Nutrition Advisor, Integrated Health Service Delivery ActivityNigeria
About Palladium:
Palladium is aglobal leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentionalcreation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations,investors, governments, corporations, communities, and civil society toformulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social,environmental, and financial benefits.
For the past 50 years, we have beenmaking Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2, employeesoperating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing toimprove - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.
This Proposal Opportunity:
Palladium isseeking a Monitoring and Evaluation Director Integrated Service Delivery for ananticipated USAID funded program in Nigeria, titled Integrated HealthService Delivery Activity. The purpose of the activity is to strengthenservice delivery and integrated primary health care at primary and secondaryhealth facilities in the country through healthcare service and health dataquality improvement at health facilities improving access to care at communitylevels as a continuum of integrated primary health care.
This activity willprovide relevant training for health care workers and is expected to buildawareness and equip current and future facility-based and public healthpractitioners with the necessary multi-sectoral skills and capacities toaddress old and emerging infectious diseases, maternal, newborn and childhealth diseases. This activity will also strengthen the interoperabilitybetween paper-based and electronic health information management systems andimprove surveillance and public health functions of primary and secondaryhealth care facilities.
The Nutrition Advisor is a full-time position and willbe responsible for leading the design and implementation of the activity'snutrition program to improve maternal, newborn and child health outcomes. The NutritionAdvisor will be responsible for providing leadership in nutrition capacitybuilding, clinical mentoring and supportive supervision in the technical areaof nutrition for an upcoming USAID award in Nigeria. They will providetechnical assistance at the country-level and state nutrition advisors tosupport nutrition-related activities including integrated primary health careactivities and support to strengthen community-based services to enhanceaccess, referrals and linkages to the formal PHC system.
*This is a proposal position and is contingent upon anaward from USAID. *
Primary Duties and Responsibilities :
Provide technical guidance on nutrition-specific interventions through Primary Healthcare and community-based platforms. Guidance must be sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the Nigerian Government and USAID.
Provide technical leadership and build local capacity using proven training approaches on promotion of exclusive breastfeeding through the revised WHO guidelines for Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Community Initiatives, as well as Comprehensive Infant and Young Child Feeding practices.
Provide curriculum review, revision, and master training oversight and follow-up clinical mentoring to promote maternal nutrition (nutrition in pregnancy, nutrition while breastfeeding, management of diarrhea), and nutrition through the lifecycle with emphasis on complementary feeding (6-23 months) and dietary diversity.
Provide guidance on how to incorporate high impact nutrition services into antenatal, intra and post-partum care, as well as integrated management of childhood illness and integrated community case management protocols.
Provide guidance to facilities (PHC) and community-based structures to enhance community-based nutrition counseling and case detection and referral of MAM/CMAM cases for appropriate treatment and counseling.
Liaise with M&E and SPHCDA staff to encourage case management, follow-up, and surveillance of nutritional status.
Contribute to annual work planning, training plans and quarterly reports and other required technical reports.
Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and results.
Ensure quality program implementation consistent with MOH Nigerian Guidelines, global best practices and USAID Nigerian Strategic Directions.
Evaluate program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis
With other technical area leads, collaborate on program design, implementation, quality assurance and monitoring of work plan.
Coordinate with the other NGO partners to develop and implement feasible facility and community-based approaches.
Key Competencies Required:
Master’s degree or higher in Human Nutrition, Public Health or related field
Minimum 7 years of experience working in Nutrition in Africa, preferably in Nigeria.
Demonstrated expertise in working directly with host-country senior government officials and policy makers in nutrition and MNCH.
Experience working with host-country partners, organizations, and institutions
Strong skills in design, implementation and monitoring of program components; . services, training, supportive supervision, clinical mentoring, patient counseling, advocacy and coordination.
Experience with technical leadership for programs funded by USAID and/or other donor programs in developing countries, with significant Nigeria experience.
Strong verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective coordination among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.
Fluent in English, (written and oral communication)
Willingness to travel throughout Nigeria as necessary.
Equity, Diversity& Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusioninto everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society andactively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and goodpractice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in ourworkforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fairtreatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. Theseinclude: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, genderidentity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability,nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
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