Key deliverables
Coordinate and oversee implementation of the Nutrition component of the LFSP project; Work closely with the MOHCC, partners, Ministry of Agriculture and local authorities to develop work plans to enable the practical realisation of the integration of LFSP APN project; Provide a high level of on the job training and capacity building to the INSPIRE staff and implementing partners to ensure highest level of service using standardised FAO/MOHCC materials, outlining appropriate preventative activities that can be employed by beneficiary families to reduce the risk of vulnerability to future episodes of malnutrition; Develop public health nutrition education with a special focus to lead in pre-test, teach and evaluate high energy recipes to be used for complementary feeding at home by target populations; Ensure that nutrition key messages are appropriate to the ENIPPA context and are used as the basis for nutrition education by all community health staff; Develop, pre-test, produce and evaluate a set of nutrition information education communication and behaviour change campaign (IEC/BCC) tools relevant to key nutrition and health messages in line with the project objectives; Establish and subsequently oversee weekly and monthly reporting and provision of statistics from the field sites, budget management, logistics and finance activities; Review program impact on a monthly basis against set indicators; Facilitate information sharing with other sectoral departments, line ministries, partner organisations at the field level including, Health, Livelihoods, HIV/AIDS and food security teams to ensure an integrated country programme approach; Attend nutrition-related coordination meetings and participate in nutrition working groups; Work with the team leader and the monitoring and evaluation team in conducting project reviews and documentation of lessons learnt for dissemination within and outside the nutrition sector; Promote nutrition sensitive agriculture in liaison with the EAS Advisor; Facilitate donor representatives and other officials’ visits as well as dissemination of information as per the team leader’s instruction; Develop draft proposals for nutrition interventions where necessary and work closely with the Team Leader to finalize proposals through making contributions to consolidated projects; Contribute towards additional changes to the overall project framework; Lead in the development of project log frame and budget in liaison with LFSP APN team; Coordinate and communicate project activities to technical teams; Monthly monitoring of budget expenditure and procurement of nutrition related project material at consortium and district level; Monthly compilation and updating of float trackers, training budgets and other field activities budgets; Conduct cash requests and acquittals on time and be the custodian of all nutrition related project equipment in liaison with the logistics personnel; Generate quarterly procurement plans in liaison with the team leader; Project vehicle requirements as well as forecast programme procurement and cash requirements; Advise HR on the recruitment of staff, and in the identification of capacity building needs for the programme teams, and organize relevant trainings/mentoring programmes /exchange visits to build expertise within the team; Oversee the work of project staff and nutrition officers in all districts; Participate in induction of new staff and provide guidance on the implementation of policies relevant to the project and the overall welfare of the staff; Participate, plan for performance management of team members and ensure that set objectives are achieved according to the performance plan; Ensure time sheets are completed monthly and submitted to finance team; Participate in recruitment, selection and talent management as assigned