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• Assisting in the review of existing nutrition
  behavioral and capacity building materials for which interventions can be
  applied at community level;
• Participate in the development, updating,
  pre-testing and finalization of nutrition social and behavioural change
  communication tools, guides and strategies;
• Train, supervise and support district, sub
  county and community level service providers in the delivery of nutrition
  services
• Developing standards of operations for
  implementation of nutrition services at community levels;
• Providing technical assistance to SBC team
  members and community service providers for integration of nutrition
  services into ongoing developmental interventions at community level
  Liaising with district and facility teams to identify ways of improving
  community-facility linkages for health and nutrition services;
• Supporting coordination mechanisms at district
  level for nutrition and HIV efforts by providing technical support to the
  district food and nutrition committees
• Monitoring and reporting the progress in
  implementation of community based nutrition progress routinely;
• Prepare a detailed annual, quarterly and
  monthly work plans to integrate both treatment and preventive services to
  reach pregnant and lactating women, children under the age of two years
  (the first 1,000 days) as well as people living with HIV at community
  level;
• Support the dissemination and application of
  nutrition materials/tools to facilitate the standardization of nutrition
  services for integration into social, agricultural and other health
  services.
• The Nutrition Specialist shall also contribute
  to orientation and technical assistance to nutnbon and other service
  providers on the use of materials/tools for integrating nutrition services
  into other services using the MACS framework;
• Liaise with the Nutrition Coordination
  Committees at district and sub county levels to support coordination
  mechanisms for nutrition services
• The Nutrition Specialist shall participate in
  and contribute to the strengthening of the coordination committees on
  nutrition.
• He/she shall also coordinate with the District
  Health Teams, and in collaboration with the Strategic Information team, to
  incorporate appropriate nutrition indicators into the Sub County and
  District Development Plans and subsequently use data to program and
  contribute to district and Sub County decision-making;
• Support and work closely with the community
  mobilization specialists, district-and sub county development officers,
  health inspectors/assistants in the implementation of nutrition support
  services at the community level;
• Actively identify case studies; document and
  share lessons learnt in implementation of community based nutrition
  interventions for the prevention of stunting and anaemia.

• Ensure that weekly, monthly and quarterly
  community based nutrition work plans are developed and reviewed, and
  receive final internal approval in a timely manner,
• Share the plans and progress reports with
  District and Sub County leadership, as appropriate:
• Support in planning and organizing quarterly
  feedback /learning sessions/meetings at district and community levels
• Work closely with SPRING/Uganda’s technical and
  Strategic Information teams to ensure program implementation is of the
  highest quality;
• Participate in reviewing project progress and
  ‘written reports for the district;
• Review progress reports for quality and
  accuracy, and submit to supervisor or his/her designee;
• Represent SPRING/Uganda in district and Sub County
  technical and coordination meetings and activities. 

• The prospective
  applicant should possess a Bachelors’ degree in Nutrition.
• At least three
  years of proven experience in implementing community mobilization, health
  and community based nutrition interventions. 
• Experience working in health
  and nutrition programs including NACS, IMAM and Infant and Young Child
  feeding counseling.
• Proven track
  record that demonstrates leadership skills, project management, budget and
  resource management experience, and client relationship management
  capability
• Demonstrated
  effective communication skills in working with district, government,
  implementing partners and USAID Mission.
• Experience
  working across multiple sub agreements and partners; ability to work well
  with people at all levels.
• Team player with
  ability to work with staff, partners and beneficiaries of different
  backgrounds.
• Attention to
  detail and excellent written and oral communications and negotiating
  skills; proficiency in English and Runyankole is a must.
• Familiarity of
  Ntungamo district and local government settings
• Strong
  initiative and self-motivation required, with a commitment to teamwork and
  effectiveness within a dynamic multi-disciplinary project.

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