District Nutrition Officer

Role Purpose:

The key role of the position is to support in the implementation of maternal nutrition campaign project activities at the field level to achieve project targets as per project plans, under the guidance and leadership of Medical Marketing Specialist and in close coordination with National Campaign Coordinator at Nutrition International.

District Nutrition Officer will implement the interpersonal component of the maternal nutrition campaign and support the targeted media campaign outreach in the targeted districts. The Nutrition Officer will work closely with the Department of Health offices at district level and other key stakeholders including district representatives of professional medical associations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the guidance and supervision of the Medical Marketing Specialist, the specific tasks of the position will include:

Project Development and Planning

• Support MMS in the development of project’s district implementation plan in close coordination with the national campaign coordinator.
• Develop weekly and monthly plans for activities of interpersonal communication (IPC) with Health Care Providers (HCPs) both public and private and Frontline Health Workers (FHWs)
• Support the development of district awareness events plan (conferences, seminars, and meetings) in consultation with NI, District Health Department and Professional Medical Associations.

 Project Implementation and Management

• Support in the implementation of field level activities with DoH, HCPs/FHWs and Medical Associations for advancing the project activities on maternal nutrition campaign.
• Conduct a thorough mapping of assigned target area and identify all public and private HCPs and FHWs, to be reached during the campaign
• Maintain an updated database of public and private HCPs and FHWs in their target area
• Conduct one on one sessions with HCPs of public sector as well as private practitioners and FHWs for improving their knowledge, attitudes and practices for counselling the mothers and caregivers/ family influencers on nutrition
• Orient and sensitize the HCPs/FHWs on the diversity of nutrition, gravity of the issues, underlying causes and potential solutions/actions for improving the maternal nutrition among mothers
• Share the key messages with HCPs/FHWs during meetings with HCPs/FHWs and handover the information packs for further guiding the mothers and caregivers/ family influencers for nutrition
• Mobilize and motivate HCPs and FHWs for integrating maternal nutrition services in their regular service delivery
• Develop good relations with the stakeholders for supporting in the implementation of project activities. Conduct advocacy activities with district management and key stakeholders for strengthening maternal nutrition interventions.
• Ensure completion of weekly and monthly activities’ plans, developed with the consultation and approval of project management
• Establish a real time feedback mechanism from HCPs & FHWs to the project management regarding media products/messages and job aids
• Identify “Maternal Nutrition Champions” among HCPs and FHWs, potential contenders for leader award
• Support Nutrition International in coordination with district/provincial government/s to support district/provincial level activities.  
• Take minutes of the meetings and manage its issuance and circulation through the relevant channels of communication.

 Monitoring and Reporting

• Develop and communicate/submit project updates for program management team as per agreed upon frequency
• Keep updated daily report record
• Draft event’s (seminars, conferences and meetings) minutes/reports.
• Support in development of case studies of role models (HCPs & FHWs) and best practices from the project
• Submit weekly and monthly progress report of district activities to Shifa Foundation for further sharing with Nutrition International and other relevant stakeholders.    
• Serve as a focal person for providing periodic data for the monitoring and reporting purposes to the NI team as and when required.
• Support in conducting field monitoring, data collection and any relevant tasks necessary to support monitoring and reporting activities.

 Others

• Any additional task assigned by Nutrition International
• Support any other activity of NI’s other programs with the guidance of MMS/NCC