Mentor - Turkana

Responsibilities

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in participant selection and enrollment of individuals and their households in R4N program through established and agreed criteria. 
• Provide time bound (18th months) coaching, mentorship and monitoring of ultra poor and nutritional vulnerable households towards their journey out of extreme poverty and under nutrition. 
• Organize enrolled participants to establish and nurture various groups; umbrella business groups, livestock aggregation groups or other value chain aggregation groups, savings groups as per the program design. 
• Support targeted ultra poor households identify, establish and run viable and profitable businesses that delivers products, goods, services and information to last mile communities aligned to program goal. 
• Build strong relationships with program participants and local leaders at village level that creates a sense of self-motivation and agency to sustain a journey out of poverty and under nutrition
• Collaborate with CHPs and CHAs to conduct monthly nutritional screening of children under five years and women of reproductive age under R4N, facilitating referrals and treatment of all SAM and MAM cases. 
• Conducting monthly group coaching at savings group level and follow at household level on quarterly basis through a structured process – Household Visioning and Action Plan concept. 
• Conduct monthly business groups mentorship activities, market and financial linkages with other system actors as per the program design. 
• Conduct monthly savings groups capacity building activities including facilitating savings and lending sessions, financial literacy trainings, registration of savings groups and linkages with PSPs and financial system actors
• Conducting monthly nutritional education and counselling, WASH, SSBC and Livelihood diversification on monthly basis as per the program design. 
• Coordinate with USAID Nawiri and community frontline workers including GIRL H mentors, BOY Group mentors, Male champions, CHPs, CHA, AM2MSG lead mothers, Producer group lead farmers at location level to drive one Nawiri approach in addressing Persistent Acute Malnutrition.
• Participate in health facility monthly data review meetings 

PROGRAM MONITORING AND REPORTING

• Collect data in a structured process as per M&E plan to track the progress of individuals, households, business groups and savings groups towards graduation. 
• Data integrity: Adherence to data quality as outlined in data quality SoP. 
• Maintain monthly HH, BGs and SGs mentor performance key performance indicators as outlined in M&E plan. 
• Utilize all assigned monitoring tools and data collection tools as guided by Field Officer, M&E and IT departments. 
• Maintain all working tools, tablets and motorcycles in good working condition at all times, fuel logs and other repairs are submitted on time. 
• Prepare participants for BHA and other important visits at the community level.
• Participate in weekly, monthly and quarterly review and reflection meetings, planning meetings as planned. 
• Any other assignments as guided by your supervisor.

Requirements

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATION AND REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Diploma in community health and nutrition, public health, community development, social work, or another related discipline. 
• At least two years’ experience in similar community work; with proven experience in data collection
• Have a valid motorcycle license A1/A2 and has experience on how to ride a motorcycle
• Possess excellent soft skills - interpersonal skills; communication, empathy, problem solving, conflict resolution, collaboration, 
• Have basic experience in mobile data collection, Microsoft office, self-driven, and able to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to utilize data to make informed decisions