Employee Contract Type:

• Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:

  STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING AND STANDARDS

  • Provide strategic leadership and guidance in designing effective emergency nutrition projects within the framework of WVE’s Country Strategic Plan, principles, values

  • Provide overall leadership and coordination in the design of emergency nutrition response plans and strategies and also in the development of proposals for submission to donors to raise funds.

  • Planning and implementation of Emergency Nutrition Response project activities and set high quality performance targets ensuring adherence to national policy, strategy and technical standards, best practices and donor and internal guidelines

  • To enhance understanding regarding standards and accountability in nutrition in emergencies

  • To ensure effective communication and information sharing on emergency nutrition programming with in WVE

  PROGRAM QUALITY AND Design Monitoring & Evaluation  

  • Actively participate in soliciting fund for emergency nutrition projects in collaborations with GAM

  • Provide and coordinate technical assistance for emergency nutrition resource acquisition work in the NO, working to ensure that the WVE acquires adequate public and private funding to scale up strategic and high quality nutrition.

  • Coordinate and lead emergency nutrition response projects during planning, budget preparation, implementation, M&E and timely reporting ensuring quality and standards through enhanced partnership with HEA/Grant operation teams

  • Work in collaboration with HEA/Grant operation team to ensure the quality of emergency nutrition projects implementation

  • Provide overall leadership and guidance in the design and undertaking of rapid assessments and standard nutrition surveys and subsequently in the design of nutrition responses in affected areas to ensure alignment of WVE’s work with applicable government and donor policies, strategies and operating procedures

  • Ensure that emergency nutrition and related projects are technically sound, environmentally friendly, socially and cultural acceptable

  COLLABORATION AND PARTNERING

  • Liaise and establish contacts  at national level ENCU, DRMFSS, NGOs, donors, UN agencies and other international partners and discussions at national level concerning emergency nutrition response in WVE operational areas

  • Regularly participate in emergency nutrition information TWG, MANTF and other related coordination meetings and ensuring effective information sharing and flow within WVE

  • Ensuring the emergency nutrition interventions are integrated with other development Area Programs

  • Participate and be an active participant in the national Emergency Nutrition working group. Represent the WVE in emergency Nutrition-related meetings where appropriate

  • Ensure effective partnership, networking and coordination/collaboration with government, NGOs, UN agencies and other international partners in the design and implementation of emergency nutrition projects

  • Ensure documentation of good practices in emergency nutrition and interlinked themes such as WASH and effective communication of lessons within and outside WVE with the aim to enhance learning to improve future planning and programming and also increase WVE’s profile in emergency nutrition  programming

  • Create and maintain linkages with key implementing and research partners within Ethiopia in emergency Nutrition programming.

  • Assist in the recruitment, training and deployment of emergency nutrition staff and periodically review JD’s to best reflect changing staff roles and responsibilities

  • In collaboration with HEA/Grant operation teams review and submit monthly TFP/TSFP admissions to ENCU, ministry of health and others and also for donors  

  RESEARCH FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Participate with CMAM forum and Emergency nutrition network

  • Recommend areas for operational research and support nutrition operational research

  • Provide technical support to implementation and monitoring of operational research that are to do with Emergency Nutrition programming.

  Disaster Preparedness/HEA

  • Maintain situational awareness of actual and potential hazards at local level and bring to attention of AP and head office

  • Guide community hazard vulnerability analysis in area of health and nutrition

  Solve problems under emergency conditions.

  Job Requirements

Required Qualification and Certifications

Minimum 8 years working experience with NGOs in emergency nutrition programs; A minimum of 5 years with Specialist, Manager or advisor position in emergency nutrition Programming.

Master’s degree in public health or nutrition with health background from accredited universities or health colleges.  Certificates on:

• ToT training in Acute Malnutrition 2019 revised guideline

• ToT training in revised 2019 IMAM guideline

• Certificate of training on SPHERE standards

• Trained on Family MUAC approach

• Trainings on SMART survey, SLEAC, SQUEAC, and NCA

Applicant Type Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

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