Nutrition Survey Coordinator

Malaria Consortium is an international organisation working globally, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, on malaria and other communicable disease control. In South Sudan MC provides support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS). This includes high level technical support for the development of policies, guidelines, and strategies.

Malaria Consortium is implementing a nutrition programme in two states (five counties) in South Sudan. As part of this programme, SMART surveys are to be completed pre- and post- hunger gap in order to inform nutrition programming in the country. Malaria Consortium is therefore seeking a Survey Coordinator to plan and execute post hunger gap SMART surveys. The position will be responsible for the preparation, organisation and implementation of the surveys. The work will last for a period of 5-10 weeks, starting being of September (TBC dependent on partner organisations). Candidates should therefore only apply if they are available to start within this timeframe.

The successful candidate will have

• Nutritionist, sociologist, public health degree, nurse, or other related field. • Experience implementing nutrition surveys, ideally using SMART methodology • Experience in accurately weighing and measuring children • Experience of working in South Sudan is essential • Strong logistics and management of teams • Proficiency and experience in survey software: ENA for SMART is essential and at least one of: SPSS, Epi Info or STATA • Able to work in challenging context, independently • Experience in staff training • Able to collaborate with the range of stakeholders including Ministry of Health, other NGO partners and Malaria Consortium staff • Fluent in English

How to apply

For a full role description please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org

Please send cover letter outlining how you meet the person specification along with your CV to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org

Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application.

Due to the urgency of this position, note that we will be reviewing applications on a daily basis. We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted.