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INTERSOS
is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural
disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the
principles of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equality of rights and
opportunities, respect for diversity and coexistence, paying special attention
to the most vulnerable people.
We
are recruiting to fill the positions below:
Job
Title:
Health
and Nutrition Manager
Location: Ngala, Diwka, Bama – Borno
Starting date: ASAP
Reporting to: International Medical Doctor
Duration: 12 months



Purpose
of the Position
  • Under
    the supervision of the International Medical Doctor, s/he will provide
    professional technical advice on project design, planning, administration,
    monitoring and evaluation of Nutrition and Health programme/project
    activities, data analysis and progress reporting, and enhancing teamwork
    and capacity building.
Responsibilities
Management of the Health and Nutrition Program:
  • Participate
    in the development of health and nutrition sector budgets and following up
    on their effective implementation.
  • Develop
    health and nutrition sector work plans for all the INTERSOS health and
    nutrition grants.
  • Supervise
    and coordinate the implementation and monitoring of health and nutrition
    project activities.
  • Conduct
    health and nutritional surveillance in the programme sites, including host
    community and internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on agreed
    methodologies including surveys, process monitoring, SMART, SQUEAC and
    other rapid methods.
  • Work
    with the field based health and nutrition staff and community health
    Volunteers to establish, implement and monitor community based management
    of acute malnutrition activities, coupled
  • with
    patient follow up, referrals and education for their better management at
    community level.
  • Coordinate
    with other INTERSOS departments and implementing partners to develop
    training curricula and implementation plans for community Health
    Volunteers (CHV’s).
  • Assist
    in response and management of any health and nutrition emergency and
    participate in the development of disaster preparedness systems.
  • Promote
    mother infant and young child feeding best practices in various health
    facilities.
  • Oversee
    implementation and integration of comprehensive growth monitoring
    program/Mass MUAC screenings at community level and report accordingly.
  • Participate
    actively in planned programme Rapid Health and Nutrition
    assessment/surveys.
  • Monitoring
    and supervising both INTERSOS and MOH staff seconded to INTERSOS to ensure
    work is performed efficiently.
  • Routinely
    monitor staff performance according to their job description and provide
    written feedback in a timely manner.
  • Oversee
    continuous training programs for the health and nutrition staff.
  • Review
    personnel issues and concerns of health and nutrition staff and assist
    with determining and implementing solutions.
  • Participate
    in recruitment of health and staff as appropriate.
  • Participate
    in the development of proposals, budgets and concept notes in coordination
    with the INTERSOS health and nutrition team.
  • Supervise
    the use of materials, equipment and supplies for the intervention.
  • Identify
    opportunities for program development
Requirements
Essential:
  • Bachelor’s
    university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following
    areas: Medicine, Nursing, Public health and Nutrition.
  • Five
    years of relevant professional work experience, including in a developing
    country, in public health or nutrition
  • Background/familiarity
    with Emergency.
  • Good
    command of written and spoken English, Kanuri and Hausa Languages
  • Strong
    interpersonal and team building skills and excellence as a team player.
  • Must
    possess the ability to learn with speed and ease.
  • Excellent
    computer skills (Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, power point presentation
    etc.)
  • Strong
    sense of responsibility, methodical and accurate with high organizational
    skills
  • Honesty
    and integrity and able to cope with stressful situations.
  • Manages
    effectively his own time as well as flexible and available to work over
    time when needed
  • Willing
    to be deployed to the newly liberated local government areas.
Desired:
  • Prior
    experience working for humanitarian agencies.
  • Knowledge
    of the operational area.
Job
Title:
M&E
Manager
Location
: Maiduguri – Borno State – with frequent travel to other activity
sites
Starting date: ASAP
Reporting to: Project Manager
Duration: 12 months



