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Nutrition Advisor – LFSP: Practical Action

Deadline: 24 July 2018 (5pm)

Practical Action, an international technology development organization head quartered in the United Kingdom and with offices in Asia, Bangladesh, East Africa, Southern Africa, Latin America and Sudan, seeks to fill this position in our Agriculture Systems and Innovation Department.

Location: Manicaland
Job family / Department: Sustainable Agriculture and Livelihoods
Reports to: Team Leader

Team purpose
Improve food and nutrition security for the smallholder framers using simple technologies, increasing their knowledge and access to markets.

Job purpose
To oversee the implementation and coordination of the work of nutrition officers in the selected districts and provide technical input, budget management and support to the project team, MOHCC counterparts and all other stakeholders to ensure quality, efficiency and impact.

Key deliverables
Coordinate and oversee implementation of the Nutrition component of the LFSP project; Work closely with the MOHCC, partners, Ministry of Agriculture and local authorities to develop work plans to enable the practical realisation of the integration of LFSP APN project; Provide a high level of on the job training and capacity building to the INSPIRE staff and implementing partners to ensure highest level of service using standardised FAO/MOHCC materials, outlining appropriate preventative activities that can be employed by beneficiary families to reduce the risk of vulnerability to future episodes of malnutrition; Develop public health nutrition education with a special focus to lead in pre-test, teach and evaluate high energy recipes to be used for complementary feeding at home by target populations; Ensure that nutrition key messages are appropriate to the ENIPPA context and are used as the basis for nutrition education by all community health staff; Develop, pre-test, produce and evaluate a set of nutrition information education communication and behaviour change campaign (IEC/BCC) tools relevant to key nutrition and health messages in line with the project objectives; Establish and subsequently oversee weekly and monthly reporting and provision of statistics from the field sites, budget management, logistics and finance activities; Review program impact on a monthly basis against set indicators; Facilitate information sharing with other sectoral departments, line ministries, partner organisations at the field level including, Health, Livelihoods, HIV/AIDS and food security teams to ensure an integrated country programme approach; Attend nutrition-related coordination meetings and participate in nutrition working groups; Work with the team leader and the monitoring and evaluation team in conducting project reviews and documentation of lessons learnt for dissemination within and outside the nutrition sector; Promote nutrition sensitive agriculture in liaison with the EAS Advisor; Facilitate donor representatives and other officials’ visits as well as dissemination of information as per the team leader’s instruction; Develop draft proposals for nutrition interventions where necessary and work closely with the Team Leader to finalize proposals through making contributions to consolidated projects; Contribute towards additional changes to the overall project framework; Lead in the development of project log frame and budget in liaison with LFSP APN team; Coordinate and communicate project activities to technical teams; Monthly monitoring of budget expenditure and procurement of nutrition related project material at consortium and district level; Monthly compilation and updating of float trackers, training budgets and other field activities budgets; Conduct cash requests and acquittals on time and be the custodian of all nutrition related project equipment in liaison with the logistics personnel; Generate quarterly procurement plans in liaison with the team leader; Project vehicle requirements as well as forecast programme procurement and cash requirements; Advise HR on the recruitment of staff, and in the identification of capacity building needs for the programme teams, and organize relevant trainings/mentoring programmes /exchange visits to build expertise within the team; Oversee the work of project staff and nutrition officers in all districts; Participate in induction of new staff and provide guidance on the implementation of policies relevant to the project and the overall welfare of the staff; Participate, plan for performance management of team members and ensure that set objectives are achieved according to the performance plan; Ensure time sheets are completed monthly and submitted to finance team; Participate in recruitment, selection and talent management as assigned

Key qualifications
At least a first degree in Nutrition; Msc in Public Health or Nutrition is an added advantage.

Key competences
Budget, programme and project monitoring, management and evaluation; Capacity in developing and writing proposals; Good communication in written and spoken English as well effective project and people management skills; Budget management and monitoring.

Essential
Strong team leadership skills and the ability to motivate and facilitate the work of programme teams; Analytical and strategic planning skills; strong organizational skills and an ability to plan projects and timetable activities; Excellent capacity building skills – the ability to work with people of different technical abilities and support them to gain confidence in areas of expertise within their programmes and in diverse nutrition approaches; Excellent teamwork skills and the ability to build good relations both internally and externally; Awareness of community-based approaches to improving nutrition and food security; Proven experience in liaising with government officials, other NGOs, donors and UN agencies; Good computer skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel and PowerPoint, SMART, Epi-Info and/or other relevant statistics packages; Demonstrable understanding and experience of cross cutting issues i.e. HIV/AIDS, gender equity issues, Child Protection and their relevance to humanitarian response work; Sound knowledge and ability to apply the People in Aid Code, SPHERE code, and other regulatory codes.

Relevant job experience
At least three (3) years’ experience in design, planning, management and coordination of nutrition programs; Monitoring and evaluation experience preferably in international NGO environment; A good working relationship with communities, staff and partners.

To apply
Qualified and innovative applicants may submit 3 page CV along with names of at least three professional references and a supporting statement of not more than two pages outlining how their qualifications and experience will equip them to succeed in the specific role. Applications should reach The Human Resources and Administration Officer at: [email protected]

Please note this is an urgent recruitment and shortlisting shall be done as applications are received. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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