Vacancy at Helen Keller International

Posted by Sophie Howard on Thursday, December 29, 2011

Helen Keller International (HKI) - Indonesia
Nutrition Technical Officer
 
Program(s): Nutrition,
Agriculture, Food Security
Reports to: Nutrition Program
Manager
 
I.          Program
Description
 
Since the 1970s HKI has been
working to establish sustainable evidence-based approaches to enhance health,
nutrition, rehabilitation and education in Indonesia. HKI's programs in
Indonesia engage all levels of the government health and education structure
from national to village level. HKI provides services which are integrated into
existing health and education systems by developing its human resources and
infrastructure, conducting needs assessments, analyzing local characteristics
to inform program design and implementation, training of personnel, providing
basic equipment and medicines, delivering services, monitoring program progress
and evaluating their impact.
 
HKI currently implements
education, rehabilitation, eye care, health, and nutrition programs in 24
countries worldwide.  Through 90 years of
experience, HKI has developed particular expertise in large scale
implementation of targeted interventions, development of government service
delivery systems and comprehensive monitoring of program outcomes, such as
policy developments, educational access, nutritional status, mortality and
morbidity.
 
II.       Position Description
 
Based in Soe, Timor Tengah Selatan
District, Nusa Tenggara Timur, the Nutrition Technical Officer, will be
responsible for the design, management, implementation and evaluation of the
nutrition component of HKI Indonesia's Homestead Food Production (HFP) program.
S/he will assist Nutrition Program
Manager in management of the field office. The Nutrition Technical
Officer will report to the Nutrition Program Manager and collaborate closely
with the Agricultural Technical Officer and other members of the HFP Soe and
Jakarta teams.
 
III.    Essential Job Functions
 
·      Assist Nutrition Program Manager in ensuring
effective project planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting of project
in the field to achieve the objectives agreed to in grants and contracts for
HKI Indonesia's Homestead Food Production (HFP) project.
·      Provide nutrition technical assistance to
provincial and district government counterparts, non-governmental partners and
other stakeholders.
·      Design training programs (including need
assessment, training curricula, lesson plans, and training materials) related
to nutrition and lead the development of monitoring and evaluation plans
following the trainings.
·      Work with the Nutrition Program Manger and the Nutrition
Field Educators to make sure that all Behavior Change Communications (BCC)
materials have technically correct messages and in line with the government
policies.
·      Work with the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Technical Officer in organizing and conducting research and surveys, in terms
of recruiting survey teams, providing training to survey teams, and supervising
survey teams during data collection period.
·      Coordinate and manage the use of research data
to develop new or refine existing BCC materials.
·      Supervise the pre-testing and revision of all
BCC materials developed in areas of nutrition and homestead food production
·      Participate
in the development and preparation of annual work plans, draft reports on HFP program, survey reports,
factsheets, bulletins and other documents related HFP
·      Manage day to day field office activities.
·      Participate in new staff recruitment.
·      Supervise HKI and NGO staff activities in the district
·      Represent HKI in workshops/seminars and technical
meetings on nutrition.
·      Assist Nutrition Program Manager with other duties as
needed.
 
IV.    Qualifications and Experience
 
·      Master degree with strong back ground in nutrition
program implementation is highly preferred. Bachelor degree in community
nutrition with strong hands-on experience working in NTT will be considered
·      At least 5 years of related field experience in
community and public health nutrition (e.g. micronutrients, infant and young
child feeding and women's nutrition)
·      Strong technical knowledge of nutrition
programs/issues and BCC in Indonesia, particularly NTT
·      Demonstrated ability to effectively interact and
communicate with government, academia and other stakeholders in Indonesia
·      Demonstrated ability to read, analyze and interpret
complex documents and to prepare presentations and articles
·      Excellent oral and written English
·      Excellent oral and written Bahasa Indonesia
·      Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with external
contacts as well as internal colleagues
·      Working knowledge of SPSS or other statistical
analysis software
 
 
Applications
Please email a cover letter
and CV in English to: esulistyani@hki.org
Ref.:"HKI
Nutrition Technical Officer" Application deadline: January 20, 2012.
 
Contact:
HKI Indonesia
Jl. Bungur Dalam 23 A/B
Kemang, Jakarta, 12730
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 719 9163
Fax: +62 21 718 3804
 
Only shortlisted candidates will be
called for interview

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