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Job Title | Zonal Nutrition Coordinator |
Code | 0251 |
Place of Work | Woldia and North Showa(Debre Birhan) |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the organization scale |
No. of Positions | 2 |
Job Summary:
The Nutrition Zonal Coordinator, based at clustered zonal department, is responsible for the management of the USAID funded Growth through Nutrition-Nutrition Sector activities, at Zonal, Woreda and health facility or community levels.
The zonal coordinator is expected to improve planning, implementation; monitoring and reporting processes as they pertain to Growth through Nutrition program activities. The incumbent works closely with the government structure and other zonal/cluster team members of Growth through Nutrition and related programs to ensure program integration at all level. S/he is expected to concurrently track physical implementation against activity plan and budget utilization under Growth through Nutrition health and Nutrition program component.
The position holder will provide nutrition related technical support at Zonal, Woreda and community level to ensure the quality implementation of the program activities. S/he is responsible to strengthen Zonal and Woreda level nutrition multi-sectoral coordination. He/she ensures efficient and timely implementation of activities as per the approved operational plans; regularly mentor and coach health facility staffs, and facilitate joint supportive supervision.
He/she is responsible to maintain close contact and liaises with Zonal/Woreda Health and Agriculture offices; asses’ gaps and link with regional office to ensure quality of documentation, nutrition and health data utilization at Woreda and health facilities. S/he is responsible for Timely production and submission of reports and other deliverables such as HFs’ program data for data base to regional office.
Job specific roles and responsibilities
· Prepares annual plan and participate in annual budget development for the program and ensure that Growth through Nutrition activities are fully harmonized with Zonal, and Woreda annual plan.
· Coordinate and technically support Zonal, Woreda, and local stakeholders to assess needs related to Nutrition and Livelihoods and support the implementation of Growth through Nutrition.
· Develop terms of reference, facilitate training, and review meeting and joint supportive supervision that will be conducted at Zonal and Woreda levels.
· Timely submit training reports, review-meeting proceedings and field travel reports to regional office for documentation.
· Ensure multisectoral coordination of nutrition intervention at Zonal, Woreda and community levels
· In collaboration with agriculture/livelihood coordinators, ensure the effective implementation and integration of Nutrition, WASH, Livelihood and SBCC components into the existing structures of the Agricultural/Health system.
· Ensure that the revised national nutrition program(NNP), nutrition guidelines, and minimum nutrition standard, WASH in the context of nutrition & QI on nutrition specific services, SBCC specific to the program/nutrition, revised HMIS, and monitoring tools are implemented in respective target zones and Woredas.
· Provides technical support through regular and joint supportive supervision to Woreda health/agriculture office, health facilities and communities.
· Support and ensure that Nutrition agenda is focused in Zonal and Woreda level review meeting conducted in a regular basis.
· In collaboration with M&E coordinator, strengthen the capacity of Zonal, Woreda health office and community in nutrition and health information management system for decision making.
· Support Zone Health Department in mentoring and follow-up of the trained HW and community in implementing planned nutrition and WASH activities at all level (zones, facility community).
· Ensure health workers in selected health facilities for implementation of Growth through Nutrition are trained as per the national guideline.
· Ensure the provision of appropriate mentoring and on job training for Health workers at targeted Health facilities using agreed tools.
· Ensure that resources allocated reached the right beneficiaries, for the right objective in the right time.
· Ensure that Nutrition multi-sectoral coordination is strengthened, support the livelihood team to mainstream nutrition in to agriculture and program activities are coordinated at all levels.
· Ensure that all donor compliance and save the children rules and regulations are strictly followed during day to day program operations.
· Collaborate with partners who are working on nutrition, WASH and SBCC and government sectors to ensure planning and implementation of GtN convergence and layering activities
· Ensure that Growth through Nutrition activities are included in woreda annual implementation plans.
· Will be the focal person/support the focal person to implement gender sensitive and specific activities related to nutrition at zonal, woreda and Kebele level.
· Prepare and submit periodic reports.
· Performs other related tasks as required.
MINIMUM QUALFICATION, EXPEREINCE, COMPETENCIES
Education qualification
· Minimum of first degree in Nutrition, public health, Nursing or related fields and demonstrated experience in Nutrition, maternal and child health, WASH and SBCC.
Experience
· At least 4 years of experience implementing in NGO with experience/knowledge of supporting USAID funded grants with good understanding of Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP IV), National Nutrition program (NNP) and other health related policies & strategies.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITY
· Significant training experience (e.g. MIYCN, QI, Coaching and mentoring, and WASH related etc) with community mobilization in support of Health and WASH related programs. Experience in conducting trainings, training of trainers, and organizational capacity building is an Asset.
· Strong written and oral communication skills, as well as the proven ability to work collaboratively with many organizations and stakeholders. Experience working with private sector, government agencies and beneficiaries on livelihoods programs.
· Knowledge and learning ability to integrate gender issues in nutrition focused interventions
· Demonstrated skills in partnership building and interpersonal communication.
· Existing relationship with Zonal health and agriculture offices is preferred.
· Excellent and demonstrated skills in computer Microsoft office applications: xx Word, Excel, PowerPoint and outlooks, emails
· Excellent in report writing skills
· Knowledge of local language is mandatory
Ø Qualified Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply
PERCENTAGE OF TRAVEL
· 65-75 Percent
COMPETENCIES
SC Values are: Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. To meet the value system, the post holder is expected to demonstrate the following Competencies on ongoing bases (this varies according to the position please consider the below as example)
Leading (align with Ambition, Integrity collaboration and creativity)
· Delivering result: Takes personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious goals for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team/ organisation.
Thinking (align with Ambition, Creativity, Collaboration and Creativity)
· Applying technical and professional expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the organisation.
Engaging (align with Collaboration, Creativity, :