Job Vacancy: A SMART PROGRAMME MANAGER

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Job Vacancy: Job title: A SMART PROGRAMME MANAGER

Job description: Votre environnement de travail

Action Contre La Faim ACF) has been operational since 2010 in Northeast and has been able to successfully implement integrated programs in Nutrition, Health, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) and Water, sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The mission has expanded its programs in the wake of conflict in Borno state since 2017, focusing on long term sustainable programs focused on system strengthening for Health, WASH, Social Protection, and Agriculture sectors. The mission is currently in the process to launch response in the Northwest?Nigeria. In 2018,?ACF launched the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) in Nigeria in an effort to address the urgent humanitarian assistance to the displaced populations in Northern Nigeria. With this Approach ACF is among the lead agency that is currently reaching the NE &NW regions with Rapid Humanitarian assistance for to the conflict and other disaster affected population. Currently, without conspiring LGAs reached on RRM modality, ACF is providing an integrated humanitarian response in Yobe State (12 Local Government Areas (LGAs), Borno (11 LGAs), Bauchi (2 LGAs) and Jigawa (6 LGAs) with partial presence in Kano. Despite the remarkable achievements in humanitarian sector, ACF, as other humanitarian actors, has been continuously affected by the shrinking humanitarian space.

The Maiduguri Base is the largest base on the mission, implementing humanitarian interventions of WASH; FSL , Nutrition and Health, further to employing 182 staff. The Maiduguri base supports the Monguno and Damasak sub bases. The guesthouse is comfortable for international staff, there is curfew at 10:00pm, movements within Maiduguri town is not restricted but precaution measures are in place. Intentional staff currently are not allowed to spend the night in the sub-bases. Further all staff movements outside MMC/Jere is done only through UNHAS choppers, while movements outside the military trench in of the field office require HQ approval.

Under the supervision of the Nutrition and Health Head of the Department and in collaboration with other Programme Managers, the SMART Manager’s overall objective will be to coordinate the implementation of planned nutrition surveys in the targeted areas.

Votre poste et vos responsabilités

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You are responsible for leading SMART, MIYCN KAP and SQUEAC survey implementation in different LGAs of intervention in the programmes implemented by ACF in Northern Nigeria.

More precisely, your tasks will be to:

• To vuild up an ACF team and coordinate the implementation of planned nutrition SMART surveys in the targeted areas;
• To support and effectively manage surveys, teams and internal coordination;
• To plan, support and follow up on capacity development of the field teams (including both ACF and SMoH staff) in nutrition assessment and support the MEAL department to improve the quality of CMAM data;
• To appropriately represent ACF and coordinate externally;
• To produce timely and quality reports;
• To collaborate with the states’ surveillance unit to support ACF WASH and ACF Rapid Response Unit in quantifying disaster/emergencies through rapid identification and escalation;

Votre profil

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Nutrition by research or related field, in addition to a Certification in SMART and SQUEAC Surveys implementation and training, and a good knowledge of ENA for SMART, Epi info and SPSS applications.
• At least 3 years of proven experience in Managing nutrition assessments, research, in addition to nutrition programme management in emergency set-up, including proposal writing, project budget management, reporting and training provision, in the humanitarian context.
• Excellent Writing and analytical skills
• Good Management, representation, and negotiation competencies
• Willing to do frequent travels to mentor and monitor activities and easily acculturate with remote area’s living conditions.
• Fluency in English is mandatory
• A former ACF experience will be considered as a plus

Vos conditions d’emploi

For National Staff:

• 12 months fixed term contract under Nigerian legislation
• Basic Salary: Starting from 1,175,742 Naira per month
• Rent allowance: 50,000 Naira per month
• Transportation allowance: 16,667 Naira per month
• Leave allowance: 10% of Basic Salary per month
• Pension: Employer contribution 10% of gross salary, Employee contribution 8% of gross salary
• Annual leave: 2 days per month
• Private health insurance: 100% health care coverage provided by the organization
• Private life assurance: 24/7 life assurance coverage provided by the organization
• Training: Free and direct access to Cross Knowledge e-learning platform
• Relocation benefits: 120,000 Naira lump sum relocation allowance, 20 days accommodation allowance (10,000 Naira per night), flight ticket from the home base to the working base at the beginning and end of the assignment
• Women at ACF are entitled to benefits such as maternity leave, compassionate leave for a hospitalized child and creche facilities for babies
• Delocalised staff in the field offices are entitled to 2 flight trips per year back to their state of origin (within Nigeria)

For International Staff:

• 12 months fixed term contract under French legislation
• Monthly gross salary from 2130 to 2475€ upon experience
• Monthly per diem and living allowance: 754€ net, field paid
• Monthly country allowance: 450€
• Child allowance: 1500€ per year per child present in the country of origin (maximum 6000€/year)
• 16% of the gross monthly salary for pension insurance reimbursement for non-French citizens
• Transportation and accommodation: Coverage of transportation costs and guest house
• Medical coverage: 100% coverage of health contributions (social security + health insurance) and repatriation insurance
• Leaves and RnR: 25 days of paid leaves per year, 20 RnR per year and 215 € at each RnR period
• Training: Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Crossknowledge ©

ACF is committed to people with disabilities and actively fights against all forms of discrimination.

© Sebastien Duijndam pour Action contre la Faim

Location: Maiduguri, Borno State

Job date: Sat, 27 May 2023 22:31:24 GMT

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