Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.
HEALTH OFFICER:
Duty Station: Maiduguri, Borno State
Position Overview:
To support the effective implementation of the health component of multi-sectoral project, particularly in management of childhood illness and CMAM in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Specific Objectives:
- To build the capacity of the MoH’s staff in State and LGA levels on CMAM In-Patient care and outreaches
- To strengthen links and coordination between different departments and authorities i.e. partners, LGAs, SMOH and Hospitals
- To conduct regular monitoring and supervisions in the respective mobile clinic and outreaches in order to ensure the quality of the CMAM and IMNCI
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science with a major in Nursing, Pharmacy/or Medical Doctor with Primary health care Major or Nursing degree with solid experience in Management of childhood illness and CMAM.
- 2 years experience in inpatient nutritional treatment essential, IMNCI and CMAM approach.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Previous experiences on CMAM programing
- Previous experiences on In IMNCI
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong coaching/mentoring skills, able to train and build capacity in others
- Experience in reporting; written English skills essential
- Solid general management, teamwork spirit, community participation approach
- Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
- Able to network effectively with local representatives of international aid organizations for exchange of information.
- High level of self-discipline, time management, organization, self-motivated and able to work with little day to day supervisions but meet deadlines and program objectives.
- Transparency and adherence to medical codes of conduct and patient, confidentiality and child protection.
- Commitment to ACF values and principles.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experienced in working in Northern Nigeria and well integrated into local community
- Trained in adult education/learning and effective training techniques
HEALTH ASSISTANTS
Duty Station: Maiduguri, Borno State
Position Overview:
To support Health Officer for the effective implementation of the health component of multi-sectoral project, particularly in management of childhood illness and CMAM in Maiduguri, Borno State
Specific Objectives:
- Facilitate Capacity building of the MoH’s staff in State and LGA levels on CMAM and IMNCI.
- To strengthen links and coordination between different departments and authorities i.e. partners, LGAs, SMOH and Hospitals.
- To conduct regular monitoring and supervisions in the respective hospitals in order to ensure the quality of the CMAM In-Patient services.
Qualifications:
Diploma in Science with a major in Nursing, community health or Nutrition. 1 year experience in inpatient nutritional treatment essential, IMNCI and CMAM approach.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Previous experiences on CMAM programing
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to network effectively with llocal representatives of international aid organizations for exchange of information
- High level of self-discipline, time management, organization, self-motivated and able to work with little day to day supervisions but meet deadlines and program objectives
- Transparency and adherence to medical codes of conduct and patient, confidentiality and child protection
- Commitment to ACF values and principles.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experienced in working in Northern Nigeria and well integrated into local community
- Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri and English
- Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
- Previous experience with ACF
- Previous humanitarian programming experience
Infant And Young Child Feeding Officer
Duty Station: Maiduguri, Borno State
Position Overview:
Support implementation of ACF’s WINNN Jigawa State IYCF activities by providing training, guidance, and monitoring support to STAs, LTAs and Government counterparts, including internal follow up and accountability to ACF’s IYCF program objectives.
Specific Objectives:
- Provide technical support and capacity building in IYCF program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Support and coordinate micronutrient supplementation and maternal, newborn and child health weeks.
- Coordination and monitoring of program implementation .
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science with a major in Nutrition or Bachelor of Nutrition ; graduate degree in a related field a plus
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Experience of emergency nutrition work and the design and implementation of feeding programmes (ideally both C-IYCF and IFC, CTC/CMAM), including IYCF monitoring and evaluation.
- Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff.
- Demonstrable ability at report writing and excellent communication skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with all beneficiaries and their carers.
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions.
- Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment.
- Commitment to and understanding of ACF’s aims, values and principles.
- Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages; Hausa required.
- Ability to work as part of a team, Facilitation and interpersonal skills
- Flexibility, adaptability, and patience.
- Analytical and problem solving skills; Ability to assess problems and recommend solutions.
- Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experience in the setup of a IYCF program within CMAM programme in an emergency context
- Experience with working with partners, including the government
- Previous experience working with mothers support group and strong negotiation skill for behavior change
- Fluency in Kanouri and Fulani a plus
- Training in adult learning/education and training delivery
Nutrition Deputy Program Manager
Duty Station: Maiduguri, Borno State
Position Overview:
The NUT DPM Will directly report to the cash Transfer Project Manager and Wil play a key role in implementing the Nutrition component (porridge mums) of the cash transfer program of AAH in Borno State North-Eastern Nigeria. The Deputy Program Manager (DPM) is responsible for running and supervising nutrition activities at all stages of the project management cycle. The DPM ensures the nutrition team completes the defined activities while adhering to internal standards and contractual obligations.
Specific Objectives:
- Provide support to the Program Manager and the Nutrition specialist to implement the program successfully.
- To establish and supervise the grant’s nutrition (porridge mum components) of the cash transfer program.
- To coordinate activities within ACF, SMOH and between partners in project area.
- To ensure adequate reporting and documentation of all related nutrition activities.
- Training and managing the program team in collaboration with Cash PM and Specialists.
- To ensure adequate commodity management of all therapeutic foods and other nutrition supplements.
Qualifications:
Degree in Medicine , or Public Health Degree or equivalent in a field related to Nutrition & Health and or training/courses specific to Nutrition and Health in emergency contexts + minimum 4 years of work experiences.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Fluent English, Hausa and Kanuri.
- Ability to analyse and synthesize information.
- Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible, culturally sensitive.
