ISLAMIC RELIEF is an international NGO, established in 1984 in the UK, Seeking to promote sustainable Economic and social development by working with local communities through relief and development activities.
We aim to help the needy regardless of Race, Religion, Color and Gender.
Islamic relief is currently running Programmes in several sectors that include Health & Nutrition, Water & Sanitation, Livelihoods Support and Child Welfare.
IR also implements seasonal Food Security Programmes including the Ramadan Food Distribution and Qurbani.
Position: Nutrition Coordinator
Salary: Kshs 140,000 Gross
Qualification:
Qualified public health/nutrition professional with experience in developing public and primary health care projects
Key Responsibilities
•Support the management of the health and nutrition programmes including the provision of technical support, training and capacity building for the field teams and MOH staff.
•Ensure scale up of high impact nutrition intervention in close collaboration with MoPHS/MOMS and
other key partners conform to internationally accepted standards and country guidelines.
•Ensure effective start up, management, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the project.
•Support the development of project annual work plans in coordination with the project teams
•Review project activities at key intervals to enable participatory feedback mechanism to project plan and implementation.
•Ensure intervention strategies are inclusive and address the needs of the most vulnerable groups.
•Ensure that to the extent possible and practical in the relief/transition/ development phases that IR complies with the Sphere and other recognized standards for provision of nutrition services.
•Providing support and guidance to the IRK Nutrition team, MOH and other implementing partners on the planning and implementation of activities according to the project document.
•Conduct on-job trainings for facility health workers and community health workers at their respective working stations.
•To assess the training needs of nutrition staff and develop a training programme to meet these needs.
•Conduct training on community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) and IYCF for project staff and MOH counterparts
•Developing fact sheets as needed on relevant health and nutrition issues affecting children and women to be used for advocacy and fundraising
•To compile the nutrition activities inputs to donor project reports and monthly reports with assistance from the appropriate staff.
Required Skills
•Significant experience/knowledge of MoH systems and CMAM, IYCF and micronutrient interventions at the provincial and district level in northern Kenya.
•Experience in health/ nutrition programming including monitoring and evaluation, ability to manage projects including human, material resources and budgets.
•Experience in conducting nutrition assessments and an understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems.
•Ability to produce analytical and well-presented project reports and proposals.
•Good Communication, interpersonal skills
•Willingness to travel regularly and in difficult circumstances.
If you think you meet the above mentioned criteria, please send your CV with 3 references to info@islamic-relief.or.ke or ir2012hr@gmail.com.
For postal submissions, please address it to:
The HR Coordinator,
P.O Box 417-00202,
Nairobi, Kenya.
IR Kenya should receive your CV not later than 11th June 2012
We aim to help the needy regardless of Race, Religion, Color and Gender.
Islamic relief is currently running Programmes in several sectors that include Health & Nutrition, Water & Sanitation, Livelihoods Support and Child Welfare.
IR also implements seasonal Food Security Programmes including the Ramadan Food Distribution and Qurbani.
Position: Nutrition Coordinator
Salary: Kshs 140,000 Gross
Qualification:
Qualified public health/nutrition professional with experience in developing public and primary health care projects
Key Responsibilities
•Support the management of the health and nutrition programmes including the provision of technical support, training and capacity building for the field teams and MOH staff.
•Ensure scale up of high impact nutrition intervention in close collaboration with MoPHS/MOMS and
other key partners conform to internationally accepted standards and country guidelines.
•Ensure effective start up, management, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the project.
•Support the development of project annual work plans in coordination with the project teams
•Review project activities at key intervals to enable participatory feedback mechanism to project plan and implementation.
•Ensure intervention strategies are inclusive and address the needs of the most vulnerable groups.
•Ensure that to the extent possible and practical in the relief/transition/ development phases that IR complies with the Sphere and other recognized standards for provision of nutrition services.
•Providing support and guidance to the IRK Nutrition team, MOH and other implementing partners on the planning and implementation of activities according to the project document.
•Conduct on-job trainings for facility health workers and community health workers at their respective working stations.
•To assess the training needs of nutrition staff and develop a training programme to meet these needs.
•Conduct training on community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) and IYCF for project staff and MOH counterparts
•Developing fact sheets as needed on relevant health and nutrition issues affecting children and women to be used for advocacy and fundraising
•To compile the nutrition activities inputs to donor project reports and monthly reports with assistance from the appropriate staff.
Required Skills
•Significant experience/knowledge of MoH systems and CMAM, IYCF and micronutrient interventions at the provincial and district level in northern Kenya.
•Experience in health/ nutrition programming including monitoring and evaluation, ability to manage projects including human, material resources and budgets.
•Experience in conducting nutrition assessments and an understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems.
•Ability to produce analytical and well-presented project reports and proposals.
•Good Communication, interpersonal skills
•Willingness to travel regularly and in difficult circumstances.
If you think you meet the above mentioned criteria, please send your CV with 3 references to info@islamic-relief.or.ke or ir2012hr@gmail.com.
For postal submissions, please address it to:
The HR Coordinator,
P.O Box 417-00202,
Nairobi, Kenya.
IR Kenya should receive your CV not later than 11th June 2012