Location: Nekemte, Ethiopia
Organization: Save the Children International
Closing Date: July 28/2025, 08:21 AM
Job Description
TITLE: Health and Nutrition Officer
TEAM/PROGRAMME: HF -Humanitarian Response
LOCATION: East Wollega Zone-Nekemte
CONTRACT LENGTH: 5 months
GRADE: 4A
| CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) orintensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff. |
| ROLE PURPOSE:
The position holder should provide technical assistance for the quality implementation of the health and nutrition program including CMAM implementation, overall implementation of the emergency nutrition and health response activities at woreda, health facilities and at large communities. Facilitates and encourages active participation of and networking between individuals and communities in recognizing public health problems, identifying solutions, and implementing project activities related to the identified solutions. Establishes and maintains close working relationship with IDPs in her/his working area in order to ensure that the messages are disseminated and understood at all levels.
In addition the position holder is also expected to provide Medical supervision and clinical care for patients in and its complications and also expected to provide a consistent and high quality technical support in relation to establishing and strengthening Stabilizing Centre and OTP/TSF sites, primary health care services (Maternal and child health)and provide training to HEWs and HN workers in the management of severe malnutrition and MHN topics. |
| SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Program Manager/OIC
Direct: None
Indirect: None |
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Health and nutrition officer makes sure that CMAM and health programs are implemented according to the National protocol i.e. application of the admission and discharge criteria, closely monitors and strictly follows anthropometry measurement,
- Support Cash Transfers to Target Households together with Community facilitators.
- Targeting and Registration of Cash Transfer beneficiary Households
- Conduct assessments on gender and child protection risks and vulnerability of children in cash transfer program
- Makes sure that the health staff have adequate training on the management of acute malnutrition per national manual/protocol,
- Provide TAs Woreda on Public Health Emergency Management Community-based Surveillance (CBS) hard to reach areas.
- Strengthen referral system to establish joint referral pathways between nutrition, Health, GBV services and MHPSS to allows for timely and effective case management of survivors of GBV
- Ensures the availability of job aids, reporting formats, therapeutic products and drugs for program implementation at health facility level.
- Facilitates the basic/refresher trainings, workshops, review meetings, community forums under the project
- Conduct capacity Building to HWs/Hews on OTP, MAM, IMNCI, ICCM, EPI and disease surveillance and case management (public health emergency management)
- Strengthen early warning system, disease surveillance and reporting system including Community and Event Based Surveillance
- Share training/meeting reports to project coordinator
- Conduct regular checklist based supportive supervision on targeted health facilities.
- Facilitate joint monitoring visits /joint supportive supervisions/ in integration with Woreda health office and zonal health department.
- Generates’ and share supervision report and feedback to project coordinator, zonal/woreda health office and health facilities.
- Follow and ensures, action taken by all responsible parties on gaps identified during supervision,
- Supports and liaise with the woreda health office staffs and provide on the job training/coaching and capacity building where required,
- Working with the all-program staffs, to ensure CMAM and health beneficiaries are referred to HN services when required.
- Coordinates the link of acute malnutrition cases and facilitates regular registration of HN beneficiaries and submits on monthly bases,
- Supports referral linkage of malnourished children of in between CMAM programs (OTP, SC and TSFP),
- Ensure adequate availability of all medical and food supplies for each distribution, input in to creation and maintenance of a monthly distribution plan and ensure stock is pre-positioned as planned with Nutrition project coordinator and logistics team,
- Undertake individual evaluations with the team and improve gaps,
- Creates and maintain smooth relationship with local health and other authorities and try to link CMAM program with the existing health service structure,
- Makes sure that health professionals from the health facilities to participate on the daily routine work for sustainability and smooth phase out strategy,
- Provides technical support and training where required to all team members, outreach team including health extension workers, HDAs and community volunteers,
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- Works and liaise with any local health workers to integrate the MHN services and CMAM program from the start.
- Plan and organise MHN and OTP/SFP at designated distribution sites in liaison with project coordinator,
- Organizes monthly report of MHN and SC/OTP/SFP/Community mobilization and report on time to the project coordinator and provide updates when needed,
- Manages the stock levels of therapeutic products, drugs and all other materials and alert the logistics in a timely manner as more materials are required,
- Collect, analyse and share data’s required for monitoring quality of CMAM programs based on SPHERE standards (average weight gain, average length of stay),
- Provides technical report on emergency health and nutrition for strengthening surveillance and public health emergency management.
- Participates in responses to public emergencies (disaster, outbreaks),
- Reports updates on humanitarian situations on implementation areas,
- Reports any problems in a timely manner to the Program Manager,
- Control and facilitate vehicle movement within the project area in the field,
- Performs other related tasks as required,
- Generate quality health and Nutrition response, case and success stories
- Abide to donor, organization and Governmental compliance issues without compromization.
- Accepting additional role and responsibilities assigned for best in trust of the beneficiaries.
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The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
· All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
· Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
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