VACANCY: Medical and Nutritional Coordinator for Somalia, Nairobi - ACF

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Action Contre la Faim is a non-governmental organisation. It intervenes in 40 countries and implements nutrition and health, food security, water sanitation and hygiene, and advocacy programmes. On the international level, Action Contre la Faim is also present in Paris, London, Madrid, New York and Montreal.

Closing date: 27 Jun 2009
Location: Kenya - Based in Nairobi

We are looking for: A MEDICAL AND NUTRITIONAL COORDINATOR FOR SOMALIA PROGRAMMES (M/F)

Country: SOMALIA Based in Nairobi (Kenya), managing at the start by remote control the field activities then possible travels to Somalia when security situation allows it

General objective: To contribute to the reduction of mortality and morbidity along the most vulnerable people

Responsibilities:

- Management, training and technical follow-up of related staff
- Ensure the effectiveness of the monitoring tools of the programme and to improve them if needed
- Close follow-up of food, nutrition products, drugs, medical material and NFI consumption in order to prevent field shortages
- Manage mostly through remote control programs: 3 TFCs, 16 OTP, 2 EPI centres, 1 OPD/MCH and 1 CTC (Cholera Treatment Centre) during the cholera outbreak
- Follow up of the recruitment if needed for OTP teams
- Relationships and co-ordination with international partners
- Represent AcF in relevant cluster meeting, working groups and task force
- Ensure a networking with other AcF on regional level
- Ensure regular contacts with the other NGOs
- Ensure daily contact with the teams in the field (Wajid, Dhusa Mareb, Mogadishu)
- Attend to coordination meeting in Nairobi
- Relationships with the technical departments in Paris
- Collect and analyse all information from other actors involved in nutrition and health in the country
- Monitor the nutritional situation in Somalia
- Follow up the outbreak surveillance system in order to be reactive in case of outbreak
- Follow up of requested nutrition products, drugs, medical material and NFI in collaboration with the logistic department
- Follow-up of the budget in collaboration with the co-ordination team
- Writing (compiling/validating) of the med/nut part of proposals and donor reports
- Collaborating with the country team in writing of the AcF Somalia strategy
- Collect, compile and analyse all the technical nutrition and Health reports from the AcF programmes in Somalia
- Insure that internal AcF reports and external partners are finalized in due time for distribution

Qualification and previous experience:

- Medical and Nutritional Coordinator, or qualified medical doctor or nurse
- Minimum of 2 years humanitarian experience in nutrition/ health programmes (emergency and development) and management of epidemics (Cholera will be an asset)
- Computer skills (word, excel, EPI6, SMART)
- English mandatory

Competences:

Initiative and problem solving skills:
- Working with all the different partners requires being good at public relations, as well as mind-openness and diplomacy
- Ability to capitalise experience and available information in order to become quickly autonomous
- Ability to take initiative where appropriate to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work

Adaptability and flexibility:
- Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organisation itself
- Ability to work within a fluid situation (changes within the team, location of programmes)
- Willingness to live and work within a team and respect the rules of collective living

Motivation and involvement:
- Motivation and commitment to humanitarian ideals
- Interest in involvement beyond the job i.e. active involvement in the ethos of the organisation itself
- Ability to integrate into the local environment including awareness of political and economic aspects of the country

Professionalism and Management:
- Ability to conduct work in a professional and mature manner
- Ability to deal with relation with local authorities as a representative of Action contre la Faim
- Ability to manage local staff in a mature and impartial manner

Length of contract: 1 year

Status:

Employee:
- Fixed-term contract
- All expenses paid in the field: travel out/return, collective or individual accommodation depending on position and family, meals and hygiene expenses
- Ability to take in charge accompanied position depending on position
- Monthly salary ranging from €1550 to €1950 gross depending on the position and experiences + Allowance of €200 net paid on the mission
- Social security, complementary health, repatriation insurance and contribution to a pension
- Purchase of 2.08 days off per month
- 20 RTT per year
- Training of 2 to 3 weeks, achieved in Paris before leaving on mission
How to apply
Please, send your CV and Motivation letter to:

Recruitment officer
recrutementvolontaires@actioncontrelafaim.org

Reference Code: RW_7QJCSU-68
Source: Reliefweb