County Technical Coordinator – Nutrition at Save the Children

Job Description

Save the Children International Kenya Country office, has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as County Technical Coordinator – Nutrition. The role holder under the direction of the Capacity Strengthening Advisor and Nutrition-Sensitive Advisor will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of multisectoral nutrition (MSN) activities of USAID Advancing Nutrition at the County level. This position will play a critical role in providing leadership and technical support to the County Departments of Health, Agriculture, Education and social protection in the implementation of the joint action plan. The position holder will support in the capacity strengthening elements of the program and will be involved in the development of program advocacy documents and in the convening of Multisector nutrition (MSN) forums. This position will have extensive travel between the sub counties. The role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Qualification and Experience

1. Bachelor degree in Nutrition or other relevant discipline
2. At least 3-5 years’ relevant nutrition project work experience in an international NGO or similar organization
3. Familiarity and understanding of the decentralised services in target MSN departments
4. Intense understanding of the MSN departments (agriculture/health/education etc.)
5. Effective working relationships with stakeholders from government agencies, international organisations, donors, academics and opinion-leaders.
6. Experience with the following approaches; systems strengthening, training and capacity building
7. Experience working with Civil Society Organizations and the private sector
8. Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
9. Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of organizations
10. Excellent written and oral communication skills
11. Good knowledge and experience of USAID-funded projects, preferred. 
12. Good presentation and persuasion skills
13. Familiarity with Kisumu county and ability to speak local language, highly preferred
14. Commitment to SCI values