SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Nutrition Officer
Staff directly reporting to this post: CMAM Nurses and Assistants
Country Dimensions: Save the Children has been working in Somalia for more than 60 years. The Country Office has over 500 staff across 14 field offices (Boroma, Burao and Hargeisa in Somaliland; Bosasso, Garowe, Galkayo and Gardo in Puntland; Beletweyne, Adaado, Abudwak, Baidoa, Kismayo, Dhobley and Mogadishu in Central South Somalia). Our Country Office coordination and administration base is in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, as a result of significant scale up for the countrywide drought response, our annual spend FY2017 was US $117 million and we reached more than 2 million people through our humanitarian and longer term development work in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Education, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Child Protection and Child Rights Governance. The Country Office manages 61 active awards totalling US$165 million from a range of governmental/institutional donors, including DFID, ECHO, EU, FFP, OFDA, and DANIDA being some of our largest.
Qualifications and Experience
* Completed secondary education; Diploma, Bachelor degree
Essential
* Experience of emergency nutrition work (preferably CMAM) and implementation of feeding programs, including monitoring and evaluation;
* Experience in conducting nutrition assessments and an understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems;
* Proven capacity of management, leadership and teamwork;
* Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathize with all beneficiaries and their carers;
* Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions;
* Demonstrable ability at report writing;
* Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment;
* Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field;
* Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles;
* Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages;
* Computer literacy.
Application will be close on 22 MAY 2019.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.
Disclaimer:
Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents
Tagged as: Nutrition, Program, Project Management, Somalia
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