Nutrition and Health Programme Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure projects are implemented in line with donor proposals and requirements and in accordance with Action against Hunger, country and international standards;

Finalize and manage the update and implementation of the detailed Project(s) Implementation Plan (PIP) and project operational plan;

Develop detailed monthly/weekly implementation plans for project staff in order to achieve the activities in the PIP;

In collaboration with the Nutrition and Health HOD, support the development of strategies addressing the problems linked to malnutrition in the Northwest region;

In collaboration with Nutrition and Health HOD/DHOD ensure continued review of remote management strategy based on the evolving context, work closely with relevant Government agencies to ensure quality in implementation of remotely managed programs, when required;

Jointly with the SPHCDA and the LGA health authorities promoting and supervising high quality care for clients of the OTP/SC Sites supported by ACF;

Monitoring the system of data collection concerning the Primary Health Care Services provided at the ACF supported health facilities as a basis for the evaluation and furtherance of the programme;

Initiate and oversee needs and technical assessments and analysis, as well as preparing the follow up reports in coordination with the Project Coordinator, HoD/DHoD Nutrition and Health, M&E HoD/DHoD and DCDs;

In keeping with the policy of ACF as a learning organisation, contributing to building on good practice, experience, and assessments, and working with the nutrition officers to ensure proper documentation of all aspects of the nutrition interventions;

Taking part in the recruitment of staff in collaboration with the HR Manager in the base and the Area Coordinator;

Collaborate ACF HR and SPCHDA HR for the recruitment and posting of seconded Health workers at ACF supported health facilities;

Support the institutional capacity building engagement DPM on identification of gap for health facilities using HSS lens and planning improvement plans based HSS components;

Identifying the teams' training needs on the basis of assessments and in situ observation;

Organising and carrying out training sessions for his/her teams taking into consideration their profiles and the cultural context;

Arranging joint training sessions for health facility staff covering:

protocols and nutritional service offered,

the logistical organisation and material aspects of the programme,

monitoring and reporting indicators

evaluation of the needs revealed by enquiries undertaken (nutritional surveys, rapid assessment, screening)

care practices and the reception of the beneficiaries and those accompanying them

integrating nutrition into the basic health care package

Organising and leading meetings with the team and individual staff members, on both a regular and ad hoc basis;

Creating and supervising action plans for individual team members;

Managing overall planning and the division and coordination of work in collaboration with the nutrition officers;

Establishing a programme of staff assessment interviews and organising follow up in collaboration with Human Resources;

Industries:Non-profit Organization Management

Function: NGO & Social work