Job Description

Title: Nutrition Project Manager

Company Name: Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Degree in Medicine or Nursing or Nutrition
∎ Skills Required: Conflict management, Logistics Management, Ms Office

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 4 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Excellent communication skill, NGO/ Other Services, Nutrition/ Food, Nutritionist
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Development Agency, NGO

Job Context:
∎ Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss NGO focusing on child rights. It is active in more than 30 countries with development and emergency projects. Tdh focuses its action on the two following areas of intervention: health and protection of particularly vulnerable children. Innovative management and communication tools ensure the quality of Tdh`s projects. The Foundation constantly aims to improve its services.
∎ The Nutrition PM will be responsible for Tdh`s Nutrition programming in Cox Bazar (Bangladesh) and will be responsible for the overall quality implementation. He/she is responsible for the evaluation, implementation and management of programming and monitoring of the Nutrition Project, including financial and logistics. He/She ensures the monitoring of qualitative and technical operational aspects of the Delegation`s programs in Cox`s Bazar on a day-to-day basis.
∎ He / she supports the designing and fundraising for grants related to Nutrition, through the monitoring of donor opportunities, the drafting of concept notes, budget & project documents and in straight collaboration and supervision with the WHN Program coordinator and HQs` teams specialists.
∎ He / she is responsible as well for Nutrition Project Cycle Management, the day-to-day implementation and management of Nutrition activities, the Coordination and Representation with official authorities (MoH) and INGOs, the Managament of Nutrition Human Resources including capacity building of national counterpart (MoH staff) and national staff, the provision
∎ Terre des hommes expects that its contractors` professional conduct reflect proper behaviour in accordance with local culture and traditions. The incumbent assures the moral protection of the name of Terre des hommes and defends in all circumstances the interests of the movement.
∎ Tdh intervenes without any affiliation for politics, religion or financial profit. The incumbent will direct his or her activities and engagements without preoccupation of political, racial or religious affiliation

