The position will oversee Community Outreach, Outpatient Therapeutic Programme (OTP), Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP), and Stabilization Centre (SC) services, ensuring effective identification, admission, treatment, monitoring, referral, and follow-up of children and other eligible beneficiaries affected by acute malnutrition.

The Senior Nutrition Officer will supervise and mentor nutrition staff, monitor service quality and performance, strengthen community-based screening and referral systems, ensure effective nutrition commodity management, and maintain accurate and timely reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

A. Nutrition Program Management and Oversight

• Lead the planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition activities across Ajuong Thok, Pamir, and Hakima nutrition sites.
• Develop and maintain monthly and weekly implementation plans, ensuring activities are delivered in line with approved project targets, budgets, donor commitments, and operational priorities.
• Conduct regular field visits to all assigned nutrition sites to monitor implementation, identify service delivery gaps, and provide technical guidance and operational support.

B. Community Outreach and Active Case Finding

• Oversee community-based nutrition activities, including active case finding, MUAC screening, referral, follow-up, and defaulter tracing.
• Coordinate regular outreach activities in collaboration with community health workers, community nutrition workers, community leaders, and other relevant structures.

C. Outpatient Therapeutic Programme (OTP)

• Provide technical oversight of OTP services at Ajuong Thok, Pamir, and Hakima nutrition sites.
• Ensure proper screening, anthropometric assessment, admission, clinical assessment, treatment, follow-up, and discharge of eligible children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition, in accordance with national protocols.

D. Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP)

• Oversee the implementation of TSFP services in accordance with approved eligibility criteria, national guidelines, and applicable WFP or partner requirements.
• Ensure accurate screening, admission, follow-up, transfer, and discharge of eligible beneficiaries, including children and pregnant and lactating women where included in the approved program design.

E. Stabilization Centre (SC) Services

• Provide technical and operational oversight of Stabilization Centre nutrition services for children with severe acute malnutrition and medical complications, in coordination with the designated clinical team.
• Ensure SC services operate in accordance with national inpatient management protocols and approved clinical procedures.

F. Technical Quality Assurance and Supportive Supervision

• Conduct regular supportive supervision visits to OTP, TSFP, SC, and community outreach sites across the three locations.
• Provide on-the-job coaching, mentorship, and technical support to nutrition staff to strengthen clinical and programmatic competencies.

G. Nutrition Commodity and Supply Chain Management

• Prepare and update nutrition commodity forecasts based on beneficiary caseloads, historical consumption, treatment protocols, stock balances, and projected program needs.
• Coordinate with pharmacy, logistics, supply chain, and program teams to ensure timely replenishment of nutrition commodities across Ajuong Thok, Pamir, and Hakima.

H. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Reporting

• Monitor beneficiary caseloads, service utilization, staffing needs, commodity availability, and implementation progress across the three locations.
• Identify operational challenges, develop corrective action plans, and follow up on agreed actions with responsible staff.

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