Care Group Promoter at Feed the Children

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate Food & Nutrition and WASH local-level activities and maintain cooperation with other community-level institutions, including the village council, churches and health facilities.
• Facilitate participatory learning sessions (CG meetings) with each of his/her 10-12 Care Group Volunteers (CGVs) every 2 weeks, following the lessons plan in the educational material provided
• Hold bi-weekly meetings with the local leadership committee in each community to coordinate, monitor and evaluate (if these committees exist)
• Attend bi-weekly training and reporting meetings provided by the supervisor and the module training sessions to accurately replicate trainings given the CGVs, sharing correct information and demonstrating skills learned.
• Model the Health, Nutrition and Sanitation behaviors he/she teaches CGVs in their own homes
• Visit, monitor and evaluate each CGV at least quarterly.
• Supervise CGVs work by accompanying them on home visits and observe them leading group meetings using the quality verification checklist
• Support other program activities, such as National Nutrition days, distribution of vitamins (A) deworming medicine and weighing children under 5 years.
• Support implementation of P&G water treatment project in Sere Olipi and Ndonyo Wasin Community Health Units.
• Support follow up of the implementation of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) activities in the assigned Community Health Units.
• Attend training and coordination meetings at the sub-county level, providing verbal feedback and written reports of activities completed
• Prepare monthly reports based on the CGV registers and Neighbor Women’s (NW) Support Community Health Unit activities in Ndonyo wasin and Sereolipi
• Carry out monthly supportive supervision of CHVs activities and conduct joint monthly data review with CHVs and CHAs

Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:

• Diploma in Nutrition, Public Health or Community Health.
• Must be Registered with KNDI.
• Experience in implementation of Nutrition programs in Samburu East Sub County
• Experience in humanitarian assistance programs.
• Good computer skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel and PowerPoint.
• Conversant with the national IMAM and IYCF guidelines as well as high impact nutrition interventions.
• Knowledge of community-based approaches to improving nutrition and food security.
• Proven experience in liaising with government officials and other actors / partners.
• Outgoing personality with excellent communication skills.
• Good team player, flexible.
• Appreciation of and sensitivity to local culture.
• Excellent in English, Swahili languages. Ability to communicate in Samburu language will be an added advantage.

Travel Required:

80% of the time travel to villages within Ndonyo Wasin and Sere Olipi areas

Level of Contact with Children:

High contact- the job responsibilities of this position require the post holder to have very frequent contact with children. It is expected that children shall be protected at all times.