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Background:
The Health and Nutrition Assistant will oversee CARE’s Health and Nutrition program implementation in Gedaref State. The Assistant is responsible for supporting all CARE’s health and nutrition activities within Gedarif state. The Health and Nutrition Assistant is responsible for providing guidelines, technical support and strategic direction to other Health and Nutrition staff under his/her supervision, seconded staff from the Ministry of health and partner field officers/assistants. The Health and Nutrition Assistant will assume overall responsibility for health and nutrition related reporting requirements and ensure that the Health/Nutrition Information System (HIS system) is accurate and meets the reporting needs. The Assistant will have strong analytical skills, and she/he will suggest practical strategies for responding to changes in the operating environment as well as maintaining a focus on longer-term objectives. The Assistant will be required to make regular monitoring efforts and periodic visits to field sites and program locations and provide advice and support to program staff. The Assistant will represent CI Switzerland at health and nutrition sector meetings and other key stakeholders’ meetings/events at the state/localities level. The Assistant is responsible for the planning, implementation, budget disbursement and monitoring of the health and nutrition component of the projects in the State. This project will be implemented in close coordination with the Ministry of Health (MOH), WHO, UNICEF, WFP, and other health and nutrition implementing partners. Therefore, the incumbent is expected to have high teamwork and coordination spirit. The project also requires extensive field visits, more than 75% of the time
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Duties and responsibilities:
- Implementing CARE’s Health and Nutrition activities (45%)
- Work closely with the Health & Nutrition Officer, other team members, SMOH and partner organizations to achieve program objectives and targets effectively and efficiently.
- Help with activity verification and monitoring (stock and program quality) at supported facilities to ensure smooth, high-quality program implementation
- Lead in the establishment and training of care groups for the promotion of health and nutrition behaviors indicated in the design document
- Facilitate coordination meetings, advocacy meetings and awareness raising sessions at the community level, together with community health promoters, mother support groups and other volunteers
- Participate in conducting situational analysis and other M&E activities as necessary under the guidance of the Area Manager and Health & Nutrition Officer
- Collect and compile project data regularly to submit to the Manager and Health and Nutrition Officer, including case studies, success stories and photographs of facilities
- Improve the quality of primary health care (PHC) and Nutrition services delivered at supported facilities throughout the project areas through priority setting, on-job training, and continuous monitoring
- Ensure diagnosis and treatment of patients is based on standard procedures (national and international guidelines)
- Ensure program targets are met using indicator / activity tracking table
- Ensure the community-based activities such as EPI, nutrition screening, health education and defaulter tracing are done properly and meet different standards including CMAM
- Actively participate in the identification and management of any disaster or epidemics
- Build the capacity of national staff through proper coaching and training
- Prepare weekly, monthly and annual work plans for grants including donor reports
- Provide inputs for donor requirements for data collection, proposal development and reporting for health and nutrition grants in Gedaref
2. Coordination (10%) - Ensure the Health and Nutrition projects are implemented integrated with other CARE projects
- Develop, maintain and enhance CARE’s relationships with SMOH, UNICEF, WFP, WHO, UNFPA and other relevant partners for a better and sustainable project implementation
- Coordinate CARE’s daily health and nutrition activities implementation with trained the different community volunteers (nutrition volunteers, health workers, mother support groups, fathers’ group, etc.) and community leaders to gain full support in the implementation of health and nutrition activities.
- Prepare progress reports to be shared with local government and other relevant stakeholders by the Officer
- Capacity building of local MOH and partner staff on different health and nutrition initiatives
- Build and maintain effective relationships with your team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
- Participate in conducting situational analysis and other M&E activities as necessary under the guidance of the Manager and the Health and Nutrition Officer
- Attend external meetings if/when assigned to represent CARE
3. Supervision (10%) - Supervise the seconded staffs working at the different health and nutrition facilities including the stabilization center
- Supervise the local health and nutrition partners working in the targeted areas
4. Assessment (10%) - In collaboration with other team members, the health and nutrition assistant undertake detail project specific need assessments, prepare reports and analyses, budget estimates in response to emerging emergencies throughout the state and forward to supervisor for review
- Collect data and maintain records related to camp/host community health and nutrition situations
- In coordination with community volunteers, collect health and nutrition data to identify gaps
5. M&E and reporting (10%) - Conduct regular field visits to inspect project activities, provide appropriate technical guidance to field teams and provide feedback to the Officer
- Monitor weekly and monthly progress of activities against the activity plan and other agreed sector M&E Plans and report to the Officer
- Document and prepare monthly project progress reports and other updates as may be required by the Officer, these include HAC reports, Monthly Sector reports, weekly updates etc.
- Ensure the quality of data through proper entry, cleaning and regular checking and use the data for action on the sites
- Ensure that beneficiaries are involved in the entire project cycle (Needs identification, design, Implementation and M&E)
- Monitor the performance of local partners involved in the implementation in the health and nutrition activities and report to the Officer
- Ensure all work is carried out as per the community needs and project standards
- Participating in project appraisals, reviews and evaluation
- Report on areas of concern to Health & Nutrition immediately
6. Contribute to the Success of CIS Partnership Approach (5%) - Coordinate with Partners, NNGOs, CBOs, etc.
- Support partners in monitoring and reporting of WASH activities
7. Uphold CARE´s values and contribute to the CO shared priorities (5%) - Follow the CIS Safety and Security Management Plan (SSMP) and always comply with it
- Be aware of CARE’s commitments to Gender and Diversity, and strive to uphold them
- Be committed to always promoting CARE’S core values
8. Any other assignment (5%) You might be asked to do any other assignment by your supervisors which may be related to work.
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Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:
- BSc in public health, nutritional Sciences or other related fields
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in implementing integrated health and nutrition programs; an international NGO or equivalent experience with national organizations with management responsibilities
- Demonstrate analytical and conceptual skills to plan projects, timetable agreed activities and oversee staff activities
- Strong communication & interpersonal skills; comfortable engaging in dialogue with a range of actors including community leaders and other community structures, government departments, local authorities, CBOs and other NGOs.
- Good team player, flexible and capable of working with a multi-national Sub Office and Country team
- Ability and willingness to travel to locations outside base station to program operational areas and live in sometime basic conditions.
- Good communication skills (verbal and written) in both Arabic and English; Ability to write reports in both English and Arabic
- Excellent computer skills – Microsoft word, power point and excel
- Experience in engaging the community and community mobilization
- Ability to work with minimum supervision.
- Willing to work with the disadvantaged / vulnerable people under stress and in difficult situations
- Fluent in both Arabic and English languages to write reports and translate documents
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