Job Summary:

The incumbent will provide technical guidance as well as hands on support to the Sub County Health Management Team to strengthen their capacity and skills in the implementation of High Impact Nutrition interventions (HINI) through the integrated health systems strengthening approach and work with community groups to build their resilience and strengthen their knowledge and capacity in health and nutrition services and appropriate care taking.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to MoH on delivery of High Impact Nutrition intervention components at health facilities and when need be outreach sites.
• Work with partners to implement work plans as agreed and carry out joint support supervision;
• In partnership with the Sub-County Health Management Team (SCHMT) including the Sub County Medical Officer in charge of health (SCMOH), Sub County Public Health Nurse, Sub-County Nutrition Coordinator, Public Health Officers and the hospital nutritionist develop and implement monthly work plans for the Sub-county.
• Ensure programme quality control through implementation of monthly and quarterly M&E.
• Closely monitor the nutrition situation in the programme area.
• While working with the hospital nutritionist and the SCNO, support the rural health facilities to establish referral systems and create referral links for access to in-patient and other services beneficial to the beneficiaries not provided by the rural health facilities.
• Support with operationalizing of community Units and community mobilization activities; plan trainings , routinely engage Community Health Volunteers and Community Health Assistants
• Support with documentation of the programme implementation process to generate lesson learning as well as case studies.
• Participate in coordination of and data collection for, KPC, SMART and coverage surveys to assess the nutrition situation of the target population.
• Preparation of monthly/quarterly reports and briefs.
• Oversee and coordinate the implementation of MIYCN activities at the health facilities and at the community.
• Liaising with logistics, IT, Transport, Finance and HR Departments in Nairobi to provide logistical and administrative support to the program.

Others

• Adhere to and promote the standards outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct and associated policies to their team, beneficiaries, and be committed to providing a safe working environment
• Participating and contributing towards Concern’s emergency response, as and when necessary
• Take all possible measures to meet Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS)
• Any other duties as assigned by the Line Manager

Person Specification

Minimum Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:

• A degree in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing or relevant field with KNDI Professional certification
• At least three years (3) experience in maternal, child health, and nutrition programming in both a development and emergency context.
• Experience working with and through local partners in ASAL contexts and knowledge of MOH systems, particularly at Sub County level
• Good understanding of cross cutting issues- gender, HIV and AIDS, DRR, etc. and how to integrate them into public health and nutrition programmes.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English and Kiswahili. Fluency in local language/s skills is an added advantage
• Prior experience working and/or living in the County is highly desirable.

Preference will be given to candidates who possess the following:

• Good computing and report writing skills
• Able to work independently, as well as in a team
• Strong leadership and management skills
• High integrity and demonstrated ability to follow standards and policies
• Ability to work in a systematic and organized manner and to tight deadlines
• Fluent in both spoken and written English and Kiswahili. Fluency in local language/s skills is an added advantage.

Competencies required:

• Takes responsibility for own actions and outputs to ensure quality outcomes
• Willing to challenge or question others constructively when appropriate
• Ready to accept changes as new situations arise
• Ensures decisions are based on accurate information and actively seeks out information as needed

Job Summary:

The incumbent will support emergency responses and DRR through implementation, coordination, planning, and reporting on all emergency response and DRR projects in close consultation with the line manager. Specifically, the manager will facilitate inter programmes and inter departmental coordination, external emergency and DRR coordination, supporting program implementation and compiling reports. The Manager, Emergency Response and DRR will monitor, analyse and report on information related to emergencies, early warning and early action related to national and county specific emergencies.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Acts as the Concern Kenya emergency response and Disaster Risk Reduction focal point.
• Regular monitoring of humanitarian situations and developments in the country and regional situations with a potential spill-over effect to the region; and sharing a report to inform decision-making.
• Effective follow up and collection of available data regarding the evolving emergency and its implications on the food and nutrition security.
• Undertakes support field staff support to ensure the emergency response is in-line with the core humanitarian standards and other relevant standards such as SPHERE.
• Participate in emergency coordination meetings by developing briefing notes, note taking, keeping action trackers and regular dissemination and follow up of recommendations.
• Participates in the review and quality assurance of various humanitarian documents.
• In the event of an emergency, promptly assists in implementing the initial operational tasks relating to emergency assistance.
• Assists the Kenya program to assess local emergency and security situation.
• Participates in reviewing, implementing and monitoring the emergency preparedness and response plan as necessary.
• Collects and analyses lessons learnt from Concern’s emergency operations experience and contributes towards adoption of the best practices and standards for longer-term emergency interventions.
• Focus and engage in advocacy initiatives, together with like-minded partners to give disaster risk reduction precedence by the governments and other relevant agencies
• Support in the business development of the organization through strategy, research, and resource mobilization

Others

• Adhere to and promote the standards outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct and associated policies to their team, beneficiaries, and be committed to providing a safe working environment
• Participating and contributing towards Concern’s emergency response, as and when necessary
• Take all possible measure to meet Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS)
• Any other duties as assigned by the Line Manager

Person Specification

Minimum Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in development studies, disaster management, social sciences or relevant disciplines.
• 5 years’ relevant work experience in program coordination and management, with focus on project development, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• At least two (2) years team and budget management experience.
• Practical experience working in the ASAL region of Kenya, especially with humanitarian agencies
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners and donors, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels.
• Proven experience of networking with other actors and donors.
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment.
• Strong skills in various thematic areas like food security, WASH, disaster management, livelihoods, and Cash transfers programming.
• Field experience in a humanitarian operation also highly desirable.
• Strong experience in organizational business development, especially resource mobilization
• Experience and knowledge of the Emergency Preparedness Response Plans development process
• Experience working with national and local NGOs for emergency preparedness or Humanitarian response

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

• Flexibility to go to be deployed to field locations (Kenya) on short notice.
• Previous training on humanitarian response principles and security awareness.
• High integrity and demonstrated ability to follow standards and policies.
• Ability to work in a systematic and organized manner

Competencies and skills required:

• Ability to multi-task, work independently and under pressure
• Flexibility and willingness to learn; not depending on experience alone
• Focus on solution to problems.
• Has a clear vision of what needs to be achieved and the direction to go.
• Interpersonal, networking and negotiating skills
• Team Building skills, specifically communication, collaboration, listening, sharing, respect.