Closing date: 27 Jan 2010 -- (CLOSED)
Location: Bangladesh
www.actioncontrelafaim.org
2009, 26th of november
Action Contre la Faim is a non-governmental organisation. It intervenes in 40 countries and implements nutrition and health, food security, water sanitation and hygiene, and advocacy programmes. On the international level, Action Contre la Faim is also present in Paris, London, Madrid, New York and Montreal.
We are looking for: A MEDICO-NUTRITION COORDINATOR (M/F)
Country: Bangladesh
General objective: ACF overall Nutrition strategy in Bangladesh is to advocate for the integration of facility and community based detection and treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in the Bangladesh health system and to respond to emergencies.
Responsibilities:
- To strengthen the collaboration of ACF with national, institutional and international partners
- To work on the Severe Acute Malnutrition guideline and strategy of implementation within the SAM subgroup
- To follow the evolution of the nutritional situation within the country
- To supervise and set up the nutrition programs
- To elaborate and run a CMAM training strategy
- To ensure the quality of the intervention and coordination with operations
- To supervise the Nutrition team
- To supervise and set up operational research projects
- To capitalise on ACF nutrition experience in Bangladesh
- To propose new guidance’s/advices for potential interventions
Qualification and previous experience:
- Qualified Nutrition coordinator with extensive CTC experience.
- Experience of dealing with authorities and working on National policies and guidelines
- Good team motivator.
- Ability to have a broad vision integrating different aspects (logistics, context, food security, culture & traditions, etc.)
- Capacity to manage from a distance and to delegate.
- Experience in operational research would be a plus.
- Strong experience with ACF nutrition programs
Competences:
Initiative and problem solving skills:
- Working with all the different partners requires being good at public relations, as well as mind-openness and diplomacy
- Ability to capitalise experience and available information in order to become quickly autonomous
- Ability to take initiative where appropriate to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work
Adaptability and flexibility:
- Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organisation itself
- Ability to work within a fluid situation (changes within the team, location of programmes)
- Willingness to live and work within a team and respect the rules of collective living
Motivation and involvement:
- Motivation and commitment to humanitarian ideals
- Interest in involvement beyond the job i.e. active involvement in the ethos of the organisation itself
- Ability to integrate into the local environment including awareness of political and economic aspects of the country
Professionalism and Management:
- Ability to conduct work in a professional and mature manner
- Ability to deal with relation with local authorities as a representative of Action contre la Faim
- Ability to manage local staff in a mature and impartial manner
Length of contract: 12 months
Status: Employee:
- Fixed-term contract
- All expenses paid in the field: travel out/return, collective or individual accommodation depending on position and family, meals and hygiene expenses
- Ability to take in charge accompanied position depending on position
- Monthly salary ranging from €1650 to €2150 gross depending on the position and experiences + Allowance of €200 net paid on the mission
- Social security, complementary health, repatriation insurance and contribution to a pension
- 2.08 days of accrued leaves per working month
- 20 days of extra leaves per working year
- Training of 2 to 3 weeks, achieved in Paris before leaving on mission
Reference Code: RW_7Y7LNW-81
