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Program implementation, monitoring, and delivery of results, with a focus on Nutrition activities.

• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of IsraAID Uganda’s Nutrition-related programming. Ensure effective collaboration with other partners and stakeholders in the field.

• Plan and conduct promotional activities of exclusive breast feeding in host communities and the refugee settlements. Mobilize community members to participate in these initiatives, and encourage community-level associations and other groups to actively participate in the project.

• Lead and supervise the process of promoting dietary practices that affect malnutrition in the field training of health care workers on dietary practices affecting malnutrition, improving nutrition support in healthcare setting, and support policy development.

• Lead and supervise the development of all materials for nutrition materials, including but not limited to Nutrition IEC materials, training manuals in consultation with IsraAID HQ Health Department.

• Lead and supervise malnutrition screening at all levels, i.e. mass screening, door to door etc. Ensure compliance with the local regulations and the quality of the end-result services provided at all levels.

• Lead the establishment of the mother-to-mother groups through local authority engagement, training of group leaders and ensuring that the groups are well supported and guided.

• Monitor, report, and certify the use of sectoral program resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verifying compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report arising issues to the Country Director and request the HQ Health Advisor for any needed support to ensure timely resolution.

• Prepare quality and timely Nutrition progress reports for the Country Office management, donors and partners.

Networking and partnership building

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with government counterparts, UN agencies, donor agencies, Health institutions, NGOs, research institutes and the private sector to stimulate coordination and collaboration in the Livelihood and Nutrition sector.

• Produce nutrition IEC materials to promote awareness raising at the community level, establish partnerships and support fundraising.

• Participate in inter-agency discussions at both National & settlement level, ensuring that IsraAID’s position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the planning and agenda setting.

• Any other duties that will be assigned by the supervisor.