Background

IsraAID, founded in 2001, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to providing life-saving disaster relief and long term support. For over a decade, our teams of professional medics, search & rescue squads, post-trauma experts and community mobilizers, have been first on the front lines of nearly every major humanitarian response in the world.

Job Purpose

The Nutrition Officer will provide technical and operational leadership in the planning, implementation, coordination and monitoring of integrated nutrition interventions in line with the national nutrition guidelines and organisational standards. The role will focus on strengthening community- and facility-based nutrition service delivery, improving early identification and management of acute malnutrition, promoting optimal Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and strengthening community structures to prevent and address malnutrition.

The Nutrition Officer will work closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH), county and sub-county health management teams, health facilities, Community Health Promoters (CHPs), community structures and other implementing partners to ensure effective delivery, quality assurance, accountability and sustainability of programme interventions.

Duties and Responsibilities

Programme Implementation and Operations

• Implement Health and Nutrition programme activities within IsraAID Kenya’s areas of operation, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, donor requirements, and national and international guidelines.
• Support the implementation of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), IMAM services, MIYCN, HINI, BFCI and Family MUAC approach interventions at the facility and community level.
• Provide technical leadership in the implementation of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), including community and facility-based screening, referral, treatment, follow-up and monitoring of treatment outcomes.
• Lead the systematic implementation of Behaviour Change Communication on health and nutrition best practices at community level.
• Coordinate integrated health and nutrition outreaches in collaboration with MoH and other stakeholders to improve access to screening, counselling, referral and treatment services among vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.
• Support the implementation of food security and nutrition-sensitive interventions, including establishment and strengthening of household, community and school kitchen gardens, dietary diversification and promotion of locally available nutritious foods.
• Coordinate nutrition commodity forecasting, quantification, distribution and utilisation, ensuring appropriate storage, stock monitoring, accountability and timely replenishment of essential nutrition supplies.
• Lead routine monitoring of nutrition programme indicators, including data collection, validation, analysis and reporting, while identifying implementation gaps and recommending appropriate corrective actions.
• Conduct regular supportive supervision, mentorship and technical capacity-building sessions for healthcare workers, CHPs, CHAs and community structures to strengthen the quality of nutrition service delivery.
• Strengthen coordination and partnerships with MoH, county and sub-county health management teams, community structures and other implementing partners through joint planning, review meetings and participation in relevant technical forums.
• Prepare timely programme reports and documentation, including activity reports, success stories, lessons learned and progress updates against programme targets, outcomes and indicators.

Staff Management and Technical Support

• Provide day-to-day technical supervision, mentoring, and on-the-job training to Community Outreach Workers in liaison with protection officers.
• Identify staff capacity gaps and support the delivery of targeted trainings to strengthen programme quality.
• Ensure Health, Nutrition, and WASH-related activities are implemented in line with IsraAID SOPs, Sphere standards, and Ministry of Health guidelines.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning

• Ensure timely, accurate and complete collection, validation, analysis and reporting of nutrition programme data
• Compile and submit weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly donor and internal reports.
• Maintain quality programme documentation, including activity reports, registers, and databases.
• Participate in programme reflection meetings and facilitate the utilisation of monitoring findings for adaptive management and decision-making.
• Contribute to the documentation of lessons learned, best practices, success stories, and case studies to inform programme learning and future design.

Strategy and Programme Planning

• Support the line Manager in implementing annual work plans and strategic objectives for Health and Nutrition programmes.
• Contribute to the review and updating of programme strategies, tools, and protocols in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Identify and document emerging needs, gaps, and best practices to inform adaptive programming.

Administrative and Financial Support

• Support compliance with budgeting, administrative, and financial procedures related to project implementation.
• Assist the WASH Programme Manager in ensuring timely submission of documentation related to outreach activities, allowances, and activity plans.

Coordination, Representation, and Partnerships

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Ministry of Health departments, health facilities, community leadership, and partner organisations.
• Represent IsraAID in Health, and Nutrition coordination forums, technical working groups, and stakeholder meetings.
• Support partnership development with government departments and humanitarian actors involved in Health and Nutrition interventions.
• Advocate for community health and nutrition needs and contribute to raising the visibility of IsraAID’s work.

Other Duties

• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor, consistent with the scope of the role.

Required Experience and Technical Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or Human Nutrition from a recognized institution.
• Must be registered with KNDI (Kenya Nutritionist & Dieticians Institute)
• Minimum 3 years experience within an INGO/NGO in implementing community nutrition programs.
• Demonstrated experience in CMAM/IMAM, MIYCN, community mobilisation, nutrition screening, referral and treatment follow-up.
• Experience working with MoH structures, county and sub-county health management teams and community health systems.
• Experience in programme planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Experience in emergency and development programming, preferably in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities.

