The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children’s rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries

ROLE PURPOSE:

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 Somali 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.

Job-specific roles and responsibilities

• Improving basic preventive health care at community level with emphasis health, immunization, 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
• Strengthening of  early referrals mechanism
• 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.
• Train and support the HEWs in severe acute malnutrition case management and follow-up (e.g., referral to SC) according to national guidelines.
• Train and support community-based volunteer health workers for the implementation of the community component of the project.
• Ensure each and every 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 equipments, nutritional/medical stationeries, etc.
• Assisting the planning and promotion of awareness creation on nutrition and preventative health care issues in the community.

Technical Support role

• Support communities to increase their knowledge and skills through training, exposure and joint actions
• Strengthen community self-mobilization through their leaders for participation in their planning, implementation and monitoring of activities
• Share latest development ideas and appropriate technologies to community members/groups 
• Share information on support and cooperation opportunities with communities and other stakeholders
• Use a variety of extension methods, which are suited to the situation, and build the capacities (knowledge, and skills) of communities 
• Promote constructive customary mechanisms and institution building with in communities

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

QUALIFICATION

• BSc/College Diploma in Nursing and/or other health related fields.
• At least Four years working experience in the field out of which two years NGO experience in related field
• Experienced in nutrition and health program implementation –data collection and compilation, working with counterpart for lasting intervention, training of health workers, etc.
• Good written and spoken ability of the local language
• Extremely flexible, able to work independently, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.
• Interest in and ability to work in team.
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability and willingness to work in remote and potentially insecure environments.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITY

• The position holder must have excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility and Relations to his team members.
• The position holder must have an ability that he can manage when it comes to reach hard decisions to across the barrier.
• The position holder should have a good interrelation ship with others and must now local language (Somali)

Scope & complexity of decision making (choose the appropriate description and delete the rest)

• Able to work in line with strict adherence of specific policies and supervisor’s order.
• Expected to make decisions on well-established procedures, under close supervision
• Able to make decisions using creativity and some independent judgement within realm of current scope of work; Decisions typically made in order to resolve and adapt current solutions or introduce new procedures and practices

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector.  The duty station of the position holder will be in Afdem and Maiso Woredas Dire-Dawa Field Office Somali Regional State in Ethiopia. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.