Position
Summary
  • The
    Monitoring and Evaluation Manager is responsible for guiding the
    monitoring and evaluation strategy and project activities using a
    developmental evaluation approach.
  • The
    manager core function will be the following:
    • Developing
      monitoring and evaluation systems with the communities
    • Reporting
      on monitoring and evaluation results
    • Developing
      remote monitoring systems
    • Ensuring
      the dissemination of monitoring and evaluation results with the
      communities, INTERSOS team and supporting development of donors reports
Responsibilities
  • Keep
    and/or adapt the monitoring and evaluation methodology with the health and
    nutrition team and the communities in order to keep improving the
    development of simple but relevant tools to collect key indicators in the
    communities.
  • Train
    the monitoring and evaluation team on tools to improve participatory
    planning, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Develop
    methodologies and tools to help the community, INTERSOS Staff, and MOH
    using the monitoring and evaluation results to take action together in
    order to improve health and nutrition (i.e. adequate use of census to take
    action, use of situation room to take action, etc.)
  • Collaborate
    in creating monitoring and evaluation frameworks and participate in
    planning and undertaking health surveys, rapid assessments, as well as in
    the monitoring and evaluation of the health & Nutrition program activities.
  • Prepare
    monitoring and evaluation reports in coordination with statistics to
    regularly share the results and identify areas to improve.
  • Guide
    staff and members of the community to prepare relevant reports to
    determine actions to take.
  • Analyse
    monitoring and evaluation reports to assess problems and taking actions to
    improve.
  • Supervise
    the development of remote monitoring and evaluation systems in
    coordination with the health and nutrition
  • Develop
    monitoring and evaluation systems for health promoter trainings in
    coordination with the primary health care team and health promoters.
  • Implement
    and analyse the effectiveness of the remote monitoring and evaluation
Minimum
Requirements
  • Masters
    in Public Health (M.P.H)
  • Experience
    with planning and designing public health program
  • At
    least 5 years of experience in the design and implementation of
    M&E in development and emergency projects
  • Experience
    in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production
    of reports
  • Strong
    training & facilitation skills
  • Fluency
    in spoken and written English and other local language an advantage
  • Ability
    to work well with others.
  • Good
    working knowledge of computer packages including word processing and
    database packages
  • Ability
    to work independently and make good decisions with minimum supervision.
  • Background/familiarity
    with Emergency.
  • Strong
    interpersonal and team building skills and excellence as a team player.
  • Manages
    effectively time as well as flexible and available to work over time when
    needed
Desired
Experience:
  • Experience
    reporting on project results
  • Experience
    with community-based participatory research (CBPR)
Job
Title:
WASH
Supervisor
Location:
Maiduguri, Borno
Starting Date: ASAP
Duration of Contract: 12 months



Purpose
of the Position
  • The
    WaSH Supervisor will be based in Maiduguri, Borno State, with frequent
    field trips. S/he will be responsible for the implementation of all the
    WASH activities defined in a project, for the quality of INTERSOS’ interactions
    with the IDPs and local communities, ensuring strong relationships and
    promoting community ownership of all INTERSOS activities related to water,
    sanitation and hygiene in targeted LGAs, Borno State.
  • The
    WASH Supervisor is responsible for activities Planning and Supervision of
    Field Staff, Technical designs of WASH Infrastructures, Conducting
    trainings for communities on hygiene, Water Management Committees,
    Awareness campain, Data collection, supporting the team in developing the
    new concept ideas and mobilizing the communities for WASH activities.
Responsibilities
  • Design
    Water and Sanitation Construction Projects and prepare Bill of Quantities.
  • Monitor
    the construction of water supply systems and distributions, network,
    gravity flow, drinking water quality and treatment (Chlorination),
    Organize, manage and record
  • INTERSOS
    distributions as required, in collaboration with the Hygiene
    Promoters/Social Mobilizers.
  • Supervise
    Water and Sanitation construction projects and ensure contract terms and
    conditions and Health & safety guide lines are adhered to for the
    entire duration of the contract.
  • Monitoring
    the drilling of bore holes, that is water source development, well and
    borehole installation
  • Participate
    in drafting new proposals of activities, including the technical
    descriptions and the budget associated with them.
  • Work
    along with the hygiene promotion team in all the processes of selecting,
    designing, implementing and monitoring the WASH systems and activities by
    meetings and good communication.
  • Regularly
    inform the field manager verbally and with written reports on the state
    and progress of the activities and the problems and/or solutions
    identified
  • Ensure
    community participation in all WASH activities.
  • Provide
    detailed, accurate and timely weekly reports to supervisor on activities,
    challenges and areas in need of improvement
  • Ensure
    constant communication with INTERSOS WASH staff to identify potential
    problems, formulate recommendations and solutions and report
  • Conduct
    regular monitoring visits to the field, to follow-up on INTERSOS
    activities and ensure community participation in the activities
  • Ensure
    that consideration is given with focus on gender, protection and HIV/AIDS
    in water and sanitation activities.
  • Participate
    in organizing all logistical support for meetings, seminars, workshops and
    missions
  • Attend
    the Co-ordination meetings conduct needs assessments of the area whenever
    requested, inform and co-ordinate the WASH activities with the other
    agencies and actors carrying out similar activities
Required
Qualifications and Skills
  • Must
    have a minimum of Diploma in Civil Engineering, Water Resources
    Engineering, Environmental Engineering or relevant University Degree in
    the same field.
  • Experience
    in WASH, preferably with humanitarian organization
  • Knowledge
    of Computer aided design and Microsoft Office – AUTOCAD, ARCHICAD, MS
  • Excel,
    MS Word and MS Power point
  • Language:
    English is mandatory and knowledge of local language is an asset
  • Strong
    humanitarian commitment
  • Quality:
    dynamic, autonomous, Proactive, flexible, take initiative.
  • Availability
    to work in targeted LGAs, Borno State.
How
to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should sending their CV’s to: pm.health.nut.maiduguri.nigeria@intersos.org
with the “Job Title” clearly indicated in the subject line of the mail



Or



Deliver
Application in a seal envelop with the title of the post clearly marked to:
INTERSOS Office,
39, Doctor’s Quarters – Old GRA,
Maiduguri,
Borno State.
Application
Deadline 
7th
September, 2017.
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