Health and Nutrition Manager

  • Contractor
  • Sudan
  • TBD USD / Year
  • Save the Children profile




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Save the Children

The Opportunity:

  • Oversee program implementation; lead program strategic, financial, and program planning; ensure efficient systems are in place to support the program and develop and maintain effective utilization of resources in compliance with donors and Save the Children policies and procedures
  • Overall Management of Health and Nutrition programs in the areas of intervention for SCI.
  • In close collaboration with the Area Manager and the Technical Health & Nutrition specialist in Khartoum, and to participate actively in proposal development.
  • Working with SC H&N Coordinators and officers, draw monthly, quarterly and yearly detailed program activity implementation plan including expenditure projection and other appropriate requirements
  • Solicit the support of specialized UN agencies like UNICEF, WHO, WFP to provide resources for the H&N programs
  • Coordinate/participate in H&N assessments and coverage surveys associated with the implementation of the H&N programs
  • Monitor and promote integrated programming in a way that increases overall impact of health and nutrition program at the community level.
  • Coordinate program implementation with other SC sectors
  • Develop a good relationship with partners working in Health & Nutrition fields.
  • Represent the program to State and Local government representatives, donors, partner agencies, etc. as required.
  • Ensuring the sharing of experiences between H&N programs in different states
  • Check all the reports (external & internal) written by the staff, ensuring quality, consistency and timely submission of all types of reports and be focal point for Health & Nutrition activities in Central Darfur State including design coordination, monitoring & evaluation, and reporting.
  • To participate and contribute in the inter-sectoral and inter-agency assessments in Kordofan States related to improve Health & Nutrition status.
  • Ensure that all donor questions, concerns and information requests are resolved appropriately
  • Provide technical support to H&N staff and provide them necessary trainings as needed to build their capacity and enabling them conducting their tasks properly.
  • Undertake field visits to SCI project sites and recommend project feasibility for SCI interventions, take follow up action on project implementation and prepare relevant reports.

Heavily contribute to concept and proposal development and persistently work to expand the nutrition program coverage to reach more children.

  • Work with team and TAs to develop, manage and update the nutrition centre improvement plan
  • Identify achievements and lessons learned from the programs, ensuring that impact is properly assessed as part of the evaluation process
  • Develop phase out strategy for the CMAM program
  • Represent SC at meetings with NGOs, INGOs, UN agencies and government at state and local level.
  • Lead thinking/discussion about new program directions in Kordofan.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)

Accountability:

  • Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

Ambition:

  • Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves, takes responsibility for their own personal development.
  • Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.

Collaboration:

  • Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

  • Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

  • Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

  • Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

Integrity:

  • Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Essential:

  • Minimum BSC in Public Health or Medicine.
  • Minimum 7 years working experience in health and nutrition sector with good command in and ability to understand Health and nutrition issues.
  • Substantial experience at international level in technical support and/or programme management
  • Direct experience of planning, implementing and measuring the impact of health, hunger reduction or other related programmes
  • Successful track record of developing large-scale proposals and securing funding from donors
  • Clear commitment to, and experience of, developing and coaching professional and national staff, combined with the ability to give direct actionable feedback.
  • Successfully working with minimal administrative support.
  • Capacity to writing good quality reports for donors and/or other stakeholders
  • Inter-personal skills to influence and guide Field and other managers in identifying programming opportunities and resolving programme and campaign challenges
  • Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically.
  • Credibility to represent the organization to provincial bodies and donors and actively participate in the Health and Nutrition Cluster.
  • High communication skills, with the ability to provide clear advice from a distance.
  • Commitment to the values and mission of Save the Children.
  • Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international and matrix management environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
  • Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
  • Skills confirmed in project management and in strengthening health system
  • Proven organizational skills with an ability to deliver consistently to deadlines on operational and project responsibilities.
  • Computer skills

The Organisation:

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

  • No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
  • All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
  • Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Disclaimer:

Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents.

How to apply

Please follow this link to apply: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YS50YW1iYS4zMzg1My4xMjE4NUBzYXZldGhlY2hpbGRyZW5hby5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20


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