The Millennium Villages Project, supported by Millennium Promise Alliance and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is a bottom-up approach to lift developing country villages out of the poverty trap that afflicts more than a billion people worldwide. The Millennium Villages’ team of experts in Agriculture, Nutrition and Health, Economics, Energy, Water, Agribusiness, Environment and Information Technology are working with local communities and governments to apply a proven holistic package of interventions to help villages get out of extreme poverty and meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With support from Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and funding from the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom, a SADA Millennium Village has been established in parts of the West Mamprusi and Builsa Districts of the Northern and Upper East Regions of Ghana. The project area covers a cluster of contiguous rural communities with an estimated population of 25,000 people.

Description Of Job

Job Summary
Purpose of the Position:
The Nutrition Facilitator will be responsible for the smooth and accurate running of nutrition activities within the MVP cluster. He/she will ensure that the key and suitable nutrition interventions are implemented according to the MVP nutrition strategy.
While focusing on nutrition, these interventions will be integrated into the health programs as primary health care, malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB, Mother & Child Health and Sexual & Reproductive Health. A particular attention will be paid to the integration with the other sectors as the education, agriculture and gender aspects. The general objective is to bring an additional expertise to the MVP in order to reach MDGs.

Responsibilities/Duties:
The candidate will work directly with the MVP health team, clinic staffs and communities to:

•  participate to the recruitment of CHWs
•  train clinic staffs and CHWs on different nutrition topics (CMAM, GMP, IYCF etc)
•  supervise, monitor and support clinic staffs and CHWs for implementation of nutrition activities both at facility and community level
•  ensure that proper health and nutrition education activities including IYCF are done by the clinic staffs and CHWs
•  ensure proper implementation of GMP and CMAM activities as key component of nutrition strategy
•  plan, organize and conduct refresh training for clinic based staffs and CHWs based on the needs identified
•  collect and cross check weekly, monthly, quarterly nutrition related data from the clinics staff and CHWs
•  compile weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for the nutrition program and analyze the nutrition situation and the performance indicators
•  identify the difficulties/challenges and propose adequate solutions
•  participate actively to any need assessment/surveys upon request and planning of the Line Manager/Technical Advisor
•  elaborate a comprehensive nutrition work plan for the site in collaboration with the Health Coordinator
•  Create a strong and constructive coordination and collaboration with other sector facilitators and local partners in the area

Terms of offer:
MVP offers a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package. The employment contract is for a period of one year with the possibility of renewal. MVP prides itself on its collegial, supportive and gender sensitive working environment and believes that staff diversity promotes excellence. Women are strongly encouraged to apply

Qualification Required & Experience

Qualifications/Requirements

•  Nutritionist, MD or Nurse with strong experience in nutrition
•  At least 2 years field experience in nutrition
•  Good analysis capacity,
•  Strong training and team management skills
•  Capacity to work under pressure and in stressful environment,
•  Good knowledge of Ghanaian health system
•  Computer skills: Word, Excel, Internet

How To Apply For The Job

Applications;
Applicants should apply by email, sending a cover letter summarizing their relevance to this position, a full C.V. and names and contact information of three referees knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to: sadamvp@gmail.com with copies to employment@mdgwca.org and jacob.ubindam@millenniumpromise.org."Application for SADA MVP Nutrition Facilitator” should be clearly marked on the subject line of the email message.

Closing Date: 28 August, 2012

We invite you to learn more about us at:

www.millenniumvillages.org,
www.millenniumpromise.org,
www.unmillenniumproject.org,
www.mdgcentre.org