys
Quality control for any surveys outsourced to independent consultants
Capacity Building & Mentorship
Lead trainings on CMAM, CiNUS and other micronutrient related capacity building activities
Orientation and training of nutrition staff on survey methodology, data collection, implementation and interpretation
Conduct regular technical visits (supportive supervision) to support effective implementation, monitoring, evaluation and documentation of ongoing nutrition projects
Build coaching techniques and problem solving to address identified systems barriers
Programme Development & Design
Support the development of proposals and prepare reports and documentation related to nutrition and surveys/assessments, bringing on board new and innovative initiatives to strengthen the project approach
Ensure surveys and assessments are integral to all health and nutrition programming with results and findings incorporated into subsequent project adaptation or design
Ensure appropriate nutrition standard indicators are used for monitoring the process, achieved outputs and outcomes, and make findings available for future programming and planning
Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment, Learning & Reporting
Maintain a central database of all project nutrition data (emergency and development) including CMAM admission and outcome data, programme coverage, gender breakdown and conduct regular trend analysis over time and per geographical area
Lead on rolling out barrier analysis in collaboration with WASH and livelihood teams and collate findings from Concern or other agency evaluations including on barriers to uptake of care, nutrition causal analyses, coverage surveys, dietary diversity etc.
Ensure Concern’s
nutrition survey related reports are technically sound
Lead on learning reviews for end of project/midterm nutrition projects
Job Requirements
Safeguarding at Concern: Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies
Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy.
These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them.
In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission.
Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment.
By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies.
Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work.
We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles.
Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.
Women are highly encouraged to apply
Essential
Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health or Nutrition (Masters an advantage)
At least 3 years’ work experience in managing nutrition emergency and/or development nutrition projects
Experience of conducting and analyzing coverage or SMART surveys
Good understanding of capacity building approaches
Strong verbal and written skills in English
Experience in working with team and governments
Strong verbal and written skills in English
Experience of data analytical software including EpiInfo, SPSS highly desirable
Strong leadership, teamwork, coordination, interpersonal and negotiating skills
Strong analytical skills, sound judgment and the capacity to think and plan strategically
Representation, liaison and negotiation skills
Familiarity with cross-cutting approaches such as HIV mainstreaming, rights-based, gender, equality
Computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint presentations and spreadsheets and budgeting
What we offer
A competitive salary and benefit package
Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
20 days annual leave
26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18 weeks (unpaid) parental leave
How to Apply
Interested applicants should send non-returnable C.V., application letter outlining how their experience and education fit this vacancy, please note that no need to submit your supporting documents at this stage:
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