Senior Nutrition Program Manager, N'Djamena, Chad

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's broad international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees delivering lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. The Senior Nutrition Manager is based in N'Djamena, with frequent field missions. He/she is under the direct responsibility of the nutrition coordinator. The Senior Nutrition Manager has the main responsibility to actively participate in the design of integrated nutrition projects and to ensure technical follow-up of all interventions in the sector. He/she provides technical support to field teams in the implementation of innovative approaches such as PB Family, CMAM Toolkit, MAMI approach, or ANJE Listening / Support approach. He/she ensures the implementation of coherent and integrated nutrition interventions with other sectors of the program. The Senior Nutrition Manager also works closely with the monitoring and evaluation department to monitor nutrition project indicators. Finally, he/she represents the nutrition program internally and externally, including with the nutrition cluster, directorates of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), non-governmental organizations, UN agencies and other partners. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Quality of the programme and capacity building Assist the nutrition coordinator in his mission of technical support and monitoring-supervision of nutrition interventions, including capacity building for field staff, to ensure the proper implementation of activities in a dynamic of effective cross-sectoral integration; Conduct technical support field visits to teams, including ongoing on-site training and quality control of nutrition activities and data, while ensuring that teams have the necessary tools, material resources and equipment; Ensure close monitoring of the implementation and capitalization of innovative approaches in nutrition, such as screening for malnutrition by household members (PB Family), CMAM Toolkit, integration of PCIMA into the minimum activity package (PMA), ANJE Listening/Support approach and MAMI approach; In collaboration with the supply chain department, ensure the follow-up of all orders sent from the field, as well as the receipt and approval of medicines, materials, tools, inputs and equipment in N'Djamena; Participate in any other activity identified in collaboration with the technical supervisor (data analysis, training, nutritional surveys, project or context assessments, etc.). Develop and/or improve, in collaboration with the nutrition coordinator, tools for managing and monitoring performance indicators as well as tools for evaluating the implementation of health and nutrition projects; Review health data captured by field teams in CommCare and CMAM Toolkit software, and provide constructive feedback. Actively participate in internal meetings: meetings, workshops, evaluations, field missions, etc.; Represent the nutrition program at external meetings; Ensure the interim of the nutrition coordinator in his absence. KEY WORKING RELATIONS Hierarchical Supervisor: Nutrition Coordinator Position under direct supervision: Nutrition Managers based in the field Indirect supervision: RAS Other internal and/or external

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