Nawiri Mentors - Lorengo,Kaeris

JOB SUMMARY 

• Nawiri Program goal is to sustainably reduce persistent acute malnutrition in Turkana and Samburu counties. Mercy Corps, consortium lead, BOMA, Save the Children Internation and other LIP is implementing Nawiri program that ends in September 2027.  The program integrates both nutrition specific and sensitive interventions that address drivers of acute malnutrition at the individual, household, community and systems level. Rural Entrepreneurship Access Project (REAP) for Nutrition (R4N), a poverty graduation model for nutrition outcomes, is one of the interventions under Nawiri that targets nutritional vulnerable and ultra poor households and sequence, layer and integrate core graduation and complimentary interventions to enable targeted households graduate out of extreme poverty and under nutrition.
• Under the supervision of Field Officer directly and indirectly by Program Coordinator, the mentor will be responsible for providing time bound 18th months adapted coaching, mentorship and monitoring of ultra poor and nutritional vulnerable households towards their journey out of extreme poverty and under nutrition. As a system actor in the reduction of PAM at scale, R4N mentor prepares participants, their businesses and savings groups provides information, services and products including nutritious food, income, access to markets etc to non R4N participants in last mile communities. 

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 
• MUST be a resident of respective village in which R4N interventions will be implemented.