I. JOB SUMMARY:
The purpose of the CMAM Nurse/ Junior Nurse position is to provide overall technical, organisational support and play a support and facilitation role for community based management of acute malnutrition in communities. she/he is assigned, includiing technology and best practices awareness creation and linkages and behavioral change through education, information and communication. She/he supports people’s empowerment, collective action and solidarity, social cohesion and inclusion as well as gender equity. Facilitates and encourages active participation of and networking between individuals and communities in recognizing problems, identifying solutions, and implementing project activities related to the identified solutions. Establishes and maintains close working relationship with communities and community organizations in her/his working area in order to ensure that the nutrition messages are disseminated and understood at all levels. Build capacities of the community and institutions. S/he works closely with woreda, Kebele, Village-level task force leaders and local government development agents.
II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
Job Responsibility #1 Technical Support and facilitate community action planning and targeting
% of Time: 30%
Job Responsibility #2: Facilitate implementation of project activities and monitoring
% of Time: 35%
Job Responsibility #3: Strengthen partnership, institutional linkages and working relationship
% of Time: 15%
Job Responsibility #4: Reporting and Learning
% of Time: 15%
Job Responsibility #6: Perform other duties as assigned.
% of Time: 5%
III. PROBLEM SOLVING (Thinking Environment)
The level of problem solving this position will face is level number two. What has to be done and how to do it are clearly defined, and the incumbent will face identical or similar problems on a regular basis.
IV. QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)
A) EDUCATION/TRAINING
Required:
B) EXPERIENCE
Required:
Desired:
C)TECHNICAL SKILLS
Required:
D) COMPETENCIES:
V. CONTACTS/KEY RELATIONSHIPS
The CMAM Nurse is expected to establish open relationship with the community, government counterparts and other community based organizations in order to facilitate and encourage active participation in overall development activities and internally, with Supervisors, Project Managers, and other concerned FO’s staff.
VI. LIVING CONDITIONS:
The CMAM Nurse based in the project woreda and lives among the community. She/he can travels on foot long distances (50%) and stand about 30% during training sessions.CARE Ethiopia is committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework. CARE Ethiopia has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners.
CARE Ethiopia reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.
By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no objection to CARE Ethiopia requesting the information specified above. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks.