Nutrition Officer at Save the Children

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Programme Implementation

• Organize trainings for Ministry of Health staff and community health volunteers on nutrition system strengthening including Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition, IMAM Surge, and baby friendly community initiative
• Coordinate nutrition messaging to mother-to-mother support groups and during set up of kitchen gardens at household level
• Promote infant and young child feeding practices through community campaigns and other channels.
• Ensure availability and distribution of IEC materials, nutrition protocols and supplies, reporting tools etc. at health facility and Community Level.
• Develop and implement Health System Strengthening training needs, assist in defining training needs, develop strategies to achieve targets and coordinate training activities.
• Coordinate and maintain strong partnerships with other actors in health and nutrition at sub-county and community levels.
• In consultation with subcounty nutrition focal point organize mobile integrated mobile clinics.
• Promote integration of nutrition in FSL.
• Support the MoH to conduct annual SMART, SQUEC and any other surveys follow up implementation of recommendations.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL)

• Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team and other project staff in monitoring and evaluation of project activities including preparation of monitoring reports, documents and lessons learned.
• Share case studies, human-interest stories, documentaries and other related materials with MEAL Unit
• Carry out regular field monitoring visits and attend facility review meetings to provide support.
• Participate in milestone meetings for monitoring of the progress of the programme such as mid-term reviews, strategy meetings, previews and reviews and annual reviews.
• Collect complaints and feedback during field activities and ensure that these are shared with MEAL officers for updating of the CFRM database.
• Ensure exchange and sharing of experience, lessons learnt, best practices and new methods to county officials, programme staff, other SCI partners as well as within the organization in collaboration with the health and nutrition teams.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• University degree in BSC Nutrition, food security or related field.
• Qualified nutritionist registered with KNDI
• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional work experience in Nutrition Programming.
• Good understanding of the MOH and county health departments, particularly integration of donor funded programmes into county plans.
• Effective working relationships with stakeholders from government agencies, international organisations, donors, academics and opinion-leaders.
• Experience in training and capacity building.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of organizations
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Good knowledge of the nutrition and health field.
• Fluency and excellent communication skills in English language
• Experience of effective teamwork and outstanding inter-personal communication skills.
• Experience of coalition building and working with civil society actors to deliver change.
• Commitment to Save the Children's mission and values
• Commitment to Save the Children's aims, values and principles including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.