About the Job
DEPARTMENT/ TEAM /PROGRAM:
Health & Nutrition
AREA OFFICE/ LOCATION: Amhara region North Wollo Zone Habru woreda
GRADE
:
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3B
CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 Month (From October 1
st
2026-September 30/2027
Reports to Health, Nutrition & WASH Program Manager
Matrix Manager: Health, Nutrition & WASH Program Manager
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3:
the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people
either
frequently (e.g. once a week or more)
or
intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
Risk and Compliance:
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Fraud, Bribery, and Corruption policy and code of conduct. The key responsibilities include understanding and complying with the SCI policies and procedures, not committing any act of fraud, bribery, or corruption, understanding risks in their area/role, and implementing mitigation measures, report any suspected fraud, bribery, or corruption immediately, declare conflicts of interest in accordance with internal procedures and complete mandatory training related to ethics and anti-fraud measures
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Health and Nutrition Coordinator leads field-level coordination and technical delivery of the Japan Platform-funded project, “Restoring Life-Saving Health and Nutrition Services and Strengthening Health System Resilience and Outbreak Response in Conflict-Affected Habru Woreda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia.” The role is accountable for advancing two outcomes: improved access to essential health and nutrition services for conflict-affected and underserved communities and strengthened resilience of local health systems and communities to sustain services during humanitarian crises.
Based in Woldia, the post holder coordinates implementation through supported health facilities, one Mobile Health and Nutrition Team (MHNT), 14 outreach sites, OTP and Stabilization Centre services, and community platforms. The Coordinator ensures integrated delivery of primary health care, RMNCH, emergency nutrition, MHPSS, first-line GBV support and referral, disease surveillance and outbreak response, health-system strengthening, community engagement and accountability. The role works closely with government health authorities, supported facilities, communities, SCI teams, Save the Children Japan and relevant humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Provides day-to-day technical and operational oversight for four interconnected components: restoration of PHC services, emergency nutrition, health-system strengthening, and community-based systems and engagement.
Supervises and coaches project Health and Nutrition staff and provides functional oversight to the four-person MHNT, maintaining clear movement, supervision and performance plans.
Coordinates closely with MEAL, supply chain, finance, awards, safeguarding, construction/WASH, security and
technical teams to deliver the approved workplan, procurement plan, rehabilitation package and donor commitments.
Represents the project in Habru Woreda and North Wollo coordination platforms, including relevant PHEM, Health and Nutrition forums.
Work with budget holder to ensure activity lines and ensures compliant, timely and value-for-money use of project resources
Staff reporting to this post:
Staff directly reporting to HN& WASH Program Manager.
Key Responsibility for this role:
Project leadership, planning and delivery
Lead the detailed 12-month implementation plan for, maintaining alignment with the approved JPF proposal, logframe, monthly schedule, budget and donor requirements.
Coordinate implementation across supported facilities, outreach sites, MHNT, OTP/SC sites and community platforms, with clear catchment mapping, workplans, referral pathways and supervision schedules.
Ensure monthly and quarterly deliverables are completed on time; identify bottlenecks, assign corrective actions and follow up to closure.
Maintain continuity plans for insecurity, access restrictions, disease outbreaks and supply disruption, using mobile, outreach, facility and community modalities as appropriate.
Promote operational integration with WASH, protection, GBV, MHPSS, MEAL and community accountability interventions.
Restoration of integrated PHC services
Coordinate support to health centres and monthly outreach sites for integrated PHC and RMNCH services, including OPD, ANC, PNC, immunization, child health, nutrition screening, health education and referral.
Oversee one MHNT composed of a physician or health officer, two nurses and one midwife, supported by locally assigned HEWs, and ensure six-day operations or approved context-adapted schedules.
Ensure the MHNT delivers integrated adult and under-five consultations, RMNCH, nutrition, MHPSS, first aid and safe first-line support or referral for GBV survivors in accordance with national guidance.
Strengthen two-way referral between communities, PHCUs and the referral hospital, including confidential GBV, child protection, disability-inclusive and mental health pathways.
