Sub-District Nutrition Support Group Supervisor Plan International Zambia

Date: 21-Apr-2023

Location: Lusaka, Zambia

Company: Plan International

Organization Background

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-governmental organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.  We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Working in Zambia since 1996, Plan International Zambia’s development and humanitarian programmes focus primarily on Inclusive Quality Education, Skills and Opportunities for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Early Childhood Development and Gender Responsive Child Protection. Child protection is key in all that we do. Plan International Zambia has Programme Areas (PAs) in; Central, Luapula, and Eastern Provinces including in Lusaka, where the Country Office is located.

Location: Lusaka

Reports to: District Nutrition Support Group Coordinator

Grade:  C2

Closing Date: 5 May, 2023

Position Description:

The Sub-district Nutrition Support Group (NSG) Supervisor under the SUN II Project will have the overall responsibility of providing technical support and supervision to the NSG Supervisors in the implementation of nutrition activities using the NSG model, in particular health and nutrition using the NSG Model.  The Sub-district NSG Supervisor will be supporting the conducting of trainings and rolling out of the NSG Model and provide oversight in the supervision and monitoring activities related to the NSG Model. In addition, Sub-district NSG-Supervisor will also support NSG-Supervisors to create key linkages of beneficiaries across sectors under SUNII within the sub-district.

Responsibilities:

• Collect NSG Supervisors’ reports monthly, review them and ensure the information presented is accurate and complete before submitting to the District NSG Coordinator.
• Establish the need for and support the acquisition and distribution of Social Behavior Change (SBC) materials and tools and other logistics for use at sub-district level.
• Facilitate linkages of SUNII beneficiaries for services across sectors (e.g. agriculture, livestock and fisheries, WASH, income/assets, gender, and health/nutrition program technical components) within the sub-district.
• Ensure program quality among NSG Supervisors.
• Maintain a good recording system for both soft and hard copies of NSG program reports so that they are easily accessible.
• Responsible for the supervision of NSG Supervisors who report to him or her in the sub-district at least once monthly.
• Provide consistent support to strengthen the capacity of NSG Supervisors, NSG Promoters, NSG Volunteers and other frontline workers in NSG, including organizing training programs and providing regular technical guidance within the Sub-district.
• Responsible for the performance of NSG Supervisors who report to him/her.
• Oversee the selection of NSG Promoters from within Health Facilities that will be enrolled on the Project to supervise the NSG Volunteers.
• Conduct regular field visits to oversee implementation, provide on-site feedback on required improvements, and generate field visit reports with timely and appropriate follow up on action points.
• Under the supervision of the District NSG Coordinator liaise and maintain relationships with Sectors/Partners with whom the SUNII has joint ambition/plans.
• Any other job-related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Contribute to documentation of best practices, lessons learned including success stories for publication.
• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that Programme staff are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;

Educational Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum of a Bachelors’ degree in Nutrition or Public Health.
• 2 – 3 years of work experience in a similar position, in an INGO/NGO environment.
• Experience working collaboratively and productively with a range of partners, including GRZ, CSO and communities.
• Strong work experience and background in capacity-building, including participatory and facilitation approaches with communities and competency-based training.
• Knowledgeable about essential nutrition actions, growth monitoring and promotion, pre- and post-natal care, child health and pre-natal cards, and behavior change methodologies.
• Ability to transfer knowledge through trainings.

Competencies:

• Demonstrate understanding in the operational of Nutrition Support Group Model.
• Demonstrate how the Nutrition Support Group inter link with other community interventions.
• Demonstrate why Scaling up Nutrition focuses on children who are under 2 years of age.
•  Measuring and monitoring the nutritional situation
•  Identifying needs and interventions for the targeted populations
• Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines, with competing priorities and minimal supervision
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Plan work, anticipate risks, and set goals within area of responsibility
• Building the capacity of community partners and volunteers

Plan International provides equal employment opportunities to qualified and experienced women and men, Women are especially encouraged to apply.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.  

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.