Job Description

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

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Job Description:

Project Coordinator: Health & Nutrition

The Role:

The Project Coordinator will lead the technical aspects of the project ensuring effectiveness of routine work in health facilities supported by this project. S/he will be responsible for establishing systems and ensuring that all project activities are implemented accordioning to technical qualities Ministry of Health policies and WHO standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the project technical work.
• Establish and implement systems for technical supervision, management, and quality improvement.
• Ensure essential health services are being implemented to technical guidelines.
• Ensure all Ministry of Health (MOH) policies and procedures are implemented
• Oversee training of health professionals.
• Oversee efforts to improve health service coverage and utilization including community engagement.

Experiences and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Public Health, Medicine, or Nursing.
• A minimum of ten-years full time experience of managing health service delivery projects, preferably in fragile contexts with focus on child health/Immunization.
• Training in Project Management, planning, M&E and report writing.
• Training in RH, EPI, TB, Nutrition, IMCI, IDSR and HMIS.
• Demonstrated experience in health service quality improvement.
• Demonstrated experience improving health service coverage and utilization in fragile contexts.
• Experience with tools and systems to improve health service delivery and quality.
• Demonstrated experience managing health service provider training.
• Substantial experience working with Governments and partners in fragile contexts. Experience with Somalia Government at the Federal and State levels is preferable
• Substantial experience with capacity development, preferably in the health sector

Working Environment:

The position will be based in Dollow, Jubaland State with regular travel to other field locations including Hirsheblele and South West State for donor and stakeholders’ engagements.

Skills Required

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