Urgent vacancy announcement for : Emergency Health and Nutrition Coordinator (Woldiya)

Who we are

SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. The organization started its humanitarian work with the opening of its first Village in Mekelle, Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. The organization has been providing life-saving provisions such as food, water and health services for a very significant number of children devastated by severe drought and the subsequent famine.

Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community based organizations across seven program locations; SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia aspires that every child grows up with love, respect and security.

As part of SOS CVE's effort to respond to different emergencies such as drought, flood, conflict etc, which arise from time to time in different parts of the country, the organization has secured funding from Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to implement an eleven months Emergency Nutrition project in the North Wollo zone of Gazo and Angot Woredas of the Amhara region.

Why we need you?

We are looking for Health and Nutrition Coordinator who will be based in Woldiya and will be responsible for implementation of all components of this particular project, provision of technical and professional support in the target communities’ project area and contribute to the delivery of effective and high-quality Emergency health and nutrition intervention.  

What we provide...

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Your role....

While working with as a Health and Nutrition Coordinator you will be in charge of;

Program Management Grant Management

• Ensure that emergency nutrition grant is implemented according to internal SOS CVE and donor regulations.
• To participate in writing proposals for new projects and funding under the direction of the National Emergency Response Coordinator and Institutional Partnership Manger
• Provide timely and quality inputs to project design and implementation through reviewing or developing need and progress assessment tools; writing proposal budget and narrative; and developing TOC/log-frames while working with the rest of the unit’s team
• Support the team in use of grant management tools such as the budget tracking tools, activity progress monitoring tools, procurement plans, etc.
• Support the National Emergency Response Coordinator for all health and nutrition projects in grant management including adherence of budget expenditure according to SOS CVE and donor regulation and participating in project review meeting.

Budget Monitoring

• Ensure that grant budgets are spent according to plan and as per contractual agreements with the respective donors.
• In collaboration with the Addis and field team review spending plans and monitor the implementation
• Conduct monthly BVA reviews and make appropriate recommendations to the finance and logistics staff in Addis as well as to the field-based health staff.
• Coordinate   technical team inputs to, and directly provide inputs when needed to, project/budget amendments.
• Work with finance to undertake budget recoding as required
• Monthly cash forecasting to be sent to the National Emergency Response Coordinator with follow up of programme spending

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Ensure that the stated goals and objectives of projects overseen by the position are met with strong M&E follow up and reports are written and submitted to concerned bodies in a timely manner.
• Participate in the design and delivery of robust M&E plans and design/adapt health information systems including surveillance systems for SOS CVE  for the current and subsequent emergency nutrition related projects 
• Review reports prepared by field based project staffs (CMAM officers, IYCF-E/Breastfeeding counselor and data clerks) and provide appropriate feedback to the concerned staff.
• Conduct regular project review meetings and joint supervision visit with local health authorities/expert and field-based health officers to assess the level of achievement of project targets for the various health grants.
• In consultation with the Nutrition Advisor(consultant), plan the design implementation and dissemination of quality midline and end line evaluation reports(that incorporates a SMART methodology) for both internal and external users/consumption
• Monthly activity report to be sent to National Emergency Response Coordinator including the achievements of the team for the past month and objectives for the following month.
• Donor reports: quarterly/interim and final reports to be sent to the National Emergency Response Coordinator.
• Monthly partner reports (UNICEF, WFP)

Quality Assurance

• To participate in identifying MoH personnel, partner LNGO’s for collaboration in the implementation of the proposed project( nutrition, health, child protection and MHPSS) activities and/or technical training for management of acute malnutrition
• To organize and carry out project kick offs (project sensitization workshops at the two Woredas) health and nutrition trainings for partners, especially MoH personnel where possible (e.g. technical workshops, training on SAM guidelines, IYCF-E and CBN guidelines, etc).
• To follow up and provide ongoing technical support to the activities of the trained partners as well as the project officers recruited by this particular project.
• Identify performance gaps and design interventions and develop action plans in collaboration with National Emergency Response Coordinator and field coordinators to manage activities and improve the quality-of-service provision supported
• Ensure quality of clinical and non-clinical service provision in SOS CVE supported health facilities (health posts and/or health centers) according to national, WHO or international standards through communication of standards, assessing and monitoring performance against standards and guiding and motivating staff to meet and maintain standard.
• To participate in nutrition treatment program reports for external release which are validated by National Emergency Response Coordinator and Tech. Advisor (consultant) and disseminated to the partner’s accordingly.
• In coordination with the Field Project Coordinators, to co-facilitate the trainings and compile training reports.
• To participate in the development of standard operating procedures(SOP) for implementation of health and nutrition projects, training manuals and field operation guidelines in collaboration with National Emergency Response Coordinator, Nutrition Advisor(consultant), and project coordinators

Representation & Coordination

• To collaborate with local authorities and community for the acceptance of project and activities
• To liaise with local authorities and project stakeholders such as MoH/RHB/RENCU personnel regularly, reporting to them and giving them updates on project commodities & activities.
• To collaborate with the potential partners on the field (assessment and responses of CP related, MPHSS component of the project) to improve the coverage and the efficiency of the project.
• To collaborate with the potential partner running CP component of this project to set-up and strengthen referral and treatment links of beneficiaries to health facilities (GBV and any cases that need psychosocial support).
• To collaborate with partners where possible (e.g.  UNICEF, WFP etc in nutrition/health/flood assessments in the area that may have an impact on our programs).
• To participate in humanitarian coordination particularly nutrition cluster meetings at regional level and where possible (at Federal level) in consultation with the National Emergency Response Coordinator and Field based Project Coordinators.
• Represent SOS CVE/participate at TWGs, consortium meetings and national clusters at RMOH, RHBs, UNICEF/WFP and other stakeholders.
• Represent SOS CVE on donor’s meetings in the absence of the National Emergency Response Coordinator and/or Humanitarian Action manager.
• Attend relevant meetings and prepare meeting notes as required and share these with all concerned.

Team Management

• Participate in the staff development plans for project staff based on performance reviews in collaboration with the human resources department and contribute to the  training of health staffs (mentoring, on-the-job sessions as well as formal trainings).
• In consultation with the Field Project Coordinators and Admin & HR Coordinator, outline different job description (JD) review applicants and assist in the recruitment of qualified staffs necessary for this particular.

Child Safeguarding

• Responsible to ensure that all beneficiaries are receiving ongoing, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages about SOS Children’s Villages Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct.
• Ensure that all support is provided on the best interest of the child.
• Responsible to take part in raise awareness raising sessions and capacity building trainings in relation to CS and Code of Conduct and to prevent and protect children and young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
• Support children and young people to make them understand the CS risks and protection mechanisms
• Responsible to report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately, following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the CS team at programme level and/or to the respective line manager 

Up for the challenge...

Then check out our criteria’s:

The must haves:

Education

• Masters level in Public Health, Nutrition, or a related subject

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years experience working  in nutrition and/or health programmes in a humanitarian context or emergency nutrition programing 
• Previous experience of providing technical support to Health and Nutrition teams in the areas of CMAM, IYCF-E  and maternal health
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessments, project reports, and proposals
• Proven ability of mentoring, coaching and training on health and nutrition subjects
• Experience of senior level representation
• Experience of developing and negotiating successful partnerships with institutional donors
• Demonstrated experience in proposal development, including practical experience with budgeting, logframe development, and writing of technical descriptions
• Demonstrated experience supervising, managing, and providing technical support and assistance to field-based program/project staff