Skills

• Proven analytical, communication/ negotiation skills and ability to think strategically.
• Experience in report writing and excellent computer skills.
• Confident, flexible and positive personality
• Strong planning and implementation capacity

Physical Environment and Demands

• Ability to work in hardship areas (previous experience in a camp setting will be an added advantage)

Level of Contact with Children

• High contact: Frequent interaction with Children

Languages

• English and Kiswahili

• Implement Health and Nutrition programme activities within IsraAID Kenya’s areas of operation, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, donor requirements, and national and international guidelines.
• Support the implementation of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), IMAM services, MIYCN, HINI, BFCI and Family MUAC approach interventions at the facility and community level.
• Provide technical leadership in the implementation of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), including community and facility-based screening, referral, treatment, follow-up and monitoring of treatment outcomes.
• Lead the systematic implementation of Behaviour Change Communication on health and nutrition best practices at community level.
• Coordinate integrated health and nutrition outreaches in collaboration with MoH and other stakeholders to improve access to screening, counselling, referral and treatment services among vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.
• Support the implementation of food security and nutrition-sensitive interventions, including establishment and strengthening of household, community and school kitchen gardens, dietary diversification and promotion of locally available nutritious foods.
• Coordinate nutrition commodity forecasting, quantification, distribution and utilisation, ensuring appropriate storage, stock monitoring, accountability and timely replenishment of essential nutrition supplies.
• Lead routine monitoring of nutrition programme indicators, including data collection, validation, analysis and reporting, while identifying implementation gaps and recommending appropriate corrective actions.
• Conduct regular supportive supervision, mentorship and technical capacity-building sessions for healthcare workers, CHPs, CHAs and community structures to strengthen the quality of nutrition service delivery.
• Strengthen coordination and partnerships with MoH, county and sub-county health management teams, community structures and other implementing partners through joint planning, review meetings and participation in relevant technical forums.
• Prepare timely programme reports and documentation, including activity reports, success stories, lessons learned and progress updates against programme targets, outcomes and indicators.
• Provide day-to-day technical supervision, mentoring, and on-the-job training to Community Outreach Workers in liaison with protection officers.
• Identify staff capacity gaps and support the delivery of targeted trainings to strengthen programme quality.
• Ensure Health, Nutrition, and WASH-related activities are implemented in line with IsraAID SOPs, Sphere standards, and Ministry of Health guidelines.
• Ensure timely, accurate and complete collection, validation, analysis and reporting of nutrition programme data
• Compile and submit weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly donor and internal reports.
• Maintain quality programme documentation, including activity reports, registers, and databases.
• Participate in programme reflection meetings and facilitate the utilisation of monitoring findings for adaptive management and decision-making.
• Contribute to the documentation of lessons learned, best practices, success stories, and case studies to inform programme learning and future design.
• Support the line Manager in implementing annual work plans and strategic objectives for Health and Nutrition programmes.
• Contribute to the review and updating of programme strategies, tools, and protocols in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Identify and document emerging needs, gaps, and best practices to inform adaptive programming.
• Support compliance with budgeting, administrative, and financial procedures related to project implementation.
• Assist the WASH Programme Manager in ensuring timely submission of documentation related to outreach activities, allowances, and activity plans.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Ministry of Health departments, health facilities, community leadership, and partner organisations.
• Represent IsraAID in Health, and Nutrition coordination forums, technical working groups, and stakeholder meetings.
• Support partnership development with government departments and humanitarian actors involved in Health and Nutrition interventions.
• Advocate for community health and nutrition needs and contribute to raising the visibility of IsraAID’s work.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor, consistent with the scope of the role.

• Proven analytical, communication/ negotiation skills and ability to think strategically.
• Experience in report writing and excellent computer skills.
• Confident, flexible and positive personality
• Strong planning and implementation capacity

• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or Human Nutrition from a recognized institution.
• Must be registered with KNDI (Kenya Nutritionist & Dieticians Institute)
• Minimum 3 years experience within an INGO/NGO in implementing community nutrition programs.
• Demonstrated experience in CMAM/IMAM, MIYCN, community mobilisation, nutrition screening, referral and treatment follow-up.
• Experience working with MoH structures, county and sub-county health management teams and community health systems.
• Experience in programme planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Experience in emergency and development programming, preferably in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities.
• Ability to work in hardship areas (previous experience in a camp setting will be an added advantage)