Health and Nutrition Project Officer – Burhakaba

SOS Children’s Villages invites applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below one Position.

Job Title: Health and Nutrition Project Officer

Location:  Burhakaba

Direct Line Manager: Health and Nutrition Project Coordinator

Job summary:

The Health and Nutrition Officer is expected to provide a high standard of promoting optimum health and preventive health care, thereby contributing to a safe, efficient and effective service to patients and to improve nutritional status of children and pregnant and lactating women. The Health and Nutrition Officer will closely work with and report directly to the Health and Nutrition Project Coordinator. They will also work with all SOS Children’s Village Hospital departments including EPU department, MCC department, Pharmacy department, Laboratory department and Nursing School department. The Health and Nutrition Officer will carry out the implementation of the project activities, provides support to colleagues and works under the technical guidance of the supervisor.

Job responsibilities:

• Provide supervision of the nutrition program implementation in the field, Organize and coordinate the team’s work plans
• Assisting the Program Manager to provide technical support to nutrition team in the implementation of essential nutrition services: Moderate acute malnutrition, supplementary feeding programme, infant and young child feeding, micronutrient supplementation, community mobilization and other preventive services.
• Support training of Community Nutrition Workers and other potential partners in all aspects essential nutrition services
• Organize nutrition and health education sessions in the community and liaising with nutrition staff and community members to monitor IYCF activities in Project Operational areas
• Oversee and provide support in screening, registration and admission of children in the nutrition program
• Establish and operate community mobilization and referral system for nutrition services. Create referral links for access to other services beneficial to the beneficiaries but not provided in the SOS supported nutrition program.
• Liaise with other SOS Somalia sectors to explore opportunities for integration and effective working.
• Strength planning, M&E and logistics systems with regards to nutrition activities.
• Monitor Nutrition stocks and supplies in the distribution sites and SOS warehouses and liaise with finance and logistics officers in the program to ensure that stocks are ordered and delivered in time.
• Assist the Programme Manager in monitoring the nutrition situation in SOS’s areas of work including participating in nutrition assessments, surveillance and program reviews and ensuring equality of these activities as required.
• Ensuring that all program components meet humanitarian standards.
• Supervise, appraise and identify staff training needs
• Prepare the different formal reports through the nutrition report templates and as per approved procedures and maintain accurate records.
• Represent SOS in the cluster meetings and liaise with the other potential partner in nutrition programme i.e. MoH, UNICEF, FSNAU, WHO and other NGOs (local and international), Cluster coordination meetings.
• Assist the programme Manager in the regional office timely report submission.
• Assist in the development of training materials and modules.
• Performing any other responsibilities deemed appropriate by the Line Manager