Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing, Midwifery, Public Health or other relevant qualifications with experience in Public Health and IMAM programming;
  
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in similar position;
  
• An excellent report-writing skill is required, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
  
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Hausa;
  
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills;
  
• Team management experience with similar programs;
  
• Ability to observe and to provide feedback on the activities;
  
• Ability to manage staff according to local culture and organization policies.
  
• Prepared and willing to live and work in a challenging and unpredictable security environment.
  

• Ensure projects are implemented in line with donor proposals and requirements and in accordance with Action against Hunger, country and international standards
  
• Finalize and manage the update and implementation of the detailed Project(s) Implementation Plan (PIP) and project operational plan;
  
• Develop detailed monthly/weekly implementation plans for project staff to achieve the activities in the PIP;
  
• In collaboration with the Nutrition and Health HOD, support the development of strategies addressing the problems linked to poor health and malnutrition in the Northwest region.
  

• Taking part in the recruitment of staff in collaboration with the HR Manager in the base and the Field Coordinator.
  
• Collaborate with ACF HR and SPCHDA HR for the recruitment and posting of seconded Health workers at ACF supported health facilities.
  
• Identifying the teams' training needs based on assessments.
  
• Organising and carrying out training sessions for his/her teams taking into consideration their profiles and the cultural context
  

• Organising and leading meetings with the team and individual staff members, on both a regular and ad hoc basis
  
• Creating and supervising action plans for individual team members
  
• Managing overall planning and the division and coordination of work in collaboration with the nutrition and health officers
  
• Establishing a programme of staff assessment interviews and organising follow up in collaboration with Human Resources
  

• Proposing a program operational strategy adapted to the local situation;
  
• Sharing his/her analyse of the needs in the area with the Field Coordinator and the Head of Nutrition and Health Department (HOD) and Deputy HOD);
  
• Providing relevant inputs to Field Coordinator and the DHOD/HOD for the design of proposals with a view to developing shared and integrated approaches;
  
• Presenting the programme to partners (the authorities, funding agencies, nutrition and health sector coordination mechanisms etc);
  

• Representing nutritional and health issues at the level of the programme and the geographical area of intervention in the state and LGA coordination meetings, meetings with the authorities and visits by funding bodies and partners;
  
• Identifying partners and other agencies in the area;
  
• Developing a framework for communication with local representatives (regular meetings, identification of key local actors and development of collaboration with them) in order to facilitate harmonious and productive relations;
  
• Adhering to the terms of agreements signed off with the health and nutrition sectors and partners working in the same field and referring to them regularly to ensure that collaboration follows the lines intended;