A FLYING COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH AND NUTRITION

ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM September 29th, 2011 4 rue Niepce - 75662 Paris cedex 14 - FRANCE : +33 (0)1 43 35 88 88 Fax: +33 (0)1 43 35 88 05

Action Contre la Faim (ACF) was founded by a group of prominent French figures in response to the emergency caused by Afghan refugees fleeing to Pakistan to escape fighting in 1979, with the aim of eradicating hunger in a more global, lasting and effective way worldwide. ACF’s mission consists of saving lives via the prevention, detection and treatment of malnutrition, in particular during and following disasters and conflicts. The organisation focuses its activities on an integrated approach, taking various aspects into account: “Nutrition, health and healthcare practices”, “Food security and livelihoods”, “Water, sanitation and hygiene” and “Advocacy and awareness-raising”. In 2009, ACF-International was active in over 40 countries, helping around 5 million individuals. By integrating our programmes with regional and national systems, ACF is ensuring that short-term actions are becoming long-term solutions. http://www.actioncontrelafaim.org

For our Operations Department, we are in need of: A FLYING COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH AND NUTRITION

Mission: under the supervision of the Pool Emergency Coordinator, their main mission will be the coordination of nutritional programmes on ACF missions, in the framework of short missions. More precisely, the candidate will have the following responsibilities:

I) Missions and activities in the field (+/-80% of the time)

The Emergency Flying Nutrition and Health Coordinator can be mobilized for the following missions: - Short missions for a duration of 2 or 3 months in the position of nutrition and health programme coordinator - Position of Experienced Programme Manager for life-saving programmes

To supervise the humanitarian and nutritional situation in the countries of intervention - To collect and analyse internal and external data on the nutritional context and to notify in case of nutritional crisis - To identify the needs of the populations (evaluations, diagnoses…)

To define nutritional programme strategies - To define intervention areas - To assess the needs of beneficiaries in leading or supervising nutritional surveys, assessments or in meeting key actors in nutrition - To suggest intervention strategies according to identified needs by ensuring a transversal approach of interventions - To draft technical proposals and reports for donors - To contribute to the good development of ACF missions during humanitarian emergencies

To supervise nutritional programmes - To confirm the operational and technical methodology of project implementation - To ensure the implementation and the operational and technical follow-up of projects - To ensure the internal/external assessment of projects - To analyse, consolidate or draft activity reports for ACF, authorities and donors

To represent ACF among different nutrition partners - To represent ACF among UN donor agencies for payments in kind - To meet actors of other humanitarian organisms regularly, in order to develop partnerships - To participate to meetings with health authorities - To participate to national nutrition technical meetings or to the nutrition cluster

To supervise and manage the nutritional and medical team - To ensure the recruitment and the training of medical and nutritional teams - To carry out annual assessment interviews for nutrition executives - To reinforce the management of programmes and projects - To ensure the animation and internal communication of the team - To organize and animate team meetings

II) Missions and activities at the HQ (+/-20% of the time)

Capitalization - To draft end of mission reports and send them to the Head of Mission, Desk and Emergency Pool Coordinator - To ensure the follow-up of the recommendations of end of mission reports at the new HQ during internal work meetings

Active participation in the emergency pool dynamics - To contribute to the development of mission preparation tools in emergency situations - To develop and promote the emergency kit - To contribute to the watch of emergencies carried out by the emergency pool - To participate to emergency pool meetings

Qualities required : - Training in public health, tropical medicine or nutrition - Professional and significant experience in NGOs in emergency contexts - Solid experience in team management - Skills in analysis and synthesis, editorial abilities and sense of diplomacy - Good representation - Ability to work under stressful circumstances - Fluent French and English. Spanish appreciated

Position: Independent executive – 12-month temporary contract - Full time

Salary Conditions : Gross salary of 32.5 K€ over 13 months. 21 days of time off in-lieu per year, €8 meal vouchers (60% reimbursed by ACF), complementary health insurance (paid up to 80% by ACF), reimbursement up to 50 % of public transportation fees, possibility of being home based between missions

Position to be held: as soon as possible

All applications (cover letter and CV) must carry the reference VOLNUT-0911 and be addressed to Camille DARDE by email: recrut@actioncontrelafaim.org