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Job Title:		District Nutrition Officer - Female
Category:		Health & Medicine
Total Positions:		1
Job Location:		Thatta
Gender:		No Preference
Minimum Education:		Masters
Degree Title:		•Masters in Nutrition with at least one year CMAM experience OR Graduation/MBBS with at least 3 year experience in CMAM program
Career Level:		Entry Level
Minimum Experience:		3 Years4 Years
Salary Range:		PKR 0 to 0 per Month
Apply By:		Sep 5, 2016

Job Description:

· Ensure the implementation of activities defined by the Program Manager in coordination with the Logistics and Administration departments

· Develop plan of work for OTP, SC and SFP activities according to the expected progress of the project

· Plan and deliver trainings with support capacity building team on CMAM and IYCF to external stakeholders ( PPHI, INGO and NGOs) as well as internally (other DoH departments, nutrition staff)

· Ensure sound monitoring of program activities, linking with PQA units and Surveillance team at field level being partner.

· Ensure that logistics and administrative arrangements are made timely with the concerned departments In collaboration with PNC, and DOH and Administration, responsible for Nutrition program.

· Ensure provision of equipment, materials, supplies and drugs as necessary

· Assess the needs of identified locations with local authorities and health personnel (HR, material/training needs, etc.)

· Ensure timely submission of all reports from Nutrition department respectively to Agency and PNCand District health department

· Liaise with concerned government authorities and ensure the programme strategy, objectives and

· activities are understood and agreed and appropriate communication channel is in place

· Involve in the preparation of key IYCF and health messages in reference to the existing health and nutrition education materials

· Organize monthly meetings with the team and report the outcome to the head of the programme along with proposed action plan

· Ensuring IYCF education is disseminated to the target beneficiaries

· Analysing nutrition situation and prevailing trends

· Compiling statistical data and draft appropriate reports on activities

· Document lessons learned and best practices at the program/District level

· Supervise the daily and monthly reporting submitted by field the teams

· Oversee all staff for the nutrition project including regular performance evaluations, management, general well-being, job descriptions, work schedules, discipline, etc. in co-ordination with PNC, Nutrition PM and DOH and in accordance with Agency and DOH HR policies and guidelines.

· Provide technical support to IYCF, OTP, SC and SFP team when required

· Coordination and participation in Provincial Nutrition Cluster, and nutrition assessment/ survey groups and filing of meeting minutes.

· Monitor stocks physically at Health Facility level, check for expiry date, quality and quantity

· Spent 70% time in field to ensure implementation of activities in line with project and support field team.

(Women professionals are encouraged to apply)

Company Information

Company Name: Save the Children
Company Description:
Save the Children is worlds leading independent organization for children that envisions a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Working in 120 countries of the world, Save the Children focuses on the poorest and marginalized children. There are 30 members of Save the Children around the world, all working together to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and achieving real and lasting change in their lives.

In Pakistan, Save the Children operates with dual mandate i.e. it is one of the leading child rights organizations with long term development programs and also responds to emergencies affecting children through a country-wide humanitarian response program. Save the Children has been working in Pakistan since 1979, when it first implemented its program for Afghan refugees. Today, we are successfully implementing Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education & Child Development, Emergencies, Food Security & Livelihoods and Health & Nutrition programs in more than 60 districts of Pakistan, Seven Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Six Frontier Regions (FRs) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.