Health & Nutrition Coordinator - Habru Woreda

About the role

The Health & Nutrition Coordinator leads field-level coordination and technical delivery of a Japan Platform-funded project in Habru Woreda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, which aims to improve access to essential health and nutrition services and strengthen the resilience of local health systems during humanitarian crises. Based in Woldia, the post reports to the Health, Nutrition & WASH Program Manager and covers four components: restoration of primary health care services, emergency nutrition, health-system strengthening and community-based systems and engagement. It involves one Mobile Health and Nutrition Team (MHNT), 14 outreach sites, OTP and Stabilization Centre services and community platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the 12-month implementation plan aligned with the approved proposal, logframe, schedule, budget and donor requirements, and ensure monthly and quarterly deliverables are met
• Supervise and coach project staff and oversee the four-person MHNT, keeping clear movement, supervision and performance plans
• Coordinate with MEAL, supply chain, finance, safeguarding, construction/WASH, security and technical teams to deliver the workplan, procurement plan and donor commitments
• Represent the project in Habru Woreda and North Wollo coordination platforms, including PHEM and Health and Nutrition forums
• Restore integrated PHC and RMNCH services at health centres and monthly outreach sites, including OPD, ANC, PNC, immunization, child health, nutrition screening and referral
• Run the MHNT (physician or health officer, two nurses, one midwife) with six-day operations, delivering RMNCH, nutrition, MHPSS and first-line GBV support or referral
• Coordinate emergency nutrition: MUAC screening and referral, Family MUAC, OTP and Stabilization Centre support, and monitoring of SAM outcomes
• Lead the first facility gap analysis and support package for 34 facilities, and coordinate procurement and distribution of medicines, equipment and supplies
• Strengthen supply chain, minor facility rehabilitation, training and mentorship, and HMIS/DHIS2 data quality
• Monitor cholera, measles, malaria and other epidemic alerts, coordinate PHEM training, preparedness planning, simulation exercises and Rapid Response Team readiness