Job Opportunities at National Child Development Agency

Job responsibilities

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Raising awareness of good health, diet and exercise through training and workshops
• Giving advice to members of Nutrition and WASH technical working group related to health
• Promotes intensive focus and innovative in all districts to bring about evidence for decision-making, improvements in coverage and quality of maternal and child health.
• Monitoring of the efficiency and effectiveness of response program to malnutrition for children under 6 years;
• Provide support to the Maternal and child feeding specialist in production of data base on health and nutrition,
• Provide support to the M&E specialist in Collection of data related to health
• Provide support to the M&E specialist in analysis of data related to Health and Nutrition
• Provide support to the M&E specialist in production of reports on results of analyzed data
• collaborate with the staff of the district, sector, cell, village having Health in its responsibilities.

Program Implementation

• Contribute in elaboration of guidelines/protocols of the Baby Friendly Hospitals Initiatives (BFHI); Baby?Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI) child scorecard, Nutrition for adolescent, Maternal, infant and young child nutrition
• Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles

Designing, managing and promoting health improvement program Capacity Building of health care providers at all levels on prevention and management of all forms of malnutrition.

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• Contribute and Support the production of training materials (training modules) of health care providers at all levels on prevention and management of all forms of malnutrition,
• Conduct trainings of health care providers at all levels on prevention and management of all forms of malnutrition
• Production of training reports;
• Contribute and support the development of supervision tools on Health and Nutrition
• Conduct supervision in Health and nutrition area
• Monitoring and evaluation in Health and Nutrition programs at all level,
• Periodic recycling on Health and Nutrition program,
• Organize quarterly and annual evaluation meetings of all activities related to Health and Nutrition interventions,
• Liaise with and provide technical support to government counterparts and non-governmental organizations implementing Health and Nutrition interventions

Work closely with other stakeholders in the area of the Health and Nutrition Interventions

• Collaborate with NTWG in preparation of trainings, workshops and meetings.
• Work in close collaboration with all stakeholders working in the area of health and nutrition through attending their meetings, workshops and trainings

Produce quarterly and ad-hoc reports on status of Health and Nutrition Interventions

• Produce reporting tools on Health and Nutrition interventions.
• Produce weekly report
• Produce any report requested in the area of Health and Nutrition Interventions.
• Perform any other duties assigned by his/her supervisor
• Compilation of monthly report for production, of quarterly and annual reports on Health and nutrition Interventions,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Global Health, Nursing with 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Global Health, Nursing with 1 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Decision making skills
• Time management skills
• Risk management skills
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.
• Risk Resource management skills
• Problem solving techniques