Officer, Health and Nutrition

Job Title: Officer Health and Nutrition

Reports to: Manager, Health and Nutrition – Turkana

Job Location: Kibish – Turkana (Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Kenya at the time of application – National Position)

Contract Details: Fixed Term , One(1) Year Contract, renewable subject to availability of funds.

Job Summary:

Responsible for quality programme delivery at the Sub County level by providing technical leadership, guidance and support to the Sub County Health Management Team to strengthen their capacity and skills in the implementation of High Impact Nutrition interventions (HINI) through an integrated health systems strengthening approach;

Work with community groups building the community resilience and strengthening their knowledge and capacity on health and nutrition services and appropriate care taking.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to MoH on delivery of High Impact Nutrition intervention components at health facilities and when need be outreach sites;
• Assist the Project Manager to provide technical support to partners in the implementation of the project.
• Work with partners to implement work plans as agreed;
• In partnership with the Sub-County Health Management Team(SCHMT) including the Sub County Medical Officer in charge of health (SCMOH), Sub County Public Health Nurse, Sub-County Nutrition Coordinator, Public Health Officers and the hospital nutritionist develop and implement monthly work plans for the Sub-county;
• Ensure programme quality control through implementation of monthly and quarterly M&E;
• Support with operationalizing of community Units and community mobilization activities; plan trainings , routinely engage Community Health Volunteers and Community Health Assistants;
• Support with documentation of the programme implementation process to generate lesson learning as well as case studies;
• Participate in coordination of and data collection for, KPC, SMART and coverage surveys to assesses the nutrition situation of the target population;
• Prepare monthly/quarterly reports and briefs;
• Attend and adequately represent Concern in Sub-county meetings/fora e.g. Sub-county Steering Group (SCSG), Sub-county Nutrition Coordination meeting among others as may be required;
• Liaising with Logistics, IT, Transport, Finance and HR departments in Nairobi to provide logistical and administrative support to the program.

Others

• Adhere to and promote the standards outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct and associated policies to their team, beneficiaries, and be committed to providing a safe working environment
• Participating and contributing towards Concern’s emergency response, as and when necessary
• Take all possible measures to meet Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS)
• Any other duties as assigned by the Line Manager

Person Specification

Minimum Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics with solid experience/background in Nutrition. Strong clinical competence and knowledge of maternal and child health will be added advantage.
• At least two (3) years’ experience in Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition programming in both a development and emergency context.
• An understanding of the context, prior experience working and/or living in Turkana County is highly desirable.
• Experience and knowledge of MoH systems, particularly at County level.
• Good understanding of cross cutting issues- gender, HIV and AIDS, DRR, etc. and how to integrate them into public health and nutrition programmes.

Preference will be given to candidates who possess the following:

• Good computing and report writing skills
• Able to work independently, as well as in a team
• Strong leadership and management skills
• High integrity and demonstrated ability to follow standards and policies
• Ability to work in a systematic and organized manner and to tight deadlines
• Fluent in both spoken and written English and Kiswahili. Fluency in local language/s skills is an added advantage.

Competencies required:

• Takes responsibility for own actions and outputs to ensure quality outcomes
• Willing to challenge or question others constructively when appropriate
• Ready to accept changes as new situations arise
• Ensures decisions are based on accurate information and actively seeks out information as needed