Health and Nutrition Officer at Terre des hommes (TDH)

Activities:

Program Support

• Make sure that IMAM, MIYCN, and IMCI national protocols are applied in the targeted areas.
• Support outreach activities in identified hot spots.
• Ensure children and PLW under treatment have access toa dequate care.
• Supervise medical care provided to the beneficiaries in OTP, SC, SFP at both facility and outreach levels.
• Conduct supportive supervision jointly with MoH, WFP and UNICEF.
• Compile and analyze routine program and facility data.
• Monitor supplies consumption, project requirements and make orders in time.
• Participate in assessments and surveys as necessary.
• Ensure enhanced drug and supplies management system at health facilities in collaboration with the Sub-County Health Management Team (SCHMT) and County Health Management Team (CHMT) and nurse in charge.
• Carry out facility gap analysis in collaboration with the nurse in charge and develop plan of action and provide recommendation to program manager.
• In collaboration with the nurse in charge of the health facilities identify possible problems and solve them.

Capacity development

• Organize and provide training (classroom or OJT) to ministry of health staff according to the IMAM, MIYCN, HINI, IMCI national guidelines in order to improve quality of services delivered.
• Facilitate and support the formation and strengthening of existing mother mentor support groups.
• Strengthen documentation of activities and reporting at health facilities through on job coaching.

Coordination

• Ensure integration of nutrition program with other sectors particularly child protection and WASH
  within the project.
• Facilitate and attend Facility Health Management Team meetings and Sub County Nutrition Technical Forum meetings in the absence of the Health and Nutrition Project Manager.
• Strengthen collaboration with MoH staff in order to ensure success of the project.
• Support SCNO in coordination of monthly Sub County nutrition technical meetings.
• Work in close collaboration with different stakeholder involved in health/nutrition activities: MOH, UN, NGOs
• Represent Tdh at Sub-County steering group meetings
• Participate capacity building of community health volunteers (CHVs) and community Health extension (CHEWs) worker in various topic in health and nutrition.
• Support CHVs to conduct screening and referral for pregnant women and children with malnutrition and to carry out follow up and tracing
• Provide weekly/Monthly situation report (Sitreps).

Child Protection

• Ensure children with oroetction needs are referrd to Child Porteciton Volunteers
• Ensure that identified children for cash assissatnce receive disburssments are coordinate with Tdh
  Senior Child Portection Officer for follow up and post distribution monitoring.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health and/or Nutrition(minimum of 5 years’ experience in Health and Nutrition Programming with focus on Health systems strengthening)
• Previous experience in providing health system strengthening to MoH, NGO and other organization desirable.
• Strong representation skills at the county level with sound orientation of MoH systems in Kenya
• Team management experience.
• Excellent Communication skills, (Project reporting and evaluation experience).
• Strong training experience required.
• Good computer skills: MS Word and Excel.