Recruitment notice: AN ASSISTANT HEALTH NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER M/F

Recruitment notice: AN ASSISTANT HEALTH NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER M/F

 

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Job offer

Action Against Hunger – Cameroon

Action Against Hunger is an international, apolitical, non-denominational and non-profit Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). For our operations in Cameroon, we are looking for:

AN ASSISTANT HEALTH NUTRITION PROGRAM MANAGER M/F

Home base: Maroua

 

 

Number of positions: 1

Duration of contract: Until July 31, 2025

Start date: February 2024

Supervised by: Health Nutrition Program Manager

Location: KOZA

Gross salary for the category: According to the current Action Against Hunger salary scale

Objective of the position: Implement and monitor ACF’s HEALTH AND NUTRITION activities in the Far North region of Cameroon

In particular, you will have the following responsibilities:

Mission 1: Implementation and management of activities in accordance with ACF’s HEALTH/NUTRITION policy, that in force in the country and according to key international documents in the sector.

– Manage and supervise the implementation and monitoring of project activities in connection with the health districts targeted by the project;

– Ensure communication, the proper feedback of information and its transmission to the Nutrition/Health RP;

– Ensure the smooth running of activities (within the allotted deadlines);

– Ensure and develop collaboration and partnerships with authorities, local partners (such as CSOs) and with other ACF

 

 

HEALTH/NUTRITION projects;

– Evaluate and reorient project activities based on the results of the activities, studies carried out in the area, changes in the context and the interventions of other humanitarian actors;

– Support the health district in preparing orders for inputs and consumables, monitoring them, calculating and controlling consumption and stock status;

– Establish and develop the beneficiary detection and referral network, notably using community mobilization techniques;

– Train center staff through joint training:

o Medical (IMCI) and nutritional care protocols

o When carrying out refocused CPN

o The use of the partograph during deliveries in maternity wards

o Essential activities in Nutrition including IYCF

– Train community relays on:

o Screening and referral of patients

o Essential family practices

Mission 2: Team management

– Actively participate in team recruitment;

 

Knowledge: Project cycle; Advanced knowledge primary health care; Advanced knowledge of Cameroon’s health policies; Solid knowledge of primary health care and national community health plan; Knowledge of capacity building for local health authorities and/or decentralized state structures; Solid knowledge of partnership management and capacity building of local partners (CSOs, municipalities, STD, etc.); Mastering French ; Knowledge of the intervention area, the health system, the epidemiological profile of the region; Mastery of the Microsoft Office Pack (Word and Excel primarily)

Know-how: Team management and activity planning skills; Analysis and synthesis skills; Communication skills; Good writing skills (especially in report writing); Good mobilization and teaching skills; Good organizational skills.

Soft skills: Flexibility; Dynamism; Interpersonal skills ; The ability to work in a team ; Honesty

Gender approach

– Commit to respecting and applying ACF’s gender policy;

– Integrate the gender approach into activities;

– Contribute to a working environment that takes into account the specificities of each person and avoid any discrimination;

RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE

The Action Against Hunger recruitment procedure includes 3 key steps:

1. A pre-selection based on the application submitted (only candidates whose skills and experience correspond to the profile described in the offer are selected for the written test)

2. A written test

3. An oral interview

For each stage, only selected candidates are contacted.

Send your application via this link: 

https://forms.gle/8HmG8fc9g3jWovKe7

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