Based ineither
of these locations- Addis Ababa/ Dar Es Salaam/ Kampala/ Nairobi
Competitive
salary on offer
HelpAge
International is an international NGO and the secretariat of a global network
of over 100 affiliates working to support older people and promote their
rights. HelpAge’s programmes are managed by a secretariat in London and six
Regional Offices including one for East, West
and Central Africa based in
Nairobi.
A growing part of
HelpAge’s work is in humanitarian crisis situations, where older people are
amongst the most vulnerable. HelpAge International is the only international
NGO dedicated to ensuring older people receive humanitarian assistance and
protection. HelpAge’s strategic aim for its humanitarian work in East Africa is
to ensure that older people are considered and their needs addressed in the
planning and activities of African governments and humanitarian organizations
in emergency preparedness, response and recovery programmes. We are now in the
process of developing a particular focus on older people’s nutrition.
HelpAge East, West
and Central Africa Region therefore seeks to recruit a Regional Nutrition
Programme Manager who will initiate, support and manage nutrition programme
work in humanitarian contexts within the region, through direct service
delivery, advocacy, capacity building and provision of technical guidance and
support to HelpAge team and other actors including governments, NGOs, UN and
coordination bodies such as humanitarian clusters.
The ideal candidate
will have a post graduate degree in nutrition, public health or related fields,
technical and managerial experience in designing, implementing and monitoring
nutrition programmes in humanitarian context and strong technical understanding
of nutrition issues. Experience in developing donor proposals, developing and
implementing beneficiary accountability framework, gathering and analyzing data
to produce evidence as well ability to travel at short notice for extended
periods, living and working in basic and/or difficult conditions are essential
to this role
Apply Online:
http://www.helpage.org/who-we-are/jobs/regional-nutrition-programme-mana…
