Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO) is an Ethiopian resident charity. MCMDO is being implementing various projects and development activities in Oromiya, Somali, Gambella, Amhara, SNNPR, Tigray, Benishangul Gumuz National Regional States and Addis Ababa City Administration. The organization has planned to implement the Humanitarian Response (Emergency Nutrition Response Project) at Bulle Hora woreda in Oromia Region. To meet these objectives MCMDO calls for competent professionals to apply for the following vacant positions.
Reporting to: Humanitarian Response Director
Required qualifications, qualities and experiences Key Duties:
Supervision and management of MCMDO CMAM staffs and liaison with MoH officials:
Providing ongoing training for MoH staffs with special emphasis to develop ownership of the programme by MoH staff and build their capacity to sustain the programme.
Supervise and review of weekly and monthly reports from stabilization centres (SC) and outpatient Therapeutic programme (OTP) sites.
Maintain work schedule with each OTP, SC and SFP site as well as community mobilization.
Update the Humanitarian Response Director on the implementation of the CMAM on weekly basis.
Assign tasks among the staff according to the variation in workload, holidays, unplanned absences or illness
Work with woreda and zonal MoH, DPPA and other officials to ensure all aspects of programme understood and agreed to implement the programme
Conduct capacity assessment of the OTP and SC sites on monthly basis with Woreda CMAM focal person and incorporate the finding to the monthly progress report.
Ensure MoH at clinic or Woreda level (as appropriate) are included in all decision making regarding the programme activities
Negotiate Stabilization Care for referral with nearest relevant MoH Hospital or health centre inpatient facility where available.
Ensure referrals in and out of inpatient care are working smoothly.
Follow up management of stocks with the storekeeper; monitor rates of consumption and ensure supplies are ordered in a timely manner
Ensure all criteria are respected and understood by the teams, including admission, discharge and transfer to and from the various components of the programme, all medical and nutritional protocols, and their application/OTP/SC.
Ensure the beneficiaries, caretakers and members of the community are treated respectfully at all times
Lead regular nutrition team management meetings
Report any problems in a timely manner to the Humanitarian Response Director.
Ensure all authorities and communities are kept well informed of the programme,
Prepare monthly progress reports and statistic reports and an end of project final report for submission to the Head Office.
Follow up any absence by the staff
To ensure payments made locally are compliant with the Procurement & Authorisation Chart with appropriate supporting documentation
To ensure stock cards are maintained for all items received, separated by donor and reconcile to all store documents (GID, DDs etc)
To ensure assets are safe guarded and included on the monthly update of assets to HO
Assist in any other tasks when required
Job Requirement
Bsc/Diploma in Public Health, Nursing or related field with a minimum of five years relevant experience for Bsc holder and seven years related experience for Diploma holder
Have experience in treatments of malnutrition feeding programme
Experience in planning and organizing activities in a variety of locations
Experience in supervision of health workers
Experience of providing hands on in service training
Good communication skill both verbal and written in English
Computer literate in Word and Excel
The employee must read, understand and implement MCMDO gender policy. He/She is expected to be gender sensitive and commit towards implementing approaches supporting gender focused concepts.