Emergency Field Nutritionist

Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
EMERGENCY FIELD NUTRITIONIST
ETHIOPIA
CON/EFN/EA

Job Title: Emergency Field Nutritionist

Reports to: Nutritional Technical Support Officer

Job Location: Addis Ababa, with frequent trips to field sites.

Contract Details: 3 month contract with possibility of extension for a further 3 months (therefore for a maximum of 6 months)
Unaccompanied

Job Purpose: Plan, organise and lead nutritional assessments as requested by Senior Programme Management. Support and provide technical assistance in the editing, analysis and implementation of planned nutritional assessments. Support and provide technical assistance for ongoing nutritional interventions in the present programmes areas and any future interventions that may be commenced in response to deterioration in the nutritional status of targeted communities. Support for any other appropriate duties that may requested by Senior Management

Main duties & Responsibilities:
•Plan, organise and lead nutritional assessments as requested by Senior Programme management
•Support and provide technical assistance to the current team in carrying out nutritional assessments in identified areas.
•Provide training to new staff if recruited and existing staff if required
•Provide technical support to the team in the area of data collection, editing and proposal and report writing
•If necessary, support teams in managing screening and distributions in the present areas of operation
•Support the decision making process on the continuation or closure of specific interventions
•Represent Concern at various technical meetings as requested
Person specification:

Essential:
•Advanced University Degree (M.Sc./B.Sc.) in Public Health Nutrition with orientation in emergency nutrition and related survey experience.
•Experience of 2 years as a nutritionist in a humanitarian context
•Extensive experience in conducting nutrition surveys, including planning, sampling, training, data collection, supervision, data cleaning, analysis, reporting and dissemination.
•Excellent skills in spoken and written English
•Excellent skills in Word, Excel and in appropriate software for nutrition cluster

Desirable:
•Masters level in nutrition
•Experience with SMART methodology.
•Ability to work as part of a team
•Flexibility, adaptability, and patience
•Facilitation and interpersonal skills
•Analytical and problem solving skills
•Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines
•Ability to assess problems and recommend solutions
•Methodical and thorough
•Familiarity with SMART method, including software application with plausibility checks
•Software application (ENA-Epi/ ENA-SMART, or EpiInfo)
•Experience in use and interpretation of WHO child growth standards
•Training and coaching skills
•Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity to cultural differences
•Awareness of gender issues
•Empathy with organisational goals
•Ability to motivate and develop skills of others

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Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

(All candidates who are short-listed for a first round interview will be notified via email after the application deadline)

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