Health & Nutrition Coodinator

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The Health and Nutrition Coordinator is responsible for internal and external coordination to ensure smooth implementation of Action Against Hunger Health and Nutrition Activities in different state of Sudan. Support nutrition and basic primary health care service provision, together with referral system and integration of community approach for prevention and identification of malnutrition (routine screenings, sensitization activities in care practices, IYCF, good nutrition and hygiene). Reinforcement of CMAM Scaling-up in health facilities and community level in key identified localities trough technical support to SMoH.

Key activities in your role will include

Process: Design and implementation of programs. Tasks:

• Lead the development of proposals related to health and nutrition and contribute to Multi sector project design.
• Ensure cross-cutting issues (gender, MHPSS, social protection, Climate) are integrated and mainstreamed in nutrition and health proposals in coordination and consultation with other technical departments.
• Ensure compliance to donor commitments and ACF internal policies during implementation of the activities on the field.
• Ensure quality and timely implementation of the planned activities. To follow and support activities through field visits, phone, and email.
• Support development of Assessment protocols, implementation, and report of different surveys (SMART, SQUEAC, IYCF, KPC).
• Regularly analyze nutrition and health data and share information for decision makers.
• Review health and nutrition technical reports coming from the field for donors and headquarters.
• Contribute to program capitalization documenting experiences and develop good practices and success stories.
• Assess ACF and partners health and nutrition staffs training needs, develop capacity building plan and enhance technical skills and knowledge.
• Support project budget development, budget follow-up and budget forecast.
• Provide technical assistance and orientation to the rest of the nutrition and health staff.
• Manage Nutrition program managers and conduct regular performance evaluation.
• Actively participate in the recruitment of nutrition and health staff, including review of job descriptions.
• Any other task required to achieve the project objective or fall within the mandate of ACF.

Process: Strategy. Tasks:

• Support the Country Director and Coordination Team in country analysis and strategy definition.
• Develop and update the health and nutrition sector strategy and ensure the sustainability of the project outcomes.
• Promote ACF technical policies, position papers, modules, guidelines, and protocols among the members of the department.
• To collect and update information on nutrition indicators, actors, and activities nationwide for analysis and identification potential areas, partners, and priority activities.

Process: Coordination and representation. Tasks:

• To participate in coordination meetings with external stakeholders and nutrition and health sector working groups (Nutrition and Health sector).
• Lead Nutrition Information Assessment technical working group and represent ACF in Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) and IPC AMN.
• To represent ACF for internal and external coordination at the capital level for issues related to health and nutrition.
• To act as focal point on nutrition and health related issues.
• To liaise with the nutrition and health technical staff of others NGO present in the country.

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

• At least 4 years of experience in humanitarian sector.
• At least 2 years of experience in humanitarian organization in Health & Nutrition management positions at field level.
• Good knowledge of humanitarian aid and development cooperation. Experience of major donors such as BHA/USAID, EU, ECHO, etc. would be an asset. Knowledge of the organisation highly valuable.
• Knowledge in the fields of health, public health and/or nutrition.

Our remuneration package:

We offer immediate incorporation to a dynamic international network with the following remuneration package:

• Formal work contract: 12 months renewable.
• Base: Port Sudan (Sudan)
• Salary: according to Action Against Hunger salary scale and to candidate’s previous experience.

This packaged includes:

• Expatriate insurance (health, live, repatriation, travel, etc.)
• Break flights/trips to defined area: (break per diem: 215 EUR)
• Yearly holiday return flight ticket
• Accommodation and housing expenses (in shared guest house)
• Travel costs to and from the mission.
• 25 working days of paid leave per year.

Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.