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FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. The organization desires to recruit the following:
Job Title: Community nutrition officer
Number of vacancies: (04 position)
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Nutrition Technical Advisor - Kampala
Organization: FHI 360
Duration: 120 days
Background:
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development
organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing
integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health,
education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender,
youth, research, and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to
address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than
70 countries.
FHI 360 is implementing the USAID Maternal
Child Health and Nutrition (USAID MCHN) Activity, a five-year program (January
2020 to December 2024) designed and funded by USAID to improve maternal,
newborn, and child health, (MNCH) and nutrition outcomes in Uganda. The Activity
also supports improved delivery of Nutrition and MCH services in Kampala
through strengthening service delivery systems, focusing on the urban poor, in
both public and private sectors.
Purpose:
FHI 360 seeks four community nutrition
officers to augment the project’s efforts in strengthening the capacity of
community-facility linkages to deliver prevention and lifesaving interventions
for optimal maternal new-born child and adolescent nutrition (MCHN) outcomes in
Kampala City Health Divisions, enhancing community detection, referral and
follow-up of maternal new-born, child and adolescent malnutrition in Kampala
City Divisions to avert default and early deaths, and fostering Strengthen the
enabling environment to deliver prevention and lifesaving interventions for
optimal MCHN in Kampala City Divisions.
Roles and Responsibilities
Ø Jointly works with Division Health Team members
and MCHN program team to orient community resource persons on key elements and
implementation methods for delivering integrated packages for community MCH,
Nutrition, post-partum family planning, and Gender-Based Violence program
services.
Ø Conduct integrated community outreaches
within the targeted underserved communities that have not been reached with
community interventions in the Nakawa and Rubaga divisions and roll out
integrated community MIYCAN, MCH, and post-partum family planning (PPFP) services.
Ø Monitor and supervise the 14 established
Family Care Groups/community resource persons to mobilize and teach mothers and
assess and refer malnourished children for care.
Ø Work with VHTs to support mobilization within
their catchment villages using megaphones and routine community engagement
platforms.
Ø Mobilize and facilitate trained community
resource persons and facility teams to conduct home-home visits targeting
households with children 0-23 months to promote uptake of positive child health
promotion and feeding practices at the household level.
Ø Conduct community dialogues (with local
opinion leaders, beneficiaries, facility teams, VHTs, etc) in identified
communities not yet reached with community services, opportunities, and
bottlenecks for delivery and uptake of services, and jointly design solutions,
including aligning to and collaborating with other actors and stakeholders
within communities.
Ø Conduct social mobilization and demand
creation for integrated community nutrition and MCH services, in collaboration
with existing partners, including USAID SBCA. USAID MCHN will obtain from SBCA,
print, and provide MoH-approved IEC materials/talking points to community
resource persons to cascade health promotion messages to their respective
communities.
Ø Work with Division health teams to orient
existing VHTs, FCGs, and adolescent and male champion groups in targeted
communities and leverage their efforts and voices to sensitize community members
and households on components of the package of interventions, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, general WASH and male involvement.
Ø Coordinate and facilitate trained community
resource teams to conduct active screening and referral of identified children
with malnutrition by leaders of FCGs, VHTs, and health facility focal persons
during FCGs meetings, outreaches, and at facility outpatients or triage areas.
GBV, MCH, and FP clients that need further care from health facilities or
other service points will be referred appropriately and documented in the
community facility referrals register.
Ø Implement community-level nutrition quality
improvement interventions using WI-HER’s IDARE (Identify, Design,
Apply/Assess, Record, Expand) QI methodology, starting with a few parishes
in each Division and subsequently expanding to more parishes.
Requirements/ Qualifications
Ø BSc, Nutrition, or Nutrition and
health-related disciplines. Possession of a Master of Public Health will be an
added advantage.
Ø A minimum of 3 years of experience in
implementing district-led programming approaches to build capacity and provide
technical and logistical support for improved access and utilization of
integrated community nutrition, MCH, and family planning services in Uganda.
Ø Knowledge of the current national MIYCAN
guidelines and national and international family planning policies and guidelines.
Ø Previous experience in integrated community
nutrition and a USAID-funded program is an added advantage.
Ø Demonstrated ability to effectively
communicate and collaborate with various stakeholders towards the achievement
of common goals.
Ø Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to
establish effective working relations with different stakeholders.
Ø Perform other duties as may be assigned by
and agreed upon with the supervisor.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should access
detailed job descriptions on https://rb.gy/g6o0v5 and send their
application to uganda.procurement@fhi360.org as soon as
possible, and no later than 17 December 2023.
Kindly note that only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
FHI 360 UGANDA OFFICE STREET ADDRESS Plot
15 Kitante Close
Kampala, Uganda.
MAILING ADDRESS P. O. Box 5768 Kampala,
Uganda.
T +256.205 000 710 | F +256.312.266.407 |
www.fhi360.org
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