Community Nutrition Project Officers
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement
DISTINCT FUTURE OF CVDA
CVDA has been re-registered and licensed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice, Charities and Societies Agency, on November 30, 2009 as an Ethiopian Residents charity in accordance with the Charities and Societies proclamation No. 621/2009 with registration No. 0588. As per 1113/2019 proclamation also re-registered on July 30, 2019.
CVDA has permission to work at the national level however so far operates marginal parts of Benshangule Gumuz Region, Sidama region (Hawassa, Boricha, Dara, Dara Olticho, Bilate zuria, Derara, Hawassa Zuriya, Yirgalem, , Yergachefe, Aletawondo, Wondo Genet, Chuko & Boricha ) SNNPR Gedio zone ( Dilla, Bule, and Gedeb) Gurage zone( Gumer and Cheha) Silite zone (MirabAzernet & Alicho) Oromia Region West Showa Zone(Muger), Borena Zone (Hageremaireyam, Yabello & Moyale), Guji Zone( Adola, Shakiso & Borena Negele), West Arsi Zone (Shashemene, Arsi Negele, Adaba, Nensebo, Kokosa, Shala, Siraro, and Kore woredas) Afar Region; Zone 5; Delifage, Dewe, Telalek, Hadele Ele and Sumu Robi Zone 3; Gewane and Gelalo and City Government of Addis Ababa; Gulele and Kolfe Keraniyo sub city.
It is member of Consortium of Reproductive Health Association (CORHA), Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association (UEWCA), Ethiopian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative/EEITI/, Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition/ECSC-SUN/ and Afar Region Health Partner Forum.
The following are CVDA’s vision, mission and goals
VISION
CVDA envisions a poverty-free Ethiopia where equity and equality are ensured.
MISSION
CVDA’s mission is to enhance socioeconomic development in health, education, agriculture, environment, livelihood, and WaSH, humanitarian responses, community-based peace-building, and good governance through holistic approaches and working with the community to contribute towards sustainable development and an improved standard of living in Ethiopia.
OVERALL GOAL
CVDA’s goal is to contribute to poverty alleviation through community-based approaches by implementing programs for development, good governance, and humanitarian responses in different regions of the country.
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
- Health and Nutrition
- Education:
- Environment and Agriculture:
- WaSH: Improve access and quality of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.
- Emergency Responses:
- Enhance Peacebuilding, democracy, and good Governance
Main duty and Responsibility
- Community Nutrition Officer will have the following duty and responsibility but not limted to listed below:
- Facilitate planned SBC and Community engagement trainings in target kebele and Woredas.
- Disseminate and report SBC materials.
- Support with pretesting of SBC materials
- Facilitate the nutrition catchment-based mentorship assessments at PHCU level.
- Ensure the availability of necessary nutrition commodities and supplies (VAS, IFA Deworming and so on ) at each respective woredas and facilities.
- Facilitate in the Food Nutrition assessments and surveys in target woredas and kebele
- Conduct participatory exercise to develop action plans to address multisectoral coordination gaps in target woredas.
- Provide logistical and other support for woreda-level advocacy meetings on establishment of FN structure and manpower in food and nutrition strategy (FNS) implementing sectors at Woreda and Kebele levels
- Facilitate the overall multisectoral coordination related activities of in the target Woreda.
- Facilitate compilation and sharing of monthly and quarterly reporting format at all levels,
- Work with Community Kebele and Woreda level stakeholder and LIP MEL/Nutrition Coordinator to document community, facility and woreda level activities and report according to standard procedure
- Document best practices, minutes of performance review meetings and JSS and share the findings to zonal coordinators and regional managers.
- Facilitate LME activities of the project including data collection, analysis and reporting of data, support all assessments designed in different woredas, Coordinate and conduct DQAs at the woreda level and health facilities, HMIS and eCHIS related training in the target Woreda.
- Facilitate GYSI Activities including mapping and collaborating youth networks.
- Ensure the Implementation of Community Nutrition GYSI integration strategy.
- Represent community Nutrition at Regional, Zonal and Woreda forums.
- Provide need based technical assistance to woreda health offices.
- Document and update the woreda profile.
Reports to: Project Coordinator
Duty Station: in woreda centers of Lume, Gimbicho, Adha, Dugda, Adami Tulu, Arsi Negele, Shala and Siraro woredas
Requred Number : 08
Duration of employment: One year possibility of extension based on performance and availability of fund.
Job Requirements
Qualification:
- BSc Health Officer and related studies
Experience:
- A minimum of 3 years in Health, Nutrition, and related projects.
Skills Required
- Experience in Community Nutrition
- Training certification in attending Health and nutrition.
- Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources.
- Knowledge of project areas and Oromifaa Language is Mandatory
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of Community Nutrition
- Experience of facilitating community mobilization, coordination and conversations
- Motor bike driving license.
Senior Admin and Finance Officer
OVERALL GOAL
CVDA’s goal is to contribute to poverty alleviation through community-based approaches by implementing programs for development, good governance, and humanitarian responses in different regions of the country.
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
- Health and Nutrition
- Education:
- Environment and Agriculture:
- WaSH: Improve access and quality of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.
- Emergency Responses:
- Enhance Peacebuilding, democracy, and good Governance
Main duty and Responsibility
- Senior Admin and Finance Officer will have the following duty and responsibility but not limted to listed below:
- She/He will directly manage Finace and administration activity of the project in consultation with Admin and finance Head and other CVDA staffs
- She/He will track project expenditure as per project budget, CVDA manual and donor regulation
- Review payments made by regional cashier for appropriateness
- Ensure all project staffs timely sign time sheet and comply to administrative regulation
- Follow project advances timely setteled
- Ennsure project financial transaction properly recored in peachtree
- Ensure Financial reports submitted to CVDA head office and donor
Reports to: Admin and Finance Head
Required Number : 01
Duration of employment: one year with high possibility of extension based on performance and availability of fund.
