Save the Children Nigeria Nutrition Coordinator Jobs
Save the Children Nigeria Nutrition Coordinator Jobs
Scope of Role: The Nutrition Coordinator will be responsible for overall implementation and oversight of nutrition activities (CMAM & IYCF).
He / she will also oversee Nutrition Officer and Assistants implementing nutrition activities in the areas of jurisdiction.
He / She will who support the day-to-day running of project activities along with SCI partners. The Nutrition Coordinator will also ensure that nutrition activities are fully integrated into other sectoral interventions and also enhance coordination between sectors.
The Nutrition Coordinator will Engage in capacity building activities including training and on the job mentorship to team members, provide training to the nutrition team in IYCF-E, CMAM, and other related nutrition-focused activities;
This position will be based at Yobe with travel to field sites; and reports to the Field Manager
Key Areas of Accountability:
This post focuses on emergency / humanitarian programming and not limited to any project. The position holder will be expected to contribute to SCI’s dual mandate and support as needed.
Key Areas of Accountability
Program Management
Oversees the implementation of nutrition activities and ensuring that the quality standards and state of the art are met;
Work closely with the nutrition specialist in providing technical leadership and strategic guidance in the development, implementation, monitoring and learning from nutrition projects
Supervise, lead, guide, support and manage nutrition officers and implementing partners, thereby enabling them to fulfil their roles and responsibilities in an effective and efficient manner
Facilitate trainings for nutrition professionals;
Participating in and / or leading health, nutrition, and / or multi-sectoral assessments as required;
Manages all Save the Children resources (equipment, supplies, HR) committed to nutrition program activities;
Conducts regular field visits to provide supportive supervision to the projects;
In liaison with the Nutrition Specialist, develop work plans, SOPs, budgets, and other required program documents for nutrition section;
Conducts regular field visits and review meetings with government officials to monitor the implementation of nutrition programs;
In collaboration with Nutrition Specialist, ensure timely preparation and implementation of activities while focusing on the targets / deliverables / budgets
Representation and Communication:
Represent SCI nutrition and participate in internal coordination and share up-to-date within the sector
Documents findings and recommendations of field visits for follow-up actions; shares as appropriate.
Actively participates in the development and submission of program reports, ensuring completeness, accuracy and timeliness.
Documents lessons learned in specific technical areas.
Policy Analysis, Policy Engagement and Advocacy for Policy Change:
Contribute to nutrition learning and research that supports the sector advocacy objectives and lead the implementation research necessary for evidence-based advocacy.
Represent the organization at all relevant technical external task forces, working groups, seminars or other meetings as approved by the sector head and use these meetings to negotiate strategic, project and advocacy positions.
Develop good relations with other NGOs, development and UN agencies working in the sector and where possible forge alliances to influence key actors around advocacy objectives.
Be fully aware of national policies, strategies and other initiatives and developments by government and other stakeholders in the sector of thematic area covered.
Ensure that the voices of children guide advocacy and policy change objectives and related activities.
Compile, Analyze and interpret nutrition response data and provide regular updates to government and NGO coordination bodies as requested, and use the information to justify decisions on further resource allocation.
Participates in identifying, coordinating, and implementing operational research studies to pilot and scale-up effective direct interventions in coordination
Programme Quality and Effectiveness:
Ensure that project officers are meeting both internal and donor technical standards and requirements. This includes oversight of implementation quality, reviewing, editing and signing-off donor reports to ensure they are of an acceptable technical and presentational quality.
Participate in field-based project monitoring and review meetings.
Liaise with Programme Operations staff to identify technical support needs of projects and staff, and jointly agree on specific and time-bound support needs of projects and staff in relevant technical
areas.
Provide technical training to ensure that the project staff have the necessary skills to technically implement the project.
Assist project staff in the use of nutrition and cross-cutting tools and guidelines to ensure the quality of work. These include, among others, child participation, child right programming and mainstreaming of gender, diversity and HIV / AIDS.
Prepare work plans, in consultation with Field manager and Nutrition technical team and ensure that implementation is up to date
Undertake regular field visits to project sites to ensure technical quality and timeliness of ongoing work.
Documentation and Reporting:
Provide accurate, complete and up-to-date information required for effective strategic and tactical planning in the North East
Work with the nutrition and MEAL team to ensure quality data is produced, collated, compiled and shared
Prepare regular / mandated program / project reports for management to keep them informed of program progress.
Build the capacities of the nutrition Officers and Assistants to produce quality reports
Program Finance, Logistics and Administration:
Assist in staff recruitment and training, conduct performance monitoring in collaboration with HR, and ensure that standards and protocols are adhered to
Timely submit the procurement requests for all projects
Review and manage program budgets and ensure that there is regular alignment of the budget in regards to expenditures
Coordinate very closely with logistics in order to ensure that there is no break in nutrition program supplies
Organize and follow-up on all other procurements needed for the projects
Other:
The post holder may be responsible for additional tasks and duties as and when required to support the overall Country Programme, regional and head office priorities.
Qualification and Experience
M.Sc Degree or First Degree in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition or related health fields with a minimum of 5 years works experience in the nutrition the area of emergency nutrition in NGO environment.
Strong analysis and writing skills
Certificate in monitoring and evaluation, nutrition in humanitarian context, CMAM, IYCF, or any other related topics.
Experience in working with government counterparts and other partners at various levels -
Excellent understanding of the relevant thematic sector in Nigeria at both field and policy levels; including the national nutrition program and well as CMAM programming
Proven experience in emergency nutrition projects
Familiarity with nutrition donors, partners, and NGO groups
Practical understanding of the challenges and opportunities in realising children’s rights in Nigeria, in relation to thematic area
Understanding of advocacy and representation within the nutrition sector
Skills:
Demonstrable experience in M&E
Good presentation and facilitation skills
Proven conceptual skills and an ability to think and plan strategically
Good communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to train and mentor staff
Proven ability to manage a complex and demanding workload
Excellent spoken and written English and local language (North east of Nigeria)
Good computer skills (particularly Excel, Word and databases)
Desirable:
Experience in nutrition project data management and CMAM programming
Having an operational experience will be a plus advantage.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children Nigeria Nutrition Coordinator Jobs
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