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Job Description
Scope of work:
Working under the guidance of Sub County Nutrition Coordinator and facility in charge, the Nutrition Technologist will support the implementation of facility and community-based nutrition services, including screening, therapeutic feeding, and counseling. The position ensures adherence to Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) protocols and supports health system strengthening in nutrition service delivery.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Implement outpatient therapeutic care (OTP) for children with severe acute malnutrition and supplementary feeding for moderately malnourished children and PLWs.
- Deliver nutrition services in clinics, including assessment, classification, treatment, follow-up, and counseling in accordance with national IMAM protocols.
- Lead the rollout of MIYCN, Baby-Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI), and Family MUAC approaches at facility and community levels.
- Coordinate with caregiver teams and CHPs to support household-level MUAC screening, health promotion, and early detection of malnutrition.
- Provide individual nutrition counseling and support, including for clients with medical complications such as those in Comprehensive Care Clinics (CCC).
- Collaborate with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to plan and conduct training for Mother-to-Mother Support Groups (M2MSGs) on MIYCN.
- Support mentorship and on-job training for nutrition volunteers, and CHPs by identifying capacity gaps and addressing them.
- Ensure consistent availability of nutrition supplies (e.g., RUTF, F-75, F-100) and functional equipment at the health facility.
- Conduct regular community mass screenings in collaboration with CHPs and link malnourished individuals to care.
- Participate in MNCH, One Health, and other integrated outreach programs to improve service coverage.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure timely submission of weekly, biweekly, and monthly reports using MOH tools (e.g., MOH 733B, 734).
- Promote integration of WASH practices in nutrition service delivery.
- Liaise with CHPs and community leaders to strengthen referral pathways and ensure client follow-up and recovery.
Qualifications
EDUCATION
- A minimum of Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognized institution.
- Registered and licensed by the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute (KNDI).
EXPERIENCE:
- At least 2 years of clinical/community nutrition experience, preferably in a health facility setting.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Experience in IMAM, IYCF, outreach services, and use of MOH nutrition tools is an added advantage.
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work with communities, and a team-oriented mindset.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Work Environment
- Work environment is in ARID and Semi-ARID Area with frequent travel
Hours of Work
- The job holder may be required to work outside normal working hours due to the nature of the work in general
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SCOPE OF WORK
The Nutrition Officer will be responsible for implementing nutrition interventions in the AMREF Project Daraja.The Nutrition Officer will be responsible for day-to-day implementation of the humanitarian nutrition and interventions within the programme. He/She will play a critical role in the scale up of IMAM services as well promotion of optimum maternal, infant and young child practices at community level. The position holder will work closely with the county, sub county health department and the other nutrition partners in the County to strengthen health system support for improved quality of care.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Strengthen coordination with county and sub-county health management teams (CHMT/ SCHMT) and other partners to align nutrition interventions with government priorities.
- Provide technical assistance to health facilities on Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM), Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), micronutrient supplementation, and targeted supplementary feeding.
- Coordinate training and capacity-building for healthcare providers, Community Health Promoters (CHPs), and volunteers based on identified system-strengthening needs.
- Support forecasting, distribution, and consumption tracking for essential nutrition commodities.
- Conduct joint supportive supervision, mentorship, and data quality assessments in collaboration with MoH teams.
- Facilitate community engagement on improved dietary practices, food preservation, and locally available nutritious foods.
- Support MoH to scale up micronutrient supplementation (VAS, IFAS, Deworming, and Zinc) in hard-to-reach areas via ECDs and CHPs.
- Collaborate with education stakeholders for school-based nutrition and health screenings.
- Lead compilation and submission of quality programmatic reports and participate in data review and decision-making forums at various levels.
- Support and participate in milestone meetings including mid-term reviews, strategy sessions, and annual performance reviews with MoH and partners.
- Facilitate the exchange of knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices with county teams, partners, and internally within the organization.
Qualifications
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND ABILITIES
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, or related field. A Master’s degree is an added advantage.
- Registered and licensed by the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute (KNDI).
Experience
- Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in nutrition programming, with a focus on government and partner coordination.
Skills and Abilities
- Strong understanding of Kenya’s devolved health system and national nutrition protocols.
- Demonstrated ability in capacity building, data-driven programming, and community engagement.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and report-writing skills.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Work Environment
- Work environment is in ARID and Semi-ARID Area with frequent travel
Hours of Work
- The job holder may be required to work outside normal working hours due to the nature of the work in general
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SCOPE OF WORK
The RMNCAH Project officer will be responsible for the projects goal of improving access, uptake, and quality of community-level maternal, new-born, and child health services at community and health facility level in Turkana County. He/ she will work to Improve access to quality antenatal care (ANC) services through community mobilization, outreach, and health system support, increase immunization coverage among children under five and pregnant women through community-based strategies, and Enhance access to integrated MNCH outreach services for underserved and nomadic populations of Turkana.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical Leadership and Capacity Development
- Build/Strengthen the capacity of S/CHMT to provide technical guidance, advice and support for implementation and monitoring of activities across a broad range of RMNCAH service delivery areas, including:
- Community-based pregnancy mapping and referral
- Facility-based pregnancy intention screening
- Prenatal care and early identification of risk factors affecting future pregnancies among women of reproductive age.
