Nutrition Coordinators at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality, CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CRS operates. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently focuses on agriculture, health and emergency programming. CRS is expanding its activities in the North-East in the area of Food Security, Nutrition, Non Food Items, Water and Sanitation.

CRS Nigeria seeks for highly qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition Coordinator

Band: D-1
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Department: Programming
Reports To: Emergency Director

Job Summary

• The Nutrition Coordinator will support beneficiary caregivers in the production of nutrient-dense foods essential for growth and work with communities to improve access to water and sanitation services.
• Nutrition and hygiene behavior change will be integrated throughout production and income generation activities to encourage production of more nutritious foods and the use of increased income to benefit nutrition.
• The Nutrition Coordinator will ensure adherence to CR5 technical and program quality standards in implementation and compliance by partners.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nutrition, Public Health or related field.
• Five years of working experience in Agriculture, Nutrition, WASH or Food Security Program
• Understanding of U.S Government grant provisions and guidelines, including proposal formats and reporting requirements
• Capacity to work closely, understand, arid support local partners
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent training and facilitation skills, Strong computer skills: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint preferred
• Experience in staff development and partner capacity preferred

Application Closing Date
11th August, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the Application Form using the link below and send with a detailed 3-page Resume in a single file MS Word document to: [email protected]

Click here to download the Application Form

Note

• This will be an open advert until the position have been filled. Position and location must be stated as the subject of the mail.
• Interview will be conducted on a rolling biases and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• CRS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color religion etc. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.