Outreach Activity Manager at ALIMA

MISSION AND MAIN ACTIVITIES

Defining, coordinating and monitoring all outreach nutritional and IEC (Information-Education-Communication) activities in the project area, according to ALIMA standards, and protocols, analysis of statistics and reports and Project Coordinator and Medical Coordinator’s guidelines, in order to ensure good care regarding nutritional issues to the target population, addressing malnutrition and providing information to the population regarding nutritional habits. Manages staff involved in nutritional activities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participating in the definition, planning, organization, and update of the annual nutrition project, activities, and its budgeting, in close collaboration with other medical team members, in order to ensure efficient and effective use of the resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality ALIMA nutrition programs and activities.
• Supporting the Medical Refer-ent / Project coordinator in negotiating//discussing/lobbying assessments and protocols with authorities and other organizations
• Coordinate the different IEC activities and establish links between them (e.g., between health workers, the community, and ALIMA)
• Train the Community mobilizers identified by the communities and ensure continuing training according to identified needs (Focus Groups, priority themes, etc.) through the collection of quantitative and qualifying data, testimony from the ASCs and supervisors, and the link with ITFC/OTPs
• Ensuring the implementation of all ALIMA protocols (medical, nutritional, anthropometric, etc.), standards (hygiene, asepsis, security, etc.), and procedures and supervising their application by all personnel in the outreach-supported health facilities, in order to improve the overall quality of the therapeutic feeding and services given to population.
• Supervising nutritional research and ensuring that they are done according to protocols, participating in the identification of the target population, sample size, and methodologies for planned nutritional surveys or studies. Analyzing nutritional and food security issues arising in the project area, collecting appropriate and reliable data, (e.g. survey), setting up surveillance, and giving advice to the ALIMA medical team on these matters, in order to study a potential response that will improve living conditions to the population at risk.
• Identifying and studying problematic patients and supervising the referral processes, checking that all forms and other administrative tasks are properly carried out, ensuring the accompanying persons have received all the necessary information, and arranging transport, if necessary, in order to offer them a general and complete healthcare
• Ensuring a good management of medical and non-medical stocks (therapeutic food, medicines, medical material, etc.) validating weekly/monthly orders to be provided by central warehouses, monitoring the consumption and rational use of different items and the permanent availability of an emergency stock, in order to ensure a rational and efficient use of material resources.
• In coordination with the project biomedical service supervising the appropriate use of medical devices and anticipating and communicating future needs.  
• Elaborating regular reporting of outreach nutrition related statistics, results and problematic situations and cases, in order to have updated and reliable information about the day-to-day activity in the project and supporting the de-cision-making. Being responsible for the collation, analysis and monthly reporting of nutrition related statistics
• Planning and supervising the processes associated to outreach HR and team management (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, motivation, internal/external communication, etc.) of the staff under his/her responsibility, in order to improve staff capabilities and ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required

EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS

• Medical or paramedical degree, with further nutrition-related training
• Desirable specialization or training in tropical diseases or similar
• Two-year experience in nutrition area essential.
• Previous experience with ALIMA or other Medical NGOs in developing countries is desirable
• Mission working language essential, local language desirable
• Essential computer literacy (word, excel, and Internet)

BEHAVIORAL SKILLS

• Strong interpersonal skills, teamwork, active listening, and effective communication skills
• Cultural competency and patient advocacy
• Ability to work on initiative and adaptability to changing needs and situations
• Ability to work under pressure and calm in emergency situations.

IMPORTANT REMARKS

• Only successful applicants will be called for an interview.
• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process.