TSFP Officer

TEAM/PROGRAMME: WFP Provision of Targeted Supplementary feeding (TSF)

GRADE: 4A 

CONTRACT LENGTH: 7 months 

LOCATION: Goro Wereda and Dawekachen woreda 

Post Type: National

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 

Level 3:  the role 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 in country programs; or are visiting country programs; are because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises or those who need better healthcare, education, and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the rights of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday.
• All children learn from a quality basic education.
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated.

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

ROLE PURPOSE:  

The position holder shall be in charge of technical quality implementation of the TSFP program in the woreda. S/He will mainly be responsible for the bi-weekly/monthly implementation of the TSFP and outreach works in collaboration with the government most importantly the Woreda Health Office. Provide on-the-job training for HW/HEW provide consistent and high-quality technical support in establishing and strengthening IMAM and assist TSFP to strengthen the implementation of TSFP. S/He will monitor Community Health Workers and volunteers in strengthening the community mobilization and outreach component of the program.

Reports to: Health and Nutrition Coordinator

Dimensions: A number of direct reports:1

Activity Overview

The TSFP Officer will be responsible for the overall implementation and monitoring of the Therapeutic Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP) in designated Woreda. The role involves ensuring the effective delivery of nutrition interventions to malnourished children and pregnant/lactating women, managing field staff, liaising with local health authorities, and maintaining high-quality program standards in line with Save the Children and WFP guidelines.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Ensure smooth and accurate running of TSFP

• Ensure that IMAM protocols are strictly followed and implemented
• Responsible to ensure that patients admitted, together with his/her caretaker are given information on the center is organize/running, the reason for admission and the treatment protocol.
• Ensure that the objectives of the TSFP activities are reached
• Ensure the smooth-running of the centers (Health posts, FDCs) under any expected circumstances and in case of any staff’s missing
• Making sure of proper forecasting and provision of the food (premix) and other supplies for each center in a timely manner
• Ensure that reporting of food commodity flow is properly recorded and accurate
• Ensure timely preparation of the list of the new admission to be submitted to the program
• Ensuring that all the relevant data are properly and accurately   recorded on registration books and nutrition cards
• Coordinate the activities with closely with HEWs and nutrition staff.
• Ensure that all program materials are well maintain

Provide technical and organizational support TSFP

• Provide continuous and practical training to employed HEWs and FDA on nutrition
• Collaborate with the existing health structures/OTPs to ensure the systematic screening of children who come for consultation and referral if needed.
• Collaborate with the HEWs and woreda health staffs as well nutrition staffs

Supervise the management of the supplementary food and equipment:

• Check that the order forms are in conformity and valid them.
• To ensure that SFP rations are distributed to the right beneficiary and as per the protocol.
• Check the coherence of the state of the stocks with the orders.
• Consolidate daily/weekly/ monthly consumption reports.
• complete the stock report and check the balance
• Take delivery of orders
• Reporting to Health and Nutrition Coordinator
• Elaborate weekly/monthly reports for the SFP activities.
• Make distribution reports regularly (weekly/monthly)
• At the end of every month, collect the monthly statistics of the center and compile them as the monthly report
• Consolidate weekly/ monthly consumption reports
• Make sure reports are accurate and complete
• Report problems encountered to the Health and Nutrition Coordinator

Teamwork and collaboration with the other partner’s health structures and TSFP team

• Work in strong collaboration with HEWs, HDAs, FDAs, and nutrition staff in terms of proper referral
• Report problems encountered in the center or within the team
• Propose solutions to solve any problem faced and report them to the Health and Nutrition Coordinator
• Ensure good communication within the team
• Prepare weekly team’s work schedule and submit it to the Health and Nutrition Coordinator

To guarantee the hygiene in the distribution area

• To ensure hygiene in the warehouse, storage and distribution are properly maintained.
• Make sure before leaving the SFP place that the wastes are properly collected.
• Participate to the maintenance and the cleaning of the SFP site

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and SCI Filed Offices accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for his/herself, takes responsibility for his or her own development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity 

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency