Vacancy in Suaahara

USAID’s five-year (2011-2016) Suaahara integrated nutrition program seeks to improve the health of pregnant and lactating women and children under two years of age in 41 districts of Nepal. Suaahara is a comprehensive community-focused program that integrates various sectors - nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, agriculture and health services promotion - in order to address the key factors affecting nutritional status. In addition, Suaahara has crosscutting themes including social and behavior change communication, gender equity and social inclusion, social mobilization and governance. It has a rigorous monitoring and evaluation system to measure the impact of the multi-sector approach employed. The implementing partners include Save the Children (SCI), Helen Keller International (HKI), Jhpiego, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (Jhuccp), Nepali Technical Assistance Group (NTAG), Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH) and Nutrition Promotion Consultancy Service (NPCS).

Save the Children is an International non-profit organization working in Nepal and Bhutan to create positive and lasting change for Children, which is a prime for Suaahara. It advocates for the rights of the children and express zero tolerance to any kind of child abuse. Save the Children expects that anyone associated with it abides the child rights policy.

Suaahara invites applications from the interested and eligible candidates who are reliable, accountable and have the ability to deliver results with the highest level of integrity and who value diversity for the following position. The position is fixed grant term as per the requirement of district and cluster offices’ operational status,which will be within the Suaahara project period ending in August 2016.

Position: Internal Audit Coordinator
No. of Position:    1
Level:    6
Location:    Kathmandu
Qualification:    CA/ACCA/Certified Auditor

Experience & Eligibility: 
 3 years of post-qualification experiencewith adequate exposure of  USAID rules and regulations, strong communication skill, willingness to travel frequently, be detailed oriented, committed to undertaking, working in a logical and disciplined manner, and skills of effective time management


Position's Description:
Oversee USAID funded Suaahara Project, facilitate internal audit assignments, plan reviews and investigations when required. Produce high quality, value-adding audit reports for Suaahara program covering prime and other implementing partner agencies including partner NGOs, cluster and districts.

For detailed job responsibilities of the aforementioned position, log on to www.merojob.com/savethechildren-Suaahara. Click “Apply Online” icon below the details of respective job position(s) to apply. The application deadline for all the aforementioned positions is 17:00 hrs, Wednesday, 12 August 2015.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for further selection process.Canvassing at any stage of the processes shall lead to automatic disqualification.

Female and disadvantaged community candidates from the local level are highly encouraged to apply.