KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Coordinate and facilitate implementation of activities and prepare weekly movement plan to OTP sites
• Facilitate training and work closely with MOH staffs at Health posts, Health centre and hospital and district level.
• Ensure children discharged from SC/TFU are transferred to nearby OTP to continue their therapeutic treatment
• Adherence to medical and nutritional treatment protocols and procedures for children and infants in OTP and SC/TFU
• Provide onsite training to HEW and nurses on the Management of SAM (-/+)
• Ensure Job aids are available in Health posts (HEW quick reference, Look up table, report format, tally sheet, Plump nut and drug stock control balance form)
• Receive weekly reports from HEW at weekly basis, cross check the completeness and accuracy and submit to Woreda & Senior CMAM officer
• Mentoring and assist HEW in decision of patients who are at severe risks and need to be transferred to nearby hospital/SC Sites
• Assist HEWs in identifying patients who need to be transferred SC, patients with failure-to respond to treatment and patients who need to be discharged.
• In charge of SC quality program implementation and monthly OTP/SC activity.
• Conduct regular checklist based supportive supervision on targeted health facilities.
• Facilitate joint monitoring visits /joint supportive supervisions/ in integration with woreda health office.
• Generates’ and share supervision reports and feedbacks for project coordinator, 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 IYCF Officer, to ensure SC beneficiaries are referred to IYCF services when required.
• Coordinates the link of acute malnutrition cases with CBN/CHD/TSFP/PSNP and facilitates regular registration of beneficiaries and follow submission 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 SC program with the existing health service structure.
• Provides technical support and training where required to all team members, outreach team including health extension workers, HDAs and community volunteers.
• Works and liaise with local health workers to integrate the SC program from the start.
• Organizes monthly report of SC/OTP/SFP/Community mobilization and report on time to the project coordinator and provide updates when needed.
• Provides technical support on monthly over view of drug items, SFP materials and wet ration stocks supplied to beneficiaries.
• 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 SC 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 project coordinator.
• Control and facilitate vehicle movement within the project area in the field.
• Upholds the image and values of SC at all times.
• Performs other related tasks as required.

Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Diploma/ Bachelor degree in Nursing, Public Health or other related fields
• Minimum four years working experience with NGOs out of which two years in OTP/TFU/TSFP settings.
• Knowledge, training and experience in management of MAM and SAM with/without medical complication
• Demonstrated skills in program planning, implementation and monitoring.
• Demonstrated skills in peer group training, Training of Trainers and development of training materials.
• Strong computer (Microsoft skills), and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Good command in written and spoken English and Local language is an advantage.
• Good human relation skills.
• Respect of Save the Children rules by anyone visiting the program;
• Willingness to work under pressure and extra hours