PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
The Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia (SURE) is the first Government-led multi- sectoral nutrition program implemented mainly by the integrated actions of health and agriculture sectors at all levels and to the community. The program is financially supported by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and is primarily aiming at reducing chronic under nutrition (stunting) through ensuring optimal complimentary feeding practices and dietary diversity among children under five years of age. The program is to be delivered within the current and future national Community-Based Nutrition (CBN) Programme of the existing extension platforms of the country. SURE addresses these complimentary feeding challenges through Multi sectoral nutrition actions, robust SBCC and nutrition sensitive agriculture interventions in the Oromiya, Amhara, SNNPR and Tigray regions of the country.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The woreda nutrition coordinator will be responsible for the local coordination of multi-sectoral nutrition committee activities. He/she will supervise the activities and provide guidance to the health and agriculture extension workers in order to achieve, monitoring, documentation and reporting of the program. Ensuring overall appropriateness and quality of the SURE program components delivered at the grass root level. The woreda focal will also be responsible for ensuring maximum possible integration for the program delivery between the health and agriculture sectors for nutrition and joint delivery of the SURE’s activities.
The coordinator will spend considerable time in the field supporting, providing technical backstopping and monitoring extension workers, farmer groups, mothers’ groups and other beneficiaries of the program for effective implementation of activities. S/he will provide technical support for the woreda staffs on matters of nutrition/nutrition sensitive agriculture. Produce regular reports to the regional program coordinator as well as the woreda health and agriculture offices and submit regularly & timely
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
LOGISTICS/FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION:
Supervisor: Woreda Health Office
Duration: Initially for one year with a possibility of extension based on satisfactory performance
Expected Start Date of Assignment: Immediate
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