VAC-9102 Nutrition Monitor

South Sudan

Organization: CTG - Committed To Good
Location: South Sudan
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Nutrition
- Children's rights (health and protection)
Closing Date: Closed

Job description

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Overview of position

The purpose of the Nutrition Field Monitors is primarily to support programmatic visits for the 31 CSOs implementing nutrition programme within 79+1 counties. It is expected that, Nutrition Field Monitors will contribute to achieve nutrition programme targets through improving quality of preventative and curative nutrition services for women and children. Nutrition Field Monitors will ensure that nutrition programme documents with CSOs are implemented as planned.

The organization South Sudan Country Office Nutrition programme is mainly implemented through partnerships with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). The organization has signed 31 multi-years Program Documents (PDs) with CSOs to support provision of nutrition services to women and children in more than 1,200 nutrition sites located within 79+1 counties of South Sudan. Nutrition Field Monitors are primarily needed to support programmatic visits with an expectation of carrying out at least one Field Monitoring Visit (FMV) to CSOs in each of the counties and visit more than 300 sites on a quarterly basis. These field monitoring visits will help to assess progress towards expected results and the quality of nutrition services provided by CSOs staff.

The nutrition program has set up an effective and systematic tracking of field monitoring recommendations. Presently, nutrition programme has one nutrition officers in each field offices, and it is challenging for one staff to reach the targets of field monitoring visits per quarter. Moreover, accessibility to some counties under the field office of the field nutrition officer remain challenging and most of the time the locations are only accessed by flight through Juba City. The contracts of the current nutrition field monitors are coming to an end; given the high expectations in term of field monitoring visits by the donors and the limited number of field office nutrition officers, the nutrition programme is planning to recruit 32 nutrition field monitors, 22 to be based within the 22 priority counties 6 in the field offices and 4 to be based in Juba and will constitute a mobile team that will cover hard to reach counties. The Nutrition monitors are fully funded by USAID-BHA until 31st December 2023.

The organization has signed 31 multi-years Program Documents (PDs) with CSOs to support provision of nutrition services to women and children in more than 1,200 nutrition sites located within 79+1 counties of South Sudan. Nutrition Field Monitors are primarily needed to support programmatic visits with an expectation of carrying out at least one Field Monitoring Visit (FMV) to CSOs in each of the counties and visit more than 300 sites on a quarterly basis. These field monitoring visits will help to assess progress towards expected results and the quality of nutrition services provided by CSOs staff. At the end of each field monitoring visits, the identified gaps are analyzed, and corrective actions are proposed for remedial action.

Role objectives

Monitor quality of nutrition service delivered by the organization NGO partners (including community-based interventions) and provide quality assurance through on-the-job course correction.
Contribute to training of service providers on Wasting prevention and treatment programmes.
Support analysis of IP's activity reports and track achievement against PD targets.
Monitor availability of nutrition supplies at point of use

Project reporting

This role will work under the technical supervision of child protection team leader and child protection specialist.

Key competencies

Submit quarterly Programmatic Visits plan (done in coordination with Field Nutrition Officers.
Submit reports on programmatic conducted.
Submit progress update report for continuous quality improvement.
Prepare and submit at least one Human Interesting Story
Two-page report on lessons learnt document prepared and submitted

Key Function	Key deliverables	Timeline
Support programmatic visits for the 31 CSOs implementing nutrition programme within 79+1 counties to achieve nutrition programme targets through improving quality of preventative and curative nutrition services for women and children.	Submit quarterly Programmatic Visits plan (done in coordination	15th of the last month of the quarter
	with Field Nutrition Officers	15th of the last month of the quarter
	Submit reports on programmatic visits conducted.	5th of each month (March to
	Submit reports on programmatic visits conducted.	November2023.December report to be submitted on 20th Dec 2023
	Submit progress update report for continuous quality improvement	25th of every month (March to November 2023.December report
		to be submitted 20th Dec 2023)
	Prepare and submit at least one Human Interesting Story	20th of the last month of each quarter
	Two-page report on lessons learn	15th December 2023
	document prepared and submitted	15th December 2023

Team management

This role has no team management responsibility

Further information

The personnel’s will have close interactions with our client’s field office program colleagues & frequent travel to the field for supporting coordination and planning at county level & monitoring the implementation of Health activities in the ground
At least 2 years of experience of field monitoring of nutrition Programmes.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and report writing.
In-depth analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent facilitation skills, training skills and ability to organize and implement training.
Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and proven interpersonal skills.
Experience in building successful relationships with government counterparts, UN agencies, CSOs and other relevant stakeholders.
Ability to cope with hardship conditions.
Knowledge of computer management skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint software.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Nutrition, Social Science, and Public Health or a related technical field
English and the main local language used in the applied state.
Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role

Disclaimer: At no stage of the recruitment process will CTG ask candidates for a fee. This includes during the application stage, interview, assessment and training.

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