Nutrition and Health Manager, Hagadera at International Rescue Committee

Key Responsibilities

Programming

•  Supervise and coordinate the implementation and monitoring of nutrition and health program activities in line with proposal targets and work plan timelines
•  Provide technical assistance, supervision, and coaching to MOH and partner staff in screening, outreach.
•  Participate in inter-agency coordination at field level and represent IRC with local authorities when required.
•  Provide periodic reports as needed.
•  Participate in assessments when necessary.
•  Provide remote support to outreach teams through processing of nutrition and health supplies requests and liaising with MOH, WFP and UNICEF.
•  Participating in Nutrition and health Cluster meetings at field level Conduct health and nutrition surveillance based on agreed methodologies including surveys, process monitoring, SMART, LQAS, SQUEAC and other rapid methods.
•  Oversee implementation and integration of comprehensive growth monitoring program In the outreach sites and IRC MOH supported facilities
•  Plan and actively involve the community in marking recognized health and nutrition related days

Human Resource

•  Monitoring and supervising emergency nutrition and health staff to ensure program implemented is of good quality and acceptable standard
•  Routinely monitor staff performance according to their job description and provide written feedback in a timely manner
•  Review personnel issues and concerns of nutrition officers, nutritionist and nurses and assist with determining and implementing solutions
•  Participate in recruitment of the program staff as appropriate
•  Foster integration of the nutrition and health program with programs
•  Directly supervise the nutrition and team including and not limited to leave management to ensure effective program coverage, staff appraisal and mentorship, capacity mapping and capacity development.

Supply Chain

•  Work with the supply chain team to develop accurate and timely weekly, monthly, quarterly program supply ordering using the integra system
•  Monitor utilization of nutrition and health program supplies; monitor and track program assets
•  Ensure timey requisition of health and nutrition supplies from MOH, UNICEF WFP for the outreaches and ensure quality supplies report are sent out
•  Review and manage all nutrition and health program purchase requisitions, follow up with supply chain

Monitoring and Reporting

•  Closely monitor and make sure nutrition performance indicators are within the recommended standards including
•  Conduct and coordinate periodic program reports on the project
•  Work with MOH and county Data department to support the county health information systems and ensure IRC work is included and mirror the MOH reports
•  Attend all health and nutrition and health coordination meetings and management meetings in the field and at county level
•  Compile weekly, monthly reports and donor reports.

Finance and Grant Management

•  Prepare and track the project spending plans for the program based on the available budget
•  Attend and participate in monthly budget review meetings, with records of updated expenditure records and spending plans
•  Ensure adherence to the nutrition program budget by reviewing expenditure
•  Provide recommendations and interventions to correct any identified deviations that impact on budget adherence

Other

•  Perform any other duty as directed by the supervisor

Key Result Areas

•  Successful implementation of the nutrition and health emergency response program
•  Monitor and ensure improvement and maintenance of public health nutrition performance indicators as per SPHERE/UNHCR/WHO standards
•  Monitor all nutrition and health program expenditure against budgets and ensure an appropriate burn rate.
•  Ensure steady supply of all the nutrition program supplies.
•  Ensure nutrition and health surveillance and assessments are continuously conducted
•  Timely submission of monthly and donor reports.
•  Capacity building of nutrition and health staff
•  Maintain nutrition team as per the budget specifications
•  Represent IRC in nutrition and health meetings

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition with a health implementation or bachelor’s in public health with a strong nutrition Program implementation experience
• Master’s in public health or nutrition preferred
• KNDI and other relevant certification bodies is and added advantage

Required Experience & Competencies:

• A minimum of 4 years of professional experience in nutrition, public health, disease surveillance nutrition planning and management and/or in relevant areas of maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care at program management level is required
• Experience in emergency response is added advantage
• Experience in designing and implementing nutrition surveys and other methodologies
• Data and research solid background
• Good experience working with the MOH and nutrition and health coordination structures
• Experience in managing a nutrition program in emergencies
• Good and solid talent and people management skills
• Working in resource poor environment and complex emergencies
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgment and the capacity to think and plan strategically, including the ability to produce high quality programs through development implementation.
• Experience of supervising culturally diverse staff with varying in abilities, capacity, and experience
• Flexible and positive personality
• Strong planning and implementation capacity
• Confident and capable negotiator, communicator, and networker