ACF International

RESENDING the vacancies with revision on closing date : 14 September 2012 IMMEDIATE VACANCIES Job Title : Nutrition Coordinator Base : Kupang/NTT Starting date : ASAP Initial contract : 6 months Founded in 1979, ACF International (Action Against Hunger) is an international humanitarian organization that delivers programmes in over 40 countries. Recognized worldwide as a leader in the fight against hunger, our mission is to save lives through the prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations and conflicts. ACF Indonesia Mission is now starting an 18 months Nutrition Program and this project aims to tackle the underlying causes of child malnutrition through strengthening of health services, the promoting appropriate child feeding and care practices, as well as food security activities. Moreover, this project intends to improve the capacity of local governments and local communities in order raise their ability to sustainably address problems related to under nutrition in NTT province through a holistically integrated approach. Therefore, ACF Indonesia is now seeking qualified candidate to fill the Nutrition Coordiantor position as outlined below : NUTRITION COORDINATOR (Code : 04NUT-CO/VIII/KU2012) Diploma/ Level of studies: Bachelor/Master in health sciences with minimum 5 years experiences in NGOs/humanitarian organization Required skills: • Extensive experience in managing nutrition/health program in humanitarian context • Good reporting and proposal writing skills • Technical expertise on Nut/CP (severe acute malnutrition treatment, breastfeeding counseling, mother support groups, IYCF, Positive Deviance, etc.) • Fluent English Objective 1: Design, develop and evaluate actions in the field of nutrition and health - collection and quality control of monitoring, follow up and evaluation data - development of an ACF nutrition and health strategy specific to the mission Objective 2: Monitor and coordinate programmes in the fields of nutrition and health - development of integrated (inter-disciplinary) approach programmes - Monitoring all the consolidated programme budgets relating to nutrition and health allocated to the country Objective 3: Manage the Nutrition and Health team in capital if any and be the Technical/Support Manager of the Nutrition and Care Practices Program Managers - Evaluation of the technical performance and skills of Programme Managers - Developing the technical skills of Nutrition and Care Practices teams Objective 4: Develop and launch programmes in collaboration with governmental and local agencies - Dissemination of the ACF nutrition and health strategy at country level to partners and funding bodies - Developing and maintaining a network with national representatives and programme partners (funding bodies, other NGOs, etc) - Establishing MoU to define the terms of various partnership Objective 5: Represent Action Contre la Faim and its positioning in the field of nutrition and health sector and forums General Requirements : Experience in humanitarian work indispensable – Experience in management and strong leadership skills, in following through a programme, in evaluating security – Good organizer – Rigour – Good analytical capacity – Team spirit – Good communication and relations with people. Please submit your CV and Application Letter in English with at least two references to : acfrecruitment@yahoo.fr ;with the position code as subject of your applications Closing date for this application : 14 September 2012. Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted. All ACF members are committed to respect the 6 leading principles of the organization: independence, non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, professionalism and transparency. ACF is an equal opportunity employer.