Health and Nutrition Coordinator At Action against hunger in Spain

You will contribute to ending world hunger by…

Lead, coordinate, strengthen and develop the Health and Nutrition component of Action Against Hunger in Venezuela, at the strategic, operational and knowledge management levels.

The main activities you will perform are the following:

Objective 1: Ensure strategic leadership for the Health and Nutrition program and technical support for implementation.

• Provide leadership and technical support to the health and nutrition team to solidly understand the needs of beneficiaries or vulnerable groups.
• Study, monitor and report regularly on the health and nutrition situation of vulnerable populations based on external sources (donors, government entities, multilateral agencies and other NGOs) and internal sources.
• In coordination with other technical sectors, lead the design and technical development of the health and nutrition component of donor proposals and intervention planning.
• Systematize the Mission’s progress in Health and Nutrition: impact of our interventions, beneficiary participation, intervention sites, program results and other indicators in internal and donor reports.
• Incorporate feedback and lessons learned into program redefinition or adaptation.
• Contribute to the development of multi-sectoral intervention projects and approaches in the context of the country strategy in coordination with other sectors/technical areas, as well as with the cross-cutting approaches to Gender and Protection.
• Develop a program on knowledge management in the nutrition and health sector aligned with the mission strategy in this area in a coordinated manner with the rest of the implementation sectors.

Objective 2: Capacity development and contribution to quality standards

• Prepare, review, adapt and validate job descriptions for Health and Nutrition team members in coordination with Human Resources.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection process of the Health and Nutrition team in coordination with Human Resources.
• Ensure technical induction of the Health and Nutrition team.
• Promote and lead the use of technological tools for the Health and Nutrition sector and the digital transformation in its area in coordination with MEAL.
• Validation of the technical content of the training provided in the programs, ensuring alignment with the country’s recommendations and international guidelines.
• Propose technical update programs for Health and Nutrition teams.
• Conduct capacity development needs assessment of local partners/counterparts.
• Organize and coordinate technical meetings with ACH Health and Nutrition teams and local partners/counterparts.
• Promote AAH’s mandate, strategy, procedures and internal standards within the H&N team
• Develop guidelines and tools for key interventions that ensure ACH standards, core humanitarian principles, SPHERE standards and any other relevant international standards are met throughout the project cycle.
• Uphold humanitarian principles and ACH principles at all stages of S&N programming and provide pragmatic guidance to the H&N team on this matter.

Objective 3: Project cycle

• Participate in the formulation of projects from the Health and Nutrition component
• Provide technical assistance and validate at a technical level the implementation of Health and Nutrition activities.
• Participate in the development, coordination of implementation and monitoring of baseline studies of Health and Nutrition projects or components.
• Provide strategic and technical advice to implementation teams to devise creative solutions for the delivery and monitoring of S&N services in both accessible and inaccessible areas.
• Identify opportunities for action-based research to enhance S&N programming, pilot innovation projects, and seek collaboration with appropriate institutions.
• Work closely with the MEAL team to enhance accountability, ensure feedback and lessons learned are integrated into program adaptation, design technical methodologies to effectively monitor and evaluate the S&N program.
• Prepare terms of reference (TOR), coordinate and follow up on evaluations (internal or external) of projects from the Health and Nutrition component.
• Review and capitalize on evaluation recommendations for feedback in formulating new proposals.
• Provide technical advice to WASH, Food Security and Livelihoods in common areas of intervention such as hygiene promotion, nutrition and food security and construction of health, educational and other facilities.
• Lead Health and Nutrition components of monthly status reporting, 5Ws Clusters, reviewing internal and external reports including donor reports.

Objective 4: Representation and external coordination

• Develop and maintain technical level relationships with key external actors in the field of Health and Nutrition, such as donors, humanitarian teams, authorities, local and international organizations.
• Participate in meetings and technical forums such as clusters and sector specialists.
• Coordinate, supervise and maintain relationships with counterparties or subcontracted entities.
• Identify and maintain spaces that facilitate the exchange of information and experiences of ACH with other organizations on Health and Nutrition issues.
• Document lessons learned, best practices and case studies that provide in-depth technical information, programmatic approaches and contribute to learning in the sector.
• Ensure the projection of the area through knowledge management at an internal level and external influence.
• Identify opportunities for partnerships with other stakeholders (NGOs, governments, agencies, etc.).
• Support the Country Director and Deputy Country Director in institutional representation, when required.

Objective 5: Coordination with mission support areas.

• Coordinate with support areas (Finance, Logistics and Human Resources) support for Health and Nutrition interventions.
• Contribute to the implementation of logistical procedures for procurement, purchasing, transportation and mobilization.
• Participate in the preparation of technical budgets for your sector.

Does this description fit you?

• University training in Public Health or Medicine, with experience in Nutrition. Training in Nutrition with a strong knowledge and experience in Public Health.
• Project management cycle
• Experience in strategic planning and proposal formulation
• Planning and implementation of interventions in the area of ​​health and nutrition.
• Knowledge of the context and systems of Health and Nutrition in LATAM and desirable in the Venezuelan context.
• Minimum of 3 years in the humanitarian sector.
• Desirable: experience working with partners/counterparts for capacity development.

Our compensation package:

At Acción Contra el Hambre you have the opportunity to join a multicultural, professional and innovative organization and the opportunity to participate in projects with a high social impact. You will also have:

• Competitive compensation based on candidate experience.
• Professional career in the Humanitarian sector.
• Continuous training in both technical skills and soft skills.

At Action Against Hunger we are firmly committed to diversity and gender equality. Our calls are open to people who belong to Indigenous peoples and people with disabilities with the aim of ensuring inclusion and diversity in all our actions.