Livelihoods Team Leader (Nutrition) at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Start date: 1st November, 2018
Contract length: one-year contract

About the job

• The Livelihoods Team Leader (Nutrition) is responsible for coordination and implementation of DRC NUTRITION activities in the intervention communities in Borno State.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Plan and ensure the effective implementation of the Nutrition program
• Coordinates all NUTRITION related field work, including community mobilization, beneficiary identification/registration, distributions, refferal, case management and monitoring.
• Supervises establishment of CMAM centres.
• Coordinates effectively beneficiary targeting according to established vulnerability criteria.
• Coordinate distribution procedures, including documentation, approval and actual food supplement distribution.
• Training team on NUTRITION requirements and SOPs
• Maintain all documentation relating directly to Nutrition activities, required to ensure accountability to DRC and donors.
• Coordinates administrative matters relating directly to Nutrition activities: time-sheets, payment schedules, required paper-work and liaison with finance department.
• Coordinates administrative matters relating to Nutrition activities including reconciliation with Warehouse team post distributions.
• Ensures to effective program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both internal and external use in coordination with the other program staff.
• Prepares monthly cash requirement forecast for Nutrition activities.
• Provide information on Nutrition activities as requested by the Livelihoods Manager.
• Coordinates the orientation for all new staff on Nutrition.
• Coordinate with DRC Security Officer and Livelihood Manager on any threats to DRC staff and activities; promptly reporting incidents/security threats or interference in areas of operation.
• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to DRC and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
• And any other duties assigned to him/her by the Livelihoods Manager

About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to. All employees should master DRC's core competencies:

• Communicating
• Taking the lead
• Collaborating
• Striving for excellence and
• Demonstrating integrity.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required:

• BA/B.Sc in Nutrition, Food Science or related; 1-3 years of experience working on the development, implementation, administration and compliance of a field-based international development or humanitarian program; general program management experience required.
• Prior experience implementing NUTRITION with an INGO is preferred.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders to identify beneficiaries according to criteria required.
• Experience with running assessments, monitoring and evaluation required.
• Experience representing the organization and its interests to a diverse range of local and international government officials, local civil society organizations, other international organizations, the media and the public.
• Commitment to renewing and maintaining knowledge of best practices
• Demonstrated training and facilitation experience
• Ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrated strengths in analytical skills, monitoring and evaluation, and report writing

Desirable:

• Strong interpersonal, intercultural and communication skills
• Excellent oral and written skills and computer skills
• Fluency in English

We Offer

• Contract length: 3 Months(Renewable)
• Level: SB2B- NM-G
• Start date: ASAP