- Human resource management experience, leadership and motivation/training skills.
- Excellent organization, attention to detail, and time management.
- Must be disciplined, able to work autonomously .
- Strong capacity to represent ACF and sustain relations with state and local stakeholders.
- Interpersonal skills (team management, communication, reporting, autonomy, pedagogy, planning and organizational skills.
- Experience in working with CMAM and IYCF Complementary feeding programming.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experience in the International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) and Humanitarian context.
- Experience with Social Behaviour Change Programming.
Community Mobilization officer
Duty Station: Maiduguri, Borno State
Position Overview:
The Community Mobilization Officer will primarily be responsible for community mobilization in all the projects including WSAH, Nutrition and food security and livelihoods to provide IDP and vulnerable host households with all relevant information, trainings and orientations related to the projects in assigned LGA and nutrition behavior change communication training in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria.
Specific Objectives:
Provide support to ACF’s community mobilization DPM (CM-DPM) to implement mobilization activities in ACF program in Northeast.
Manage community mobilization field teams within sector to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all ACF mobilization, trainings and IEC material Building.
Ensure tracking and reporting of activities under community mobilization of all sector (FSL, WASH and Nutrition).
Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program at LGA level and at state level when required.
Qualifications:
Degree in FSL or wash, nut related studies e.g. agro-economy, natural resource management, anthropology, public health engineering, nutrition etc.
Minimum 3 years work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 2 years in conflict/insecure contexts.
Essential Skills and Experience:
Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies.
Previous experience with Community Mobilization programming.
Three years relevant work experience.
Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
Fluency in English.
Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
Previous experience managing mobilization in different interventions (i.e. cash transfers, wash, Nutrition).
Previous experience with ACF.
Experience implementing programming on behalf of donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities.
Fluency in Hausa or Kanuri.
Community Mobilization Assistants
Duty Station: Maiduguri, Borno State
Position Overview:
The Community Mobilization Supervisor will primarily be responsible for implementation of community mobilization in all the projects including WSAH, Nutrition and food security and livelihoods to provide IDP and vulnerable host households with all relevant information, trainings and orientations related to the projects in assigned LGA and nutrition behavior change communication training in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria.
Specific Objectives:
Provide support to ACF’s community mobilization supervisor to implement mobilization activities in ACF program in North East at LGA level.
Manage community mobilization field teams within sector to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all ACF mobilization, trainings and IEC material Building.
Ensure tracking and reporting of activities under community mobilization of all sector (FSL, WASH and Nutrition).
Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program at LGA level and at state level when required.
Qualifications:
Degree in FSL or wash, nut related studies e.g. agro-economy, natural resource management, anthropology, public health engineering, nutrition etc.
Minimum 2 years work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.
Essential Skills and Experience:
Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
Excellent team representation competencies.
Previous experience with Community Mobilization programming.
one year relevant work experience.
Microsoft Office Skills.
Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
Fluency in local languages.
Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
Previous experience of mobilization in different interventions (i.e. cash transfers, wash, Nutrition).
Previous experience with ACF.
Experience implementing programming on behalf of donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities.
Fluency in Hausa or Kanuri.
Nutrition Deputy Program Manager
Duty Station: Damaturu, Yobe State
Position Overview:
Following the direction of the Multi sectoral Programme Manager and with technical support of Nutrition Coordinator, the Nutrition Deputy Program Manager (DPM) is responsible for running and supervising nutrition activities at all stages of the project management cycle. He/she is also responsible for accomplishing the program objectives and outcomes within the contextual constraints in coordination and synergy with other DPMs.
The Nut DPM also has responsibilities regarding the capacity building of staff; humanitarian needs identification through needs assessments, monitoring of the evolving situation; context analysis to contribute to the development of future programs and internal coordination.
Specific Objectives:
Contribute to the definition and the implementation of ACF policies, positioning and strategies in the mission.
Contribute to the identification, definition, formulation of N-H projects and/or components of projects led by other sectors.
Leads projects implementation, monitoring and reporting for N-H.
To support in local ACF representation and coordination with other stakeholders within the intervention area.
Contribute to evaluation (internal and external) of project’s effect/impact.
Contribute pro-actively to HR management (including staff career plan development).
Contribute to the mission’s capitalization and to ACF communication.
Qualifications:
Degree in Medicine , or Public Health Degree or equivalent in a field related to Nutrition & Health and or training/courses specific to Nutrition and Health in emergency contexts + minimum 3 years of work experiences.
Essential Skills and Experience:
Fluent English, Hausa and Kanuri.
Ability to analyse and synthesize information.
Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible, culturally sensitive.
Human resource management experience, leadership and motivation/training skills.
Excellent organization, attention to detail, and time management.
Must be disciplined, able to work autonomously and self-learner;
Strong capacity to represent ACF and sustain relations with state and local stakeholders.
Interpersonal skills (team management, communication, reporting, autonomy, pedagogy, planning and organizational skills.
Experience in working with CMAM, Care Group Model, BCC and IYCF programming.
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Preferred Skills and Experience: Experience in the International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) and Humanitarian context.
Experience with Social Behaviour Change Programming.
Method of Application
Applicants should submit their application by email to [email protected],
To be considered, applications must include a CV and letter of interest, and indicate the full position title and location in the email subject line, or on the application envelope. For example, “Assistant Base Logistician - Borno”. Also note that applications will be processed on FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis and any application received without these specifications will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.Applications recieved after the closing date will not be cosidered
Qualified women and men are encouraged to apply
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