Manager Nutrition

The Manager Nutrition is responsible for managing the nutrition component of the project in the Sud Kivu province, overseeing nutritional assessments, coordinating with partners including UNICEF and the Nutrition Cluster, and ensuring compliance with donor priorities and national guidelines. The role involves technical support, project implementation, staff supervision, program development, coordination, and security management.

Responsibilities

• Implement the nutrition component of the project in Sud Kivu province, supervising nutritional assessments by the IRC nutrition team according to IRC RDC strategic action plan and donor priorities.
• Provide technical support to the IRC nutrition team, subordinates, and implementing partners as needed.
• Develop and adapt technical tools and training materials for nutrition programming.
• Supervise project implementation ensuring quality, compliance with international and IRC standards, and adherence to timelines and budgets.
• Regularly update planning and monitoring tools in coordination with the project coordinator.
• Review budget consumption and field performance monthly in collaboration with the Grants department.
• Organize weekly coordination and monitoring meetings with the Nutrition team.
• Produce and share monthly internal activity reports with Grants, project coordinator, and Senior Health Coordinator.
• Draft initial narrative reports for the nutrition component for external use with Grants department support.
• Conduct regular field visits to coach, advise, and supervise teams and monitor achievements.
• Ensure ethical and robust data collection and information management systems in collaboration with MEAL department.
• Validate deliverables from IRC partner structures to facilitate payments.
• Establish effective accountability mechanisms for community feedback in collaboration with MEAL.
• Organize mid-term and final project learning workshops with MEAL.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance for all nutrition activities.
• Define and implement activities to maximize coverage and impact, providing technical advice on context-appropriate methodologies.
• Maintain regular communication with Senior Health Coordinator to integrate nutrition priorities into program design and implementation.
• Maintain open and professional relationships with team members, fostering teamwork and providing supervision and guidance.
• Ensure timesheets and performance objectives are set, monitored, and evaluated timely.
• Assist and lead nutrition staff recruitment in coordination with HR and IRC RDC management.
• Ensure continuous capacity building of staff in technical and project management skills.
• Develop organizational charts and job descriptions, prepare and score tests, conduct interviews for technical team recruitment.
• Ensure team members understand and assume their roles and responsibilities through regular supervision and performance evaluations.
• Create a positive, constructive, and dynamic work environment promoting open and respectful communication.
• Manage interpersonal conflicts through listening, dialogue, and mediation.
• Strengthen team skills relevant to the project and organization.
• Attend to staff wellbeing and career plans.
• Collaborate with key project staff and other technical sectors to prepare strategic work plans with clear objectives, priorities, implementation plans, financial projections, and evaluation tools.
• Support development of concept notes and proposals for nutrition program expansion.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs.
• Attend cluster and working group meetings to represent IRC priorities.
• Identify donor opportunities aligned with nutrition strategy and priorities.
• Develop strategic partnerships with local organizations.
• Represent IRC to local communities, ministries, international agencies, local partners, and donors as needed.
• Organize donor site visits and assist field staff in organizing visits.
• Develop evidence-based advocacy arguments for Nutrition Cluster and NGO forums.
• Identify and develop partnerships with local and international implementing partners for program design and beneficiary services.
• Ensure all team members are aware of security and political issues in intervention zones and comply with IRC SOPs and project coordinator instructions.
• Regularly analyze security situation with Security department and project team to ensure minimum security conditions before staff deployment.
• Encourage team to report security incidents and rumors to Security department.

Requirements

• Be a nutritionist A1/A0 with extensive professional experience (at least 5 years) in managing acute malnutrition cases.
• Possess a master's degree in nutrition is a plus.
• At least five years of experience in coordination, implementation, and management of nutrition projects in humanitarian and development contexts.
• Prior experience in conducting nutritional assessments and implementing the Family-Based Approach (PB Famille) is highly desirable.
• Experience combining nutrition programs with other sectors such as health, protection, education, and WASH.
• Proven skills in project design, proposal development, and grant management.
• Experience in capacity building of national and local implementing partners.
• Experienced professional in project management with a focus on nutrition, minimum 5 years in an international NGO.
• Experience working with health centers and referral hospitals in rural and urban areas is an asset.
• Previous collaboration with international NGOs, DPS, BCZS, health facilities, and community organizations.
• Excellent coordination, communication, and motivational skills; team spirit.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
• Strong experience in staff coaching, training, and formative supervision.
• Strong experience in project monitoring and evaluation and accountability mechanisms.
• Strong reporting skills.
• Very good analytical, synthesis, and writing skills in French; knowledge of Swahili and English is an additional asset.
• Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation processes and basic financial and logistical procedures.
• Good knowledge of health financing systems and targeted free care policy.
• Good mastery of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Initiative and ability to work autonomously.
• Strong interpersonal qualities (patience, tact, open-mindedness, pedagogy).
• Experience working in a multicultural team.
• Awareness of the high responsiveness, flexibility, and ability to work under pressure required for this position.
• High integrity.
• Commitment to IRC policies including client safeguarding and principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion.

Skills

• Management of Acute Malnutrition
• Health/Nutrition Project Management
• Nutritional Assessments
• Family-Based Approach Implementation
• Multi-sectoral Nutrition Programming
• Project Design
• Proposal Development
• Grant Management
• Capacity Building
• International NGO Experience
• Health Facility Collaboration
• Project Coordination
• Team Coaching
• Training and Supervision
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Accountability Mechanisms
• Reporting Skills
• Monitoring and Evaluation Processes
• Financial Procedures Support
• Logistical Procedures
• Health Financing
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Program Development
• Partner Coordination

Languages

French, English, Swahili