Concern Worldwide,Health and Nutrition Coordinator (Maternity Cover)Jobs in Malawi

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• Provide
  strategic and technical advice to health and nutrition managers, programme
  staff, and partners, in line with current best practice, national
  policies, and Concern Worldwide strategies.
• Ensure
  the continuation and growth of the H&N programme portfolio by identifying
  potential opportunities, leading project design and proposal development
  processes in response to donor funding opportunities.
• Identify
  potential local partners, contribute to the finalisation of partnership
  agreements, and manage and ensure the effective achievement of partnership
  arrangements
• Follow
  up with in-country donors, UN and international NGO partners on the status
  and progress of H&N proposal applications.
• Maintain
  strong working relations with donor H&N sector technical advisors in
  Malawi.
• Maintain
  strong working relationships with other international NGOs active in the
  H&N sector in order to maximise opportunities to enter into consortium
  based proposal submissions to donors.
• Maintain
  close working relations with appropriate members of Concern’s technical
  advisory and advocacy units in Dublin, especially the Health and Nutrition
  Unit.

• Provide
  direct line management for health and nutrition Programme/Project
  Managers, and oversee the management of all health and nutrition staff
• Prepare
  budgets and technical narratives; review management accounts on a monthly
  basis and feedback on the project management accounts
• Undertake
  regular and detailed reviews of implementation progress against plans and
  budgets. Where necessary revise plans and budgets to maintain programme
  quality and progress.
• Actively
  promote inter- and intra-team discussion, communication, and sharing of
  lessons learned.
• Coordinate
  health and nutrition programmes with other Concern programmes, in
  collaboration with the Programmes Director and Programme Managers, to
  identify synergies and possibilities for integration of activities.
• Review
  staff structures and job description roles and responsibilities to ensure
  optimal human resourcing of the H&N sector programmes. This entails
  initiating the timely recruitment of appropriately qualified and
  experienced H&N programme staff, and assisting with short-listing and
  interviewing potential candidates.
• Implement
  Concern’s performance management systems to monitor, maintain and improve
  H&N staff and team performance.
• Carry
  out capacity building, coaching, and on-the-job mentoring to strengthen
  the skills and capacity of Concern Malawi managers and programme staff in
  nutrition and health related issues.
• Lead
  development of programme plans, tools, and activities.
• Ensure
  that the Concern Worldwide Logistics and Procurement policies are followed
  in all areas of programme delivery, and that donor rules and regulations
  are adhered to.
• Ensure
  H&N programme budget utilisation and asset management are in full
  compliance with Concern’s administrative and financial policies and
  procedures.
• Develop
  Terms of Reference for local consultants, oversee consultant selection,
  and ensure that consultancy deliverables are achieved

• Maintain
  results based systems for monitoring and evaluating program results, to
  better demonstrate H&N programme outcomes and impacts.
• Support
  effective learning and the transfer of knowledge within Malawi, across
  sectors, and to other country programmes
• Lead
  the development and delivery of high quality and innovative H&N
  strategies for information and communication management.
• Consolidate
  and submit high quality monthly, quarterly and annual internal and
  external reports on time.
• Design
  tools and lead data collection for baseline, mid-term, and endline
  assessments, selective an appropriate mix of tools and approaches.

• Document
  lessons learned from programming and operational research through
  publications in journals, reports, and other channels.
• Ensure
  that lessons learned and best practices are shared widely and used to
  improve programme quality (design and implementation).
• Represent
  Concern Worldwide in national and international forums, technical working
  groups, and committees.
• At
  a national level maintain strong working relationships with key H&N
  actors and decision making bodies.
• Strengthen
  Concern’s H&N sector innovation and learning by forging and
  strengthening partnership relations with appropriate international,
  regional and national research institutes.

• Actively
  participate in the Country Office Senior Management Team (SMT).
• Support
  the implementation and review of the Country Strategic Plan and other
  organisational strategies and plans as needed
• Support
  and supervise health and nutrition trainees or interns as necessary

• A
  third level degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health,
  or related fields
• At
  least five years practical experience and demonstrated skills in the
  design and management of various high impact health and nutrition
  interventions in developing countries
• Experience
  in managing staff, with particular skills in building and leading strong
  teams of national staff
• A
  proven track record in project design and proposal development
• Experience
  in building relations with donors and securing external donor funding
• Knowledge
  and experience of various models of health and nutrition interventions
• Experience
  in monitoring and evaluation of country level health and nutrition
  programmes
• Ability
  to prepare, monitor, and ensure accurate delivery of project budgets and
  workplans

• Experience
  in coordinating health and/or nutrition surveys and data
  management/analysis
• Competence
  using quantitative, qualitative and participatory methods for programme
  planning, monitoring and evaluation and operational research.
• Experience
  of high level organisational representation, especially maintaining
  technical relationships with international donors, the UN, International
  Research Institutes and International NGOs and Government representatives
• Experience
  in advocacy at the national and/or international level and demonstrated
  ability to translate programme experiences to policy
• Specific
  knowledge of best practice and new innovation in maternal, sexual, and
  reproductive health
• Experience
  with youth-friendly health approaches
• Good
  understanding of the causal framework for undernutrition, and experience
  with approaches for preventing undernutrition
• Understanding
  of effective approaches for Social and Behaviour Change
• Experience
  in working with government stakeholders, particularly in developing and
  influencing policy
• Experience
  in training and facilitation

• The
  ability to synthesize complex technical and programmatic issues into
  concise communications
• Strong
  analytical and problem solving abilities
• Excellent
  English communication skills (verbal and written)
• Strong
  leadership skills and ability to manage change effectively
• Excellent
  communication and presentation skills, including fluency in written and
  spoken English
• Delegation,
  time management and prioritizing skills and coping with broad range of
  demands
• Highly
  adaptive work style
• Willingness
  to travel for at least 25% of working time
• Ability
  to work to tight deadlines
• Empathy
  with Concern’s Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives