Nutrition and Health Deputy Program Manager at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Duty Station:     Maiduguri, Borno State

Position Overview:
Following the direction of the Nutrition Program Manager, the Deputy Program Manager (DPM) is responsible for running and supervising nutrition & health activities at all stages of the project management cycle. He/she is also responsible for accomplishing the program objectives and outcomes within the contextual constraints in coordination and synergy with other DPMs. The DPM ensures the Nutrition & Health team completes the defined activities while adhering to internal standards and contractual obligations. The N-H DPM also has responsibilities regarding the capacity building of staff; humanitarian needs identification through needs assessments, monitoring of the evolving situation; context analysis to contribute to the development of future programs and internal coordination.

Specific Objectives: 

• Contribute to the definition and the implementation of ACF policies, positioning and strategies in the mission.
• Apply the common IYCF package of guidelines and tools used in WINNN (IYCF national guidelines and tools, food demonstration guidelines, recipe cards, etc.) for training, implementation and in support of M&E.
• Responsible for supervising and quality assurance of all N-H activities in the area of intervention.
• Ensure the compilation of need/feasibility assessments and related reports. These reports must be written and transmitted to the PM, RRE and N-H coordinator.
• Leads projects implementation, monitoring and reporting for N-H.
• To support in local ACF representation and coordination with other stakeholders within the intervention area
• Contribute to evaluation (internal and external) of project’s effect/impact.
• Supervise the  N-H teams working at the Local Government Level and ACF Base Office
• Participation in the recruitment and the training of staff, in cooperation with the RRE Nut PM and HR administrator 
• Ensure the compilation of all essential documents related and relevant pictures to N-H projects.
• Contribute to the set up and populating of the ACF N-H database in the mission.

Qualifications
Degree in Medicine , Pharmacy or Public Health Degree in  a field related to Nutrition & Health and or training/courses specific to Nutrition and Health in emergency contexts  + minimum 3 years of work experiences.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Fluent in English.
• Ability to analyse and synthesize information.
• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible, culturally sensitive.
• Human resource management experience, leadership and motivation/training skills.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and time management.
• Must be disciplined, able to work autonomously and self-learner.
• Strong capacity to represent ACF and sustain relations with state and local stakeholders. 
• Interpersonal skills (team management, communication, reporting, autonomy, pedagogy, planning and organizational skills.
• Experience in working with CMAM and IYCF programming.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience within the International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) and Humanitarian context.
• Experience in Social Behavior Change Programming.