- Maternity open day forums ('mama na rafiki' initiative)
- Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR)
- Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC), EMOTIVE bundles and Point of Care Ultra Sound (POCUs) using National guidelines.
- Integrated one health outreaches targeting pastoral communities
- Defaulter tracing for Antenatal care and immunization
- Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response for vaccine preventable diseases (IDSR)
- Functionality and reliability of vaccine supply and cold chain systems
- Logistics Management Information Systems (LMIS) for RMNCAH tracer commodities.
- Cervical Cancer Screening among WRA
- Commodity Documentation and reporting
- Commodity quantification and forecasting
- Build capacity of SCHMTs to promote the development of health workers and management staff capacity in the above areas through a broad range of approaches such as training, one-on-one mentorship and on-the-job training, supportive supervision, on-site and off-site training coordination etc.
- To provide technical leadership in the implementation of an Integrated Maternal, New-born, Child Adolescences Health /Nutrition /WASH services at the sub county, facility level and community level.
- Effectively plan, execution and evaluate the implementation of activities and critically reflect and improve on project strategies to promote quality in delivery of RMNCAH service delivery at the facility and community level.
- Provide leadership in development of sub county project quarterly reports and presentations for sharing with donor and other stakeholders
Partnership and Team Work
- Work closely with SCHMT and other project staff to ensure that project strategies and approaches are delivered in a coherent and coordinated way, in line with log frame targets, and build partnerships with other key organisations to promote synergy and workable partnerships,
- Nurture good relationship with the county, implementing partners, Faith Based Organizations and Community Based Organizations/Civil Society Organizations
- Coordinate and the program in county and sub county meeting and activities
Performance Monitoring
- Oversees work planning, performance management, monitoring & evaluation processes, documentation, reporting, data quality and strategic communications at Sub county level
- Routinely use data to inform and improve decision making on RMNCAH interventions and project adjustments, particularly for improving quality of care.
- Support strengthening of social accountability at health facility level through establishment and strengthening of Technical Working Groups, Stakeholders forums, learning sessions, MPDSR committees, Respectful Maternity Services, client satisfaction surveys, Quality Improvement teams, suggestion box and Service charter utilization
Program development
- Participate in concepts development and writing of new concepts and proposals for fundraising.
Qualifications
EDUCATION & KNOWLEDGE
- At minimum a bachelor’s degree in Nursing and related RMNCAH clinical experience. Masters level on related field will be an added advantage.
EXPERIENCE
- Should have at least three (3) year work experience in RMNCAH Program of similar scope.
- Experience working with government or donor funded programs will be an advantage.
- Experience working with adolescent’s reproductive health
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government representatives, for-profit private sector entities, local community organizations, donors and other stakeholders, particularly at the sub national level, preferably including demonstrated experience in building service delivery quality and utilization.
- Experience in working both at health facility and community levels.
- Experience in implementing projects involving diverse partners, consortiums and operations
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Able to work with a multi-talented project team across cultural diversities
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Work Environment
- Work environment is in ARID and Semi-ARID Area with frequent travel
Hours of Work
- The job holder may be required to work outside normal working hours due to the nature of the work in general
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Job Description
SCOPE OF WORK
The Registered Community Health Nurse will work in a health facility set up to support integrated services including RMNCAH, and Nutrition Services in Turkana County through a Primary Health care model. He or she will work to Improve access to quality antenatal care (ANC) services through community mobilization, outreach, and health system support, increase immunization coverage among children under five and pregnant women through community-based strategies, and Enhance access to integrated MNCH outreach services for underserved and nomadic populations of Turkana.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conduct community-based pregnancy mapping and nutrition screenings through Community health promoters (CHPs).
- Conduct facility-based out-patient pregnancy intention screening
- Conduct onsite mentorship for CHPs on prenatal care and early identification of risk factors affecting future pregnancies among women of reproductive age.
- Implement maternity open day forum dubbed 'mama na rafiki' initiative
- Support Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) audit meetings at community and facility level
- Support mobile integrated outreaches targeting pastoral populations.
- Support community defaulter-tracing and follow-up systems via CHPS
- Support reporting in Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Response for vaccine preventable diseases
- Support functionality and reliability of vaccine supply and cold chain systems at the community and facility level to ensure availability and potency of vaccines.
- Support referral pathways for clients and documentation of referral tools
- Provide cervical cancer screening and management among Women of Reproductive Age (WRA)
- Compile and submit program weekly, biweekly, and monthly report of all activities implemented.
- Support documentation, reporting and Data reviews at the health facility and community levels
Qualifications
EDUCATION
- Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing from a recognized institution.
- Registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya and have a Valid Practice License
EXPERIENCE
- At least 2-years’ experience in implementation of RMNCAH services at facility and community level
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work effectively in hard to reach areas
- Ability to work with diverse teams.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other relevant software.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Work Environment
- Work environment is in ARID and Semi-ARID Area with frequent travel
Hours of Work
- The job holder may be required to work outside normal working hours due to the nature of the work in general
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