Job Description

The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Save the Children International seeks to always be a child safe organization through fulfilling its obligations to the community and through programme implementation carried out by the organization for safeguarding children and to improve the living standards of the child.

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Position: Health and Nutrition Project Officer (National Only)

Location Taiz

Contract Length 4 months (renewable)

Grade: 4

The Opportunity:

The Health and Nutrition officer has responsibility for the management of the health and Nutrition project activities Under the overall guidance and supervision of the health and nutrition coordinator, the health and nutrition officer will support the daily operational management of all components of primary health care activities in the assigned region, and provide the technical support for service providers in the targeted Health facilities, ensure timely flow of information to and from the field, This position is also responsible to monitor and evaluate health services delivery according to national protocol.

SCOPE OF ROLE

Reports to: Health and Nutrition Programme Manager

Staff reporting to this post: No.

Budget Responsibilities: No.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Supervise the primary health care activities at the health facilities level focusing on the CMAM program, IMCI, OPD, RH services (ANC, PNC, EmONC, and FP), Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI), IYCF services, and Referral services.
• Supervise comprehensive training programs for health and nutrition workers and ensure all the training are fully documented, reported, and archived in both ways (soft and hard way). And share all the means of verification (MoVs) of the training with the Data Management Officer.
• Raise all the required Purchase Requests of the project as per the plan and available budget, ensure tracking of the process, and follow up with them till the stage of the distribution, and paying to the suppliers.
• Provide technical support to the health workers at the field level, ensure the quality of service provision is in place, and keep improving the health workers throughout the On-the-Job training. Additionally, the officer will follow up on the attendance of the health workers, and collect their attendance sheets to raise the payment of their incentives every month.
• Ensure all the activities are accomplished as per the detailed implementation plan (DIP), with continuous and regular referral to the line manager for the guidance and support.
• With Pharmacist officer support, prepare procurement plan for medical items and process it after getting approval from senior managers when required, and this mainly will depend on the consumption reports, and through analyzing the data of programs within the health facilities.
• Ensure proper management of the provided assets, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and nutritional commodities. This will include rational use of medicines, follow-up stock movement through stock cards and consumption rate, and ensuring the quality of warehouse management at the HFs level.
• Ensure timely and quality implementation of activities in compliance with the defined project and Country Strategy as per the SCI and donor guidelines.
• Ensure proper communication, coordination, and harmonization of tools with the different stakeholders involved in health /nutrition activities. Ensure minimum standards are maintained in accordance with humanitarian relief and MoPH guidelines.
• Conduct the Health Key Performance Indicators (KPI) on a monthly basis, and ensure to sharing the assessments and ways of improvement with the Project’s coordinator. All the documents must be archived, and fully documented.
• Provide technical support to H&N project assistants, partners, and government authorities on the planning, implementation, and management of the Nutrition and Health programs.
• Attend weekly meetings with Health and Nutrition project staff, to monitor progress in implementation, exchange information, discuss challenges and plan forward.
• Ensure that staff responsibilities are clearly defined, and understood and objectives are set against work plans and regularly monitored.
• Ensure that staff at health facilities perform well and are monitored daily to fulfill the required indicators of the program.
• Maintain and strengthen established links with NGOs and other agencies including government ministries and agencies. And build a good relationship with district health offices by multiple meetings, and inviting them into joint supportive supervision visits.
• Coordinate with logistics, administration, and finance units to procure all equipment, supplies, and materials required to implement the project activities, ensuring cost efficiency and accountability in compliance with SCI and donor regulations and procedures.
• Ensure effective and efficient use of all SC resources to keep costs low and ensure safety in the workplace.
• Provide support and work closely with the MEAL team in carrying out assessments and evaluations, accountability, and information sharing.
• Comply with SC policies and practices with respect to child protection, code of conduct, child safeguarding, health and safety, equal opportunity, and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Perform any other tasks as required by the line manager or technical manager that are related to the position, or when there is an urgent situation that requires all team efforts.
• Embed counter-fraud and ethical controls in all operational processes, ensuring compliance with donor and legal requirements, while collaborating with Finance and Counter-Fraud teams to mitigate risks and conduct assessments for high-value programs
• Bachelor in Medicine or Public Health and Nutrition/ public health professional or, Bachelor in medical science (pharmacy, Medical Assistance, Nurse, laboratory, Nutrition, etc) with at least 3 years experience in a similar position.
• At least 3 years experience in implementing emergency health and nutrition programs with NGOs or INGOs (Required).
• Good writing and speaking English skills (Required).
• Training courses or experiences in CMAM, IYCF, EMONC, EPI, and IMCI are highly (Preferred).
• Experience in staff training and capacity building preferred by having a TOT course (Preferred).
• Skills and experience in project management or getting similar certificates (Preferred).
• Understanding rights-based approaches and participatory concepts and practical experience in a similar context.
• Ability to communicate and maintain tactful relations with relevant local authorities in political and militarily sensitive environments.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties. Tact and diplomacy are essential.
• Flexible, adaptable, able to improvise and work in a stressful and volatile environment.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom Save the Children is in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation. Any violations of this policy will be treated as a serious issue.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at

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“ Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer. Women are strongly encouraged to apply”