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Project Management
∎ To develop, implement and monitors the emergency Nutrition projects, in accordance with multiple objectives, activities and targets outlined within current donor proposals and in line with projects' budgets
∎ To ensure that activities are appropriately monitored and evaluated and proposes, when deemed necessary, amendments to the implementation strategy
∎ To follow up on the Nutrition situation in Cox's Bazar, and activities' impact and propose adjustments of the project strategy if needed
∎ To forecast and follow up on expenditures related to the project
∎ To participate in budget revision exercises
∎ To prepare timely purchase requests in line with the project needs
∎ To support required actions by the administration related to Nutrition team management and supervision
∎ To identifiy logistic and admin support needs related to the project and communicate these to the relevant log/admin support person(s)
∎ Reporting, monitoring, communication and planning
∎ Ensures donor and internal reporting
∎ Writing of the narrative monthly, quarterly, intermediate and final reports, according to the templates and requirements
∎ Feeds information to the Wash, Nutrition & Health programme coordinator
∎ Participate in designing strategies and objectives for improved support to beneficiaries and contribute actively in its monitoring, evaluation and revision
∎ Participates in assessments in its geographical zone of intervention or outside
∎ As requested by his/her Line Manager, take part in the definition of strategic orientation for the mission, be it in the operational or in the technical part
∎ Planning of activities. He/she must provide activity planning for all the duration of the project, as well as monthly and/or as requested
∎ Creates and applies a communication and visibility plan in the project(s) under his/her responsibility
∎ Designs, and ensures the correct implementation of a monitoring plan for the activities and staff of our local counterparts
∎ Designs, and implements correctly, a data gathering system and tools as needed for the implementation of the project
∎ Ensures the capitalization of lessons learnt and good practices in formal documents
∎ Coordination and representation
∎ Participates in internal coordination meetings as needed and requested
∎ Participates in external coordination meetings (Cluster meetings, meetings with authorities from the Ministry of Health) and ensures the correct technical coordination with other Tdh activities
∎ Represents Tdh in front of the Ministries of Health, as requested
∎ Ensures the correct integration of Tdh's Nutrition activities and strategy in the Ministry of health's plans, policies and regulations
∎ Ensures the correct coordination with the other Project Managers, in the activities related to his area of work
∎ Ensures the coordination and solves potential overlapping of activities with other organizations and actors in health and/or nutrition sector in Cox's Bazar
∎ Ensures communication and reporting regarding technical matters, as needed, with the technical referent for Nutrition available at the mission or at HQ
∎ Participates, as requested by his/her Line Manager, in the writing of Nutrition proposals
∎ Team Management & Human Resources Management
∎ To identify, recruit train and manage staff
∎ To ensure staff care
∎ To ensure Child safeguarding policy is enforced
∎ To ensure the whole team has a clear understanding of the Tdh mandate and project
∎ Ensure a positive working environment and good team dynamics (solve out potential conflicts), organize and lead coordination meetings
∎ Evaluate the staff under his/her direct responsibility on a regular basis and pass on the evaluations and recommendations to HR
∎ Ensure the communication contract is implemented within his/her team(s) and project teams
∎ Create conditions for a good flow of operational information from delegation - field - delegation (verbal exchanges, e-mails, sitreps, reports,, etc.)
∎ Ensure overall compliance with the Tdh HR procedures and those of the country (fairness, transparency)
∎ Participate in the delegation coordination meetings
∎ Ensure and support the accountability of the national teams in a gradual process of delegation and nationalisation of managerial posts
∎ Develop his/her subordinates' self-reliance and encourage collaboration
∎ Security
∎ Comply with Tdh Security Regulations;
∎ Ensure Staff safety and inform staff on security rules as defined
∎ Reports any security/safety incident and/or risk to the emergency coordinator.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ At least four years of experience in the implementation of Nutrition projects, preferably in humanitarian contexts
∎ Technical knowledge on CMAM and IYCF, experience in management of OTPs, SCs and TSFPs
∎ Successful track record of developing funding strategies and securing high levels of funding from institutional donors (OFDA; BPRM; DFID; ECHO; UN; etc.) ; excellent knowledge of the Logframe, proposal and budget development
∎ Proven knowledge of logistics implementation at national level
∎ Ability to work well and punctually under pressure
∎ A commitment to excellence ; attention to detail
∎ Adaptable to changing situations, and to be able to change the orientation and planning of activities according to a changing environment
∎ Able to work under stress, be it because of the exigences of the workload
∎ Able to manage his/her stress during the implementation of activities
∎ Negotiation ability, in order to successfully defend TdH's interests and the activities and goals of the project
∎ Analytical, able to plan and enforce planning. Strategic, being able to define long-term policies and goals for his/her team
∎ Culturally sensitive, adapting his/her behavior and manners to the reality of Cox's Bazar
∎ Proactive and independent, able to work autonomously and to propose solutions to problems in a creative and realistic manner
∎ Is able to establish and manage his/her priorities correctly
∎ Able to work in a team, be it in a horizontal (together with the rest of departments, as well as externally with counterparts) or vertical (to the team managed by him/her)
∎ Excellent communication skills in English. Bangladeshi.
∎ Excellent level of English, written and spoken
∎ Excellent handling of IT tools, be it generalistic (Windows, Office, etc.) as well specific (EPI-INFO, etc.
∎ Raising awareness within the Foundation on violence against children
∎ Providing guidance to employees and others and defining expectations when it comes to preventing, raising, denouncing and responding to issues of child abuse
∎ Reducing the risk of child abuse by selectively recruiting employees and others
∎ Reducing the risk of child abuse by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children

Salary: Tk. 160726 - 182708 (Monthly)

Application Deadline: October 31, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
∎ Address : Sayeman Heritage, (floor 2), Building no - 01, Sayeman Road, Baharchara, Cox's Bazar
∎ Web : www.tdh.ch/en
∎ Business : Terre des hommes is the leading Swiss child relief agency, improving the lives of millions of the world`s most vulnerable children. TDH is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organisation (INGO). TDH working in Bangladesh since 1974 and its work focused on Health, Nutrition and Child Relief. The Organization is considering interventions in Nutrition at Coxs Bazar among the displaced people from Myanmar

Category: NGO/Development