The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts. After passing a century, which it celebrated in 2019, it is now a global movement made up of 29 national member organizations which work in 120 countries.

ROLE PURPOSE: –

Th The position holder shall be in charge of technical quality implementation and delivery of the mobile health and Nutrition services in the assigned woreda. S/He will mainly be responsible for the daily implementation of the screening, OTP, consultation, outreach EPI, health education, sanitation, safe motherhood and child health as per the guideline of Oromia RHB mobile health and Nutrition teams. In addition, the position holder is also expected to provide supervision, technical assistance and capacity building to health extension workers and Health workers in health facilities. She/He will be responsible for the daily implementation of mobile health and Nutrition services package as per the standard, supporting health facilities assigned as integrated mobile health & Nutrition modality and daily dispensary and drug supply management

Reports to: Health and Nutrition Coordinator

JOB SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate mobile health and nutrition response package in assigned woreda with excellent liaise with primary health care unit directorate.
• Responsible to establish and lead effective mobile health and nutrition team in assigned woreda.
• Responsible for multi sectoral initial rapid assessment data collection and analysis when needed.
• Responsible to represent and advocate key project deliverables and outcome brought by the organization in assigned woreda.
• Responsible to prepare project detail implementation plan and procurement plan.
• Responsible to prepare project detail implementation plan and procurement plan.
• Prepare terms of reference (TOR), organize and facilitate training, review meeting and draw best lessons/practice.
• Ensure key accountability issues addressed during the implementation of project deliverables.
• Improving basic preventive health care at community level with emphasis health, immunization, and health and nutrition services.
• Conduct & undertake PHC like consultation & provide proper treatment based on the protocol.
• Strengthening of linkages and coordination mechanisms between community and the woreda health bureaus.
• Plan and implement project outlined in the protocol for OTP and SC to achieve objectives of the project.
• The health and nutrition Officer will help facilitate admission of the patient at the OTP, and SC.
• Ensure each admitted child receives adequate and quality clinical and nutritional care through existing resources.
• Ensure at all times adequately equipped and supplied with the necessary nutritional and clinical requirements – Plumpy’nut, Vitamin A, routine drugs, nutritional equipment’s, nutritional/medical stationeries, etc.
• Assisting the planning and promotion of awareness creation on nutrition and preventative health care issues in the community.
• Capacitate the competency of Health Extension workers in delivery of compressive primary health care service at health post.
• Perform other extra duties as required
• Reports any problems in a timely manner to the program manager

BEHAVIOURS (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 their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• BSC/Diploma in Nursing or Public Health (Senior Clinical/Public Nurse or above).
• Minimum four years working experience for BSC and six years’ experience for Diploma holders out of which two year experience directly related to emergency health & nutrition related fields

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITY

• Demonstrated skills in program planning, implementation and monitoring
• Knowledge, training and experience in CMAM and community mobilization/BCC
• Demonstrated skills in peer group training,
• Training of Trainers and development of training materials.
• Fluency in spoken and written, English and Local language Afan oromo.
• Strong computer (Microsoft skills), all and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices,
  flexibility in working long hours and ability to work with incoming surge teams;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
• Commitment to Save the Children values
• Teams, in the event of emergencies
• Eagerness to do the work
• Dedication to objectives
• Punctuality
• Integrity
• Ability to work in a team setting, friendliness and resourcefulness (Teamwork)
• Respectful of oneself and others
• Quality conscious and ready to learn new ways of doing things
• Female applicants are appreciated