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Duties and responsibilities:
The main purpose of the position is to facilitate health and nutrition activities in Sudan by managing community-based treatment of malnutrition and curative and preventive and health programming. To provide direction to the program to develop local capacity to sustain health programs in the long term.
Responsibilities:
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Manage supervision of all nutrition and health programming in all locations in Sudan
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Supervise the safe and efficient management of nutrition and health supplies and equipment.
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Support the implementation of timely and accurate data collection systems, monitor data for accuracy, and respond appropriately with programmatic changes as needed to meet targets.
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recruit and assess staff training needs and make appropriate referrals for training. Where required, organize, facilitate, and/or provide training in nutrition and health personnel.
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Play an active role in the development of proposals, budget, and project review processes.
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Coordinate nutrition and health activities with Ministries of Health, UN agencies, other implementing partners, and funding agencies.
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Coordinate nutrition and health program development with local counterparts, State Health Department, and local leadership focusing on using a community development approach at all program planning and implementation stages.
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Ensure compliance with WHO and MOH guidelines and policies in each program component.
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Maintain clear communication with all staff on at least a weekly basis.
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Promote developing a sustainable health program by offering creative ideas and new approaches to solving problems in the health program.
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Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:
The following knowledge, skills, and abilities may be acquired through formal schooling, self-education, prior experience, on the job training, or a combination of the above:
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Bachelor’s degree in H&N or field related/relevant to international H&N work
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Proven technical knowledge and capacity to lead the implementation of H&N activities, projects, programs
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Good understanding of links between emergency and development programs, familiar with project cycle management.
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Experience in donor reporting, e.g., SHF, USAID, EU, UN Agencies preferred.
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Experience in hardship postings/complex emergencies, with proven leadership experience; Able to work in a fluid and insecure area;
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Strong planning and organizational skills; Experience in good project planning and design.
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Ability to manage budgets, understand financial accountability procedures, logistics, and commodity tracking.
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Conflict resolution and negotiation skills. Interpersonal and Cross-cultural sensitivity and experience.
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Computer and Reporting databases or other tools.
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Ability to work with minimum supervision and to deal with problems and issues both promptly and efficiently.
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Ability and willingness to travel to rural locations and live in sometimes basic conditions.
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