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Job ID: DAM / NUT / 08
Location: Damboa, Borno

Program Background

• IMC's curative and preventive nutrition intervention has expanded to 15 OTPs in Damboa, Jere, Konduga and MMC LGAs. The curative component targets children, 6-59 months with SAM. Community health volunteers screen and refer children with a MUAC <11.5cm or WHZ < -3 or those with grade + or ++ or edema to OTP sites for treatment. SAM cases are treated at the OTP using RUTF, deworming and Vitamin supplementation.
• Children with severe acute malnutrition and medical complications or those <6 months are referred to stabilization centers. In addition, caregivers of children 6-59 months are trained on how to measure MUAC. If a caregiver identifies a child with SAM these are re-assessed by the CHV and if confirmed, the child is referred to the OTP.
• These children receive nutrition support through RUTF based on their weight, treated for infections using routine medication and screened and treated for malaria. The severely acutely malnourished who are 24-59 months are de-wormed.
• All severely acutely malnourished without edema receive routine vitamin A supplementation and zinc supplements for those that present with diarrhea, whilst those presenting with malnutrition and medical complications are to stabilization centers for specialized treatment.

Job Summary

• The principal objective of the Stabilization Centre (SC) Nurse role is to manage acute malnutrition as part of the basic health services in line with the national and international guidelines.
• The SC Nurse is responsible for nutrition rehabilitation of the admitted children through treatment of medical complications of Severe Acute Malnutrition and prevention of further deterioration of the nutrition situation through provision of therapeutic feeds, routine and specialized medicines, health and nutrition counselling.
• The SC Nurse is also responsible for ensuring quality of services through capacity building and technical support to the SC nutrition assistants in the management of complications associated with Severe Acute Malnutrition in line with the SC national and international protocols.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensuring comprehensive medical examination, vital signs, frequent medicines and treatment according to the protocols.
• Following and adhering to the current protocols on drug administration i.e. antibiotics, antimalarial, anthelminthic.
• Ensuring timely therapeutic preparation and administering the appropriate feeds and medicines for the malnourished children in the SC.
• Carrying out daily nutritional status monitoring of severely malnourished children as prescribed in the protocol.
• Providing appropriate nutrition counselling and health education to the mothers and caretakers in the SC based on the protocols and guidelines.
• Ensuring adequate availability of all drugs and nutrition supply and ensuring stock is pre-positioned as planned.
• Consulting and informing the SC Doctor and/or Nutrition Manager on issues that may affect the smooth operations of the stabilization Centre.
• Ensuring proper handing over of duties within the SC.
• Preparing and updating the medical and nutritional record for ward rounds on a daily basis.
• Ensuring all criteria are adhered to and documented, including admission, discharge and transfer to and from the OTP
• Completing and updating the patient file to ensure a track of patient progress.
• Compiling the statistical data (admission, default, cured, absent, death) and drafting a report on activities.
• Maintaining supply consumption reports.

Qualifications and Experience

• Registered Nurse with a Degree in Nursing from a recognized Nigerian Institution.
• Over two (2) years’ experience in CMAM and IYCF programmes
• NYSC Certificate or Exemption letter
• Valid and current practicing license.
• Excellent report-writing skills
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Hausa
• Commitment to and understanding of IMC’s aims, values and principles.

Key Competencies:

• Strong communication skills: oral, written and presentation skills.
• Should be a team player and culturally sensitive.
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, email and utilization of the internet
• Strong leadership, team building, conflict resolution and ability to deliver IMC’s strategic objectives.
• Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations
• Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

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Job ID: MDG / LOG / 09
Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Job Summary

• Under the supervision of the Logistics Coordinator, the Procurement Manager will design an effective supply chain program to promote quality programming in the region.
• He/she will lead IMC’s Procurement operational support structure, committed to provide reliable and timely program activities support, evaluate the types of market available within Nigeria:
• Determine what the markets can offer in terms of range of materials supplies, products and services;
• Determine the geographical distribution and nature of the local markets;
• Analyze human resources available to support the Procurement Service and
• Come up with Procurement ‘best’ practice of other organizations operating in Nigeria that can be mirrored as per of benchmarking.

