Title: Nutrition Coordinator
Reports to: Area Representative (South Somalia) (Regular liaison with
Nutrition Advisor and Deputy Nutrition Advisor on Technical aspects)
Location: Nairobi with regular visits to South Somalia
General Description
The Nutrition Coordinator will be responsible for the effective
design, implementation and coordination of
activities associated with the Save the Children Somalia / Somaliland nutrition interventions in South
Somalia.
activities associated with the Save the Children Somalia / Somaliland nutrition interventions in South
Somalia.
S/He is responsible for leading the design of the interventions,
developing work plans; coordinating with partners in peer programs locally
& regionally; stimulating & identifying innovative ideas amongst the
team that will meet the project goals; establish best practices; produce
reports; attend regular management meetings both in-house and cluster level;
coordinating with other SCiSOM technical leads and relevant Humanitarian
actors; and managing the local team as applicable (direct implementation /
implementation through local partners).
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Program Design and Management
- Lead the design
and work plan development of the identified interventions
- Lead the charge
in brainstorming innovative new ideas and stimulating such thinking
amongst the SS nutrition team
- Generate quality
monthly and quarterly reports on progress and analysis of program results
and accomplishments.
- Report on
lessons learned from failed interventions identified as innovative in the
design stage
- Ensure that a
holistic & community driven approach to the interventions is employed
- Ensure that interventions
are closely coordinated with other SC programs (WASH, FSL, Education and
Health).
2. Coordination of Nutrition Activities
- Monitor, guide
and support the work of the Field Managers and other members of the
Nutrition team for quality programming.
- Conduct regular
visits to field sites security allowing to monitor implementation of
activities and work with core staff in developing solutions to problems
that may arise.
- Maintain regular
communication with Nutrition staff in the field, Nutrition Advisor and SS
management.
- Receive regular
and timely reports from Field Managers, and take appropriate action issues
raised.
- Facilitate team
work and problem solving skills.
- Carry out work
with respect to SC security concerns, protocols and established policy.
- Protect all
staff and beneficiaries from any form of exploitation including sexually
exploitative relationships.
3. Budget and Grants Management
- Plan, Monitor
and review program expenditure on monthly, quarterly & annually
- Track and report
on program indicators at both national and field levels to ensure that
program implementation meets donor requirements and SC internal control
procedures and that program deliverables are met
4. Record Keeping/Reporting
- Develop M&E
best practices and metrics in collaboration with the M&E team
- Oversee the
establishment of an efficient and effective system for recording and
reporting on program activities, overall statistics and materials
ordering, distribution and use.
- Ensure program
data is updated accordingly and information used for learning
- Ensure nutrition
database and timely and accurate analysis of the information.
5. Training
- Lead Nutrition
core staff in identifying training needs and developing capacity building
and training programs and packages required
- Participate in
the conduct of formal and informal training sessions/seminars and capacity
building activities as appropriate.
- Lead the team to
develop and execute appropriate training and capacity building measures to
support community structures and partners.
6. Liaison
- Communicate and
meet with the relevant regional and local team members associated
Nutrition activities in SS
- Coordinate with
the relevant actors such as local authorities, agencies, national and
international NGOs, donors, community leaders and other beneficiaries to
further the work of the SC Nutrition program.
- Participate in
discussions with relevant stakeholders to familiarize them with the
respective nutrition projects and ensure understanding, cooperation and
backing from the start.
- Attend other key
meetings that may impact on SC nutrition program
7. Other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Key Working Relationships
Internal:
- Area
Representative South Somalia – Direct Supervisor
- Nutrition
Advisor and Deputy Nutrition Advisor (Somalia / Somaliland) – Technical
support
- Humanitarian
Advisor – Field support
- Technical
Coordinators of other SC Somalia programs
- Field Managers
- SC M&E /
Reporting focal points
- SC Emergency
Response team
External:
- Local
Authorities and agencies at national level involved in Nutrition work
- Partner
organizations’ staff
- Donors and donor
representatives as assigned by the Area representative
Person specification
Essential
- Health / Public
Health / Nutrition BSc or equivalent
- Substantial
emergency nutrition experience of (2-4 years) including the design and
implementation of feeding programs and their analysis and monitoring and
evaluation.
- Experience in
planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating CTC programmes
- Experience in
conducting nutrition assessments (survey design, implementation and
analysis using the SMART method and package, an ability to include sound
causal analysis) and an understanding of nutritional surveillance and
information systems.
- Proven capacity
to supervise, train and coach national staff.
- Experience and
ability to represent Save the Children's nutrition work in external
meetings.
- Willingness and
capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and
frustrating working conditions.
- Demonstrable
ability at report writing and excellent communication skills
- Experience of
working safely in hostile and insecure environments
- Self-motivated
and enthusiastic personality, commitment to understanding and improving
the lives of children in an emergency context
- Ability and
willingness to frequently travel and stay in the field
- Ability to work
under extreme pressure and meet deadlines with minimal guidance
- Fluent written
and spoken English
- Distance
management experience
Desirable
- Qualified nurse
with primary health care / community health care experience
- Awareness and
understanding of food security and livelihoods programming options and
other generic programming options for addressing the underlying causes of
malnutrition
- Experience of
distance management of staff/resources in a remote location
- Somali language
skills
- Knowledge of the
region – Horn of Africa in general; Somalia especially
- Coaching and
training skills with a view to capacity strengthening of staff and
partners
- Experience of
participative processes involving children, and ability to coach staff in
mainstreaming good practice
Child Protection
The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to
have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context
all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations
which may allow expatriates unsupervised access to vulnerable children and
young people.
Child Safeguarding Policy:
Any employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking
an activity on behalf of SC UK must sign the Child Safeguarding - Declaration
of Acceptance Form] and comply with the SC UK’s Child Safeguarding Policy which
is a statement of SC UK’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting
children with whom it comes into contact.
This extends not only to children with whom SC and its partners
work directly, but also includes children whom staff are responsible for. SC UK
believes that the situation of children must be improved through the promotion
of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the
Children's Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must
adhere to.
Applications should be forwarded to: vacancies@scsom.org.
Application Closing Date will be Wednesday 11th July 2012.
However, the closing date
may be earlier than this date due to urgency in filling the position.
