IMAM Officer

TEAM/PROGRAMME:  Nutrition Program

GRADE: 4A

LOCATION: Gode (Mustahil Woreda Shebelle Zone)

Post Type: National

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: –

Level 3:  the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The position holder is responsible for the four IMAM components implementation in the zone and working closely with the Zonal, Woreda, Kebelle, community, and religious leaders and community health volunteers for the effective implementation and linkage of IMAM program with the community and facility. In addition the position holder is also expected to provide a consistent and high quality technical support in relation to IYCF implementation and will assist IMAM staffs, in the Woreda to build strong IYCF implementation package.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Health and Nutrition Coordinator

Dimensions: Save the Children works in 9 regions in Ethiopia with a current staff complement of approximately 1,800 staff and current expenditure of approximately $90+ million each year.

Staff Directly Reporting to this Post: OTP, SC Nurse & TSFP Nurses 

Dotted line relationship– Nutrition Team

Functional relationship– Health and Nutrition Coordinator 

Job specific roles and responsibilities

• Strengthen integration of IMAM in the routine health care system
• Prepare weekly and monthly work plan for effective implementation of TSFP second generation intervention as routine health services
• Strengthen referral linkage among CMAM /IMAM component through availing standard referral forms at health facility and community level
• Organize /strengthen WDA functionality through HEW to effectively ensure the treatment coverage and quality of services
• Prepare regular mentoring and monitoring of health facilities with TSFP using standard TSFP score cards/supervision check lists
• Regularly ensure performance outcome of the therapeutic feeding centres meet SPHERE standard
• Facilitate nutrition education at TSFP sites in close coordination with Nutrition education supervisor
• Provide technical support for health facilities and WoHO to analysis and utilization of TSFP data for local decision
• Strengthen the WoHO on TSFP data base management system
• Strengthen nutrition surveillance and TSFP data management system of the woreda and health facilities
• Organize and provide Standard training on IMAM for health workers and health extension workers
• In collaboration with WoHO health facilities and the community regularly update out breaks and any other aggravating factor for malnutrition through weekly situation up date
• Ensure geographic and treatment coverage of IMAM services and subsequently required met need is achieved
• Organize and conduct regular joint monitoring field visit with partners and follow up to address on identified gaps
• Technically support the TSFP logistic management system at facility and woreda level to improve continues logistic availability
• Improve documentation of TSFP data at health facility level
• Strengthen TSFP reporting and recording through regular supportive supervision and availing documentation and job aids materials
• Weekly, monthly and quarterly progress report based on prepared work plan for TFP
• Ensure children Admitted to OTP and SC are discharged through TSFP
• Strengthen Referral linkage with PSNP for those PLW/ children with MAM care takers who were already not in the list
• Establish mother support group at TSFP sites by identification of bright spot mother in close collaboration with Nutrition education and community mobilization officer
• Provide technical support and facilitate the routine Nutrition screening by Health facilities

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds 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:

• Sets 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:

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

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency