Saturday, 23 March 2019

Internship Opportunity at Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international non-governmental humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries

Reports to: Officer – Health and Nutrition

Duty Station: Nairobi

Contract Details:

Three (3) months with a possibility of extension to six (6) months

Monthly Stipend – Kes 20,000

Job Summary:

Concern seeks to improve health and nutrition status, reduce morbidity and mortality of the most vulnerable populations (children under 5 years, adolescents and women of reproductive age) within the informal settlements of Nairobi by strengthening health and nutrition systems at County, sub-county, health facility and community levels.

The incumbent will support the urban health and nutrition team to provide technical leadership, guidance as well as providing hands on support to Ministry of Health (MoH), and community groups to enhance their capacity and skills in the implementation of High Impact Nutrition interventions in Nairobi County

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Promote ownership and integration of nutrition services into existing medical systems including the development of a concrete plan of action for the programme at the health facilities and community levels
  • Support in documentation of the project implementation process to generate lessons learnt as well as case studies and consolidating and writing of reports and briefs
  • Assist in conducting joint support supervision visits with Nairobi Sub – County health management team members and other partners involved in the delivery of nutrition services at Sub-county level
  • Support the coordination of the implementation of MIYCN activities at the health facilities and at the community levels
  • Liaising with programme support units in Nairobi to provide logistical and administrative support to the health and nutrition programme
  • Coordinate implementation of HiNi at community level including growth monitoring and promotion within informal day care centres in Nairobi in liaison with the community health strategy focal persons and Sub – County nutrition officers
  • Participate in monitoring of project activities through field support visits and joint support supervision
  • Participate in planning and coordinating nutrition related assessments and surveys
  • Representing Concern in Health Facility In-charges meetings

Responding to Emergencies:

  • Participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern’s Emergency response as and when necessary
  • Comply with Concern’s health, safety and security guidelines during emergencies
  • Concern Code of Conduct & Associated Policies
  • To adhere to, support and promote to the standards of conduct outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct and Associated Policies

Job Specification:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Food Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science, Nutrition/Community Nutrition or related field
  • Dully registered with the Kenya Nutritionists and Dietician’s Institute (KNDI)
  • Excellent computer literacy (Web, MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Fluent in both spoken and written English and Kiswahili

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