Job Purpose

The JEOP Nutrition Coordinator is responsible for the overall management and implementation of World Vision Ethiopia Nutrition activities under JEOP Food Assistance program in the respective regions. He/she will work in close collaboration with other WVE managers, Coordinators, teams and health and nutrition partners to ensure coordination, collaboration, integration and quality of health and nutrition activities.

Liaise and establishes contacts at Regional, Zonal and woreda level with government health office, DRMFSS, NGOs, and UN agencies (WFP, WHO and UNICEF).

Job Description Summary

Job Description

• Objective 1: Establish and supervise JEOP  Nutrition activities

  • Working with other sectors PMs to analyse needs in the area and propose activities & locations accordingly

  • Provide inputs for the development of a concept note and/or project proposal with other sectors with a view to developing shared and integrated approaches

  • Ensuring quality implementation of health nutritional packages, including CMAM/IMAM, IMNCI, ANC-PNC, IPLS

  • Develop Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP), Project Procurement Plan, Supply Plan at start of a project.

  • Develop M&E tools (APR) for ongoing and new projects in collaboration with MEAL Teams.

  • Participating in the preparation and execution of health and nutritional assessments (provide information to those conducting the study: local geographical, economic, social and anthropological data)

  • Conduct rapid needs assessments as required in collaboration with other WVE sectors

  • Creating and developing a network for the detection and referral of clients, notably by the use of community mobilisation techniques

  • Preparing timely procurement requests according to BoQ and budgets, monitoring and controlling nutrition stocks & consumption in collaboration with supply chain, Logistics/fleet, Hub Leads and HO technical teams 

  Objective 2:   P&C Management and staff development

  • Determine the HR needs for the implementation of the JEOP nutrition activities

  • Taking part in the recruitment of staff in line with P &C procedures and in consultation with P&C coordinators/Managers

  • Conduct staff appraisals and support Zonal Coordinators in the implementation of staff appraisals & development of work/action plans

  • Develop and follow up on individual work/ action plans

  • Identifying the training needs of WVE teams on the basis of skills assessments and observation in collaboration

  • Organising and carrying out training sessions, On Job training, Mentoring and Supervision

  • Organise and lead (in collaboration with TA) monthly team meetings to identify challenges and track progress in the programme implementation at the different centres and develop action plan and follow up accordingly

  • Organising and leading meetings with the team and individual staff members, on both a regular and ad hoc basis

  • Follow up on staff leave planning, absence, late coming in collaboration with P&C

  Objective 3:Develop and direct operations

  • Contribute to the development of the WVE Health & Nutrition strategy, and roll out strategy as required

  • Analysis and follow up of the health and nutrition situation in the region- outbreaks, health and nutrition status and other issues affecting the health and nutrition status of the population.

  • Contributing to the preparation of new project proposals (text, budget, BoQ and HR needs) in collaboration with other other sectors’ PMs, Coordinators and Nutrition & health Technical Advisor/specialists

  • Ensure accurate and quality monthly reporting (MMR narrative and quantitative report,SiTrip Reports

  • Ensure that staff are adhering to the reporting and recording system (beneficiary cards, register books, daily, weekly, monthly reports)- accuracy and timely submission

  • Contribute to donor reporting (frequency according to the donor requirements) by compiling and writing of nutrition narrative on progress while ensuring accurate data

  • Presenting the  Health and Nutrition programme to partners (the authorities, donors etc)

  Objective 4:Internal and External Coordination

  • Participate in the different external coordination mechanisms at  Regional, Zonal and woreda level.

  • Develop network of contacts at base level (INGOs, LNGOs, government, technical or scientific) to allow a smooth implementation of the project

  • Provide updates on WVE health and nutrition activities in the different external coordination meetings

  • Provide technical inputs according to WVE  guidelines, positioning papers, and strategy in the external coordination mechanisms as well as technical working groups

  • Liaison with international and local partners regarding health and nutrition activities

  • Lead and provide support to health and nutrition team on external partners’ (including donor visits) field visits - represent WVE, development of briefing papers etc.

  • Share minutes of meetings attended including summary of action points

  • Ensure timely submission ENCU and Health Cluster report at national level/sub national.

Job Requirements

Educational level required:   

• Master’s or Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition and related field of study from accredited college and or universities;

• Technical Training qualifications required:  CMAM,IMAM  and IYCF-E training, relief and disaster management and development related, Experience in project design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and report writing.

• Other:  Knowledge of other local language is advantageous. 

Experience:

•  Minimum five years working experience with NGOs out of which one year in Emergency Nutrition Response as a coordination, supervisory/managerial role

• Computer literate

• Experience in providing technical support and/ or strong organizational skills required.

Additional Requirements:

• Committed to WV’s vision, mission and core values.

• Patience, good relations with other people, good capacity to work in a team, capacity to manage priorities, precision, capacity to share knowledge and train colleagues, knowing the local language; willingness to work under pressure and extra hours.

• Fluency in written and spoken English, Amharic and Tigrigna languages and strong interpersonal skills are needed

• A mature Christian, who's willing to serve in very difficult conditions

• Perform other duties as required.

Working Environment / Conditions

• Work environment:  Woreda-based with frequent travel to the field where disasters strike and sometimes to conflict areas and under stress conditions (IDPs);

• Travel:  80% travel to operation woredas and Health facilities are  required.

• On call: 20%

How to Apply

All interested applicants should follow the below link to apply HERE

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