Coordinate approved ambulance gap-filling support, referral communication, feedback and documentation:
Emergency nutrition services
Ensure monthly MUAC screening and referral for children under five and pregnant and lactating women through static, outreach, MHNT and community platforms, including two active case-finding rounds.
Coordinate Family MUAC in priority areas, including training and follow-up support for HEWs and caregivers.
Coordinate support to OTPs and Stabilization Centres through supplies, equipment, reporting tools, referral and continuous capacity strengthening.
Monitor SAM admission and treatment outcomes, including cure, death, default and non-response rates, and lead corrective action when performance falls below national or Sphere standards.
Oversee integration of IYCF counselling within RMNCH services, strengthening of Mother-to-Mother Support Groups, and establishment or strengthening of breastfeeding corners in priority health centres.
Responsible for to delivery of OTP , SC and IYCF service with expected coverage and quality
Health-system strengthening and resilience
Lead the first-month facility gap analysis and coordinate the approved support package for 34 facilities: 7 health centres, 26 health posts and 1 referral hospital.
Coordinate quantification, procurement and distribution of essential medicines, consumables, equipment, OTP/SC supplies, nutrition commodities, PPE, IPC materials, registers and job aids.
Work with supply chain teams to strengthen IPLS, last-mile delivery, stock monitoring, pipeline analysis and timely redistribution to minimise stock-outs, expiry and loss.
Provide technical coordination to minor rehabilitation of facilities, including service rooms and priority WASH/IPC infrastructure, working with construction/WASH teams and government authorities.
Coordinate planned training, mentorship and follow-up across PHEM, MHPSS, SAM, IMNCI/iCCM, CMR/GBV, IPC, IPLS, RMNCH, IYCF and related priorities.
Strengthen HMIS/DHIS2 functionality through standard tools, coaching, data quality checks, reconciliation and use of data for management decisions.
Disease surveillance, preparedness and outbreak response
Monitor cholera, measles, malaria, scabies and other priority epidemic alerts and ensure application of standard case definitions, alert verification, reporting and investigation procedures.
Coordinate PHEM training, facility preparedness planning, simulation exercises, Rapid Response Team readiness, sample transportation and community risk communication.
Ensure availability and appropriate use of PPE, case-definition posters, surveillance tools and priority outbreak-response supplies.
Support coordinated response actions within 72 hours of a verified outbreak trigger, subject to government activation and safe humanitarian access.
Maintain current outbreak, security and access risk analysis and escalate critical concerns promptly.
Community systems, SBCC and accountability
Coordinate training and supportive supervision of HEWs and community volunteers on iCCM, SAM, Family MUAC, PHEM and agreed priority topics.
Lead context-appropriate SBCC using local languages and accessible channels to address misinformation, harmful norms, low risk perception and barriers to timely care-seeking.
Ensuring inclusive community engagement through women’s groups, youth, IDP and host-community representatives, persons with disabilities, religious leaders, schools and market-day platforms.
Coordinate quarterly community-facility dialogue and monitor agreed service-improvement actions.
Ensure accessible and confidential feedback channels, including hotline, suggestion boxes and community structures, and timely response or referral of concern
Ensure inclusive community engagement through women’s groups, youth, IDP and host-community representatives, persons with disabilities, religious leaders, schools and market-day platforms.
Coordinate quarterly community-facility dialogue and monitor agreed service-improvement actions.
Ensure accessible and confidential feedback channels, including hotline, suggestion boxes and community structures, and timely response or referral of concerns.
Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
Operationalize the approved logframe and indicator plan, maintaining disaggregation by sex, age, disability and IDP/host status.
Ensure complete and consistent reporting from facilities, MHNT, outreach, OTP/SC, training and community activities; reconcile project records with HMIS/DHIS2.
Review performance weekly and monthly and submit timely data for the Output Tracker, PRIME/IPTT, quarterly quality benchmarks and donor reports.
Support the light-touch baseline, internal outcome survey, mid-term review, quarterly case stories, final after...