INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
CMAM Nurse
CARE Ethiopia’s mission is to work with poor women and men, boys and girls, communities and institutions, to have a significant impact on the underlying causes of poverty in Ethiopia.
Date: April 28, 2017
Vacancy No: 083/17
Place of Work: Afar (Gewane and Bure Medayitu)
Closing Date: 10 days from the announcement
Number of vacant posts: 6 (Six)
Term of employment: Temporary
Duration of Contract: 6 months
Duty starting date: Immediately
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the CMAM Nurse position is to provide overall technical, organisational support and play a support and facilitation role for community based management of acute malnutrition in communities. she/he is assigned, includiing technology and best practices awareness creation and linkages and behavioral change through education, information and communication
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
· Support and facilitates emergency nutrition program participants in the identification and prioritization of project beneficiaries as per the national protocol
· Facilitates community meetings and community action plan (CAP) preparation and ensure that the participation of each community groups in problem identification, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of CTC
· Ensures CARE’s key program principles of accountability, empowerment, non discrimination are followed in community analysis and action plans;
· Support and facilitate the establishment of new OTP/SC sites and strengthen the existing OTP/SC sites.
· Supports community mobilization of beneficiaries along with CNVs;
· Facilities, organizes, and builds skill and knowledge of care takers on appropriate feeding practices, basic hygiene and sanitation
· Ensures that activity implementation is informed by CARE’s core rights-based approaches and principles, gender equity, and community level advocacy in particular;
· Selects CNVs from the community with relevant government stake holders/partners and arranges training for them along with the CMAM supervisor ;
· Represents CARE at woreda and kebele (s) level as a member of the health task force ;
· Support quality recording and documentation of nutrition data in OTP/SC sites
· Prepares weekly, monthly and quarterly reports and submit it to her/his supervisor
· Supports and facilitates community involvement in annual innovation and knowledge fairs
QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)
A) EDUCATION/TRAINING
· Diploma in Nursing or other related fields.
B) EXPERIENCE: