Kenya Jobs: Nutritionist job vacancy in Kenya

MSF Switzerland (MSFCH) is a humanitarian medical organization providing emergency medical aid to populations in need. At present, MSFCH operates in three programmes locations in Kenya, Somalia and Sudan. We are looking for a Nutritionist



Kenya Jobs: Nutritionist
Location: Dagahaley, Dadaab Refugee Camp
Start date: as soon as possible
Type of contract: 1 year (with possibility of extension)

Main Tasks:

• Responsible for management of day to day operations and efficient coordination of nutrition program activities in MSF CH catchment area
• Provide technical guidance in the planning and implementation of the supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes
• Lead and supervise team of staff providing nutrition support services in the hospital based therapeutic feeding centres and the outreach based supplementary feeding feeding centres
• Plan and coordinate community based nutrition education forums and Annual nutrition surveys
• Lead and supervise the nutrition team at the therapeutic feeding centres and the outreach based supplementary feeding centres
• Ensure staff training and capacity building (formal and informal) under the supervision of the hierarchical referent
• Participate in the development of the plan of action.
• Prepare monthly performance indicator reports on the nutrition sector whilst ensuring continuous monitoring
  

Requirements:

• Nurse with diploma/degree recognised by the government and registered and licensed by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• 2 year experience working in a Nutrition programme
• MSF/NGO experience an advantage
  

Personal qualities:

• Organized, methodical and accurate
• Able to work to strict deadlines and under pressure.
• Good team player.
• Motivated with a demonstrated ability to adapt to new working methods.
• Ability to live and work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment.
  

Send your CV, motivation letter, copies of relevant documents, mentioning on the envelope “NUTRITIONIST� to:

The Medical Coordinator
MSF-Switzerland, Kenya Mission
P.O. Box 25091 – 00603,
Lavington, Nairobi

Deadline: Friday, 19th August, 2011.

Only short-listed candidate will be contacted.