State Facilitator at Committed To Good (CTG)

Committed To Good (CTG) is an award-winning private sector company that enables humanitarian and development projects in conflict zones. As a people solutions business, we recruit, deploy and manage the right people with the right skills to implement projects in the world’s toughest regions.

Having worked in more than 25 fragile and conflict-affected countries, we pride ourselves on hiring 90% local employees, providing decent, dignified work and new opportunities in fragile communities. 90% of our turnover goes back into the local economy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: State Facilitator

Vacancy ID: VAC-9475
Location: Bauchi
Start date: 01-Apr-2023

Role Objectives

• The State Supervisor will perform his / her tasks, duties & responsibilities delegated under the direct supervision of UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, Bauchi field office.
• The State Supervisor will work closely with our clients focal point in field office & with SMOH State Nutrition Officer, nutrition focal persons & other state & LGA level staff of Bauchi State to strengthen the capacity of government system in the states. S / He will support the efforts of state government to promote child survival & development through prevention & treatment of malnutrition, especially severe acute malnutrition (through IMAM), counselling & promotion for adoption of recommended IYCF practices & micronutrient supplementation among children 6 - 23 months.
• The State Supervisor will provide support in ensuring effective coordination, networking & information sharing with the government & other stakeholders in Bauchi state, to help scale up the management of severe acute malnutrition (IMAM intervention), community infant & young child feeding & micronutrient supplementation & home fortification activities.
• Identify bottle necks in the implementation of nutrition interventions (IMAM, IYCF, MNDC & advocacy) & systematically explore solutions in collaboration with State Nutrition Officer, LGA nutrition focal person & supervisor.
• Ensure effective operation of systems for community based management of severe acute malnutrition for children with age of under 5 years.
• Conduct monitoring & supportive supervision in collaboration with SNOs / nutrition focal persons to identify & document the success & challenges of the program.
• The State Supervisor in cooperation with State Logistic Officers & SMOH SNO, will assist in planning, develop distribution plans, supply requisition & ensure timely delivery of nutrition supplies to the PHC & / or IMAM sites.
• Support State Nutrition Officers to prepare & timely submit proposal required by our client.
• Support in preparing & submitting weekly & monthly reports including IMAM data (admissions, defaulters, cured & death as well as stock levels & any potential supply gaps) as well as updates on community IYCF & MNDC activities.
• Articulate the monthly work plan in collaboration with our clients focal point & submit for approval to the supervisor & report the implementation progress.
• Review correctness & completeness of routine program data (IMAM, IYCF, MNDC) in collaboration with State Nutrition Officer before its submission to our clients field office.
• Follow up implementation of state (our client) supported activities to ensure they are according to the proposed budget & activity plan.

Project reporting:

• A detailed work plan submitted, discussed & reviewed with the supervisor at the beginning of each month.
• A monthly progress report submitted to the supervisor for review, discussion & feedback.
• Weekly trip reports & summary of action points from meetings submitted to the supervisor for weekly activities undertaken.
• A quarterly monitoring & supervision report should be submitted to the supervisor indicating best practices, challenges, proposed solutions & next steps.
• Nutrition program data including IMAM, IYCF, data submitted not later than 6th of the following month.
• A monthly update on the status of nutrition supplies at the state & LGA level submitted not later than 1st of each month.

Requirements / Key Competencies

• University Degree in Nutrition or Public Health or Nursing or Biochemistry or related technical areas & at least minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, preferably in management of acute malnutrition, IYCF & basic nutrition programming.
• Must be computer literate.
• Fluency in English & Hausa is compulsory.
• At least 5 year experience in health / nutrition program management.
• Demonstrated skills with statistics analysis software related to data management.
• Experience in working with communities on nutrition or other health related issues.
• Experience working in emergencies will be an advantage.
• Good verbal & communication skills.
• Working with people.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.

Team management:

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Application Closing Date
27th March, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Qualified female candidates are encouarged to apply for this role.