The European Union’s
Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) is seeking a
Programme Officer
The European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG-ECHO), is the European Commission Department responsible for financing humanitarian assistance.
ECHO finances a range of partners, which include NGOs, UN agencies and the Red
Cross Movement, to provide assistance to people affected by both natural and
manmade disaster.Programme Officer
The European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG-ECHO), is the European Commission Department responsible for financing humanitarian assistance.
Duties & Responsibilities
The Programme Officer - Nutrition (PO) will be based in the ECHO Regional Support Office in Nairobi and will report to the Head of Office.
The PO serves the nutrition sector by undertaking the following responsibilities:
- Assess
nutritional aspects of humanitarian situations in the region and provide
recommendations on appropriate response ,
- Provide
advice and support ECHO Field Offices and HQ Desk Officers at operational,
programmatic and strategic levels,
- Contribute
to the internal Food Assistance, Health and Nutrition technical working
groups for the development of nutrition specific guideline/guidance
internal policy work, and
- Follow
up the application of best practices amongst DG-ECHO partners.
The PO is required to travel to carry out regular missions to
identify and assess humanitarian needs and to monitor programmes in the
Central, Eastern and Southern Africa countries as well as other countries of
ECHO’s engagement if required.
Required Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- A
degree in Nutrition or Public Health or equivalent experience of minimum10
years
- A
minimum of five years work experience in the humanitarian sector; good
knowledge of international NGOs and UN aid agencies is an advantage
- Work
experience outside Kenya in an international setting is an advantage;
- Very
good understanding of nutrition and public health technical guidelines;
- Thorough
knowledge of local government nutrition policies, rules and procedures
relating to grants and Project Cycle Management.
Required Skills
- Fluent
written and spoken English are required. Understanding of French language
is an advantage.
- Personal
initiative; ability to work both independently and in a team, with ability
to set priorities, and to work to tight deadlines;
- Commitment,
determination, reliability and a high degree of personal integrity &
discretion;
- Ability
to analyse and process information;
- Ability
to clearly and concisely convey information to others.
If you meet the above requirements a prerequisite is to fill the standard CV template available on the following link (http://www.delken.ec.europa.eu/en/vacancy.asp – A Standard CV Template ECHO).
Also apply in writing with CV, copies of the work certificates of previous employments, a recent passport photograph and daytime telephone contact to
The Regional Administrative Coordinator,
Position: Programme Officer _ Nutrition
Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO),
P.O. Box 49991- 00100,
Nairobi
Latest by noon 06/03/2012 in a sealed envelope indicating the position applied for on the envelope: PO Nutrition.
Candidates who have not been contacted by 21/03/2012 should consider that they have not been selected.