Project Name:Emergency Nutrition
and Food Security Support to Yida Camp
Project Period:August 2012 to
December 2012 (With a possibility of extension)
Position Title:Program Manager - Nutrition
Grade: 2
Duty Station: Yida, Unity State
Reports To: Area Coordinator
Job Summary
WFP Nutrition Program Manager (NPM) will serve as a key member of the WFP EMOP team and fully participate in key decision making for the program.
Job Summary
WFP Nutrition Program Manager (NPM) will serve as a key member of the WFP EMOP team and fully participate in key decision making for the program.
The primary functions
of the WFP Nutrition PM are to supervise and manage the WFP nutrition program
(BSFP & TSFP) at field level as well as provide technical support to the
food security team.
Additional functions
include participation in nutrition interventions, accurate reporting, develop
necessary contacts and relationships, lead the development of strategies, and
manage existing programs and resources.
The WFP Nutrition PM
will provide day to day supervision, management and training to a team of
nutrition staff (BSFP and TSFP) and technical oversight of food security
programming (GFD).
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee
all programmatic aspects of the WFP Nutrition (BSFP and TSFP) program and
provide technical support to the Food Security Program (GFD); ensuring
that all interventions are implemented to the highest standards;
- Approximately
85% of time would be devoted to the Nutrition programs;
- Ensure
that reporting to Area Coordinator, NGO partners and WFP is done on a
timely and regular basis and that the quality of reports meets the funding
partners’ expectations and standards;
- Maintain
relationships with all local health partners, that regular communication
is maintained, and that partners receive adequate support, capacity
strengthening, program oversight, and fully comply with program and
resource management standards;
- Focal
point person for program planning, reporting and accountability, related
to WFP nutrition programs;
- Liaise
with the M&E team for adequate monitoring and evaluation of all health
and nutrition programs;
- Provide
technical support to projects designed to improve nutritional status of vulnerable
populations;
- Provide
technical support to nutritional assessment activities, including sound
sampling methodologies, data collection and management systems, and
reporting formats;
- Review
relevant reports to Donors to ensure technical debates are well
articulated and reports are of acceptable quality before submission;
- Provide
technical training requirements for WFP nutrition staff and identify
external support where necessary;
- Identify
and provide management for consultants related to nutrition requirements;
- Promote
inter-agency and inter-sectoral coordination while representing SP at
relevant meetings and working groups;
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Nursing, Public Health, or Nutrition required
- Advanced
University Degree (M.Sc./B.Sc.) in Nursing, Public Health or Nutrition;
highly preferred
- Experience
of 2 years as a manager or coordinator specifically related to nutrition
programming
- Experience
in food assistance programming specifically WFP programs highly preferred
- Experience
in conducting nutrition surveys, including planning, sampling, training,
data collection supervision, data cleaning, analysis, reporting and
dissemination
- Excellent
skills in spoken and written English
- Excellent
skills in Word, Excel and in appropriate software for nutrition (Epi info,
ENA etc)
- Strong
coordination skills
Skills and Competencies
- Flexibility,
adaptability, and patience
- Facilitation
and interpersonal skills
- Analytical
and problem solving skills
- Ability
to work under pressure to strict deadlines
- Ability
to assess problems and recommend solutions
- Methodical
and thorough familiarity with SMART method, including software application
with plausibility checks and software application (ENA-Epi/ ENA-SMART, or
EpiInfo)
- Experience
in use and interpretation of WHO child growth standards
- Training
and coaching skills
- Cross
cultural awareness and sensitivity to cultural differences
- Awareness
of gender issues
- Empathy
with organizational goals
- Ability
to motivate and develop skills of others
Submission of Applications
Interested applicants should submit their C.V. only and an application letter to hr@spkenya.org to be received not later than 20th October 2012.
Kindly note:
Interested applicants should submit their C.V. only and an application letter to hr@spkenya.org to be received not later than 20th October 2012.
Kindly note:
1. Only email
applications will be accepted;
2. The position title
(as is on the advert) should be indicated on the subject line;
3. Due to the volume
of applications and the immediate need, shortlisted candidates will be notified
on a rolling basis.
