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Internal/External Vacancy Announcement

DISTINCT FUTURE OF CVDA

Common Vision for Development Association (CVDA) is an indigenous, non-governmental, non-for-profit, humanitarian aid association. It was established on October 28, 2005 by a group of dedicated persons from diverse social, economic, professional and religious backgrounds.

CVDA has been re-registered and licensed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice, Charities and Societies Agency, on November 30, 2009 as an Ethiopian Residents charity in accordance with the Charities and Societies proclamation No. 621/2009 with registration No. 0588. It has permission to work at the national level however so far operates marginal parts of Benshangule Gumuz Region, SNNPR (Hawassa, Yirgalem, Dilla, Yergachefe, Aletawondo, Wondo Genet, Chuko, Bule, Goreche and Gumer ), Oromia Region,West Showa Zone(Muger), Borena Zone (Hageremaireyam, Yabello & Moyale), Guji Zone( Adola, Shakiso & Borena Negele), West Arsi Zone (Shashemene, Arsi Negele, Adaba, Nensebo, Kokosa, Shala, Siraro, and Kore woredas) Afar Region; Zone 5; Delifage, Dewe, Telalek, Hadele Ele and Sumu Robi Zone 3 ; Gewane and Gelalo and City Government of Addis Ababa

It is member of Consortium of Reproductive Health Association (CORHA), Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association (UEWCA), Ethiopian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative/EEITI/, Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition/ECSC-SUN/ and Afar Region Health Partner Forum.

The following are CVDA’s vision, mission, goals, principles and values:

VISION

CVDA envisions a poverty-free Ethiopia where equity and equality ensured.

MISSION

CVDA’s mission is to enhance socioeconomic development in health, education, agriculture, environment, livelihood, and WaSH, humanitarian responses, community-based peace-building and good governance through holistic approaches and working with the community to contribute towards sustainable development and an improved standard of living in Ethiopia.

OVERALL GOAL

CVDA’s goal is to contribute to poverty alleviation through community-based approaches by implementing programs for development, good governance, and humanitarian responses in different regions of the country.

Principles and values

• Integrity: Upholding the principles of honesty, responsibility, setting good example and maintaining the highest ethical standard possible,
• Courage of conviction: This is a basis of our pledge to fight against poverty and hunger. Therefore, CVDA’s shall always take side with the poorest and disadvantaged groups and help them bring about positive changes in their life.
• Accountability: This espouses CVDA’s ongoing commitment to account for its actions and to respond periodically to questions concerning its activities or answerability to those who will be affected by our decisions or actions.
• Transparency: This requires CVDA to take decisions and implement them in a manner that follows rules and regulations. Moreover, we shall provide our key stakeholders with reliable, relevant and timely information on matters that concern them.
• Impartiality and equity: This implies providing equal opportunity to all.

Principles

• Believe in the view that results can be achieved if the process is sound and suitable.
• Be frank, transparent, and trust-worthy and build and develop team spirit within the organization and with partners.

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

1, Reproductive and Primary Health Program

2. Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Program

3. Food Security, Livelihood Diversification and Natural Resource Conservation Program

4, Education Program

5, Emergency and Relief Program

Key ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CVDA has successfully implemented different food security, environmental conservation, income generating and HIV/AIDS project in collaboration with different stakeholders. On environment conservation activity; highly degraded land rehabilitated through soil and water conservation measure, area enclosure, vetiver grass and indigenous tree plantation, gabion established, stone and soil bund established, conservation agriculture introduced, biogas technology introduced and established, fuel wood saving stove established at HH level, spring water developed, washing stand, shower established.

Food security and Income of target group improved through beekeeping, poultry farm, fruit tree plantation/ apple, mango and orange plantation/, vegetable garden, false banana plantation, vetiver grass bank. Other group established group and individual business such as hair dressing, tea room, sugar and edible oil distribution, dairy farm, stone production, shower room and etc. On HIV prevention, care and support program target group and large community awareness raised on HIV prevention and living with HIV, counseling service, economic strengthen and improving balance diet intake, engaging in income generating activities, access for clinical service through referral linkage.

Food security and Income of target group improved through beekeeping, poultry farm, fruit tree plantation/ apple, mango and orange plantation/, vegetable garden, false banana plantation, vetiver grass bank. Other group established group and individual business such as hair dressing, tea room, sugar and edible oil distribution, dairy farm, stone production, shower room and etc. On HIV prevention, care and support program target group and large community awareness raised on HIV prevention and living with HIV, counseling service, economic strengthen and improving balance diet intake, engaging in income generating activities, access for clinical service through referral linkage.

Over all over 52 projects were implemented in different region and woredas since its establishment. In 2019/20 it has involved about 1630 volunteers and it has 74 full time staffs.

Project Name:- Feed for Community Nutrition Activities

Position Title:- Community Nutrition Officer

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Duty Station: in woreda centers of Shashamaane and Boset woreda

Requred Number:- 02

Duration of employment: One year possibility of extension based on performance and availability of fund.

Salary: As per the scale of the organization with attractive benefit package

Vacancy opening date: January, 21/2025

Vacancy closing date: January 25,/2025

Main duty and Responsibility

• Community Nutrition Officer will have the following duty and responsibility but not limted to listed below:
• Facilitate planned SBC and Community engagement trainings in target kebele and Woredas.
• Disseminate and report SBC materials.
• Support with pretesting of SBC materials
• Facilitate the nutrition catchment-based mentorship assessments at PHCU level.
• Ensure the availability of necessary nutrition commodities and supplies (VAS, IFA Deworming and so on ) at each respective woredas and facilities.
• Facilitate in the Food Nutrition assessments and surveys in target woredas and kebele
• Conduct participatory exercise to develop action plans to address multisectoral coordination gaps in target woredas.
• Provide logistical and other support for woreda-level advocacy meetings on establishment of FN structure and manpower in food and nutrition strategy (FNS) implementing sectors at Woreda and Kebele levels
• Facilitate the overall multi sectorial coordination related activities of in the target Woreda.
• Facilitate compilation and sharing of monthly and quarterly reporting format at all levels,
• Work with Community Kebele and Woreda level stakeholder and LIP MEL/Nutrition Coordinator to document community, facility and woreda level activities and report according to standard procedure
• Document best practices, minutes of performance review meetings and JSS and share the findings to zonal coordinators and regional managers.
• Facilitate LME activities of the project including data collection, analysis and reporting of data, support all assessments designed in different woredas, Coordinate and conduct DQAs at the woreda level and health facilities, HMIS and eCHIS related training in the target Woreda.
• Facilitate GYSI Activities including mapping and collaborating youth networks.
• Ensure the Implementation of Community Nutrition GYSI integration strategy.
• Represent community Nutrition at Regional, Zonal and Woreda forums.
• Provide need based technical assistance to woreda health offices.
• Document and update the woreda profile.

Qualification:

• BSc Health Officer and related studies

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Job Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years in Health, Nutrition, and related
• Experience in target woredas and local language is essential
• Ability to deliver tasks timely and willingness to travel to remote kebeles is needed.
• Applicant need to have good English language skill and computer skill

Skills Required

• Experience in Community Nutrition
• Training certification in attending Health and nutrition.
• Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources.
• Knowledge of project areas and Oromifaa Language is Mandatory

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of Community Nutrition
• Experience of facilitating community mobilization, coordination and conversations
• Motor bike driving license.