By 2020, One Acre Fund expects to have 1M+ households in our product distribution and training network, including roughly 5M children. With this growth, we are seeing the ability to influence the adoption of life-improving products at a meaningful scale.
Using this network to affect nutrition and health outcomes is emerging as an increasingly large impact priority. Our program has already demonstrated statistically significant reductions in reported hunger; but we want to take this work to the next level through a comprehensive nutrition program that improves key nutrition outcomes in our farmer population.
This role will involve working closely with government relations nutrition specialist, the wider government relations team, and the product innovations team to oversee successful trials of new products and services within the One Acre Fund farmer network.
Roles for the Local Government Nutrition Assistant Job
- Build and maintain relations with county and sub county health management officials of at least 5 counties and its sub-counties.
- Support in the initial engagement with a new county and sub county by ensuring they are fully engaged and supportive in our operations.
- Organize field visits with government health officials during program launch and routine field outreach visits.
- Act as a contact person in handling One Acre fund’s health referral system and work closely with health facilities located within areas of operation.
- Work with Product Innovation team in the coordination and monitoring of One Acre Fund’s nutrition interventions and with close collaboration with the county and sub county health officials.
- Represent One Acre Fund in government stakeholder forums at county and sub-county health and nutrition technical engagements.
- Maintain a stakeholder database and manage the day to day relationships with all key influencers and other partners at county level.
- We are an international nonprofit that works in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi. In these countries, our 4,000+ strong staff serves over 400,000 smallholder farmers and enables them to grow their way out of hunger and poverty.
Farmers First
- Provide regular and consistent technical support during trainings and supervision of MOH’s community health volunteers (CHVs).
- Support in the preparation of monthly and quarterly nutrition study reports presented to the County health management teams and technical working groups.
- Track renewals of all regulatory and government approval documents.
- Keep track of all expected and non-expected adverse events reported by field teams.
- Provide a variety of nutrition administrative support functions.
Local Government Nutrition Assistant Job Requirements
- At least 2 years’ relevant experience within an NGO or a government entity
- Degree or diploma in any health sciences; Specialization in nutrition will be an added advantage
- Understands the national and county ministry of health’s structure and operations
- Advanced knowledge in areas of public health and nutrition
- Exceptional leader with strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Good computer and analytical skills Good writing and reporting skills
- Should be flexible and willing to travel across Western region
- Language: English and Swahili
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