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Job Title:   Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Supervisor (4 Job Placements)   

Organisation: Partners for Community Health and Development Organisation (PACHEDO)

Duty Station: Adjumani (Ayilo I & II & Dzaipi & Pakele Sub counties), Uganda

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Contract Length:  12 months (with possibility of extension up to 36 months)

Start Date: November 2023 to be hired on annual basis

About US:

Partners for Community Health and Development Organisation (PACHEDO) is a development organization duly registered as NGO with Uganda NGO bureau and has been working in Uganda since 2007. PACHEDO is operational in the Districts of Gulu, , Lamwo, Amuru Adjumani, Yumbe, Terego and Kole Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Health/Nutrition, Protection; Food Security and Livelihoods; and climate change/Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Gulu City.

About NILE Project:

Through one of her donors- JICA- Japan International Cooperation Agency and NAM -Network for Action against Malnutrition, PACHEDO has received funding for a 36 months’ Nutrition Improvement & Livelihood Empowerment – (NILE) Project to be implemented in Adjumani refugee settlements (Ayilo I & II) and surrounding sub-counties of Dzaipi and Pakele in Adjumani district west Nile sub-region. PACHEDO is therefore actively seeking to recruit dynamic, highly motivated, Qualified and Competent persons to fill the positions indicated below for the NILE Project.

Job Summary: The Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Supervisor will be responsible for the direct project implementation of community nutrition activities integrated in Care Group model. Provide health and nutrition education and counseling at the health facilities, integrated outreach posts.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Project Coordinator and FAO to develop Monthly, Quarterly and Annual work plans and budgets
• Training of Care Group Promoters
• Supervising and supporting the Care Group Promoters, coordinating with project partners, project staff, and other stakeholders regarding upcoming activities and needs at the community and sub-county levels
• Reviewing lesson plans with the Care Group Promoters every month and ensuring they replicate the lessons to the Care Group Volunteers in a participatory manner
• Creating good working environment with the beneficiaries/communities
• Collecting and compiling monthly reports from the Care Group Promoters.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A University Degree in Nutrition or Public Health, Community Health, Nursing or related field with two years’ experience. Or A diploma in Nutrition or Public Health, Community Health, Nursing or related field with 4 years’ experience.
• Knowledge in Care Group Model and Positive Deviance/Hearth approaches in managing Acute Malnutrition are desirable
• Knowledge of Maternal Child Health and Nutrition/Maternal Infant Young child and adolescent nutrition concepts
• Experience in Humanitarian context, implementation with an NGO and conducting Nutrition surveys and collecting meaningful data is desirable.
• Excellent communications skills both oral and written are desired.
• Proficiency in respective local languages and Written English is a Must .
• Proficiency in computer packages such as Microsoft word, Excel, power point etc are of added advantage
• A valid motorcycle riding permit, including the ability to ride and care for a motorcycle is a Must

OUR BELIEFS: PACHEDO’s values are very important to us as an employer and they are also very important to our employees. All prospective employees should take some time to carefully consider our values and how they fit with your own personal values before attending interview with PACHEDO. And therefore seeks to employ those who believe, as we do, that vulnerable people themselves can and will play a key role in achieving long-term prosperity and who seek to deliver on those beliefs by: being experts in what we do, being creative with new and old solutions and sharing knowledge with others.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting only electronic copies of not more than 2MB of a cover  letter, a detailed CV (max 3 pages)containing contact details including active telephone numbers of three reference persons of which two must be professional referees, that includes your supervisor of the most recent/previous employer, and copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, by e-mail to office@pachedo.org Please kindly indicate clearly on the application subject line the position applied for. Applications must be addressed to;

The Human Resource Manager,

PACHEDO,

P.O Box 692 Gulu. Uganda

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from PACHEDO in one month’s time after the deadline.

Deadline: 20^th September 2023

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