JOB OFFER
As part of its humanitarian activities,
the French association Première Urgence Internationale is looking for:
A SUPERVISEUR.SE NUTRITION

Context

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a Non-Governmental Organization of international solidarity, non-profit, apolitical and secular. Its objective is to meet all the basic needs of civilian victims endangered, marginalized or excluded by the effects of natural disasters, wars and situations of economic collapse. PUI is present in 22 countries, in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Caribbean, and operates in the areas of food security, health, nutrition, infrastructure rehabilitation, water and sanitation and economic recovery.
 

PUI has been present in Cameroon since 2008, first on the East / Adamaoua front then in the Far North (EN) in 2014/2015, via its base in Maroua. It carries out emergency and recovery activities in Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH), Nutritional Food Security and Livelihoods (SANME), Essential Household Items (AME)/Shelter. Since 2017, PUI has expanded into Logone-et-Chari (LC) from its base in Kousseri where teams carry out projects in SANME, EHA, Abri AME as part of the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM).

In addition, Cameroon has been facing an internal crisis since 2016 in the English-speaking regions of the North-West and South-West. This situation leads to population movements fleeing to areas considered safer, particularly in the West region which is one of the main reception points for the displaced and in which PUI has decided to implement a project RRM inspired by the project in the Far North and adapted to the local context. This project covers the Food Assistance, WASH and Shelter/AME sectors.
 

As part of the implementation of projects and programs, PUI is recruiting a Nutrition supervisor.

Overall objective:  

The Nutrition supervisor monitors the nutrition activities of the project and will support the Integrated Health Centers or District Medical Centers supported, in connection with the objectives of the PUI project under the supervision of the Deputy Project manager in collaboration with the staff of the health structures. He ensures compliance with the technical recommendations and standard procedures of Première Urgence Internationale.

Responsibilities and fields of action

1. QUALITY OF CONSULTATIONS AS PART OF THE IMPAC CARE OFFER
2. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION
3. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE AND VACCINATION
4. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
5. REPORTING AND COMMUNICATION
 

Specific objectives and associated activities

1. QUALITY OF CONSULTATIONS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE OFFER OF CARE IN PCIMA
 He/She ensures the care of the patients targeted by the project in the Integrated Health Centers (CSI) supported;
 He/She accompanies the supported health centers on a technical or organizational and managerial level through formative supervision;
 He/She ensures compliance with flow charts and rational prescription;
 He/She ensures compliance with infection prevention and control rules within the centres;
 He/She supports the health centers in the organization of care services for malnourished children in collaboration with the nutrition ARP;
 He/She ensures the proper maintenance and collects statistics related to the project indicators as well as registers and/or activity analysis supports.

2. MEDICAL CARE OF SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION  
 He/She ensures that nutritional care is effective in all health centers and also watches over children referred to the CNTI;
 He/She ensures that care is provided according to the PCIMA protocol and ensures that the protocol is available in health centres;
 He/She ensures the effectiveness of active screening in all health centers and mainly during curative consultations in collaboration with the nutrition ARP;
 He/She participates in screening for acute malnutrition at the community level and their referral to the nearest health facilities;
 He/She helps to implement the family MUAC strategy through training support;
 He/She strictly monitors the correct application of the criteria for admission, exit, reference, transfer to the program;
 He/She must quickly inform his line manager of any problem in applying the criteria;
 He/She ensures the screening of FEFAs for the detection of cases of malnutrition in collaboration with the ARP nutrition;
 He/She ensures the follow-up within the framework of the search for those lost to follow-up and ensures a detailed analysis of the cases of abandonment in the program and escalates to his/her line manager in order to find a solution;  He/She ensures the supervision of the children of the different phases in the health centres;  He/She ensures the proper keeping of the registers and statistics inherent to his/her activity.

3. MONITORING OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND VACCINATION
 As part of his activity, he must monitor the epidemiological situation and work in close collaboration with the staff of the health center and the nutrition ARP;
 He/She reports all epidemiological information to his/her manager;
 He/She ensures that all children leaving the nut program have their measles vaccination.
4. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY  
 He/She reports all information that may involve the PUI program to the ARP and/or the Field Coordinator;
 He/She reports all complaints received from the community, local authorities and other parties to the ARP/RP, and registers them in the database and follows them up;
 He/She ensures that financial service providers and other project collaborators respect the contractual agreements and their commitment to humanitarian assistance signed with PUI.

5. REPORTING AND COMMUNICATION
 He/She remains attentive to the populations and actors in the field and reports to his line manager any non-technical or security problem that may have consequences on the activities or on the security of the PUI teams; security issues can be reported quickly to the RP or TC in order to find an urgent solution;
 He/She establishes and maintains good relations with health centers, local actors and communities (populations) in the localities of intervention;
 He/She participates in meetings and/or ad hoc meetings organized by his/her manager;
 He/She participates in the drafting of weekly and monthly reports, as well as in the updating of monthly statistics of the activities of supported health centres;  He/She respects the procedures and rules of PUI.  Profile sought:                    Hold a Bacc+2 in Health and/or Nutrition.  Professional Experience: – At least 02 years of experience in health / nutrition, if possible in the Far North Region (EN) – Work experience of at least one (01) year in a humanitarian structure appreciated  Knowledge and mandatory skills – Good knowledge of the NE region and the community dynamics specific to it; – Good editorial quality;
 

– Knowledge of nutrition and maternal and child health;
– Organizational skills, time and priority management;
– Respect of deadlines;
– Team work ;
– Autonomy;
– Rigor and reliability.
 Knowledge and skills appreciated
– Knowledge of institutional donor procedures  Personal characteristics required:
– Honesty, transparency, impartiality and integrity
– Professionalism / sense of responsibility
– Sense of listening, self-control, deep respect for others, empathy and altruism
– Clarity of purpose, dynamic speaking
– Team spirit
– Diplomacy / Flexibility / Adaptability
– Punctuality
– Taste for field work
– Dynamism / Reactivity / Ability to stay awake
– Strength of proposal
– Good presentation
– Interpersonal skills  Conditions  Position based in Maroua (Extreme North region)  Fixed Term Contract.  Salary defined according to the PUI salary grid.  Entry into office in August 2023  Candidates who are nationals of the locality of recruitment and/or resident will be given priority.  Female candidates are strongly encouraged. THE CANDIDATE MUST COMPLETE THE ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE VIA THE LINK
 

https://forms.office.com/e/yRNVy3jVSL   PUBLISHED ON THE MINAJOBS JOB OFFER PUBLICATION SITE THEN SEND YOUR FILE (ONLY LETTER OF MOTIVATION AND CV), TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS en.recrutement@premiere-urgence-cmr.org BY MENTIONING “HIS NAME + SUPERVISEUR.SE NUTRITION” IN THE SUBJECT.  

DOSSIERS PROVIDED WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO CANDIDATES.
1- THE CANDIDATE MUST EXPLICITLY SPECIFY THE POSITION FOR WHICH HE/SHE IS APPLYING.
2- DEADLINE FOR FILING: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2023.
3- ONLY PRE-SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE PERSONALLY CONTACTED.
4- THE ORIGINALS OF THE DIPLOMAS, WORK CERTIFICATE, RECOMMENDATIONS MUST BE BROUGHT BY THE CANDIDATES CONVENED FOR THE TESTS AND INTERVIEWS.

Done in Yaoundé on 07/27/2023.