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    The position is responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating community nutrition programs in the Coast region to address malnutrition. Duties include coordinating nutrition activities, building partnerships, providing training, conducting assessments and evaluations, and supporting emergency preparedness. Applicants should have a degree in nutrition, 3+ years of experience in nutrition programming, and skills in communication, teamwork, computer applications, and report writing.

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    The position is responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating community nutrition programs in the Coast region to address malnutrition. Duties include coordinating nutrition activities, building partnerships, providing training, conducting assessments and evaluations, and supporting emergency preparedness. Applicants should have a degree in nutrition, 3+ years of experience in nutrition programming, and skills in communication, teamwork, computer applications, and report writing.

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    Kenya Red Cross Society is one of the largest humanitarian organisations in Kenya.

    Its vision is to
    be the most effective, most trusted and self-sustaining humanitarian organization in Kenya, serving
    present and future generations. KRCS is looking for qualified people to fill the following positions:

    Position Title: Regional Nutrition Officer

    Reporting to: Administratively to Regional Manager – Coast and Programmatically to


    Nutrition Manager.

    Job Location: Malindi

    Role Purpose:
    The role is responsible for effective planning, budgeting, implementing and evaluating community-
    based nutrition programmes to address persistently high levels of acute and chronic malnutrition,
    support integration of nutrition actions in emergency preparedness and response, food and livelihood
    security as well as support generation of knowledge and documentation of best practices in the field
    of public health nutrition.
    The strategy is to develop and deliver an integrated nutrition resilience framework for intervention
    execution focusing on partnerships, advocacy, behaviour and attitude change manifested in the
    application of optimal nutrition practices across the life cycle prior to, during and after emergencies.

    Duties and Responsibilities

    Programme coordination and partnerships:


     Coordinate with Regional and Branch Offices, communities and other stakeholders in
    development of costed contingency and nutrition action plans aligned to the Government
    policies, strategic action plan as well as the Society’s strategic objectives
     Coordinate with other regional technical officers, project officers, implementation of funded
    projects, enhancing synergies with other partners implementing in the same area, relevant
    line ministries, towards realizing intended nutritional outcomes as well as contributing to
    realization of overall project goals
     Participate in Nutrition Technical and other forums.
     Build partnerships with other stakeholders, including county and district representatives,
    communities, that would enhance advocacy efforts to scale up nutrition at county level
     Represent the Society at meetings, conferences and workshops and other forums to articulate
    issues related to humanitarian relief services at county level

    Capacity building:
     Support integration of nutrition in vulnerability capacity assessments, disaster risk mapping
    tools, health initiatives including vaccination campaigns, HIV, food security and livelihood
    programmes
     Provide nutrition specific training to existing Red Cross Action Teams (RCAT), Disaster
    Response Teams (DRTs) at the community, Branch and Regional level to enhance their
    response capacity during emergencies
     Support in roll out of National level nutrition protocols to health workers for improving quality
    service delivery
    Monitoring and Evaluation:
     Initiate and coordinate nutrition assessments during emergencies to establish the magnitude
    of nutrition needs for affected population.
     Ensure monitoring actions for compliance to the Breast milk Substitutes regulations and
    control act and reporting on any violations
     Participate in evaluation studies, operational research and other knowledge generation
    initiatives and documenting relevant learning’s for dissemination and for supporting
    organizational development
     In close conjunction with the region/branch, specifically the National disaster management
    authority, assist in the development and implementation of community based nutrition early
    warning systems (EWS) utilizing existing technology
     Prepare inception reports, concept papers, periodic progress reports and annual reports
    showing achievements against planned targets as well as providing justification for
    performance variances and areas of improvement
     Periodically visit KRCS project sites within the region to ensure integration of nutrition
    activities.

    Logistics support:
     Coordinate with supply chain function to ensure stockpiling is carried out through
    prepositioning of emergency items at various warehouses for distribution to the affected
    communities

    Resource mobilization:
     Coordinate with other regional technical officers in preparation of funding proposals and
    appeals for region specific development needs and humanitarian assistance in line with the
    sector strategic plan by ensuring adherence to donor requirement.
     Support the organizations income-generating activities through implementation of marketing
    strategies aimed at sensitizing all clients about KRCS.

    Person Specification
     BSc Foods and Nutrition or equivalent
     At least 3 years’ experience in planning, implementing, monitoring an devaluation of nutrition
    programs
     Experience in delivery of high quality emergency nutrition programs

    Skillsand experience
     Strong communication skills: oral, written and presentation skills
     A good team player and culturally sensitive
     Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications including data entry and analysis such as
    SPSS , ENA for SMART
     Excellent report writing skills
     Strong leadership skills
     Highly flexible and ability to cope with stressful situations

    Application Procedure

    Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications should apply strictly through
    https://www.redcross.or.ke/Careers so as to reach us not later than 28th October 2020;

    Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

    Job disclaimer and notification: Kenya Red Cross Society is an equal opportunity employer and does not charge /
    accept any amount or security deposit from job seekers during the selection process or while inviting candidates
    for an interview.

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