NATIONAL NUTRITION CLUSTER MANAGER

CARE INTERNATIONAL - TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR SUB NATIONAL NUTRITION CLUSTER MANAGER – Banadir Mogadishu-SOMALIA

General Objective

CARE Somalia/Somaliland is an international NGO working in Somalia/Somaliland. CARE and its partners work with vulnerable communities to address the underlying causes of poverty and promote peace and development, as well as mitigate immediate suffering caused by drought, conflict, and displacement. We invite applications from experienced and talented individuals to fill the Sub-national nutrition cluster manager -Banadir, position to be based in Mogadishu with travel to the regions in Jubba-land when required. This assignment will be for a period of twelve (12) months.

Position Summary: The Somalia Nutrition Cluster is a coordination mechanism that aims to ensure effective and strategic emergency nutrition responses. Working with the Ministry of Health, the cluster mainly focuses on overall response coordination, capacity-building, assessment, emergency preparedness, and improving coverage of emergency nutrition programs. On behalf of the national nutrition cluster, CARE will lead in coordination at Jubbaland state deploying full-time staff.  

Specific Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Establishment and maintenance of appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanisms

• Support the Nutrition cluster partners and State/Regional government authorities in organizing regular State/Regional/Area-Based coordination meetings and information sharing to ensure appropriate coordination between all nutrition humanitarian partners.
• Maintain appropriate sub-national cluster coordination with all humanitarian partners (including national and international NGOs, the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, MSF, and other international organizations), through the establishment/maintenance of appropriate State/Regional/Area-Based coordination mechanisms, including technical working groups.
• Maintain effective coordination with the State level ISCG and other clusters coordination mechanisms, including representing the interest/needs of the Nutrition Cluster in all State/Regional discussions.
• Support the National Nutrition Cluster Coordinator to maintain appropriate links with the State/Regional authorities, local civil society, and other relevant actors and ensure appropriate coordination and information exchange with them.
• Support the State/Regional coordination of the WBW and other nutrition response-related campaigns.

1. Monitoring and reporting

• Support the Nutrition Cluster information management and ensure all data from the States/Regional are accurately and timely captured in the overall Cluster coordination information management products including 5W, bulletins, etc., including needs, gaps, supply pipeline updates, etc.
• Conduct regular nutrition monitoring, analysis, and write-up of the nutrition cluster information from various sources and share nutrition briefings with stakeholders and monthly situation analysis with the humanitarian community.
• Conduct regular field-level monitoring of nutrition activities and report on the findings including bottlenecks, challenges, recommendations, and action points for follow-up. (Monitoring to include quality of reporting) and maintain effective information with OCHA field support office.
• Support the Cluster IMO to ensure mapping of various nutrition geographical and programmatic coverage and the needs assessment planned or done including multi-sector needs assessments at the State/Regional level.
• Support in the analysis to identify and address (emerging) gaps, obstacles, duplication, and cross-cutting issues. Monitor and report on new emergencies/hotspots.
• Ensure effective and coherent sectoral needs assessment and analysis, involving all relevant partners and complimenting sectors.
• Contribute to the weekly DOCC and any other information-sharing forum.

1. Application of standards

• Ensure that nutrition cluster partners at the State/Regional/District are aware of relevant policy guidelines, technical standards, and best practices.
• Monitor and report on the nutrition interventions are in line with existing policy guidance, technical standards, and relevant Government and International standards.

1. Advocacy

• Identify and report core advocacy concerns, including resource requirements from the partners at the State/Regional/District level, and contribute key messages to broader advocacy initiatives at the state/regional level.

1. Training and capacity building

• Identify capacity-building needs for the cluster partners at the field level and support in planning the Cluster’s capacity-building initiative.
• Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of State/Regional and other local authorities on nutrition coordination mechanisms, Nutrition in Emergencies, and Information Management.

Experience/ Education.

• Bachelors in nursing, nutrition from a recognized university with hands on experience managing nutrition programs.
• Experience in design and implementation of Nutrition programs in fragile states and for refugee and IDP populations.
• Five years’ experience in a coordination role requiring provision of support to multiple offices/locations/teams including community-based health and nutrition, outreach and mobile teams
• Proven experience of successful capacity-building of health and nutrition field staff and partners, with experience in remote training
• Excellent communication and writing skills in English.
• Strong networking capability
• Ability to organize and facilitate training sessions.
• Ability to develop capacity building frameworks and work plans.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural teams.
• Culturally aware and respectful
• Commitment to CARE core value and principle
• Experience in gender and protection mainstreaming in Health and Nutrition programming.

Interested candidates who meet the criteria above are encouraged to send their application letters and detailed CV in one PDF document to [email protected]

 by referring to the job title “(Sub National Nutrition Cluster Manager -Banadir Mogadishu)” as the subject line of the email, latest on Saturday, 30th September 2023 

 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 For more information about CARE and its programs, visit www.care.org

CARE is an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity, and diversity. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. CARE is a tolerant organization for child abuse and sexual exploitation and abuse.