Action Against Hunger is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for Action Against Hunger in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation.
Action Against Hunger is recruiting for its Jerusalem office a
Nutrition Survey Officer
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
The Nutrition Survey Officer will support Action Against Hunger’s ongoing nutrition survey activities in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. This position will be involved in the development and implementation of surveys and the analysis of the data generated. This position will play a key role in external engagement related to the nutrition surveillance activities of Action Against Hunger, and will support ACF’s participation in the NIS TWG through external representation, technical support and other related tasks. This position requires an individual with the relevant epidemiological and statistical competencies.
Objective 1: Support the development, design and implementation of ACF’s nutrition and health survey activities.
Supporting the strategic planning and design of surveillance activities, including surveys, operational data review, etc.??
Supporting the preparation of data collection tools and analytical framework.?
Provide capacity building to the teams on issues related to data collection, information management, digitalisation, and other related topics.??
Provide relevant technical feedback to field teams in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on ongoing data collection efforts.?
?Objective 2: Carry out the management and analysis of the data generated across ACF’s activities, including programmatic data.?
Establishing a data management process, ranging from export, cleaning, preparation, and storage.???
Conduct all statistical analysis of the data using statistical software.?
Review the use of program and activity data to generate relevant evidence for programmatic decision-making and monitoring.
Objective 3: Support ACF’s technical contributions to wider nutrition surveillance systems in oPt?
Participate in relevant meetings with the Nutrition Cluster and other technical working groups.?
Engage with key stakeholders on the nutrition surveillance system.??
Contribution to technical and methodological discussions as relevant.?
Objective 4: Proactively support ACTION AGAINST HUNGERs commitments to gender equality, child protection and disability sensitivity.??
Read and ensure a full understanding of Action Against Hunger’s Gender Minimum Standards & Child Protection Policies, asking questions and/or for support when necessary?
Implement all work-related activities with a gender, disability and child protection lens, considering the different needs, concerns and ideas of our staff and beneficiaries.??
Ensure the incorporation of gender equity principles in all policies and activities.??
Encourage the participation of all genders in meeting and on committees.??
Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability.????
Background in epidemiology, public health, statistics, nutrition, medicine, or related health fields.??
Humanitarian nutrition assessments (SMART, Coverage and IYCF/KPC surveys)?
Nutrition research projects.??
Information management.?
Advanced quantitative statistical skills.??
3-5 years of relevant experience (research, statistics, information management, MEAL, etc.)????
Good skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint MS Office (Excel/Word/PPT); strong Excel for data cleaning/analysis
Kobo/ODK and DHIS2
R, Stata, SPSS or similar.
Valuable prior experience in issues related to the promotion of gender equality or personal commitment to gender equality.?
We offer immediate Incorporation into a multicultural, professional and innovative organization with the possibility of participating in projects with high social impact.
Contract type: 6 months
Base: Jerusalem Base.
Salary: According to Action Against Hunger Salary scale.
Only applications received through our online service will be considered.
Note. - Given the urgency of this position, the vacancy may close before the deadline. For more information about this position, visit our website www.accioncontraelhambre.org. In case you do not find the job advertisement published here, it means that the selection process has been closed.
This recruitment is part of the contingency planning of the organization; it may be canceled or delayed if the conditions no longer require it. CVs will be kept in the ACF Database of potential candidates.
Action Against Hunger is an equal opportunity employer. Women are encouraged to apply for this position.
Action Against Hunger has a commitment to protect all persons we come into contact with through our work, including children and At-Risk adults. Action Against Hunger has ZERO TOLERANCE towards all forms of harm and abuse, including sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. We take concerns and complaints relating to Safeguarding issues involving our Staff, Associated Personnel, Partners , and Suppliers very seriously and will take action to vigorously investigate and manage any violations or alleged violations of our policies.