Health & Nutrition officer at Plan International

Plan International

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Position: Health & Nutrition officer

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Adigrat/Gantafeshum - Ethiopia

Posted date: 2 months ago

Deadline: Submition date is over

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity:

The position holder shall be in charge of technical quality implementation and delivery of the mobile health and Nutrition services in the assigned Woreda. She/he will mainly be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of outreach EPI, health education, and screening, OTP, as per the guidelines of RHB and WHO 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 the 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. He will also be responsible for day-to-day documentation, people provided for health education, vaccinated children, screened children and mothers, children admitted to OTP, and all provided services accordingly and compile weekly and monthly reports and share with the Field office health response coordinator and Woreda health offices.

The Individual:

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications/Experience Essential:

• BSc in Public Health, Nursing, nutrition and other related fields.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in an NGO environment, involving in the planning and implementation of both emergency and development programs out of which 1 year at supervisory level.

Qualifications/Experience Desirable:

• In-depth knowledge and experience of health and nutrition programming in the humanitarian context are essential.
• Familiarity with MHN activity in Emergency Settings
• In-depth knowledge of the primary health care system
• In-depth knowledge and experience of IMNCI, AMYCN, and IYCF-E implementation
• Strong organizational and supervisory, Strong writing and reporting skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments and Cross-cultural Awareness
• Ability to work within a team structure, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources

Qualifications/Experience Desirable:

• In-depth knowledge and experience of health and nutrition programming in the humanitarian context are essential.
• Familiarity with MHN activity in Emergency Settings
• In-depth knowledge of the primary health care system
• In-depth knowledge and experience in IMNCI, AMYCN, and IYCF-E implementation
• Strong organizational and supervisory, Strong writing and reporting skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments and Cross-cultural Awareness
• Ability to work within a team structure, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources

Languages Required

• Excellent English verbal and written skills.
• Knowledge of the local language will be an asset

Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and

Inclusion (GEI)

• Understand and put into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI
• policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC).
• Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensure that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: Adigrat/Gantafeshum

Type of Role: Health & Nutrition Officer

Reports to: Health & Nutrition Coordinator

Grade: C1