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The Consultant will provide technical, operational, and coordination support to review existing health and nutrition policies and guidelines for adoption of the essential maternal nutrition package within the Essential Primary Health Services, and development of maternal nutrition training package for health workers. This will help strengthen the implementation of Maternal Nutrition interventions across Somalia, with emphasis on nutrition education and counseling, MMS/IFA supplementation, anemia prevention, Social Behavior Change Communication and in building capacity of the health workers at facilities and communities from the government partners and/or CSOs/(I)/NGOs.
Desired Candidate Profile
Qualifications: Master s degree in public health, Nutrition, or related field
Experience in capacity building, training and skill development in maternal adolescent and child health and nutrition areas within RMNCAH with experience in humanitarian settings.
Work Experience: with 4 8 years experience in development and review of nutrition policy and programs, and in design and development of training curriculum/packages for maternal and child health and nutrition.
Language Requirements: Excellent written/spoken English.
Knowledge/Experience/Skills:
- Ability to travel within Somalia as security permits
- Knowledge of Policy and Legal Framework for health and nutrition in Somalia; Strengthening integration of the Essential Maternal Nutrition Package into the Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS).
- Proven experience of Capacity Development and Service Delivery with Integration of Multisystem, mainly health, social protection/cash transfer and livelihoods.
- Strong experience in Maternal nutrition programming, ability to demonstrate knowledge in the current WHO recommendations on maternal nutrition. and micronutrient supplementation (e.g., MMS, IFA, BEP?).
- Proven experience of review and development of health/nutrition policy, health and nutrition programme implementation MMS/IFA programming, anaemia prevention, SBC, and health systems integration and strengthening.
- Demonstrated experience in curriculum development and development of training materials in maternal and reproductive health and nutrition, and in capacity building of health workers at health facilities and community
- Solid understanding of Anemia prevention and control strategies, Maternal nutrition and diet counselling and assessments of anemia and weight gain monitoring, Screening and Referrals of PBW to tailored counselling, supplementary feeding/Balanced Energy Protein, Cash transfer, livelihood and Community based nutrition approaches for maternal and child health and nutrition.
- Strong skills in capacity building, supportive supervision, and developing training materials.
- Proven experience in programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Knowledge on integration of maternal nutrition across ANC, PHC, community health, and humanitarian response programme
- Excellent analytical, writing, and reporting skills.
- Strong interpersonal and coordination abilities with government, UN, and partners.
Desirables:
- Experience with DHIS2, national HMIS tools, data quality assessments, and dashboard development.
- Familiarity with Somalia s Health and Nutrition sector, including FMoH/MoH structures, Cluster coordination, and SUN platforms.
- Understanding of SBCC (Social and Behaviour Change Communication) for maternal nutrition.
- Knowledge of supply chain consideration for nutrition commodities and effective stock monitoring to ensure uninterrupted service delivery
Company Industry
- NGO
- Social Services
- Community Services
- Non-Profit
Department / Functional Area
- Doctor
- Nurse
- Paramedics
- Hospital Technicians
- Medical Research
Keywords
- Maternal Nutrition Consultant
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