Somalia: Health and Nutrition Programme Coordinator

Aug 6, 2018 | Concern Worldwide
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Concern Worldwide is a global humanitarian organization focused on the world's extreme poor and most vulnerable recover from disaster, fight malnutrition and deadly diseases, strengthen their resilience to climate extremes, and more. Concern Worldwide is a global community of humanitarians, partners, community members, supporters, donors, and volunteers who share a common vision of a world where no one lives in poverty, fear, or oppression, and all can exercise their rights to a decent standard of living, can have access to the opportunities and choices essential to a long, healthy, and creative life, and can be treated with dignity and respect.

About the role:

This is a 24-month role with unaccompanied terms based in Mogadishu, Somalia with a salary of Grade 4 €39,219 - €43,577. You will travel frequently to operational areas in South-Central Somalia and Somaliland (35%), as well as to meetings in Nairobi, Kenya (15%). You will report to Concern Somalia’s Programmes Director, and will directly line manage the Mogadishu-based Health & Nutrition Programme Manager.

You will also work closely with the Country Director, Research Study Coordinator, Emergency Coordinator, Systems Director and Country Financial Controller (and their teams), Somaliland Area Coordinator, Resilience Programme Coordinator, Sector Programme Managers, Grants & Information Manager, M&E Unit, Partnership Advisor, and senior staff of partner organisations. You will also work closely with Concern’s Head Office-based Health and Nutrition Technical Advisors.

Concern Worldwide would like you to start on 1st September 2018.

Your purpose:

The overall purpose of this role is to provide strategic management and oversight of Concern Somalia’s Nutrition and Health programme, which comprises of interventions in Emergency Preparedness and Response, Durable Solutions, and Resilience programming. 

The person manages, coordinates and provides technical expertise to quality design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Concern’s nutrition and health interventions in South-Central Somalia and Somaliland, including the effective scale-up of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), and Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) services. The post-holder is also responsible for representing Concern on related Somalia forums and coordinating with key stakeholders at all levels, including the Nutrition and Health Clusters.

You will be responsible for:

Overview:

With support from the Programmes Director (PD), ensure overall management, efficient and effective implementation, and development of Concern’s health & nutrition programme in Somalia.

Technical Leadership

  • As a senior member of Concern’s Somalia team, contribute to and support roll out of the Country Strategic Plan 2018-2021, especially as pertains to Health and Nutrition (H&N).
  • Lead development, implementation and review of country H&N programme strategies, including research agendas; ensure standardization with and adherence to all National Protocols and treatment guidelines stipulated by the Ministry of Health.
  • Contribute to country programme Monthly and Annual Reports, ensuring key achievements, learnings and challenges captured, and highlighting programme adaptation and responsiveness to evolving circumstances.
  • Strengthen initiatives to prevent undernutrition, morbidity and mortality, and integrate into resilience and durable solution programming, while ensuring quality treatment of SAM, MAM, delivery of MNCH services and management of endemic/epidemic-prone communicable diseases in targeted locations.
  • Actively foster integration between Health and Nutrition, Resilience, Livelihoods, WASH and Education sector programming across all regions.
  • Work closely with the Senior Management Team (SMT) to regularly assess needs of the target population. Strengthen Concern’s capacity to expand operations as needed, while maintaining quality programming.
  • Working closely with the PD, Research Study Coordinator and in collaboration with research partners, actively contribute to Concern’s H&N-related research initiatives. Identify priorities and opportunities, strengthen and support Concern staff capacity on the same, and lead on any research proposal development.
  • Through regular team meetings, supportive supervision and other mechanisms, foster an institutional environment conducive to using M&E, Research findings and emerging learning to strengthen evidence-based adaptive programming towards greater impact. Lead timely sharing and dissemination of key findings and recommendations to relevant audiences both internal and external.
  • Keep the SMT and relevant HQ colleagues fully updated on unfolding health and nutritional situations as well as key findings from assessments, reports, external updates, etc. in a timely manner. 

Programme Management and Fundraising:

  • Lead the development of timely, quality H&N funding concept notes, proposals and budgets, incorporating key lessons learned and best practices.
  • Provide regular updates, including on programme recommendations, technical information and emerging learning to the PD and CD.
  • Support the Health and Nutrition PM to develop and roll out monthly and quarterly work plans, oversee their implementation and support field teams to adapt to emerging challenges and incorporate learnings to strengthen programme responsiveness and impact.
  • Ensure a strong monitoring system is in place, which reflects the realities of Somalia contexts and fuels programme learning and adaptation. Actively support the H&N PM, teams and MEAL staff to implement this system, including SMART and Coverage Surveys, KAP Surveys, Initial Rapid Assessments, Barrier Analyses household surveys.
  • Prepare timely and quality reports, both narrative and financial, to fulfil internal (Country and HQ) and external (Ministry, Donors, Consortium and Cluster) requirements.
  • Lead efficient procurement and delivery of nutrition and medical supplies to avoid stock outs, through continuous liaison with Logistics and other relevant staff.
  • Work closely with Finance to ensure proper management of budgets, in compliance with donor rules.
  • Support capacity building of relevant health and nutrition authorities’ and of Concern’s local Implementing Partners, with a focus on the management and supervision of facility-based CMAM and MNCH services and community-based health interventions including IYCF/prevention.
  • Train and provide technical support to staff working in MNCH/Nutrition centres, including nursing staff, Community Health Workers (CHWs) and others, to ensure quality MNCH care is being offered.
  • Ensure that CHWs, Care Groups and other community-based H&N structures are effectively trained, supported and capable of providing effective maternal, newborn and child H&N services.

Representation, Coordination & Liaison:

  • Represent Concern at appropriate coordination fora in Nairobi, Mogadishu and Hargeisa. Directly engage with technical and other relevant staff of the Ministry of Health, donor organisations, Nutrition and Health Clusters, Consortium partners, other NGOs, UN agencies and peer organisations.
  • Maintain Concern’s active engagement in various advisory and working groups, e.g. Cluster’s Assessment & Information Management (AIM) Working Group and H&N Cluster Taskforces.
  • Keep the CD/PD updated by preparing programme briefs and updates on matters of strategic concern, for presentation at Consortia Steering Committees and donor meetings.
  • Maintain strong links with Concern’s Global Health & Nutrition Advisors to ensure technical quality and ensure Somalia programme is in line with and informs Concern’s global H&N strategy and guidelines.

Staff Management and Development:

  • Line-manage the Health and Nutrition Programme Manager in Mogadishu and support him/her to manage and support the national H&N staff effectively.
  • Develop and oversee implementation of a flexible, responsive, long-term capacity development strategy for Concern’s H&N teams. Use all opportunities to strengthen staffs’ critical thinking and analysis capacity, ensuring their reporting reflects the same.
  • In coordination with HR, ensure timely recruitment of staff (as needed) and support the H&N team members’ continued motivation and learning through orientation, training, mentoring and supervision.
  • Lead contracting of consultants and timely provision of in-house technical support as needed, in consultation with the PD.

Emergency Response:

  • Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike in Somalia/Somaliland and an intervention by Concern is deemed necessary, all staff are required to actively participate in the response regardless of location, and to contribute to efforts aimed at achieving organisation’s humanitarian objective.

General:

  • Ensure staff members under your reporting strictly comply with the country security management plan (SMP) and its standard operating procedures (SoPs). Assist in regular reviews of the SMP as relevant.
  • Any other ad-hoc duties as may be assigned by PD that are consistent with the nature of Concern operations.