Job Purpose
Job Purpose
Provide overall leadership, management, and technical coordination for IsraAID’s Kenya component of the Integrated Community Nutrition Management Program (ICNMP).
Ensure that programme activities are planned, implemented, monitored, and reported in accordance with the approved project document, work plans, budget, donor requirements, IsraAID policies, and applicable national and international nutrition standards.Duties and ResponsibilitiesProgramme Leadership, Planning, and Implementation
Duties and Responsibilities
Programme Leadership, Planning, and Implementation
Lead day-to-day management of the Kenya ICNMP component, ensuring implementation is consistent with the approved project document, logframe, targets, budget, work plans, implementation calendar, and donor commitments.
Translate the Kenya programme design into costed annual and quarterly work plans, detailed implementation plans, procurement and activity schedules, staffing plans, and field-level delivery arrangements; review progress regularly and follow up on agreed actions.
Oversee programme delivery across Kakuma, Kalobeyei, and Turkana West host communitiesincluding schools, health facilities, Adolescent Friendly Spaces, outreach sites, and community platformsadapting implementation to context while maintaining approved standards.
Monitor programme performance, expenditure, and burn rates with Finance and Operations; identify variances, delays, and resource gaps early and agree on corrective actions or escalate as appropriate.
Coordinate programme start-up, routine implementation reviews, risk management, adaptive planning, and close-out/transition activities; maintain an updated programme risk and issue register.
Provide timely, accurate narrative and quantitative inputs for internal updates, donor reports, work-plan revisions, budget reviews, and other programme deliverables.Technical Oversight and Quality of Nutrition Services
Technical Oversight and Quality of Nutrition Services
Provide programme-level technical leadership to ensure quality implementation of community-based screening, active case-finding, community-led surveillance, referral, enrolment, and follow-up for eligible malnutrition cases in line with national protocols and approved SOPs.
Oversee support to decentralised Outpatient Therapeutic Programme (OTP) and Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP) service delivery points and linkages with health facilities, community health structures, and partner-managed services.
Coordinate integrated monthly outreach and mobile clinic services with targeted health facilities, including malnutrition screening and treatment support, immunisation, ANC/PNC, hygiene promotion, referrals, and follow-up, as appropriate to the agreed service package.
Support community- and household-level kitchen gardens, climate-resilient agricultural practices, and dietary diversification activities in coordination with relevant technical colleagues and county/community actors.
Ensure programme sites and activities are accessible, safe, and inclusive, with attention to gender, age, disability, protection, and the specific needs of refugee and host communities.Community Engagement, SBCC, and Accountability
Community Engagement, SBCC, and Accountability
Oversee context-appropriate nutrition and wellbeing information, education, and communication (IEC) and social and behaviour change communication (SBCC), including community dialogues, practical demonstrations, school-based messaging, and engagement with trusted community influencers.
Support the establishment and functioning of mother-to-mother and father-to-father peer support groups and other community structures that reinforce positive nutrition, hygiene, and care practices.
Ensure caregivers and community members are supported to use Family MUAC and understand when and how to seek care and complete referral pathways.
Coordinate community feedback and response management, including accessible and child-friendly feedback channels; ensure feedback and complaints are acknowledged, referred, and resolved within programme standards and that trends inform programme adaptation.
Promote meaningful participation, community ownership, accountability to affected populations, and transparent communication about programme eligibility, services, and commodity use.Partnerships, Government Engagement, and Coordination
Partnerships, Government Engagement, and Coordination
Build and maintain effective working relationships with the Turkana County Department of Health, relevant county and sub-county structures, Department of Education, UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, implementing partners, and community leadership.
Support county and sub-county nutrition coordination, including relevant Nutrition Technical Working Groups/Forums and Sub-County Nutrition Technical Forums; contribute to joint planning, review of performance, problem-solving, and alignment with county priorities.
Clarify roles, responsibilities, referral arrangements, data-sharing protocols, and operational interfaces with partners, (adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});avoiding duplication of existing services.
Support joint strategic planning, co-design, partner capacity strengthening, and progressive integration of programme approaches into county, facility, and community systems.MEAL, Data Management, Learning, and Reporting
MEAL, Data Management, Learning, and Reporting
Work with the MEAL function to operationalise the programme MEAL plan, standardised tools, indicators, reporting schedules, data quality processes, and programme information systems.
Ensure routine monitoring captures screening, enrolment, referral completion, service quality, caregiver counselling, training, supervision, community engagement, commodity availability, and other approved logframe indicators, disaggregated as required.
Promote harmonisation and digitalisation of nutrition data and reporting tools and support integration/interoperability with relevant Ministry of Health systems, including DHIS2/HMIS, in coordination with county health teams and programme technical support.
Review programme data and field monitoring findings, facilitate periodic performance reviews and reflection sessions, document lessons learned, and ensure evidence informs corrective actions and programme adaptation.
Coordinate participatory assessments and evaluations, including baseline, mid-term review, endline, and impact assessment activities as applicable to the approved MEAL plan.
Ensure accurate and timely programme reports and documentation, including case studies, learning products, activity reports, and donor reporting inputs.Nutrition Commodity Supply Chain and Operational Coordination
Nutrition Commodity Supply Chain and Operational Coordination
Coordinate programme-side forecasting of nutrition commodity requirements using caseload, consumption, pipeline, seasonal, and service-delivery data in collaboration with relevant partners and MoH.
Monitor commodity pipeline status, availability, receipt, storage, distribution, and utilisation with responsible partners.
Support the development, harmonisation, and application of commodity management SOPs, inventory tools, reporting processes, reconciliation procedures, and accountability controls across relevant programme sites and partners.
Undertake other duties relevant to the role as assigned by the line manager.Required Experience and Technical Competencies
Required Experience and Technical Competencies
University degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition, Human Nutrition, Public Health, or a closely related field; a postgraduate qualification in Public Health, Nutrition, Global Health, or a related discipline is an advantage.
Professional registration with the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute (KNDI).
At least 6–8 years of progressively responsible experience in nutrition and/or public health programming, including at least 3 years in programme/project management or a supervisory role.
Demonstrated experience managing community-based and facility-linked nutrition interventions, including acute malnutrition screening, CMAM/IMAM, OTP/TSFP, referral and follow-up, MIYCN, and caregiver counselling.
Experience working in humanitarian, refugee, displacement, or arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) contexts; experience in Turkana, Kakuma, or Kalobeyei is an advantage.
Demonstrated ability to manage integrated, multisectoral programmes and work effectively with county/sub-county government, UN agencies, NGOs, implementing partners, and community structures.
Experience in project cycle management, work planning, budget monitoring, donor compliance, risk management, partner coordination, and preparation of quality narrative and quantitative reports.
Working knowledge of nutrition monitoring and surveillance, MEAL frameworks, data quality, digital reporting, and Ministry of Health information systems, including DHIS2/HMIS.
Experience with nutrition commodity forecasting, pipeline monitoring, inventory management, storage, distribution, supply-chain SOPs, and partner coordination is an advantage.