POSITION OVERVIEW

Under supervision of the Health Coordinator, the Senior Health & Nutrition Officer is responsible for overseeing all start-up health and nutrition activities under the FHI 360 sub-office. S/he will be responsible for managing Health and Nutrition staff, sub-office coordination, cross-sector collaboration, and general management of the sub-office’s Health and Nutrition implementation. S/he will provide technical guidance to ensure that program implementation adheres to appropriate international technical standards and guidelines are technically sound.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES

Program Management:

• Oversees the implementation of integrated health and nutrition project in three woredas and ensuring that the quality standards and state of the art are met.
• Ensures effective start up, management, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of integrated health, and nutrition projects in three woreads.
• Provide support and guidance to the project team and implementing partners; assess training needs, plan & provides training/guidance for staff in setting up new OTP and SC sites and PHC/RMNCH services and IYCF activities.
• Facilitate trainings for health professionals in Community based Management Acute Malnutrition, PHC and IYCF.
• Participating in and/or leading health, nutrition, and/or multi-sectoral assessments as required.
• Manages all FHI360 resources (equipment, supplies, HR) committed to emergency and other nutrition activities
• Conducts regular field visits to provide supportive supervision to the projects.
• Leads the development of work plans, POPs, budgets, and other required program documents for integrated health and nutrition projects in three woredas.
• Closely work with the finance and program team to ensure that program budgets are realistic, that they are efficiently used complying with donor requirements, and that reports are submitted in a timely manner.
• Conducts regular field visits and review meetings with government officials to monitor the implementation of integrated health and nutrition programs.

Representation and communication

• Represents FHI360 in Zonal level nutrition and health coordination and other forum.
• Documents findings and recommendations of field visits for follow-up actions; shares as appropriate.
• Oversees and leads the development and submission of program reports, ensuring completeness, accuracy and timeliness for three woredas.
• Documents lessons learned in specific technical areas of the woredas.