Contract Duration: 6 Months
No of Vacancies: 1
Location: Wajir
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
- Support day-to-day implementation of integrated health and nutrition outreach services that entails; WASH activities, health, nutrition and child protection issues.
- Conduct health education, hygiene promotion and disseminate child protection messages during field activity
- Support mass screening, joint supervision with DOH in the targeted sub-counties.
- Prepare and submit field trip reports, take part in the development of weekly reports
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor
- Plan and prepare project activities, sign TOR prior activity implementation.
- Support baby friendly community initiatives (BFCI) IMAM surge and mother led MUAC.
- Coordinate regular health and nutrition program assessments to identify opportunities for expansion and improvements in program effectiveness, efficiency and efficacy.
- Lead on capacity building of community health volunteers (CHVs) and community Health extension (CHEWs) worker in various topic in health and nutrition.
- Supervise Maternal Infant and Young Child programme conducted by CHEWs and CHVs.
- Support CHVs to conduct screening and referral for pregnant women and children with malnutrition and to carry out follow up and tracing.
- Support sensitisation and on the job mentoring of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs)/health facility in-charges on various health and nutrition to topics.
- Support the DOH to Carry out Social Behaviour Change Communication on maternal, infant and young child nutrition.
- Work collaboratively to integrate the health and nutrition program with other sectors where appropriate, particularly with WASH, FSL and Protection.
- Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team and other nutrition and health staff for monitoring and evaluation of project activities especially those related to nutrition emergency response work within the project, including preparation of monitoring reports, documents and lessons learned.
- Submission of activity reports.
- Carry out regular health facility and group monitoring visits, facilitate, and attend facility review meetings to provide support.
- Prepare payment at the end of the project activity
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognised institution, Registered with KNDI
- Minimum 1 years of relevant professional work experience in health and nutrition programming in Humanitarian context.
- understanding of the MOH and county health departments
- Effective working relationships with stakeholders from government agencies and opinion-leaders.
- Experience in training and capacity building.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of organizations
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
THE ORGANIZATION
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent.
Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer:
Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process, nor request for medical examination or records and does not act through recruitment agents whatsoever.