Nutrition Supervisor

Job Description

OB DISCRIPTION

Position: Nutrition Supervisor

Location: Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia

Duration: 7 months, renewable based on performance, funds, and need for the position

Closing date: May 28, 2024

Organization: Alight

DEPARTMENT/COUNTRY PROGRAM DESCRIPTION/MISSION

Alight is built on the way we see people. Understanding that a life is about so much more than simply satisfying basic needs, we’re working on how best to help the people we serve find connection, purpose, and joy in the challenging situations they find themselves in today.

We are dedicated to the principles that: abundance is everywhere; humans deserve human worthy service; radical accountability transforms our impact; everyone has the power to make change through democratic co-design; and by scaling deep we can rise to the size of the problem while staying close enough to respond to everyone.

The overall objective of the ALIGHT in Somalia program is to prevent death and alleviate human suffering among affected internally displaced persons (IDPs) in settlements and host communities where we work. ALIGHT has embarked on WASH, Health, Protection, shelter, and livelihood activities in lower juba region of Somalia and health and WASH program in both Banadir, Middle Shabelle Jubaland, Sool region and maroodijeex of Somaliland expand to other parts of the Country. Alight is taking a multi-sectoral approach in responding to the severe drought conditions through a range of activities including Health, Relief Commodities and WASH.

The Somalia Program of the Alight has fully-fledged offices in Mogadishu, Kismayo, Dhobley, Afmadow, Hargeisa, and Laas Anood in Somaliland besides a liaison office in Nairobi, Kenya. Alight is working closely with national and regional authorities and with several Somalia-based international and national organizations to galvanize coordinated lifesaving humanitarian assistance to the people in need.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Nutrition Supervisor is responsible for supervising the provision of nutrition services at Alight service points (Primary Health Facilities and nutrition centers). In this capacity, he/she will directly supervise the Facility in-Charge(s) and ensure that all services are of high quality and provided in adherence to MoH protocols, WHO guidelines, other international standards, and the Alight global health strategy. he/she will conduct regular monitoring visits to the sites, validate all data collection at sites, ensure consistent supply of all medical drugs and nutrition commodities, conduct on-job training, and collaborate with the program staff to build capacity of the facility staff. Nutrition Supervisor will play a key role in representing Alight in sub health and nutrition cluster coordination and other working group meetings at their project target locations, coordinate with other nutrition actors to cover gaps and limit duplications. He/She will act as liaison with MOH officials and other government of Somalia officials within the MOH and other line ministries.

MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY /PRIMARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Management / Supervision of facilities

· Provide leadership in implementing primary nutrition services at ALIGHT service points, including supervision of Facility In-Charge (s) to ensure that all health and nutrition services are provided in accordance with MOH and WHO policies and guidelines, as well as ALIGHT global health strategy.

· Ensure transfer of updated clinical protocols and guidelines to all facility staff.

· Conduct daily, weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly (pending geographic location) monitoring visits to all assigned service points to supervise service delivery, complete standard supervision checklists during these visits.

· Review monitoring visit findings with Nutrition Officer; identify action points and response timeline; lead implementation and collaborate with project and health facility staff on resolution of all action points within allocated timeframe.

· In collaboration with the Health and Nutrition Officer conduct training needs assessments for facility staff; organize formal training; conduct on-the-job trainings for all health facility and community-based staff, as needed.

· Ensure facilities adhere to proper waste management protocols and adhere to infection prevention protocols.

· Ensure timely submission of health facility staff timesheets in collaboration with MCH in charges and HR department.

· Plan and follow up on facility staff leave requests, absentees etc. in collaboration with MCH in charges and HR department.

· Participate in recruitment of Nutrition Facility staff. In collaboration with the Nutrition Facility-in charge and appropriate technical lead (Health / Nutrition Officer), set and discuss performance objectives with new staff, conduct performance appraisal at the end of the three months’ probation period, review and set new objectives.

· Evaluate progress of activities and confirm programs are on track in meeting donor and organizational expectations; determine necessary action to course correction.

· Oversee the program quality and establish a system of regular supervision and understand the level of community involvement. confirm that community-based activities, such as nutrition screening, health and nutrition education, and case tracing are properly conducted at all the health facilities.

· Ensure effective integration with other Alight programmes to achieve maximum result for the beneficiaries.

Monitoring and evaluation / Data collection

· Prepare annual, quarterly, and monthly detailed work plans using program management tools. Ensure existing work schedule is followed and shared with Health and Nutrition Officer.

· Help set the target indicators for future health and nutrition related activities.

· Collect, review, analyze and submit data from health facilities; Work with the health and nutrition managers to prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.

· Train health facility staff on DHIS / HMIS data collection, use, and completion of logbooks / registers.

· Validate health and nutrition data collected at the facilities; data include morbidity and mortality, early warning systems, nutrition, and MISP.

· Support in developing program reports that are timely and meet institutional and donor requirement.

· Ensure effective documentation of case studies, success stories or human-interest stories in collaboration with M&E to showcase the good work done.

Stakeholder coordination

· Participate in Health and Nutrition coordination meetings at community as well as district and regional level, and maintain a positive, continuous, and visible presence of ALIGHT.

· In collaboration with the Pharmacist, JMOH and Operations and Logistics departments, ensure proper drug and nutrition commodities supply chain management to ALIGHT supported health facilities in accordance with ALIGHT, JMOH, donor policies and procedures.

· Conduct joint monitoring visits in collaboration with MoH.

· Participate and support in facilitating donor visits to project sites as appropriate.

Supply chain management.

· Ensure timely submission of supply requests to WFP.

· Raise PRFs as per the implementation plan and ensure proper filing and tracking.

Emergency response

· Provide support and assistance in the organization of appropriate responses during disease emergency response, as required.

· Perform any other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Skills and Qualifications
EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

· Bachelor’s degree in public health/ nutrition and any related Education background

· A minimum of 2 years of experience managing Nutrition programs and/or nutrition programming, especially working

· Prior experience in training, with experience of developing and implementing trainings plans, preferably in nutrition.

· Experience in rural Nutrition and health center/ hospital setting.

· Familiar with health information system

· Should have Microsoft Office skills.

· Excellent report writing and fluency in English language and knowledge of Somali.

KEY BEHAVIORS & ABILITIES

· Highly organized, able to determine priorities and meet multiple deadlines.

· Must be able to work extended hours when necessary.

· Commitment to the goals and values of ALIGHT

· Ability to cope with stress.

· Ability to work well as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.

· Have good communication skills.

· Demonstrate good interpersonal relations.

How to apply
Kindly send your CV, Cover letter and copies of relevant academic and technical qualifications to: SMJobs@wearealight.org not later than May 28, 2024

NB: Please state on the Subject line of the e-mail: Nutrition Supervisor.