Major Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.

Key Job Functions And Responsibilities:
Procurement (Local and Global):

• Ensure the day-to-day coordination of the procurement team to promote timely supply of goods and services for program support;
• Enforce adherence to IMC Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in procurement of goods and services;
• Streamline procurement activities by making sure requisite tools that handle an effective procurement are used in various levels of procurement activities;
• Upgrade IMC procurement tools and templates and seek management’s approval when necessary;
• Identify gaps and bottlenecks in the procurement management procedures and suggest remedies for corrective measures when necessary;
• Enforce the use of procurement tracking system by various departments and share updated version during Senior Management Team Meetings and other periodic review sessions when necessary;
• Coordinate with Operations, Project Coordinators and Pharmacy staff to provide updated information about medical commodities, WASH materials and other program support materials for timely use likewise develop mitigation plans for bottleneck and commodities supplies and delivery;
• Mentor and provide capacity building support to procurement staff and other relevant employees where applicable for efficiency in the supply chain team likewise enforce teamwork with other program staff;
• Participate in project planning meetings to help identify challenges and capacity issues with program staff for timely intervention and solutions to procurement related problems;
• Monitor program request and required purchase requisitions to make sure respective coding are done in line with budgets, respective project activities and assigned grant codes;
• Ensure new staff receive appropriate inductions on procurement systems and processes for newly hired staff when necessary;
• Lead and coordinate all global procurements and remain the country focal point person on global procurements;
• Establish and maintain good contacts with suppliers, government offices, logistics sector/cluster, UN agencies and other NGOs with regards to logistical matters;
• Establish Blanket Purchase Agreements (long term frame-work agreements) for main supplies and services and ensure they are awarded/updated accordingly at the appropriate time.

Communication:

• Proactively conveying procurement progress updates to the appropriate senior logistics personnel and all relevant parties, anticipating any future risks, issues or key developments that the wider team should know;
• Ensure liaison and the role of focal person between appropriate senior logistics personnel, the logistics support staff and program staff including Global Procurement team at Headquarters;
• Share key project/local process messages with the logistics support staff, as well as proactively provide feedback to appropriate senior logistics personnel on behalf of the procurement team.

Capacity Building:

• Organize procurement capacity building sessions for in-house trainings, mentoring and distant trainings via skype with the supply chain staff;
• Provide guidance on career paths for Procurement staff when necessary through frequent capacity needs assessments.
• The Procurement Manager must promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, he/she maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Mission Procurement staff (Procurement Officers – Procurement Assistant)
• Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics or relevant field (i.e. Business Administration, Purchasing and Supply, Finance) desired or minimum 5 years-experience in Logistics and Procurement.
• Certification in Humanitarian Logistics Supply Chain (required if no academic degree)

Experience:

• Extensive experience (4 to 6 years) in humanitarian logistics management within the field of supply chain management (procurement, tendering, contracting, clearance, transport, warehousing, etc.), distribution support,
• Proven record on the ability and experience of the management of Procurement at a senior level

Competencies:

• Commitment and demonstrated skills to build staff capacity in the areas of Procurement management, supervision and monitoring.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with analytic approach.
• Strong interpersonal, management and leadership skills. Experience in remote management.
• Ability to work in participatory manner with staff to assess needs, implement and monitor activities.
• Ability to integrate and work well within multiethnic and multicultural team.
• Ability to work in harsh conditions, often in remote areas,
• Some record of experience with donor (especially, OFDA, ECHO, DFID, BPRM, UN-Agencies specific procedures,
• Ability to work in harsh conditions, often in remote areas,
• Proficiency with MS Word and Excel.
• Fluent English Written and Spoken