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Nutrition Programme Manager and Roving Technical Coordinator - South Sudan (Unity)

Southern Unity Nutrition Programme Manager and Roving Technical Coordinator South Sudan

About the role: This is a 12 month, replacement role with unaccompanied terms based in Juba, South Sudan with frequent travel to other programme sites, including very remote field sites and with a salary of Grade 3 €34,106 - €37,895

You will report to the Juba Area Coordinator, will manage Concern’s nutrition activities, working through and with our local partner in southern Unity, as well as providing roving rapid response capacity and technical support to other programme sites. In addition, a final component will be to represent Concern at national-level coordination fora and technical working groups.

We would like you to start in August 2017.

Your purpose:

This position will be responsible for the management of Concern’s nutrition programme in southern Unity which is currently implemented through a local partner, Nile Hope. This role will therefore provide technical support to Nile Hope in southern Unity and work to strengthen its systems and support in Juba, including its external representation.

Key activities will include training and on-the-job coaching of staff, improving reporting and analysis, ensuring sites are appropriately equipped and staffed, supporting procurement and HR matters, and ensuring timely sharing of information with other partners and actors.

In addition, the job-holder will lead the nutrition component of rapid response missions (either Concern or multi-sectoral) across the country, with a focus on Unity, and will provide technical support and surge capacity to all programme sites. This may entail developing strategy papers, streamlining approaches across sites, sharing lessons learnt and experiences between sites to strengthen a response, and providing surge support to different programme locations.

The position will also represent Concern in national-level nutrition coordination meetings and fora, Cluster meetings, workshop and technical working groups including the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG), and the Nutrition Information Working Group (NIWG)

You will be responsible for:

Programme Management and Partner Support

· Ensure quality implementation of Nile Hope’s nutrition programme in Leer, along with any new areas in southern Unity, according to international standards, national guidelines, Concern policies and best practices.

· Provide oversight and support to Concern’s local partner Nile Hope to ensure that prepositioning of stock, the development of procurement plans, expenditure tracking and donor reporting is done accurately and in a timely manner.

· Monitor Concern’s Leer programme expenditure and budgets, and work with Nile Hope to ensure that their grant is optimally utilized and spending is in line with Concern/Nile Hope’s financial procedures and donor requirements.

· Support cross-sectoral periodic programme reviews in order to assess programme progress, capture lessons learnt and adapt programme strategies as necessary in accordance with Concern’s results-based management principles. Ensure mainstreaming of cross cutting issues/approaches throughout the programme cycle including: Gender, Protection, HIV and Aids, Rights Based Approach, Accountability and do no harm philosophy.

· With Nile Hope, ensure the local authorities and communities are meaningfully engaged in the programme.

· Provide relevant inputs for the development of South Sudan’s Country Strategic Plan

· Support and coordinate visits of visitors including the regional and HQ based staff and external visitors such as consultants, donors and media with the EPD, as required.

· Work with Juba Finance and Systems to ensure that the programme Finance, HR and Logistics needs are planned and met.

· Monitor the security situation in southern Unity with Nile Hope and in areas of deployment for the rapid response team, and implement Concern’s emergency and security procedures.

Reporting and Donor Compliance

· Prepare timely and high quality internal and donor reports for the Leer programme

· Prepare monthly trend analysis reports with Nile Hope to monitor and respond to the changing nutrition situation.

· Ensure that Nile Hope prepare and submit timely, high quality narrative and financial reports in line with their grant agreement and reporting schedule.

Rapid Response Missions

· Lead the nutrition component of any Concern or inter-agency rapid response missions in which Concern participates.

· Ensure that the necessary equipment, materials and are available and in good working order for rapid deployment.

· Coordinate with UNICEF and WFP as required to ensure nutrition supplies are available and transported to rapid response locations, as necessary.

· Act as focal point for Concern’s rapid response missions as necessary, and coordinate with other agencies, including OCHA, to ensure timely preparation and deployment.

· Work with the Emergency Programme Director and Juba Area Coordinator to further build and maintain Concern’s emergency preparedness capacity

· Adhere to all of Concern’s security and communications protocols while on deployment

Roving Technical Support

· Provide roving technical support and guidance to Concern’s nutrition programmes in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal, Unity and Juba as needed and in collaboration with the Area Coordinator, Emergency Programme Director and Programme Director. This may include gap-filling during staff absences or support for specific activities.

· Support teams in the implementation of nutrition surveys, including SMART, SQUEAC and KAP surveys, working with consultants, providing guidance and technical oversight, as required, and reviewing reports.

· Identify complementarities and differences between Concern South Sudan’s nutrition programme across the country and work with the teams to develop and document common strategies and streamline our approaches.

· Lead in the development of a Concern South Sudan nutrition strategy.

· Share nutrition best practices and relevant research with programme teams.

Representation

· Act as Concern’s focal point for the national Nutrition Cluster, participating in the Nutrition Cluster meetings, Strategic Advisory Group, Nutrition Information Working Group and other workshops and meetings.

· Share relevant information in a timely manner with all of Concern’s nutrition programmes.

· Represent Concern to with government departments, donors and communities in sub-national and national level as required.

Others

· Adhere fully to the commitments and rules of Concern’s Programme Participant Protection Policy and Code of Conduct (P4 and CoC), including the respect of confidentiality.

· Report to the appropriate manager all violations of the P4 or CoC

· Other duties as assigned by the Area Coordinator or Emergency Programme Director.

Your skills and experience will include:

Education & Qualifications Required:

· Nutrition degree or nutrition post graduate qualification or public health/nursing qualification (with significant nutrition experience)

· At least 3 years’ experience in a (post-)conflict and/or developing country managing a nutrition programme, using the CMAM approach.

· At least 3 years’ experience of implementing CMAM

· Experience of designing, implementing and analysing nutrition surveys.

· Experience in analysing and interpreting data and writing reports to a high technical standard.

· Experience in the supervision, training and mentoring of nutrition and health staff

· Involvement in Nutrition policy development

· Experience in working with and building the capacity of local organisations

· Experience of conducting emergency assessments and participating in rapid response mechanisms

We would also like:

· Familiarity with IT equipment, HF/VHF radios and security issues;

· Previous experience of working in South Sudan;

· A strong team leader and team player with significant experience in team and capacity building, including of local organisations

· Ability to work and remain calm under pressure; good people development and motivation skills.

· Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity.

· Empathy with Concern’s goals and a commitment to capacity building, protection and participation.

· Good verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong analytical, organisational and interpersonal skills

· A good understanding of security context and its relevance to programme delivery & design.

· Experience in team building and working in a participatory/integrated manner.

· Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision and adaptable to changing needs and situations

· Flexible, reliable and adaptable to changing environments and volatile security settings.

· Experience in and willingness to travel and be deployed to very remote locations and work in an insecure environment

· Diplomatic - a commitment to working through systems of community participation and mobilization.

· Knowledge of computer applications i.e. Microsoft word, Excel, communications systems..

All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by closing date. CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length.

All candidates who are short-listed for a first round interview will be notified via email after the application deadline. Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short listed on a regular basis and we may offer posts before the closing date.

How to apply:
To apply, please click on this link: https://jobs.concern.net/jobs/international/vacancy/programme-manager--