Field Officer Jobs at USAID Nawiri BOMA Project, Turkana

Introduction 

BOMA is working to lift 3 million people out of extreme poverty by 2027. BOMA’s mission is to provide the people and governments of Africa’s drylands with economic inclusion programs that increase resilience to multiple crises. Founded 15 years ago to eliminate extreme poverty among pastoralist women in Kenya, BOMA has since transformed the lives of more than 350,000 women, youth and refugees in East Africa. BOMA stands out for its focus on last mile populations of the drylands of Africa, who are most at risk to shocks from climate change and COVID-19, tech savvy and data driven approach, impressive graduation rate and 99% local structure based in Africa. BOMA is part of USAID Nawiri Mercy Corps led consortium with activities and interventions in Samburu and Turkana counties focusing on reducing persistent acute malnutrition. 

Job Description  

Job Title: Field Officer (FO) – USAID Nawiri (2)

Reports To: Program Coordinator- USAID Nawiri Turkana

Job Titles of Persons Supervised: Mentors

Job Location: Turkana

About The Program 

The Field Officer position is responsible for the delivery of program outputs and coordination of Mentors in the assigned zone in line with USAID Nawiri’s overarching goal of reducing persistent acute malnutrition. The holder of this position shall report to Program Coordinator, Nawiri. He/she shall provide direct supervision to Mentors on timely execution of program implementation within budget and on agreed timeliness and targets.  The position will be based at USAID Nawiri Sub County offices in Turkana. 

Duties And Responsibilities 

Programmatic Duties 

• Oversee and coordinate the implementation of program activities by Mentors under your supervision.
• Plan and execute community entry and engagement activities within your areas of supervision.
• Plan and execute participant selection and enrollment activities including community integrated assessment, action planning, participatory wealth ranking, PTT, business group formation and market assessment ensuring alignment with USAID Nawiri's nutrition framework.
• Coordinate and back stop mentors to undertake monthly market linkages and referrals and reporting.
• Facilitate formation and registration of savings groups/Village savings and loaning associations as per guidelines to enable the R4N Participants access to credit for long-term expenses, business growth, and nutrition security.
• Coordinate and backstop monthly financial and lifeskills training for participants through savings groups meetings.
• Coordinate monthly case management for nutrition resilience activities for groups and mentors under your supervision including nutritional screening, nutritional education and training (Agri nutrition and MIYCN), nutritional counselling, referral and treatment, HHs dialogues, HHs visioning and action planning, HH self reflection using progress markets as jointly agreed in the consortium.
• Coordinate completeness of primary source data – Business Record books, Savings group record books, Child and Group registers under your supervision.
• Conduct monthly data quality checks and physical verification for all primary source data ensuring data quality and completeness and validation through signing of the Registers.
• Coordinate with mentors to achieve 100% data abstraction monthly for all primary source data (BGs, SGs and Child and group registers) before 10th of every month.
• Conduct monthly spot checks and technical backstopping of mentors using approved monitoring tools at BGs and SG level with evidence of physical verification of SGs, BGs and group registers data.
• In consultation with Program coordinator, conduct monthly mentor’s review, planning and reporting meeting. 
• Provide accurate and comprehensive monthly reports on SG and BG performance, CMNR activities, case management and nutrition assessments, data abstraction to the Program Coordinators within set deadlines.
• Coordinate with Monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure timely and quality targeting verification, collection of baselines and end-line data and monitoring activities via digital technology.
• Use Performance Insights and FO online tools to monitor Program Effectiveness and address any outliers.
• Facilitate registration of graduated cohorts with department of social service, market and financial linkages with system actors.
• Participate in USAID NAWIRI Field level partner coordination meetings including donor visits.
• Provide program documentation on successes/impact (Success stories in collaboration with the mentors).
• Participant in Sub county/Zonal review and planning meetings and aligning monthly work plans with joint and integrated zonal work plans.  

Administrative Duties 

• Supervision of mentors to deliver their expected roles and responsibilities in line with program deliverable goals, monthly targets and performance goals.
• Assist in the overall recruitment process as guided by the People Department for mentor positions. 
• Support all operational issues experienced by Mentors under your jurisdiction.
• Ensure timely and accurate timesheet submissions and mileage logs by the mentors supervised.
• Support in conducting exit interviews when called upon and assist in managing the exit process/offboarding including employee clearance for respective mentors.
• Perform performance reviews for Mentors and implement the outcomes such as Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) where need be as guided by the People Department 
• Handle any discipline issues for the Mentors and escalate such matters beyond your scope to the Program coordinator and/or People Department.
• Timely reporting of any people matters relating to the Mentors to the Program Coordinator and People Department i.e Leave planning, Welfare issues affecting mentors.  
• Perform any other relevant duty as assigned by the supervisor.  

Requirements 

Educational Requirements 

• Degree or Diploma in Community Health and Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics, Community Health and Development, Food Nutrition and Dietetics , Social Sciences, , Project Management, or any other relevant field from a recognized institution.

Minimum Required Experience 

• A minimum of 2 years of experience for Degree holders and at least 4 years of relevant experience (in a similar role in the Northern Kenya) for the Diploma holders preferably in a nutrition program.

Required Competences 

• Demonstrable ability to coordinate field activities.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Proven competency/experience in data collection and basic analysis.
• Possession of self-drive; able to work with minimal supervision.
• Good report writing and computer skills.
• Fluent in English, Kiswahili, and the local dialect of Turkana County. 

HOW TO APPLY 

This is a full-time position with BOMA Project based in Turkana. Interested and suitable qualified candidates to CLICK HERE and submit their application, through BOMA’s recruitment portal on FlairHR. Applications must be received by 29th March 2024. Late applications will not be considered. Candidates who reside in Turkana will be given priority.

While we thank all applicants for expressing interest in the role, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

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IMAM National Consultant (Contract) Job - WHO

Background 

Acute malnutrition remains a public health concern worldwide with at least 45 million children under five wasted globally. Despite global and national efforts towards reducing wasting, slow progress is noted in achieving the global nutrition targets of less than 5% of children wasted. Kenya is faced with the triple burden of undernutrition, overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. According to the 2022 Kenya Demographic Health survey, there has been progress in reduction of stunting and obesity and a marginal increase in wasting levels. Stunting rates among children under five years reduced from 26% in 2014 to 17.6% in 2022 while the prevalence of overweight and obesity also reduced from 4% to 3% over the same period. The marginal increase in wasting levels from 4% in 2014 to 5% in 2022 could be attributed to the protracted drought experienced from 2020 to 2022, the worst in 40 years. Micronutrient deficiencies especially of iron, vitamin A and zinc similarly remain a public health challenge in Kenya.

The Ministry of Health Kenya through the Division of Nutrition and Dietetics is implementing the program on the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM). This is a comprehensive programme that oversees the provision of nutrition services for individuals with acute malnutrition (wasting and nutritional oedema) in all settings including emergency contexts. Malnutrition is associated with 45% of all under five deaths hence a major contributor to under five mortalities. Children with severe acute malnutrition are nearly 12 times more likely to die compared to their non-malnourished counterparts. These children thus require specialized care and for this reason specific guidelines and training manuals are developed to guide health care professions in the care of the acutely malnourished individuals. World Health Organization (WHO) released new recommendations on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) among under-fives in 2023. 

Following the release of the new WHO 2023 recommendations on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema among children under five, the Government of Kenya is adopting the WHO recommendations into various guidelines including the national guideline on the integrated management of acute malnutrition and its accompanying training manuals. A national consultant is required to facilitate this process working closely with the Division of Nutrition and Dietetics (DND) through the Emergency Nutrition Advisory Committee (ENAC) to support the review and update of the national IMAM guideline and training manuals. 

Deliverables

The consultant will perform the following tasks and deliverables within a time-bound framework:

Tasks:

• Identify and review all the relevant and updated resource materials required for the revision of the IMAM guideline and training package. This includes current progress in country adaptation of IMAM guidelines including feedback from regional and in country consultative meetings, guidelines for child health (IMCI, BFHI, etc.) within the country and internationally, landscape analysis of the management of infants less than 6 months at risk of poor growth and development. 
• Facilitate consultative workshops for the draft documents and existing evidence and building consensus on the content to be included.
• Facilitate the finalization of the existing draft national IMAM guideline, job aids and training package incorporating comments from stakeholders, guided by MoH, Emergency Nutrition Advisory committee (ENAC) and other stakeholders.
• Make presentation of the final products to ENAC
• Facilitate the validation of the national IMAM guideline, Job Aids, and training package.
• Undertake other related duties as requested 

Deliverables:

• Inception report
• Final National guideline on the integrated management of acute malnutrition
• Final Job Aids (IMAM handbook, wall charts, flip chart, WHO reference charts)
• Final national training package on the integrated management of acute malnutrition (participant manual, facilitator manual, course director guide, clinical instructor guide)
• Final report 

Qualifications, Experience, Skills & Languages

Educational Qualifications: 

Essential: 

• University degree in medicine, clinical nutrition, public health, or public health and nutrition.

Desirable: 

• Advanced university degree in Pediatrics and Child Health, Clinical Nutrition, or Public Health and Nutrition.

Experience:

Essential: 

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in development or implementation of interventions for the prevention and management of acute malnutrition in children under five years of age . Experience in developing strategies, guidelines and or protocols. Experience in conducting training and on the prevention and management acute malnutrition in infants and children under five years.

Desirable: 

• Experience in nutrition programs in the African region.

Skills/Knowledge:

•  Computer literacy in basic software programs.
• Proven understanding of the existing and needed quality of public health nutrition and case management in Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) with medical complication practices at health facilities.
• Excellent communication, writing, leadership, and analytical skills. 

Languages and Level Required:

• Excellent knowledge of English and fluency in the working language of Kenya.

Technical Supervision

Technical Officer Nutrition and Food Safety.

Location

The consultant will work on-site at the World Health Organization's office located in Nairobi, Kenya, specifically at the UN Office in Nairobi, UN Gigiri Complex, Block P Level 1, P.O. Box 45335-00100. Travel No expected travel is specified.

Remuneration and Budget (Travel Costs Excluded)

The Consultant will receive remuneration of Kes 23,000 ($158) per day for 60 working days, exclusive of travel costs, with the potential for extension. 

HOW TO APPLY: 

If you are excited and meet the above qualifications, please visit our website on https://who.int/careers/ to apply for the position by 25th March 2024. 

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Nutrition & Dietetics Technologist at County Government of Nakuru

VACANT POSITIONS IN NAKURU COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE 

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 235 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and Section 59 of the County Governments Act 2012, Nakuru County Public Service Board invites applications from qualified Kenyan citizens to fill the following vacant positions. 

NUTRITION AND DIETETICS TECHNOLOGIST III – ONE (1) POSITION - ADVERT NO. 06/2024/12

Salary Scale: 50,000 p.m. 

Terms of Employment: Three (3) Years Contract 

Qualifications and Experience 

1. Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, or its equivalent;
2. Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognized institution;
3. Registered with the Kenya Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (KNDI);
4. A valid practicing license from Kenya Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (KNDI); and
5. Certificate in computer application. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

1. Planning, formulating and managing therapeutic diets;
2. Being the resource person on nutrition in the health team;
3. Developing weaning foods with families using community resources;
4. Initiating projects in the community which promote nutrition; and
5. Supervising and guiding other staff working under the officer and other duties. 

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates are required to make applications by downloading and completing an Employment Application Form from the County Government of Nakuru website www.nakuru.go.ke. 

A duly filled employment application form and certified copies of National ID, KCSE, Diploma/Degree/Masters Certificates and Professional registration certificates should be sent through the POST OFFICE or COURIER SERVICES in a sealed envelope on or before 13th March, 2024 at 5.00 p.m. (No hand delivered applications will be accepted). 

Clearly indicate the Advert number and position applied for on top of the envelope and address to;

 

The Secretary

 Nakuru County Public Service Board

 Public Works Building- Prisons Road

 P.O Box 2870-20100

 NAKURU

County Government of Nakuru is an equal opportunity employer. Youth, Women and Persons Living with Disabilities, Marginalized and Minority communities are encouraged to apply. 

The Board and the County Government of Nakuru is committed to Zero Tolerance to Corruption. We caution applicants not to fall victim of fraudsters and impersonators who solicit for money with a promise of influencing the outcome. The Board shall bear no responsibility for any personal loss arising from such unlawful dealings. Such cases should be reported to the Police and other relevant Law Enforcement Agencies.

Any communication from the County Public Service Board SHALL be through the above address and official cellphone number: 0796848192.

Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Nutrition & Dietetics Officer at County Government of Nakuru

VACANT POSITIONS IN NAKURU COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE 

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 235 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and Section 59 of the County Governments Act 2012, Nakuru County Public Service Board invites applications from qualified Kenyan citizens to fill the following vacant positions. 

NUTRITION AND DIETETICS OFFICER – ONE (1) POSITION - ADVERT NO. 06/2024/06

Basic Salary Scale: Kshs. 39,700 – 52,960 p.m (Job Group ‘K’)

Allowances as per the SRC circulars attached to the position.

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable.

Qualifications and Experience 

1. Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Foods, Nutrition and dietetics, dietetics / clinical Nutrition, Food Science and Nutrition or Home Economics from a Recognized institution;
2. Registered with the Kenya Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (KNDI);
3. A valid practicing license from Kenya Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (KNDI); and
4. Certificate in computer application. 

Duties and Responsibilities

This will the entry grade into this cadre. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

Preparing and implementing therapeutic diets for outpatients and inpatients;

1. Providing guidelines on therapeutic diets for existing and emerging diseases for hospital use and home-based care and other institutions;
2. Treating and counselling patients using specialized dietetic nutritionally modified products;
3. Implementing the nutrition and dietetic process including screening, assessing, formulating and implementing nutrition interventions and evaluating outcomes;
4. Providing nutrition support in patient management in health care facilities;
5. Developing and disseminating nutrition behavior change communication, information, education, and communication materials;
6. Implementing nutrition health programmes; and
7. Collecting and compiling nutrition and dietetic data 

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates are required to make applications by downloading and completing an Employment Application Form from the County Government of Nakuru website www.nakuru.go.ke. 

A duly filled employment application form and certified copies of National ID, KCSE, Diploma/Degree/Masters Certificates and Professional registration certificates should be sent through the POST OFFICE or COURIER SERVICES in a sealed envelope on or before 13th March, 2024 at 5.00 p.m. (No hand delivered applications will be accepted). 

Clearly indicate the Advert number and position applied for on top of the envelope and address to;

 

The Secretary

 Nakuru County Public Service Board

 Public Works Building- Prisons Road

 P.O Box 2870-20100

 NAKURU

County Government of Nakuru is an equal opportunity employer. Youth, Women and Persons Living with Disabilities, Marginalized and Minority communities are encouraged to apply. 

The Board and the County Government of Nakuru is committed to Zero Tolerance to Corruption. We caution applicants not to fall victim of fraudsters and impersonators who solicit for money with a promise of influencing the outcome. The Board shall bear no responsibility for any personal loss arising from such unlawful dealings. Such cases should be reported to the Police and other relevant Law Enforcement Agencies.

Any communication from the County Public Service Board SHALL be through the above address and official cellphone number: 0796848192.

Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Nutrition Officer Job at World Food Programme, Nairobi

About WFP 

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. 

WFP’s Regional Bureau in Nairobi (RBN) covers eight operational countries in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. Characterized by multiple shocks; nutrition and diets have been compromised.  The region has experienced pandemics, conflicts, fragility, food price volatility, persistent high levels of food insecurity and more. These multiple and overlapping risks impact and reverse gains in nutrition, learning and livelihoods. Consequently, malnutrition is everywhere, no longer seasonal. About 30-40%[1] children are malnourished and 50-70% households cannot afford a healthy diet.  Furthermore, in the region for every child in school, one is not. Education, a future human capital investment for countries’ economies has been eroded. Also, the region is second highest impacted by HIV/TB globally. Recovery from vulnerability and risks is less promising in the short to medium term. 

Nutrition Officer, FT- NOC, Regional Bureau, Nairobi (831818) 

Posting Date: 27 Feb 2024 

Closing Date: 11 March 2024 

Type of Contract:  Fixed Term

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity & gender balance and encourage qualified female candidates to apply. 

Would you like to join WFP Regional Bureau Nutrition team and enable the delivery of life-changing services? Are you ready to partner with managers and other stakeholders to deliver effective Nutrition programming that will change and save the lives of the most vulnerable people in the world? If yes, this opportunity is for you. 

At WFP, we are looking for an experienced Nutrition Officer , to join our Nutrition programme and policy team to be hired on a Fixed Term Contract at NOC level and to be based in Nairobi. 

Job Purpose 

Under the supervision of the Senior Regional Nutrition Advisor and collaborating cross -functionally. The incumbent will be responsible to provide technical advice and situation analysis to ensure integrated nutrition programme responses. This position is also expected to deploy to humanitarian emergencies on short notice to support the countries in the regional bureau. 

Key Accountabilities (Not All-Inclusive)   

The Nutrition Officer  will work under the  direct supervision of the Senior Regional Nutrition Advisor and will be responsible for the following: 

• Take a lead role in coordinating the nutrition emergency response in support to the Regional Emergency Coordinator and to the RBN Emergency and Preparedness Unit.
• Represent WFP at regional, national and international meetings to contribute in technical discussions, exchange experiences, advocate for nutrition interventions and identify areas of potential collaboration.
• Build capacity of WFP staff, partners and national governments to prepare for and respond to nutrition problems.
• Provide technical advice and/or support to COs to ensure nutrition in emergencies interventions are aligned with WFP and global standards. Support CO engagements in cluster and/or working group meetings and discussions for vulnerability assessment, monitoring visits, missions, and other operational activities.
• Provide advice and/or support to Country Offices (COs) on the operationalization and integration of multi-dimensional approach to humanitarian access across their concepts of operations, access strategies, workplans and project/resource mobilization proposals.
• Monitor emerging humanitarian and food security trends and potential socio-economic and political instability to identify risks and strategies for preparedness and risk reduction before crisis occurs as basis for decision-making as well as requests for external support by the CO/RB/HQ.
• Proactively provide advice and support on mobilization of WFP resources and capabilities for an effective and sustainable emergency response.
• Provide inputs to the review of CSPs or budget revisions, ACRs, national protocols and SOPs, project proposals, guidance and policy documents to ensure technical integrity. This will include technical engagement in the CSP development process including collaboration with M&E to ensure appropriate nutrition indicators are selected and are in line with corporate standards.
• Develop and/or update key knowledge management tools on key components of nutrition in emergencies for better advocacy and programme implementation to form part of country offices’ capacity strengthening efforts.
• Perform other duties as required. 

Standard Minimum Qualifications  

• Education: Advanced University degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Medicine or other relevant fields, OR a first university degree in the same areas. 

• Experience: For holders of an advanced degree, 5 years of relevant experience with progressively increasing responsibilities in the field of nutrition, food technology , medicine or any other relevant field  OR 7 years of the same experience for holders of a first university degree. 

• Languages: Fluency in English.

Desired Experiences For Entry Into The Role  

• Experience working with governments on developing nutrition policies and/or implementing a nutrition programme across sectors and on systemwide approaches.
• Experience conducting nutritional assessments, analysed data and written recommendations for programme.
• Experience actively supporting and have been engaged in medium to large scale emergency operations and has led or participated in strategy planning within a mid-size, moderately complex country, or equivalent environment.
• Has actively supported and been engaged in medium to large scale emergency operations and has led or participated in strategy planning within a mid-size, moderately complex country, or equivalent environment.
• At least five years of professional work experience in emergency context; proven capacity to support the design and management of integrated management of wasting and malnutrition prevention programs in different settings.
• Has gained substantial experience in humanitarian operational roles as (but not limited to) a programme or project officer, team leader, supply chain officer, head of field office or equivalent. Experience in developing and implementing CBT activities is highly desired.

How To Apply 

• To apply, please create a personal account and fill out the profile form with your personal information at http://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings. If you are an internal applicant, apply through your E-Recruitment profile. 
• In the application form, ensure filling the mandatory sections, attaching your updated CV, answering the pre-screening questions. 
• Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. All applicants will undergo a rigorous process that includes screening against job requirements, a technical test, and a panel interview. 

Deadline For Applications: 

Closing date: 11th March 2024 

• WFP does not charge any fees at any stage of its recruitment process. 
• CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO ATTACH BOTH A COVER LETTER AND AN UPDATED CV. 

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