Who we are

SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. We started our humanitarian work in Ethiopia with the opening of our first Village in Mekelle, Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. Since then, we have expanded our programs to different regions where there are significant needs for intervention and where we believe we can work in partnership with all relevant actors to bring sustainable positive outcomes for children’s and young people.

Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those that are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community-based organizations across seven program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.

As part of SOS CVE's effort to respond to different emergencies such as drought, flood, conflict etc, which arise from time to time in different parts of the country, the organization has secured funding from Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to implement a 12 months Emergency Nutrition project in Borena Zone Yabello town, in Oromia Region.

Why we need you?

We are looking for Project Health and Nutrition Coordinator who will be based in Yabello Town and will be responsible for implementation of all components of this particular project, provision of technical and professional support in the target communities’ project area and contribute to the delivery of effective and high-quality Emergency health and nutrition intervention.

What we provide...

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Your role....

While working with as a Health and Nutrition Coordinator you will be in charge of;

PROGRAM, GRANT MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Ensure that emergency nutrition grant is implemented according to internal SOS CVE and donor regulations.

• To participate in writing proposals for new projects and funding under the direction of the National Nutrition Advisor and Institutional Partnership Manger

• Provide timely and quality inputs to project design and implementation through reviewing or developing need and progress assessment tools; writing proposal budget and narrative; and developing TOC/log-frames while working with the rest of the unit’s team

• Support the team in use of grant management tools such as the budget tracking tools, activity progress monitoring tools, procurement plans, etc.

• Support the National Nutrition Advisor for all health and nutrition projects in grant management including adherence of budget expenditure according to SOS CVE and donor regulation and participating in project review meeting.

• To participate in the development of standard operating procedures(SOP) for implementation of health and nutrition projects, training manuals and field operation guidelines in collaboration with National Nutrition Advisor, National Emergency Response Coordinator) and project coordinators

• To organize and carry out project kick off’s (project sensitization workshop (in Yabello Town) health and nutrition trainings for partners, especially MoH personnel where possible (e.g. technical workshops, training on IMAM, MIYCN, EPI and Cholera case management guidelines, etc).

• To participate in identifying MoH personnel, partner LNGO’s for collaboration in the implementation of the proposed project( nutrition, health, child protection and MHPSS) activities and/or technical training for management of acute malnutrition

• To follow up and provide on-going technical support to the activities of the trained partners as well as the project officers recruited by this particular project.

• Identify performance gaps and design interventions and develop action plans in collaboration with the National Nutrition Advisor and National Emergency Response Coordinator and field coordinators to manage activities and improve the quality-of-service provision are supported

• Ensure quality of clinical and non-clinical service provision in SOS CVE supported health facilities (health posts and/or health centers) according to national, WHO or international standards through communication of standards, assessing and monitoring performance against standards and guiding and motivating staff to meet and maintain standard.

• To produce in a weekly reports and monthly 4W matrix reports for external release which are validated by the National Nutrition Advisor and disseminated to the partner’s accordingly.

• In coordination with the project field officers, to co-facilitate the different sets of trainings and capacity building for Government counter partner and compile such training reports.

Representation & Coordination

• To collaborate with local authorities and community for the acceptance of project and activities

• To liaise with local authorities and project stakeholders such as MoH/RHB/RENCU personnel regularly, reporting to them and giving them updates on project commodities & activities.

• To collaborate with the potential partners on the field (assessment and responses of CP related, MHPSS component of the project) to improve the coverage and the efficiency of the project.

• To collaborate with the potential partner running CP component of this project to set-up and strengthen referral and treatment links of beneficiaries to health facilities (GBV and any cases that need psychosocial support).

• To establish and oversee links with other projects in the project area, where it’s appropriate.

• To collaborate with partners where possible (e.g.  UNICEF, WFP etc in nutrition/health/flood assessments in the area that may have an impact on our programs).

