INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
For
Health and Nutrition Program Manager
Country Office: Ethiopia
Work Base: Gambella-Pinyudo 2
Availability: As Soon As Possible
Salary Scale: EMS09
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position.
About Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger-USA is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children and we enable entire communities to be free from hunger. With more than 8,000 staff in over 50 countries, our programs reached 17 million people in 2019.
About the Country Program in Ethiopia
Action Against Hunger has been operational in Ethiopia since 1984 responding to both chronic and acute needs through a multi-sectoral strategy where nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support activities are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience. Action Against Hunger currently operates in 5 different regions (Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, and Gambella) with a portfolio of 20m USD/year of emergency, resilience building, research, and innovation programs. We have a country team of around 600 staff in 17 regional and satellite offices. Our main donors in Ethiopia in 2020/2021 are BHA, ECHO, Europaid, UNHCR, UNICEF, GFFO, BPRM, SIDA, EHF, WFP, CIAA, and others.
Summary of position
The Health and Nutrition program manager is responsible for the overall management and implementation of Action Against Hunger Health and Nutrition activities in Gambella. The Nutrition Programme Manager will work in close collaboration with other AAH sectoral managers, and health and nutrition partners to ensure coordination, collaboration, integration, and quality of health and nutrition activities.
The Health and Nutrition Program Manager role’s purpose, engagement, and delivery are:
Purpose (The substantive focus of the job encompassing scope, depth, and difficulty of work both conceptual and applied)
Objective 1: Establish and supervise Health and Nutrition activities
Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objective:
Objective 2: Human Resource Management and staff development
Objective 3: Develop and direct operations
Engagement: (The focus of interaction both internally and externally needed to deliver a service seek collaboration and build effective partnerships)
Objective 4: Internal and External Coordination
Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objectives
Delivery:
Supervisory Responsibilities
Gender Equality Commitments
Fiscal Responsibility
Physical Demands
Working Conditions, Travel, and Environment
Required Qualifications and Professional Experience
Required Skills & Competencies