Health Linkages & Nutrition Officer at Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE)

Location: Port-Harcourt, Rivers

Project Summary

• The Rivers State Surge Project is being implemented by Institute of Human Virology of Nigeria (IHVN) in Rivers State. Funding for this project is from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Government Agency overseeing the project is US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Position Summary

• Health linkages Nutrition Officer will work with the CBO to manage beneficiaries and conducts support supervisory visit to Community Improvement teams, coaches the service providers to observe and monitor, provide guidance and quality feedback on the use of data and indicators.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of technical activities to improve the well-being and care for vulnerable children, and their households
• Responsible for ensuring that service provisions are of quality, based on identified needs
• Supervise and follow up of case plans for VC and their households
• Facilitate the coordination of strong referral network system and linkages
• Map available resources to serve the needs of the vulnerable children and their households
• Conduct regular site visits to assess implementation of activities.
• Support the coaching of CBOs, to bring about improvement in service rendered to vulnerable children
• Write monthly programmatic/technical reports, document success stories and best practices
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Degree in Social Work, or Community Development studied or any Social Science
• 3-4 years of experience in community development work preferably in the field of OVC related
• Knowledge of quality improvement approaches is strongly desired
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills and experience working with other implementing partners
• Good analytical skills
• Familiarity with USAID regulations is desired.