• To participate in humanitarian coordination particularly nutrition cluster meetings at zonal level and where possible (at Federal level) in consultation with the National Nutrition Advisor.

• Represent SOS CVE/participate at TWGs, consortium meetings and national clusters at ZMOH, ZHBs, UNICEF/WFP and other stakeholders.

• Represent SOS CVE on donor’s meetings in the absence of the National Nutrition Advisor.

• Attend relevant meetings and prepare meeting notes as required and share these with all concerned.

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Ensure that the stated goals and objectives of projects overseen by the position are met with strong M&E follow up and reports are written and submitted to concerned bodies in a timely manner.

• Participate in the design and delivery of robust M&E plans and design/adapt health information systems including robust surveillance systems for the current emergency nutrition related projects 

• Review reports prepared by field based project staffs (IMAM, MERL and MHPSS officers) and provide appropriate feedback to the concerned staff.

• Conduct regular project review meetings and joint supervision visit with local health authorities/expert and field-based health officers to assess the level of achievement of project targets for the various health grants.

• In consultation with the National Nutrition Advisor, the Consultant(SOS LU), plan the design implementation and dissemination of quality baseline, midline and end line evaluation studies(that incorporates a mixed research methodologies preferably to trace project impact) for both internal and external users/consumption

• Monthly activity report to be sent to National Nutrition Advisor and National Emergency Response Coordinator including the achievements of the team for the past month and objectives for the following month.

• Donor reports: quarterly/interim and final reports to be sent to the National Nutrition Advisor and National Emergency Response Coordinator.

Team Management

• Participate in the staff development plans for project staff based on performance reviews in collaboration with the human resources department and contribute to the training of health staffs (mentoring, on-the-job sessions as well as formal trainings).

• In consultation with the location Field Project Coordinators and Admin & HR Coordinator, outline different job description (JD) review applicants and assist in the recruitment of qualified staffs necessary for this particular.

BUDGET MONITORING

• Ensure that grant budgets are spent according to plan and as per contractual agreements with the respective donors.

• In collaboration with the Addis and field team review spending plans and monitor the implementation of project activities

• Conduct monthly BVA reviews and make appropriate recommendations to the finance and logistics staff in Addis as well as to the field-based health staff.

• Coordinate   technical team inputs to, and directly provide inputs when needed to, project/budget amendments.

• Work with finance coordinator to undertake budget recoding as required

• Monthly cash forecasting to be sent to the National Nutrition Advisor and National Emergency Response Coordinator with follow up of programme spending

CHILD SAFEGUARDING

• Responsible to ensure that all beneficiaries are receiving on-going, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages about SOS Children’s Villages Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct.

• Ensure that all support is provided on the best interest of the child.

• Responsible to take part in raise awareness raising sessions and capacity building trainings in relation to CS and Code of Conduct and  to prevent and protect children and young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination

• Support children and young people to make them understand the CS risks and protection mechanisms 

• Responsible to report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately, following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the CS team at programme level and/or to the respective line manager  

Job Requirements

Education

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, or a related subject other relevant fields

Experience

• Minimum 7 years’ experience of working in nutrition and/or health programmes in a humanitarian context or emergency nutrition programing.

• Computer literacy (Word Processing, PowerPoint, Spreadsheet, Access) skills are essential

• Proven ability of mentoring, coaching and training on health and nutrition subjects

• Experience in developing and negotiating successful partnerships with institutional donors

• Excellent communication skills, culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy

• Proven ability to influence change at an operational and strategic level.

• Fluent in written and spoken English as well as the local language(Oromifa)

• Demonstrated experience in proposal development, including practical experience with budgeting, logframe development, and writing of technical descriptions

• Demonstrated experience supervising, managing, and providing technical support and assistance to field-based program/project staff

How to Apply

If you believe you are the right candidate for the position, please submit your application letter, and detailed curriculum vitae (CV) electronically through SOS Children's Villages Application portal (ICIMS) through the link here .Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

“SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes”.

Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply