Nutrition and Medical Coordinator

Main Objective

The medical and nutrition coordinator (CMN) is responsible for designing, overseeing and coordinating the nutrition programs, as well as liaising with various external partners. S/he reports to head of mission, medical and nutrition advisor at headquarters level. The panel of activities in a nutrition programs includes:

• Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) approach
• Assessments and surveillance interventions (nutrition surveys using ENA for SMART, coverage surveys, sentinel site, LQAS etc)
• Capacity building of local partners
• Community mobilization
• Research projects

Responsibilities

Management of the Nutrition Program

• Follow up and ongoing analysis of the context.
• Definition, supervision and monitoring of ACF Nutrition programs, in compliance with ACF’s and national guidelines and in coherence with identified humanitarian needs.
• Provision of continuous guidance and technical support.
• Design and ensure the use of monitoring tools.
• Ensure compliance of programs in terms of achieving objectives in current grants.

Team management

• Management and evaluation of nutrition program managers; elaboration their Job description.
• Provision of technical and organizational support and trainings to the nutrition program managers.

Reporting

• Compilation, analysis and feedback on monthly reports from the nutrition program managers.
• Ongoing communication with nutrition advisor in HQs.
• Technical input in donor reporting.

Representation and internal/ external communication

• Coordination with other technical departments at coordination level (Food Security and Livelihood, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Logistics and Administration).
• Represent ACF at national and regional level in nutrition and health technical meetings.
• Participate in the external coordination with nutrition partners and governmental bodies and provide technical support and guidance in the nutrition sub-committee and cluster, where relevant.

Qualifications

• Nurse, nutritionist or medical doctor.
• Further qualification in public health or nutrition or related subject is desirable.
• Excellent inter-personal, communications and representative skills (written, oral, cross-cultural).
• Ability to work with multi-cultural teams.
• Skills in training and management.
• Ability to manage own work.
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure.
• Second language skills are desirable.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years field experience in nutrition program in a relief NGO, ideally in a similar role.
• Minimum 1 year in a position of requiring managing a team of expatriates is desirable.