Capacity Building Trainers for Health Workers (Ebonyi and Ondo State) at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Purpose of Assignment

• The United State’s Momentum Country and Global Leadership (MCGL) project, implemented by Jhpiego require the services of s to build the capacity of Health Workers and Community Volunteeers in the implementing States (Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Ebonyi & Ondo) on Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition and Facility Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) Quality in order to improve the nutritional outcome for women, newborns, and children in Nigeria.

Objectives

• Capacity building for States on Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) and Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) and Immunization

Scope

• To build the capacity of the MCGL implementing States (Kano, Kastina, Kebbi, Ondo, and Ebonyi) for the implementation of IMAM, MIYCN & Immunization.

Expected Outcome

• The capacity of health workers and community volunteers buit on Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM), and Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) and Immunization.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a pre-test assessment for the health workers and community volunteers across the targeted health facilities.
• Develop a detailed training plan, agenda and curriculum for integrating IMAM, MIYCN and Immunization components based on national guidelines.
• Prepare and validate training materials (deck), job aids and reference tools tailored to the Nigerian context.
• Facilitate training sessions for health workers and community volunteers on IMAM protocols including OTP, SC and referral pathways.
• Deliver training and practical sessions on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN), including breastfeeding counseling, complementary feeding and maternal nutrition among others.
• Train Participants on immunization schedules, cold chain management, and integration with nutrition services.
• Build capacity on screening, diagnosis and management of acute malnutrition using MUAC, weight-for-height and clinical signs.
• Strengthen knowledge on nutrition-sensitive immunization practices and how to identify missed opportunities.
• Provide orientation on data collection tools and reporting formats for IMAM, MIYCN, and immunization services.
• Support the development of facility-level action plans to implement integrated nutrition and immunization services.
• Conduct post-training evaluations to assess knowledge retention and practical application and show the percentage knowledge gain.
• Develop and share a monitoring and supervision checklist for ongoing quality assurance.
• Produce a comprehensive training report including action pictures, attendance, pre/post-test results and key recommendations.
• Facilitate coordination meetings with facility managers and local health authorities to ensure ownership and sustainability.
• Identify and document best practices and lesson learned during the capacity-building process.
• Provide technical guidance on integrating community-based volunteers into facility-level service delivery.
• Recommend strategies for linking facility-based services with the community outreach and referral systems.
• Ensure all deliverables align with Nigeria’s national nutrition and immunization guidelines and global best practices.

Required Qualifications

Education

• A minimum of Bachelor’sdegree in Nutrition, Public health, Nursing, Medicine or a related health field.
• Masters or PhD is an added advantage.

Certification

• Certification or formal training in IMAM, MIYCN and Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)
• Additional certification on training facilitation, project management or monitoring and evaluation is an asset.

Minimum experience requirement

• At least 10 years’ experience implementing nutrition and immunization programs in humanitarian or development settings.
• Proven experience in capacity building of health workers and community volunteers, especially in secondary facilities.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing and delivering training on IMAM, MIYCN and Immunization using Nigeria’s national guidelines.
• Experience working with government health system, including coordination with the State Ministry of Health and local health authorities.
• Familiarity with community-based health structures such as CHIPs and volunteer networks.
• Strong understanding of data collection tools (eg., Kobo collect, ODK or Google forms) and analysis for program improvement.
• Experience in developing SOPs, Job aids, and training manuals tailored to local contexts.
• Ability to conduct pre/post test evaluations and analyzed the result.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• A master trainer.
• Experience in using Microsoft packages.