Health and Nutrition Specialist

About the role

The Health and Nutrition Specialist provides technical leadership, quality assurance, and strategic oversight for integrated health and nutrition interventions. The role ensures delivery of evidence‑based services that comply with national IMAM guidelines, SPHERE standards, DG ECHO requirements and Ministry of Health protocols.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight for CMAM/IMAM, MNCH/RMNCH, and Primary Health Care programmes.
• Lead design, adaptation and contextualisation of protocols, SOPs and integration of nutrition, health, WASH and protection services.
• Supervise implementation at Mantapala Rural Health Centre, health posts and community platforms, ensuring functional OTP, inpatient services and 24/7 delivery where applicable.
• Mentor health staff, nutrition teams and community health workers; conduct regular field monitoring visits.
• Design and deliver competency‑based training for health workers, volunteers and partner staff on IMAM protocols, clinical case management, nutrition screening, referral and IPC.
• Manage supply chain forecasting, procurement planning and stock monitoring for essential medicines, RUTF, therapeutic foods and medical kits.
• Ensure accurate data collection via DHIS2 and CMAM/IMAM databases, lead data analysis, programme reviews and learning cycles.
• Represent the organisation in health and nutrition cluster meetings, technical working groups and coordinate with MoH, UN agencies and local partners.

Required profile

• Proven experience in technical oversight of health and nutrition programmes.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure compliance with national and international standards.
• Experience supervising and mentoring health and nutrition teams.
• Strong capacity to design and deliver competency‑based training.

Required skills

• CMAM/IMAM programming (OTP, TSFP, Stabilisation Care)
• Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH/RMNCH)
• Primary Health Care (PHC)
• Integration of Nutrition, Health, WASH and Protection services
• GBV referral pathways
• Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN)
• Growth Monitoring & Promotion (GMP)
• Family MUAC approach
• DHIS2 data system
• CMAM/IMAM databases
• Data analysis for programme monitoring
• Supply chain forecasting, procurement planning and stock monitoring