Job Requirements
Required qualification and experience
- Applicant need to have MSC degree/BSC degree Accounting 4 years experience in Finance positions in similar Activity
- Experience in USAID funded project will be preferred
- Applicant need to have good English language skill and computer skill
Female applicants are highly encouraged
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
OVERALL GOAL
CVDA’s goal is to contribute to poverty alleviation through community-based approaches by implementing programs for development, good governance, and humanitarian responses in different regions of the country.
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
- Health and Nutrition
- Education:
- Environment and Agriculture:
- WaSH: Improve access and quality of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.
- Emergency Responses:
- Enhance Peacebuilding, democracy, and good Governance
Main duty and Responsibility
- Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will have the following duty and responsibility but not limted to listed below:
- She/He will directly manage M&E activity of the project in consultation with MEAL Manager and other CVDA staffs
- She/He will track status of project implementation as per project AMELP and provide timely feedback to program team
- Provide regular data verification and DQA at project sites
- Ensure Program reports submitted to Donor and gover as per given standard
- Provide support to woreda health office and zone health office in timely reporting of nutritional activities to RHB and FMOH
Reports to: MEAL Manager
Required Number : 01
Duration of employment: one year with high possibility of extension based on performance and availability of
Job Requirements
Rquired qualification and exprience
- Applicant need to have MSC degree in Health related field or social science and minimum 4 years experience in M&E positions in similar Activity
- Experience in Community nutrition Activty and USAID funded project will be advantagious
- Applicant need to have good English lauguage skill and good report writing skill
Female applicants are highly encouraged
4.Regional Project Coordinator
Main duty and Responsibility
- Regional Project Coordinator will have the following duty and responsibility but not limted to listed below:
- Coordinate planned SBC and Community engagement trainings.
- Disseminate and report SBC materials.
- Support with pretesting of SBC materials
- Coordinate the nutrition catchment-based mentorship assessment at PHCU level.
- Ensure the availability of necessary nutrition commodities and supplies (VAS, IFA Deworming and so on ) at each respective woredas and facilities.
- Support in Food Nutrition assessments and surveys in target woredas and kebele
- Conduct participatory exercise to develop action plans to address multisectoral coordination gaps in target woredas.
- Provide logistical and other support for woreda-level advocacy meetings on establishment of FN structure and manpower in food and nutrition strategy (FNS) implementing sectors at Woreda and Kebele levels
- Coordinate the overall multisectoral coordination related activities of in the target Woreda.
- Monitor the activities of Project Health Officers.
- Document and share success and case stories.
- Coordinator and the development of assessment tools, compilation and sharing of monthly and quarterly reporting format at all levels,
- Work with Community Nutrition and LIP MEL/Nutrition officers’ team to document community, facility and woreda level activities and report according to standard procedure
- Document best practices, minutes of performance review meetings and JSS and share the findings to regional managers and country manager.
- coordinate LME activities of the project including data collection, analysis and reporting of data, support all assessments designed in different woredas, Coordinate and conduct DQAs at the woreda level and health facilities, coordinate HMIS and eCHIS related training in different woredas
- Coordinate GYSI Activities including mapping and collaborating youth networks.
- Ensure the Implementation of Community Nutrition GYSI integration strategy..
- Represent community Nutrition at Regional, Zonal and Woreda forums.
- Provide need based technical assistance to woreda health offices.
- Document and update the woreda profile
- Experience of managing budget and staffs.
- Experience of managing project budget, coordinating reviewing project budget versus actual spending.
- Identifying and monitoring project implementation risk.
Reports to: Program Director
Required Number : 01
Duration of employment: one year with high possibility of extension based on performance and availability of fund.
Job Requirements
Qualification:
- MSc/MA/BSc/BA in Health science, Nutrition, Public Health, Agricultural economics, Plant Sciences and related studies
Experience:
- A minimum of 3 years for MSc and MA and 5Years for BA/BSC experience in coordinating and managing projects and out of which four years in Health and Nutrition.
Skills Required, Attitudes and Attributes:
- Good communication and report writing skill
- Experience in Community Nutrition
- Training certification in attending Health and nutrition.
- Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources.
- Respect, accountability, excellence, adaptability, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact, coaching, facilitating change, information monitoring, planning and organizing, leading through vision and value.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the local context and language (oromifaa Language) and experience coordinating similar project(s)
- Knowledge and experience managing community nutrition project, coordinating similar projects.
Female applicants are encouraged to apply
How to Apply
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Applicants should complete summary table listed below and should clearly state minimum salary expectation even the organization has its own salary scale. Also applicants applied for woreda level SA officer should mention for which woreda they are applying specifically. Applicants who did not comply this instruction will not considered for further selection
Application procedure: applicants should submit only application letter and CV through email: [email protected] and cc to [email protected] and & [email protected]. Write on subject of the email; position, & also attach summary sheet with in 7 consucutive working days from the date of announcement. Or can submit summary of your profile as per format below, copy of application letter, C.V stating 3 work related reference & minimum salary expectation and other confidential: Head office; Bekele Eshte Tower, which is along Torhailoch Total road 5th floor, Room No.504 For further information contact 0113691051
You can deliver in had or submit through email.
Summary sheet of Application: Please fill this form and attach when you apply.
| Name of applicant | Position applied | Qualification | Field of study | Year of graduation | Year of Work experience | Title of HIV project managed | Salary expectation | |
| NGO | Gov’t | |||||||
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when you apply filling the above summary sheet and writing salary expectation is mandatory
Applicant applied for woreda nutrition officer position should state for which woreda they applied in the subject of application letter
