Nutrition Officer Full Time

• TEAM/PROGRAMME: Health and Nutrition                               
• LOCATION- Afar Region (Afambo)
• GRADE:  4A
• POST TYPE: National

Child Safeguarding: 

• Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The position holder is responsible for managing and overseeing overall nutrition activities in the assigned woreda including planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of nutrition activities. s/he is expected to lead and ensure the technical quality implementation of nutrition activities in the woreda and while maintaining close working relationship with the woreda, Kebele, community, and religious leaders, HWs, HEWs, and CHVs for the effective implementation and linkage of health and nutrition activities with the community and facility. s/he is responsible for representing Save the Children International in woreda level partners coordination platforms. In addition, the position holder is also expected to provide a consistent and high-quality technical support in relation to nutrition activities implementation and will assist TSFP officers, Community mobilizers and other team in the woreda to build strong implementation packages.

SCOPE OF ROLE:  

Reports to:  Health & Nutrition Coordinator

Staff directly reporting to this post:  None

• Lead the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition activities in the assigned woreda.
• Establish and maintain good working environment with woreda level partners including woreda health office, HWs, HEWs, CHVs and the community.
• Represent Save the Children International in partners coordination platforms at the assigned woreda.
• Document and share feedback from woreda level partners coordination meetings to the supervisor as appropriate.
• Provide technical support and training where required to all team remembers, outreach teams including health extension workers and community volunteers and ensure the quality implementation of the programs.
• Conduct regular field visits with woreda health to provide supportive supervisions to health and nutrition teams, woreda staff (HWs and HEWs).
• Document findings, lessons learned, and recommendations of the field visits for fallow up actions and share as appropriate with the nutrition coordinator.
• Ensure that TSFP protocols are strictly fallowed and implemented.
• Facilitates the training at the assigned woreda.
• Makes sure that the health and nutrition staff have adequate training on the management of acute malnutrition per National manual.
• Ensures the availability of job aids, reporting formats, therapeutic products and drugs for program implementation.
• Supports and liaise with the health center staff and provide on the job training and capacity building where required.
• Makes sure that health professionals from the health facilities to participate on the daily routine work for sustainability and smooth phase out strategy,
• Prepare and share weekly, monthly and quarterly reports of nutrition activities including TSFP, IYCF, community mobilization and screening reports on time to health & nutrition coordinator.
• Provides a daily/weekly/and monthly overview of drug items, SFP materials and wet ration stocks supplied to beneficiaries,
• Reports any problems in a timely manner to the Nutrition field coordinator,
• Responsible for effective logistic managements
• Proper team management.
• Upholds the image and values of SC at all times,
• Performs other related tasks as required and tasks assigned by the organization.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Hold self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Hold the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Set ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Build and maintain effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Value diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develop and encourage new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency