BACKGROUND
Government of Sindh under its Sindh Enhancing Response for Reduction of Stunting Project, aims to contribute to a significant improvement in nutrition in the province, by increasing and expanding coverage of multi-sectoral interventions. It comprises objectives and expected outcomes related to the underlying causes (by sectors) of stunting: health, population, sanitation and hygiene, agriculture, social protection and education.
A pilot nutrition-focused Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in targeted districts and is being led by the newly-established Social Protection Strategy Unity (SPSU) in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. The pilot aims to increase the uptake of existing health and nutrition services focused on the first 1000 days of life including ante-natal check-ups, safe deliveries, post-natal care, growth monitoring and immunization of children through the provision of a regular and predictable cash transfer at various trigger points. The pilot will help to develop the nascent capacity of the SPSU and offer lessons for scaling up. Key mandates and functions of the SPSU include project design, social protection operations such as social mobilization, communication, enrolment, compliance verification, payment, and grievance redress through the provincial Social Registry, as well as monitoring, evaluation and lesson-learning and planning for scaling up.
PROFILE OF THE POSITION
The Field Coordination Officer will be in charge of the program’s field operations by mobilizing requisite support from the concerned SPSU provincial staff and stakeholders. The Field Coordination Officer will coordinate with SPSU team on day to day basis and will report to Senior Specialist-Field Operation Team Lead.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The responsibilities of the Field Coordination Officer are as follows:
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE