Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Job Title: Emergency Field Nutritionist Reports to: Health and Nutrition Coordinator Job Location: Addis Ababa, with frequent trips to field sites. Contract Details: 6 month contract (subject to appropriate visa approval from relevant Ethiopian government authorities) Unaccompanied Grade B Job Purpose: To ensure effective CMAM interventions implemented in response to emergency needs in current and planned Concern working areas covering planning, implementation, and M&E. Main duties & Responsibilities: • Plan, organise and lead nutritional assessments as requested by Senior Programme management. Support and provide technical assistance to the current team in carrying out nutritional assessments in identified areas. • Provide training to new and existing staff as required. • Provide technical support to the team in CMAM and other related areas such as proposal and report writing • If necessary, support teams in managing screening and distributions in the present areas of operation • Develop nutrition response proposal, as and when required • Support the decision making process on the continuation or closure of specific interventions • Represent Concern at various technical meetings as requested • Support and provide technical assistance for ongoing CMAM emergency nutrition interventions in the present programmes areas and any future interventions that may be commenced in response to deterioration in the nutritional status of targeted communities. • Assist in development of future interventions. • Support for any other appropriate duties that may requested by Senior Management Person specification: Essential: • Advanced University Degree (M.Sc./B.Sc.) in Public Health Nutrition with orientation in emergency nutrition (orientation in related survey experience an advantage but not essential). • Experience of 2 years as a nutritionist in a humanitarian context and using CMAM approach. • Excellent skills in spoken and written English • Excellent skills in Word, Excel and in appropriate software for nutrition cluster • Ability to work as part of a team • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and written, in English. • Flexibility, adaptability, and patience • Facilitation and interpersonal skills • Analytical and problem solving skills • Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines • Ability to assess problems and recommend solutions • Methodical and thorough • Training and coaching skills • Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity to cultural differences • Awareness of gender issues • Empathy with organisational goals • Ability to motivate and develop skills of others Desirable: • Masters level in nutrition • Previous Concern experience • Extensive experience in conducting nutrition surveys, including planning, sampling, training, data collection, supervision, data cleaning, analysis, reporting and dissemination. • Experience with SMART methodology, including software application with plausibility checks • Software application (ENA-Epi/ ENA-SMART, or EpiInfo) • Experience in use and interpretation of WHO child growth standards To apply: All applications should be submitted through our website at www.concern.net/jobs by indicating the reference: CON/EN/EA Application deadline is ongoing. Please note that due to the urgency of this position, applications will be short listed and interviewed on a regular basis. Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents. Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List). Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant. For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office. Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.