Health & Nutrition Coordinator

Purpose Of Position:

The coordinator’s main role is to supervise the health & nutrition staff to implement and coordinate Health and Nutrition programs including: planning, documentation, monitoring, evaluation, research, and training.

Major responsibilities:

Program Assessment and Design

• Plan and set up health programs (Public Health, MCH, Health and nutrition promotion, SGBV programs).
• Build links between the health programs and other programs to maximize integration (e.g. livelihoods,
• Education, child protection and WASH).
• Plan and coordinate health assessments of existing and new project areas in conjunction with DM&E department.
• Engage in developing the health components of the response and rehabilitation strategy.
• Engage with donors and program officers access funding and develop proposals and budgets with the health and nutrition coordinators and finance.

Management and Monitoring

•  Supervise the health staff, including regular appraisals in coordination with HR 
• Compile weekly and monthly progress and technical reports for donors and SMT.
• Establish and maintain World Vision and other best practice standards for health programs.
• Monitor and assist in evaluating health and nutrition program.
• Identify possible health projects as per the strategy.
• Promote local capacities for peace by periodic analysis of program impact on and potential for conflict between
• Beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries, and adjust program accordingly.
• Ensure that gender and protection mainstreamed in all activities and within the community.
• Ensure standardization in all programs, timely purchase and transportation of goods to the project. 

Coordination

• Liaison and coordination with the DGHS, EDO Health, WHO, UNICEF, health clusters and NGOs working in the same locations to ensure programme coherence and avoidance of service gaps and overlap
• Maintain relationships with government, UN and partner agencies
• Engage in health and nutrition cluster activities at district and provincial level 

Documentation

• Provide weekly and monthly reports for the health program.
• Provide monthly statistical reports on health program operations.
• Ensure that project narrative and financial reports are completed and forwarded to donors. 

Financial Management

• Collaborate with finance regarding development and management of project budgets and timely reporting.
• Ensure expenditures are within budget and in compliance with financial standards.
• Ensure that monthly cash projections are prepared and submitted to finance.
• Coordinate all purchases and requisitions with procurement.

Training

• To assess, design and implement appropriate training programs to equip and upgrade knowledge and skills of health staff.
• Assist coordinators in other sectors in development of appropriate to health, hygiene and nutrition promotion information.
• Capacity building of health teams with reference to community processes.  Mentor and train WV staff, and mentor and support the staff at partnering health centers.
• Document training program results.

Education/Credentials

• Medical degree, nursing degree with midwifery and/or Masters of Public Health.

Experience

• 3-5 years health care program management and nutrition experience.

 Critical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent English and Urdu communication skills (oral and written)
• Knowledge of Sariki and other local languages and advantage
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills
• Ability to travel to project areas for assessment, regular monitoring and evaluation
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, emotional maturity and physical stamina
• Ability to manage work life and work without supervision
• Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in psychologically stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources.
• Must be prepared to travel to the field to monitor a capacity build staff, with possible overnight stays.
• Commitment to World Vision Core Values and Mission Statement
• Ability to exhibit exemplary lifestyle as interpreted in specific local cultural context.

Technical skills and knowledge

• Functioning knowledge of MS Office, Lotus Notes and statistical program (eg. EPInfo, SPSS, SMART Indicators)
• Operational knowledge Sphere relief standards
• Operational knowledge of community based psychosocial support
• Understanding of interagency standards such as MISP, Mental Health Guidelines, Gender guidelines etc