Public Health Officer at USTADI Foundation

USTADI Foundation (USTADI) seeks to recruit a Public Health Officer – Nutrition for a 2 year USAID Funded project in Kilifi.

RESPONSIBILITIES.
Within delegated authority, the Programme Officer (Nutrition) will be responsible for the following duties:
1. Overseeing the AfyaPwani Project implementation and ensuring the quality of the project in the area of operation.
2. Regularly reporting and coordinating with the BDS Manager on the project implementation
3. Work directly with the Public Health technician to address programmatic challenges.
4. Work with the County government of Kilifi, and in particular the 4 target sub-counties to increase uptake of improved sanitation practices through the Community Lead Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach at the community level including schools
5. Facilitate community sensitization and awareness on sanitation through community led total sanitation (CLTS) approach
6. Facilitate training and support of local entrepreneurs on sanitation business development skills and support participatory design of locally acceptable sanitation products to ensure supply. 
7. Facilitate training of community health unit personnel and CHVs on social marketing and the MOH Improved sanitation communication tool kit.
8. Identify and support male champions and Mother-to-Mother groups to improve community nutrition practices and household food security
9. Facilitate water safety demonstration forums such as water chamber and meter management
10. Facilitate training and support of local entrepreneurs on sanitation business development skills and support in a participatory design of locally acceptable sanitation products
11. Assist in the health programme monitoring and conduct field visit to the clinics and designated hospitals.
12. Facilitate the production and dissemination of WASH Information Education Communication (IEC) materials for the sub counties
13. Oversee the preparation and timely dissemination of program reports and follow-up on recommendations within the scope of project activities.
14. Perform other related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• University degree with emphasis in one or more of the following disciplines: nutrition, community nutrition, public health, and Environmental Health Sciences.
• At least six (6) years of postgraduate professional experience in nutrition and public health programmes
• In-depth knowledge of supervision and management of nutrition activities, monitoring and evaluation. 
• Course work in statistics and in-depth knowledge of statistical packages (i.e. SPSS, Stata). 
• Experience designing and conducting health and nutrition assessments/surveys.

COMPETENCIES 
• Good analytical skills; resourcefulness, initiative, maturity of judgment, tact,
• Negotiating skills; ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing;
• Ability to work in a team, and establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds. 
• Ability to cope with situations; flexibility in accepting work assignments outside normal desk description.
• Shown high integrity and sense of responsibility in discharge of duties.