Nutrition Program Manager at Pathfinder International

Nutrition Programme Manager Job Responsibilities

• Support county level budgetary process which includes costing and tracking investment to nutrition.
• Support county level development of concepts and strategies that aim to address causes of malnutrition and effective and sustainable means to address them.
• Facilitate establishment and maintenance of appropriate coordination mechanisms including, steering committees and working groups to coordinate and guide the nutrition sector response plans, operations and related activities at county level.
• Support County Nutrition Officer to secure commitments from partners for collective sector work, ensuring the complementarities of the various stake holder’s actions in responding to nutrition priorities
• Provide technical leadership and capacity support to SHMTS, facilities and partners in the modelling and delivery of nutrition services in line with the County Nutrition Action Plan.
• Support the application/ implementation and adherence to existing policies, strategies, standards and guidelines on Nutrition.
• Support the county nutrition sector to identify and develop nutrition related advocacy and communication strategies and messages for the purposes of increasing the profile of nutrition amongst all stakeholders.
• Implement participatory Behavior Change Communication methods targeting nutrition behavior change.
• Collaborate with the commodity management team to support strengthening of the integrated nutrition supply chain system.
• Support facilities to use the integrated supply chain systems in order to improve the efficiency in forecasting, ordering, distribution, monitoring and reporting of essential nutrition supplies
• Support the CHMTs to collate, review, validation and analysis of nutrition related information including from other sectors to inform better programming, implementation and monitoring.
• Assist in documenting lessons learnt/good practices and other relevant reports for better nutrition programming.
• Any other duties that may be delegated

Requirements for the Nutrition Programme Manager Job

• A minimum BSc in Human Nutrition and Dietetics/Food Science and Nutrition. A Masters degree in Applied Nutrition will be an added advantage.
• At least five (5) years post training substantive working experience in field of nutrition.
• Experience in addressing nutritional issues in HIV/TB and MNCH is essential
• Experience and skills in providing technical assistance in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics services
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and cross-cultural communications skills.
• Solid training and capacity building experience.
• Willingness to travel
• Ability to work independently.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili.
• Good understanding of the social, economic and cultural context of working.