International Rescue Committee (IRC) is looking for qualified applicants for the following open position.

Job Title:  

Senior Health and Nutrition Manager

Job Overview:                             

Job Type: Full Time

Salary: Company’s Scale

Place of Work: Tigray , Ethiopia.

Job Position:                                

Senior Health and Nutrition Manager

Duties:

• Provision of technical, administrative, and management: Keeping up to date with best practices in health and nutrition to act as an expert; providing advice and guidance as required.
• On request, providing accurate, complete, and up-to-date information is required for effective strategic and tactical planning in the health and nutrition departments.
• Project management and implementation: Budget tracking and reporting, commodity management and reporting. Adhere to the technical and financial policies and regulations of IRC.
• We are monitoring   specialized the effective utilization of program supplies and materials.
• Prepare periodic activity and financial reports on the implementation and challenges of health and nutrition program interventions.
• Prepare project procurement plan and follow up on procurement and delivery of project supplies needed for use in the project.
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning: Together with partners and the health and nutrition teams, coordinate monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning of IRC and Outreach     Community activities to ensure efficiency, accountability, and impact thereby enabling IRC to build local influence in health & nutrition initiatives and policy development.
• Representation, liaison, and coordination: Develop and assure strong relations with current health and nutrition cluster coordination in the region.
• Represent IRC at Field office-level coordination     meetings. Seek the support of technical assistance from relevant technical units at IRC Addis specialized unit or other IRC international partners, as needed.
• Establish and maintain good relationships with   relevant counterparts/departments of the government, and the locally represented organizations.
• Provide required information to Mekelle Liaison and coordination office.
• Needs assessments: Take the lead in conducting a service availability mapping to inform siting of mobile clinics.
• Supervise data clerks and make sure pharmaceutical information is entered in the  information Management System, that disease surveillance is implemented as per plans and that all data is submitted to the county health Department as well as IRC’s M&E databases.
• Human Resource Management: Involve and assist in the recruitment of qualified health staff for assigned field offices.
• Manage and oversee the health and nutrition team, including Health and Nutrition   manager, Senior Health officer, and team leaders.
• Build the capacity of staff under direct supervision based on the identified gaps. Undertake timely performance objectives setting, regular reviews,     supervision, feedback sessions, and evaluation of all staff under this position holder.

Job Requirement:                       

Qualification:

Education: 

• Masters level education in Health-related field such as RN or MPH. Must have health clinical background (MD, nursing, health officer)

Experience:

• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in managing health & nutrition projects in emergency contexts.
• Experience leading project implementation in a complex international development environment and/or conflict zones.
• Demonstrated experience supervising, managing, and providing technical support and assistance to field-based program/project staff.
• Previous experience in managing projects funded by BHA, UNICEF, WFP, BPRM, UNICEF and GAVI reporting, budgeting, procurement, and project management procedures.

  Skills:

• Proven capacity to negotiate and work with governments at different levels.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both within and outside IRC.
•  Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver on time
•  Strong analytic problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional global team structure
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to manage and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.
• Excellent management and coordination skills (project management, multispectral coordination, multicultural technical teams, etc.).
• Professional expertise on operational planning and strategy in refugee, host and IDPs set up,
• Demonstrated experience in proposal development, including practical experience with budgeting, log-frame development, and writing of technical descriptions.
• Has excellent interpersonal skills in English, Tigrigna, Amharic, and other languages.

                                    How to apply

Interested applicants, who fulfill the above requirement, can submit your CV, copies of relevant documents and Application to: Click Here

Deadline:  31, March , 2023.

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