Kenya: Emergency Nutrition Coordinator-OFDA

Organization: Save the Children

Country: Kenya

Closing date: 06 Oct 2017

Title: Emergency Nutrition Coordinator -OFDA

Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners. Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH. In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya. In Feb 2014, we completed a second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own. Save the Children now has an operational presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the country. In 2016, Save the Children established a new project office in Madagascar whose operations are managed by the Kenya CO. In total, we employ around 350 staff in both countries and had an operating annual budget in 2016 of approximately US$17.5million

Role Purpose:

The Nutrition Coordinator, OFDA, will play a key role in the successful implementation of the OFDA project by leading effective, efficient and quality CMAM and IYCF-E nutrition activities. The Nutrition Coordinator will hold overall accountability for ensuring the Save the Children nutrition response is implemented with high quality and best practices, following international, national and donor guidelines for CMAM/IMAM and IYCF-E. The Nutrition Coordinator will be responsible for day to day operations of the OFDA nutrition response and will be held accountable for timely and quality implementation, budget management, logistics and HR as it relates to OFDA nutrition response. She/he will be expected to represent Save the Children externally and maintain close working relationships with Ministry of Health and other stakeholders and partners. The post holder will be the driver of Save the Children"s OFDA nutrition strategy and will represent Save the Children"s interest and values in all aspects of their work.

Contract Duration: 9 months

Location: Lodwar

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• University Degree in Health/Public Health/Nutrition/Agriculture or equivalent


• At least three (3) years" experience of emergency nutrition work and the design and implementation of feeding programmes (ideally CMAM including monitoring and evaluation)


• Proven experience in Project Management


• Experience in conducting nutrition assessments and an understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems


• Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff


• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions.


• Proactive approach and demonstrable ability function well under pressure.


• Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment.


• Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field.


• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children"s aims, values and principles.


• Experience and ability to represent SC nutrition work in external meetings.


• Demonstrable ability at report writing and excellent communication skills.


• Computer literate.


• Fluency in written and spoken English, Kiswahili and local languages.

Desirable:

• Qualified Nutritionist with primary health care/community health care experience.


• Budget management and operational experience an asset.

Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role. To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.

Disclaimer:

Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

How to apply:

Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=bW9uaWNhLjk0MzkyLjM4MzBAc2F2ZXRoZWNoaWxkcmVuYW8uYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t