Nutrition Officer Full Time NEW

Médecins du Monde (MdM) or Doctors of the World is an international humanitarian organization that provides medical care and support to vulnerable populations around the world. Founded in 1980, the organization’s mission is to ensure access to healthcare for all, regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation. MdM operates in over 40 countries including Ethiopia, delivering medical aid in crisis zones, conflict-affected areas, and areas of extreme poverty. Our teams of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, and support staff, work tirelessly to provide essential medical services, emergency relief, and long-term healthcare programs

Job Summary

• Mapping of Nutrition activities within the supported woredas
• Technical support for community level activities
• Woreda level monitoring and evaluation of nutrition interventions

Tasks and responsibilities:

• At the inception of the program, carry out health facility capacity assessment and institutional mapping of TFP programs in collaboration with Woreda health office and project team.
• Map out other actors at the community level and develop a referral pathway.
• Update weekly tracking tool to monitor programme screening based data on acute malnutrition; collect health facility-based disease surveillance reports and update morbidity reporting tool for assigned health facilities.
• Participate with MEAL team in supervision of data collection for nutrition assessments.
• Liaise with Health facility staff/ community health workers for accessing community support group database; health facility database on a regular basis and updating overall health facility-based activities.
• Participate in MUAC Screening campaigns at the woreda level.
• Support the Programme manager/ Coordinator in organizing/attending woreda based coordination meeting and ensure dissemination of key information after such meetings.

Objective 2: Supervise Community and facility level activities in the framework of nutrition service provision.

The Nutrition officer is responsible to

• Support the programme manager in management of the nutrition activities.
• Ensure projects are implemented in line with donor proposals and requirements and in accordance with MDM Ethiopia Mission’s Nutrition strategy, MOH guidelines and international standards.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Support the set up or running of OTP/SC across targeted woreda.
• Ensure that all children and patients visiting MDM supported facilities are properly examined and treated according to national nutritional protocols and standards.
• Identify gaps in health facilities and inform the Programme manager on a regular basis.
• Ensure Availability of essential Nutrition supplies and equipment in assigned Health facilities including data tools, RUTF, therapeutic milk, arthrometric equipment etc.
• Ensure rational use of all medical equipment, supplies and stationaries in health facilities.
• Monitor for appropriate documentation–CMAM treatment registers/tools, individual child growth monitoring cards.
• Identify financial requirements, logistic needs, HR support in reference to work plan and inform the PM/CO to prepare budget forecast.
• Develop monthly monitoring and supervision plan for the supported HCs and share with the Programme Manager
• Ensure that specific monitoring finding is reported to the Programme manager with potential solutions.
• Strengthen referral linkage among CMAM components through availing standard referral forms at health facility and community level.
• Ensure that referral of children in need of specialized care are made to the nearest higher-level centre: SAM with medical complications and other conditions requiring higher-level care.
• Ensure use of predefined quality assessment checklist, on-job coaching guidance to support CHW/HEW.
• Provide support to Community volunteers/ Health extension workers in carrying out community activities.

Objective 3: Training and managing the programme teams (Community Health workers, health extension workers, MOH staff and Community volunteers)

The Nutrition officer is responsible for:

• The management of his/her teams (supportive supervision, monitoring, motivation….)

Tasks and responsibilities

• Maintain individual monitoring & supervision plan as well as for the supervisee at the Community and HF level.
• Regularly follow up with the teams on the progress of activity, challenges, and guide on necessary actions.
• Conduct ongoing capacity assessment of health workers on CMAM services delivery, IYCF etc. and review the training needs and/or coaching needs.
• Share training plans with identified needs to the PM well in advance to facilitate support from HR/Admin/Logistics
• Support the Programme manager/Coordinator in facilitating and organizing technical trainings for health workers (including on CMAM, IYCF, HMIS, Family MUAC etc)

Objective 4: Information management, reporting, and coordination

The Nutrition Officer is responsible for:

• Reporting-ensure regular reports are produced by health workers in supported health facilities.
• Support the woreda to consolidate quality facility data in timely manner.
• Review and analyse facility service delivery data and provide feedback to woreda and health facilities supported.
• Participate in woreda level coordination meetings.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Update and maintain 5W/4W mapping (Nutrition sector) tool on a weekly basis for the Regional ENCU; and share with the programme Manager/Program coordinator.
• Maintain and update database for health workers, community health workers/volunteers, trainings and share with line manager.
• Prepare consolidated tracking tool for supportive supervision visits/on-job coaching sessions and share with line manager.
• Update woreda work plans, individual work plans and share with line manager.
• Use appropriate attendance sheet on-job coaching sessions, workshops/meetings and trainings and share a copy with line manager.
• Use specific supervision checklist during supervision visits and archive filled supervision checklists with summary report – every month.
• Fill the Nutrition activity reports every month for MDM supported health centres and share it with line manager for consolidation.
• Support government health workers in preparing the integrated diseases surveillance report, monthly facility based DHIS2 report.
• Provide summary analysis from the woreda report including –
  • Significant contextual changes that have impact on nutrition operations.
  • Bullet points on progress of training, on-job coaching and supportive supervision.
  • Feedback on quality-of-service provision through monitoring visits (checklist to be used).

Employment Term: 9 months contract

Reported to: Program Manager

Required positions: Two(2)

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience

• BSC in public Health officer or Nursing
• Work Experience: 2 years’ work experience for BSc degree in implementing in humanitarian integrated projects in NGOs, or as CMAM officer, supervisor, facilitator, or mentor positions.

0ther Skills & training

• TOT/Certificate on management of CMAM
• NGO experience with similar position is preferred.
• Good interpersonal communication, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Respect for multiculturalism, Promote team synergy in a multi-cultural work environment.
• Be able to work under pressure and towards tight deadlines with minimum supervision.
• A resourceful person and self-starter

   

Languages

• English and Amharic/Fluent