Nutrition Officer
Summary of position
- Under the supervision of the
Nutrition Program Manager the incumbent will be part of the team
implementing various nutrition interventions geared towards improving
maternal and child nutrition of deprived communities in Isiolo county
through strengthened nutrition resilience, enhanced health system
strengthening and improved evidence based advocacy
- The Nutrition Officer will work
closely with several line ministries (Health, Agriculture, and Water),
National Drought Management Authority and health and Nutrition Partners in
the County to continually improve the health and nutrition status in the
County through implementation of emergency and resilience nutrition
interventions.
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The incumbent will work closely with the Nutrition Manager, program
staff, S/CHMT members to ensure that program activities are implemented on
time, on scope and within the budgets as stipulated in the various program
and project documents.
Purpose:
- To support the implementation of
nutrition project interventions in Isiolo Counties that are geared towards
addressing acute malnutrition among vulnerable populations through a
multi-sector integrated approach.
Engagement:
- Work with other program staff,
nutrition project manager, field coordinators the program officer will
ensure project activities are implemented according to the plans and
specifications.
- Participate in coordination
meeting at the County level with the MOH and Partners including NITWG,
CNTF, CSG and any other.
- Coordinates with the other
nutritional NGOs, UNICEF, WFP, other partners and MoH at County and Sub
County level.
Delivery
- Participate in development of the
project work plans and spending plans and share with the program manager
or field coordinator for review and input. Ensure that the project is
implemented within the stipulated timeline and by the standards a
prescribed by the county, national and international standards.
- Ensures that the Procurement
Plans are developed at the beginning of the project and the required
procurement requisitions are raised as needed.
- Participate in the review of the
Budget Follow Ups (BFUs) and to ensure that the budget expenditures is as
per the work plan and that forecasts are made to reflect the work plans.
- Develop the first drafts both
qualitative and quantitative monthly, quarterly and annual project reports
for both internal and the donor.
- Participate in project monitoring,
surveillance assessment activities like joint supportive supervision,
Routine Data Quality Assessment (RDQA), Coverage Surveys and SMART
surveys.
- Represent the organization in
county coordination forums like the County Nutrition Technical Forum (CNTF),
County Steering Group (CG), and Multisector Platforms (MSPs) among others.
- Work with other nutrition
partners at the county to build synergies with Action Against Hunger
programming.
Essential job functions
- Support
to Health System Strengthening efforts at the County level.
- In liaison with the County MOH
and Partners develop joint work plans for key activities as stipulated in
the project document.
- In liaison with the MOH undertake
periodic capacity assessment across the health facility staff and structure
OJT and Mentorship sessions to the health facilities based on specific
needs.
- Work closely with the MOH and
undertake classroom training to County teams on various aspects of the
nutrition program to enhance program implementation
- Participate in coordination
meeting at the County level with the MOH and Partners including NITWG,
CNTF, CSG and any other.
- Coordinates with the other
nutritional NGOs, UNICEF, WFP, other partners and MoH at County and Sub
County level
- Support development of County
work plans with the S/CHMTs and schedule joint supervisions to enhance
quality programming
- Support
community Health Strategy and Community Resilience activities
- In liaison with the Community
Strategy Focal persons at the County and Sub County level,
support CHS activities at the community level including
community dialogue and action days, sensitization sessions for community
members among others
- Work closely with MOH to offer
technical support and sustain Mother to mother support groups for improved
MIYCN practices.
- Support MOH to develop
,implement and monitor Social Behavior Change Communication
Strategies in Isiolo County
- Support the MOH to develop a
practical community feedback mechanism geared at improving service
delivery at the County level.
- Supports the nutrition team in
the implementation of community approach through regular contact and
exchange with the community leaders,
- Reporting
and Program Development
- Compiles program reports on a
timely basis in liaison with other program staff; Weekly SitRep,
Monthly(statistical and narrative), Quarterly
- In collaboration with the
Nutrition Program Manager prepare progress reports, quarterly donor
reports, proposals, Program reports project procurement plan and
contributes to survey reports.
- In collaboration with Program
Manager and coordination team; contribute in defining technical strategy
when required.
- Participates in the analysis and
drafting of activity reports and evaluation of the project.
- In liaison with the program
manager develop project proposal to address County specific gaps
- Support MOH focal persons on
information, data management and reporting through the DHIS
- Participate in the planning,
organizing and implementation of surveys, assessments and research studies
including post distribution monitoring
- Information
exchange and cooperation with all Action Against Hunger interventionsand external stakeholders
- Collaborate with all other Action
Against Hunger departments and sectors to ensure the projects are
integrated
- Collaboration with other
Partners, MOH (S/CHMT), INGOs, NGOs, CBOs and the UN working in this area
to ensure smooth running of projects.
- Work in collaboration with the
communities and local leaders at all stages of project implementation
- Finance,
Logistics
- Prepare cash forecast in liaison
with the other program staff in line with the work plans
- Ensure the expenditure is as
stipulated in the budget lines and strict adherence to the budget limits
- Propose anticipated
budget realignment in line with field realities
- In liaison with the Program
Manager and the Filed Coordinator Monitor budget spending in line with
spending plan; ensure diligence in grants utilization including timely
spending and value for money.
- Support the Program manager in
monthly budget reviews and suggesting amendments to Finance
- Any other roles as assigned by
the supervisor
- Supervisory Responsibilities
- No direct supervisory roles
III. Fiscal
Responsibility
- Ensure all payment requests have
clear supporting documents before being submitted to the finance officer
or base admin for payments.
- Physical Demands
- While performing the duties of
this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to
concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work
accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the
context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able
to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed
on an infrequent basis.
- The job also demands long travel
to remote areas of the work area, with poor terrain and scorching sun and
heat.
- The physical demands described
here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.
- Working Conditions, Travel and
Environment
- The duties of the job requires
regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be
available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as
required.
- Must be able to travel as
required for standard domestic and international business travel as well
as to the country offices if appropriate. Based on the country office
needs, the time spent on field trips will be a minimum of 60% of his/her
working time. While visiting the field, the employee may be exposed to
precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living
conditions and outside weather conditions, as well is to infectious
diseases.
- Gender Equality Commitments &
Zero Tolerance to Abuse
- Foster an
environment that reinforces values of women and men, and equal access to
information.
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Provide a work environment where women and men must be
evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
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Promote a safe, secure, and respectful environment for all
stakeholders, particularly for children, beneficiaries, and members of
staff.
- Help to prevent any type of abuse
including workplace harassment and sexual abuse and exploitation.
- Respect
beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender,
sex orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national
origin, age, or marital status.
- Value and respect all
cultures.
Requirements
Education and experience:
- Required qualification: Degree in
BSC. Food Nutrition and Dietetics, Public health nutrition option, nursing
and any other related course.
- At least 2-3 years of experience
in a similar position
- Registered with Kenya Nutrition
and Dietetics Institut
Required
Skills & Competencies
- Conversant with the HiNi Package
- Experience in training of health
workers and Community Health Volunteers on various nutrition modules.
- Experience in nutrition
counseling to caregivers and community
- Experience in conducting
community dialogs
- Language skills: English and
Kiswahili fluent
- Computer skills: Excellent
knowledge of both software (word processor, spreadsheet, Linux servers,
Windows server…) and hardware (network cards, memory upgrades…)
- Good communication, teamwork,
Knowledge of MS Office,
- Organization, initiative,
punctuality and courtesy,
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Medical cover
- Pension
How to Apply