Food for the Hungry Health & Nutrition Coordinator Job in Marsabit, Kenya

FH/Kenya (Food for the Hungry, Kenya) a Christian Development and relief agency seeks to fill in the following vacant position at their Marsabit office: 
 

Job Title: Health & Nutrition Coordinator
 

Department: Health and Nutrition Department
 

Location: Marsabit
 

Reports To: Health & Nutrition Manager
 

Contract Duration: upto 30th September 2014 with a possibility of extension
 

Application deadline: 2nd May 2014

Purpose of the Job: Manage, organize and support the nutrition aspect of the program and ensure that the Health and Nutrition program activities are running in line with national and international humanitarian standards and donor guidelines. 
 

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities
 

Key Result #1: Scaling up nutrition impact in Marsabit District

1. Increase the impact of nutrition interventions and manage acute malnutrition in line with internationally accepted standards and country guidelines.
2. Provide support and supervision to staff implementing nutrition programmes in the field and mentor them.
3. In Liaison with other technical teams assist in the development of detailed Health and Nutrition programme plans for the designated programme area

Key Result #2: Provide Technical Nutrition Support to the relevant stakeholders

1. Provide technical support and supervision to (nutrition) field staffs and staff  seconded by the government in the  implementing nutrition program in the designed District(s).
2. Provide support to the Nutrition Officers in conducting training on the job for facility and community health workers.
3. Ensure establishment and strengthening of nutrition monitoring and support harmonization here of between stake holders.
4. Organize and participate in district nutrition surveys
5. Represent FH/Kenya at appropriate nutrition meetings

Key Result # 3 - Coordination and supervision

1. Support DMOH and DNO to ensure that District nutrition coordination meetings are conducted monthly, minutes generated and action points implemented by all stakeholders.
2. Ensure coordination of nutrition activities are properly done with other technical departments of the government and other agencies at coordination level (Livestock, Agriculture, Water, public health) -  ALRMP

Key Result #4 - Reports

1. Ensure timely and accurate collection and analysis of data from field/health facilities and maintain a nutrition data base for the program.
2. Ensure timely and accurate reporting of nutrition activities by all the health facilities and other documentation to the project management.

Qualifications

• Vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ and Excellent interpersonal relationship
• Highly motivated, self starter able to work on own initiative in difficult conditions
• Proficiency in computer skills is a must and high level of accuracy
• Have knowledge of SMART nutrition survey methodology
• Demonstrate strong knowledge in management of acute malnutrition in ASAL region
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Kiswahili

Education and Experience 
 

Bachelors degree in Nutrition or related field plus 4 years experience in coordination and management of acute malnutrition in an NGO set up.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications, updated CV with three referees and day telephone contacts latest by 2nd May 2014 to: 

Human Resources Manager 

email address hr_fhkenya@fh.org

NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted

(These are urgent positions and short listing will be done on first received basis).