Health and Nutrition Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances childrens rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children

We support childrens rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity:

The position holder shall be in charge of technical quality implementation and delivery of the mobile health and Nutrition services in the assigned Woreda. She/he will mainly be responsible for the day to day implementation of outreach EPI, health education, and screening, OTP, as per the guideline of RHB and WHO 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. He will also be responsible for day to day documentation, people provided for health education, vaccinated children, screened children and mothers, children admitted to OTP, and all provided services accordingly and compile weekly and monthly reports and share with Field office health response coordinator and Woreda health offices.

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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan Internationals Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan Internationals safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan Internationals global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan Internationals global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted

The Individual:

TECHNICALEXPERTISE, SKILLS ANDKNOWLEDGE

QUALIFICATIONSANDEXPERIENCEREQUIREMENTS

Qualifications/ExperienceEssential:

• BSc in public health, nursing, nutrition and other related fields.
• 3 to 5years of relevant work experience in NGO environment, involving in the planning and implementation of both emergency and development programs out of which 1 year at supervisory level.

Qualifications/ExperienceDesirable:

Indepth knowledgeandexperienceofhealthandnutritionprogramminginthehumanitariancontextessential.

FamiliaritywithMHNactivityinEmergencySettings

Indepth knowledgeofprimaryhealth care system

Indepth knowledgeandexperienceofIMNCI,AMYCN,IYCF-Eimplementation

Strongorganizationalandsupervisory,Strongwritingandreporting skills.

Stronginterpersonal skillsandtheabilitytoworkwithindifferent culturalenvironmentsandCross-culturalAwareness

Abilitytoworkwithin ateam structure,flexible,andcan copewith stressfulworkloadsandworkingwithlimitedresources

LanguagesRequired

ExcellentEnglishverbalandwritten skills.

Knowledgeoflocallanguagewillbeanasset

Plan Internationals Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

We create a climate of trust inside and outside the organisation by being open, honest and transparent. We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others, while doing what we say we will do.

We strive for lasting impact

We strive to achieve significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused and innovative.

We work well together

We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organisation, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities and our partners.

We are inclusive and empowering

We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge inequality in our programmes and our workplace. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.