Role Purpose
Under the general guidance and direction of the Field
Health and Nutrition Advisor, the health and nutrition officer will
support implementation and monitoring of all health and nutrition activities in
the project sites including case management for all the anchor groups,
Coordinate and work closely with County departments responsible for both health
& nutrition specific and sensitive interventions, local partners, and
communities, prepare reports and build capacity of the County/Sub-county staff
and respective local communities, Promote best practices in health and
nutrition programmes and contribute to the overall success of the USAID Nawiri
project.
Reports
to: Health and Nutrition Coordinator (s)
Staff
directly reporting to this post: None
Dimensions:
Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the
1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian
relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners. Current
programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education,
health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH (water, sanitation, and
hygiene). In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the
Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC Canada and SC Finland to create a
single operation in Kenya. In Feb 2014, we completed a second transition, which
saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and merge their health and
nutrition programmes with our own. Save the Children now has an operational
presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana, Samburu
and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the country.
Duties & Responsibilities
Support implementation of
health and nutrition activities, with
a view to strategically learn and adapt USAID Nawiri
project in Turkana.
Provide technical support to County/Sub
County government, local partners and communities
Liaise with
other consortium partners
to ensure sequencing, layering and integration of
health, ASRH, nutrition and WASH activities
Continuously monitor activities during implementation to ensure that project objectives are met
Ensure timely
follow – up on data collection and feedback to relevant
County government staff and partners
Support procurement
and supply chain related functions
through proper management of
health and nutrition supplies received and provision of timely and accurate information during ordering,
when required.
Provide input into
the integration of USAID Nawiri participant’s involvement
and accountability in the project.
Implement and monitor USAID Nawiri
program health, ASRH, nutrition and WASH activities
Implement and monitor case management
for nutrition resilience activities in the community-level service delivery
anchor groups.
Support health and nutrition
commodities’ supply chain strengthening activities work with the SBC (Social
and Behavior Change) team to support layering and integration of SBC activities
in the existing platforms
Key Areas Of Accountability
Strategic
Planning and Programme Development
Familiarize with USAID Nawiri’s
implementation strategy as informed by phase 1 (Learning and research phase).
Specifically, support implementation of the Health and Nutrition component of
the USAID Nawiri strategy and ensure that nutrition-sensitive strategies and
approaches are integrated into other thematic strategies.
Build on technical knowledge and
understanding of the operations related to nutrition policy and services in
Kenya, and how these policies can best work for the needs and peculiarities of
Turkana County.
Ensure that programme activities
support and demonstrate good practice in Child Safeguarding
Using a Child Rights Programming lens,
ensure that USAID Nawiri health and nutrition programme is built around the
Theory of Change and is regularly monitored.
Advocacy
and Policy Development
Actively participate in the
development, review, dissemination and operationalization of County level
policies, legislation, strategies and other initiatives and developments by
government and other stakeholders relating to nutrition, health, WASH and/or
food security issues.
Regularly assess and update management
about any changes in the operating environment relevant to USAID Nawiri project
and Save the Children’s priorities.
Support development of the County
health and nutrition strategy and implementation plan including dissemination
of nutrition advocacy messages for the USAID Nawiri project.
Monitor implementation of nutrition –
related components of the advocacy strategy in the County.
Ensure visibility of the project in
the field through participation and sharing of evidence, learning and
recommendations from USAID Nawiri work in technical forums and meetings held at
Sub – County level. H/She will also pro- actively engage with other implementing
partners during coordination meetings.
Programme
Quality & Implementation
Monitor and provide timely, relevant,
accurate input on overall technical aspects of USAID Nawiri Health and
nutrition programme work in Turkana.
Work closely with other programme
staff and consortium partners to ensure effective sequencing, layering and
integration.
Provide relevant technical training
and support to the County staff on IMAM, MIYCN, C4D, SMART & KAP and
monitoring and evaluation as required.
Prepare quality reports to the Health
and Nutrition Coordinator to facilitate timely submission of technical progress
performance reports acceptable to the Health and Nutrition Lead.
Provide input during selection of
partners and training of partners on health and nutrition
Monitoring
and Evaluation
In collaboration with field – based
M&E staff, ensure there is adherence to the project M&E framework.
Participate in collaborating,
learning, and adapting (CLA) activities of the programme to ensure all
USAID Nawiri interventions are working towards addressing persistent acute
malnutrition.
Routinely monitor child safeguarding
issues in the programme and take corrective actions such as modifying programme
activities and/or report incidents, when required
Support timely dissemination of
programme findings and lessons learned to key stakeholders at Sub–
County level
Collect complaints, feedback during
field activities, and ensure that these are shared with MEAL officers for
updating of the CFRM database.
Other
Participate actively in PDQ programme
meetings, planning and review activities, providing enhanced insight into
nutrition programming.
Actively participate in key relevant
internal meetings such as programme review meetings or area- based meetings as
required.
Participate in any donor visit to
project(s) within the country office portfolio, as required.
Skills & Competencies (our Values
in Practice)
Accountability:
Holds self-accountable for making
decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save
the Children values
Holds the team and partners
accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom
to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to
improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not
achieved.
Ambition:
Sets ambitious and challenging goals
for themselves (and their team), takes
responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages others
to do the same
Widely shares
their personal vision
for Save the Children, engage
sand motivates others
Future orientated,
thinks strategically
Collaboration:
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with
their team, colleagues, members and external partners
and supporters
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
Approachable, good listener, easy to
talk to
Creativity:
Develops and encourages new and
innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness
and transparency
How To Apply