About the role: 

This is a 12 month, replacement role with unaccompanied terms based in Bentiu, South Sudan with frequent travel to programme sites, including some remote field sites and with a salary of Grade 2, from €29,734 to €33,038 annual basis.

You will report to the Nutrition Programme Manager in Northern Liech State, will ensure the quality of Concern’s nutrition activities in Bentiu PoC and in the Beyond Bentiu Response, including possible emergency rapid response based on population movements and needs.

We would like you to start in April 2018.

Your purpose:

This position will be responsible for ensuring the highest quality standards of nutrition services (OTP/TSFP/SC) delivered by Concern in Bentiu PoC (Protection of Civilians) sites located in the UNMISS IDP camp area and outside of the PoC in Unity State (Beyond Bentiu Response). This shall be done under the guidance of the Nutrition Programme Manager and in collaboration/consultation with the national Nutrition technical coordinator, the Health and Nutrition Advisor, the Emergency Programme Director and the Area Coordinator. Key activities will include a capacity building development plan, training and on-the-job coaching of staff, improving reporting and analysis systems, ensuring sites are appropriately equipped and staffed, and ensuring timely sharing of information with other partners and actors.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

Programme Planning and Design:

• Support the PM in the design and plan nutrition activities in Bentiu PoC and Beyond Bentiu Response, ensuring the participation of programme stakeholders in all stages of the programme cycle
• Support the preparation Scopes of Work and Bills of Quantities for the construction or rehabilitation of nutrition facilities, as required

Programme Implementation:

• Lead the Nutrition programme in Unity to implement the community nutrition program plan to achieve health and nutrition seeking behaviour and increased coverage of CMAM screening across SC, OTPs and TSFP sites in northern Unity
• Help in the recruitment of additional staff as needed and train, mentor and supervise new and existing staff.
• Ensure effective training and mentoring of relevant staff and government staff members at county and community level in community health & nutrition program activities and monitoring, as applicable
• Ensure a strong monitoring system is in place and that programme data on key nutrition indicators,  is collected, analysed, reviewed and responded to on an ongoing basis.
• Ensure the organisation of RUTF and RUSF distributions
• Quality CMAM services are being delivered at all identified health facilities/POC sites in line with the assessed need
• Capacity building of Concern/State MoH staff at county, PHCUs and PHCCs level and in mobile nutrition teams to implement CMAM is enhanced, sensitization on Concern’s P4 police

Reporting and Donor Compliance

• Prepare timely and high quality internal and donor reports for the Northern Unity nutrition programme, in line with donor requirements (narrative and financial)
• CMAM monitoring system is in place and key indicators being reported on a monthly  basis (and quarterly in the form of the Concern CMAM quarterly report)
• Prepare and share timely nutrition programme data as required by the Nutrition cluster

People Management:

• Support the Nutrition PM in ensuring that the nutrition team have up to date job descriptions, clear objectives
• Identify training and capacity development needs through a training and capacity building development plan
• Ensure that all staff are aware of and comply with Concern’s policies and procedures
• Ensure that staff and contractors are compliant and fully understand their obligations

Representation:

• Actively support the Nutrition PM to represent Concern in appropriate national and state meetings/workshops and remain up-to-date with nutrition developments in South Sudan
• Share relevant information in a timely manner with all of Concern’s nutrition programmes

Your skills and experience will include:

Essential:

• Nutrition degree or nutrition post graduate qualification or public health/nursing qualification (with significant nutrition experience)
• At least two year experience in a post-conflict and/or developing country managing a nutrition programme
• At least 2 years’ experience of implementing CMAM programmes
• Experience of designing, implementing and analysing nutrition surveys (SMART, SQUEAC, etc.)
• Experience in analysing and interpreting data and writing reports to a high technical standard.
• Experience in the supervision, training and mentoring of nutrition and health staff
• Involvement in Nutrition policy development
• Experience of working in nutrition in a conflict, post-conflict

Desirable:

• Familiarity with IT equipment, HF/VHF radios and security issues;
• Experience of CTC approach (inpatient and outpatient therapeutic and supplementary feeding)

Previous experience of working in South Sudan and in a camp setting. All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by closing date. CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length.

All candidates who are short-listed for a first round interview will be notified via email after the application deadline.

Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.