Overview
The Health and Nutrition Specialist will provide technical support for the implementation of health and nutrition projects in Nigeria, ensuring delivery according to the Country Strategic Plan and Save the Children Common Approaches.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical inputs in program design, technical assistance for project implementation, and capacity building of SCI and partner staff.
- Support the design and implementation of the nutrition strategy for the Nigeria Country Office.
- Develop proposals for funding to maintain and expand Save the Children’s work in the Health and Nutrition sector.
- Provide support and guidance on Health and Nutrition technical aspects to all relevant projects.
- Support training of Save the Children staff on Health and Nutrition related topics.
- Carry out frequent field visits to programmes, presenting a report with recommendations.
- Keep updated on research and Health and Nutrition programming at the national and international level and share with field staff.
- Advise on budget requirements for nutrition programmes.
- Ensure nutrition project teams produce timely, high quality reports and documentation.
- Review technical and programmatic contents of reports produced by the Country Office.
- Contribute to policy development relating to Health and Nutrition.
- Represent Save the Children country office in relevant forums and mechanism.
- Link and coordinate with key players in the nutrition sector at Federal and State levels.
- Participate on the development and review of Health and Nutrition related national documents.
- Build capacities of the Health and Nutrition team across CO Programmes.
- Support learning and development for staff working in Health and Nutrition.
Required Experience
- Minimum 6 years of experience in Health and Nutrition.
- Field experience in several, diverse acute emergencies as well as protracted crisis settings.
- 2 years at an advisory level.
- Sound knowledge of H&N in humanitarian aid and development context.
- Experience in representing an organisation in the coordination mechanism in emergency contexts.
- Experience line managing staff.
- Experience in providing distance technical support.
- Proven capacity to write quality reports and proposals as well as briefing papers, presentations, and technical summaries.
- Practical experience in training and/or facilitation of groups and strong participatory facilitation skills.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels.
- Proven capacity to deliver results against objectives, reporting schedules and workplans.
Qualifications
• Degree in Public Health, Medicine, Nutrition and other relevant field or have equivalent field experience.
