POSITION TITLE: Nutrition Officer
JOB LOCATION: Aden
Report to: Senior Project Officer
ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSING DATE: 20/07/2024

ABOUT FMF: 

Field Medical Foundation (FMF) was established in 2012 as an independent entity, with an official declaration by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL), and with a vision to empower communities for a better life and sustainable development. FMF's message looks to contribute to alleviating the suffering of vulnerable people in society and enabling them to access comprehensive health, education, and developmental services through building effective partnerships, mobilizing and investing resources and volunteer efforts, and directing them toward implementing sustainable development and initiatives programs in accordance with best practices and policies of humanitarian action. 
*FMF provides work environment which is free of sexual exploitation and abuse, discrimination, and all forms of harassment and abuse of the foundation.
*We undertake rigorous procedures to ensure that only people suitable to work with children and adults’ beneficiaries are allowed to join our organization so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults’ beneficiaries from abuse.

JOB DESCRIPTION:  

Under the supervision of the Senior Project Officer, the Nutrition Officer will dedicate 100% of his/her time leading, coordinating and ensuring the high-quality implementation of project activities. He/she will be in charge of coordinating closely with all stakeholders and beneficiaries in the targeted governorates and ensure the appropriate implementation of project activities in the field.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Preparing project weekly and monthly work plans.
• Preparing project weekly and monthly technical reports.
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues, partners to discuss operational and implementation issues.
• Ensure that the nutrition projects are implemented according to national CMAM guidelines, and program objectives; Prepare and manage a work plan to ensure that all projects are well supported.
• Conduct regular field supervisory visits to health facilities to ensure quality of nutrition projects and provide technical reports.
• Provide capacity building and on-job training to health care staff in the health facilities and ensure the Yemen standard treatment guidelines and protocols are adhered.
• Participate in planning, coordination and execution of M&E activities such as surveys, monthly and quarterly follow up and quality assurance.
• Ensure program targets using indicators / activity tracking table.
• Ensure the quality of data through proper entry, and regular checking and use the data for action on the site.
• Conduct regular field supervisory visits to our Sub offices, make meeting with them, and ensure the completeness of their archives.
• Coordinate with relevant government directorates and community leaders to facilitate implementation of the project activities.
• Raise the need of TSFP registers and records for health facilities for all governorates, and arrange them in Aden warehouse, each governorate separately.
• Prepare the distribution plan to the health facilities and follow up the transportation quotations for TSFP Commodities in the governorates, and raising them to the logistical to get the approval of transportation.
• Ensure awareness and implementation of appropriate beneficiary/community accountability mechanisms, including responding to Hotline Feedback and Complaints Mechanism and community feedback sessions.
• Follow up of commodities and the expiry dates in warehouses and health facilities for all governorates.
• Help the Senior Project Officer on prepare the quarter and annual project statistic in TSFP.
• Conduct coordination meeting with the GHO and DHO to take the required permits to facilitate the work of the HFs and give them the monthly report.
• Preparing the Distribution Plan (DP and FRN).
• Preparing field visit plans of the main and sub-office and raising them to the logistic.
• Follow up the complaints from SugarCRM and respond to them.
• Lead/support evaluation of the outcomes of the trainings.
• Take any responsibility given by project manager.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in medicine/ public health /other related with strong clinical background. 
• At least 2 years’ experience working in the field for health and nutrition program implementation, experience with INGOs required. 
• Minimum of 1-year professional experience in team management implementing health and nutrition emergency response programs in a conflict setting. 
• Experience of program cycle management and proven ability to manage budget 
• Fluent in Arabic and English (speaking, reading, writing). 
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office. 
• Show diplomacy, good communication and has good interpersonal and negotiations skills. 
• Strong team management skills and ability to relate to and effectively motivate staff. 
• Ability to represent FMF in meetings with program external stakeholders and local government representatives. 
• Excellent time management skills and resourcefulness with strong attention to detail.

NOTE: Applicants are requested to apply as soon as possible; the interviews will be done in a rolling basis.