Save the Children is an exciting and dynamic organization that follows a holistic approach to achieve more for children and use its resources in an efficient and sustainable way. In every programming we aim to achieve results at scale, build partnership to influence others and increase our impact; look for innovate solutions to the problems children faces, campaign for better practice and ensure that Children’s voices are heard.

Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behavior towards children both in their private and professional lives.

Save the Children offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development. If you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic change for the most vulnerable children, we encourage you to look through the job profile below.

JOB SUMMARY:

The position holder shall be in charge of technical quality implementation and delivery of the Mobile Health and Nutrition services in the assigned woreda. S/He will mainly be responsible for the daily implementation of the screening, OTP, consultation, outreach EPI, health education, sanitation, safe motherhood and child health as per the guideline of Somali RHB mobile health and Nutrition teams. In addition the position holder is also expected to provide supervision, technical assistance and capacity building to health extension workers and Health workers in health facilities. She/He will be responsible for the daily implementation of mobile health and Nutrition services package as per the standard, supporting health facilities assigned as integrated mobile health & Nutrition modality and daily dispensary and drug supply management.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Improving basic preventive health care at community level with emphasis health, immunization, health  and nutrition services

·         Conduct & undertake PHC like consultation & provide proper treatment based on the protocol

·         Strengthening of linkages and coordination mechanisms between community  and the woreda health bureaus

·         Strengthening of  early referrals mechanism in the Health facilities,

·         Ensure preganant and lactating mothers receive appropriate care and services in the Outreach and health facilities.

·         Promote counseling of mothers on early innitaion of Breast feeding and continue up to 2 years of age.

·         Ensure all essentiall actions are put in place for sick and healthly babies in the outreach sites.

·         Establish Mother to mother support groups in the outreach sites and provide one to one counseling.

·         Plan and implement project outlined in the protocol for OTP and SC to achieve objectives of the project.

·         The health and nutrition Officer will help facilitate admission of the patient at the OTP, and SC.

·         Train and support the HEWs in severe acute malnutrition case management and follow-up (e.g., referral to SC) according to national guidelines.

·         Train and support community-based volunteer health workers for the implementation of the community component of the project.

·         Ensure each and every admitted child receives adequate and quality clinical and nutritional care through existing resources.

·         Ensure  at all times adequately equipped and supplied with the necessary nutritional and clinical requirements – Plumpy’nut, Vitamin A, routine drugs, nutritional equipments, nutritional/medical stationeries, etc.

·         Assisting the planning and promotion of awareness creation on nutrition and preventative health care issues in the community.

Child Safeguarding:  The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)

Accountability:

·         Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

·         Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

·         Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

·         Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

·         Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

·         Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters

·         Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

·         Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

·         Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

·         Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Essential Requirements

·         BSc/College Diploma in Midwifery and/or other health related fields.

·         At least two years working experience in the field out of which two years  NGO experience in related field

• Experienced in Midwifery and health program implementation –data collection and compilation, working with counterpart for lasting intervention, training of health workers, etc.
• Good written and spoken ability of the  local language
• Extremely flexible, able to work independently, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.
• Interest in and ability to work in team. .
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability and willingness to work in remote and potentially insecure environments.
• Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.