Save the Children Deputy Nutrition Adviser Job in Kenya

Save the Children is the world’s largest independent children’s organization, making immediate
and long-lasting improvements to children’s lives in over 120 countries worldwide.

Save the Children is made up of 27 member organisations across the globe.

Through Unified Presence, Save the Children aims to create a stronger voice for children by unifying the operations in all countries where more than one Save the Children Member organizations operates.

This will result in one organisation at the national level in each country and a unified Programme delivery structure for all Save the Children Alliance Members.

Save the Children has a long history of working in partnership in Somalia and it is one of the
leading Ingo’s working in Somalia for the rights of children.

Save the Children has a unified presence in Somalia and Somaliland since January 2010 and is working in the thematic areas of education (including skills training for youth), health, protection and emergency responses.

Save the children has an operation in Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia.

Due to constraints on security, and the need to liaise with UN agencies, other NGOs and donors
the country office is based in Nairobi and senior managers and directors are expected to travel
extensively to monitor and support programme work in all parts of Somalia that are accessible
and where security threats are being effectively mitigated.

The Deputy Nutrition Adviser will assist in the formulation, planning, monitoring, and evaluation
of Nutrition project(s) of Save the Children Somalia/Somaliland and to ensure quality and
impact of the emergency nutrition interventions through facilitation, technical support and
capacity building of field staff and partners in all the supported regions of Somalia.

The post holder will be responsible for providing strengthened support through regular field visits, regular on the job mentoring and capacity building, monitoring the programme quality and adherence to nutritional protocols and standards, data management (i.e. compilation, analysis and reporting etc), and documentation of lessons learned and innovations.

The Deputy Nutrition Adviser will work closely with the country and regional response teams to identify and give technical inputs on the nutrition related challenges.

He/she will also focus on the quality and timely submission of monthly, quarterly, mid-term and final project reports.

He/she will also be frequently travelling to the field to monitor the overall implementation and progress of nutrition activities.

You will have at least five years of hands on experience in the management of emergency
nutrition programs in the humanitarian field (Field work experience);
be familiar with the emergency Nutrition intervention Guidelines, protocols and procedures (Nutrition interventions and surveys); be an expert in Project Cycle Management and programme formulation; have good analytical capacity; have solid training and team management skills; have solid budget management skills; have good communication skills; with knowledge of informatics : Word, Excel and PowerPoint and ENA for SMART and SPSS; excellent speaking, writing and reading
Knowledge of English is required and Somali is desirable and excellent reporting skills.

For additional information on the job description, working context, person’s specifications,
please visit: www.somaliangoconsortium.org

Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Our
people are as diverse as the challenges we face.

Applications should be forwarded to: vacancies@scsom.org

Application Closing Date: Friday 9th March 2012.

However, the closing date may be earlier than this date due to the urgency in filling the position