Nutrition Surveillance Program Manager

Location: (Country & Base) ACF field bases, Republic of South Sudan Contract duration: 12 months

Objective 1: Definition of technical strategy:

Identification and design of surveillance activities according to needs and capacities Encouraging and facilitating an integrated approach to surveillance on the Southern Sudan mission Objective 2 : Management of Surveillance team:

Supervision of surveillance team including: induction, follow up, evaluation, and promotion of positive team dynamics and motivation. Training and building the technical capacity of the surveillance team and partners. Objective 3 : Provide technical support to the departments in order to perform assessments and surveys when needed/asked by the technical departments:

The Surveillance Manager is responsible for conducting surveys/assessment and ensuring their methodological and scientific soundness data analysis and reporting. Design the survey (Terms of Reference). Based on request of the technical coordinators (Nutrition, Food Security and WASH), the Surveillance Manager is in charge of the designing of assessments and surveys: to write the terms of reference, to select the tools and methods, the type of informants and/or sampling, selection of villages for field work, writing guidelines and set up time frame, working days needed, logistics planning and any special tools needed (GPS, map, camera…). Field work – data collection: Collection of information at field level. Different tools and methodologies can be used, depending on the needs and type of the survey e.g. focuses group discussion, PRA, face-to-face meetings, questionnaires etc. The surveillance team will systematically provide the team training before the field work to test the questionnaire and methodology and to ensure that the team adheres to guidelines, protocols and methodologies in place Collection of background and general information: The manager is in charge of the scientific quality of the research. S/he will organize for the field officers access to books, reports, key informants interviews, local authorities, etc, according to the needs of the research. Analysis and processing of information: Particular attention will be paid to the nature of the data to be collected. Main tools used for data processing are SPSS, ENA by SMART and Excel. The manager will assist and lead the team in data entry and analysis. Reporting / restitution: The manager writes the final survey report. S/he is the guaranty of the scientific quality of the final work. A report should always end with recommendations and, if needed, suggestions for further researches. Archiving: The manager keeps records/ archives all reports and the data collected.

Objective 4: Collaboration within ACF team:

Collaboration with Technical Coordinators and Program Managers and any other ACF resource people in order to ensure the coherence of ACF activities and reports. Follow up of program budget in liaison with the Nutrition Coordinator Follow up of the logistics requirements of the Surveillance team with the Logistics Department and relevant Heads of Base Participation in the program strategy, narrative and financial parts of project proposals Objective 5 : External coordination:

Representation of ACF to government authorities, UN agencies, partner NGOs and community leaders at the county, payam and boma levels.

Objective 6: Reporting:

All technical reports for external release – ie. nutrition surveys, rapid assessments, and sentinel site surveillance: reports are validated by relevant Technical Advisor from NY and HoM. Reports on any training session and/or workshop organized by ACF on evaluation. Monthly reports to be sent to Nutrition Coordinator Donors reports: interim and final reports to be sent to the Nutrition Coordinator End of mission report to be sent to HR Coordinator and HoM. REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES:

Monthly field activity reports Survey reports Assessment reports POSITION REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS:

Master’s degree in statistics, nutrition or related field. At least 5 years of experience in nutrition assessments and surveys as well as humanitarian work. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL:

Excellent knowledge of SMART, LQAS, CSAS, SQUEAC methodologies Excellent writing and analytical skills. Excellent communication skills. Experience in nutrition program management in emergency set-up including proposal writing, project budget management, reporting and training provision. Good management and representation competencies. Excellent in influencing and negotiation skills. PREFERRED:

Strong understanding of nutrition information system, monitoring and evaluation. Flexible personality and good negotiation skills. Willing for frequent travel to monitor activities. Easily integrate with remote areas living conditions.

How to apply:

Apply with resume and cover letter athttp://actionagainsthunger.theresumator.com/apply/mOEqLR/Nutrition-Surve...