Jonathan Adika Email & Phone Number

Lodwar, Turkana County, Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Ensuring all affected children, pregnant and lactating women are identified, admitted and discharged from emergency nutrition programs as per National Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) guidelines and Maternal and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) guidelinesSupporting the communities to Identify Nutrition challenges and develop community lead solutions during implementation of NICHEProviding technical support to the Ministry of Health staff to be able to implement Baby Friendly Community Initiatives at both county and sub county levelWorking closely with community Health volunteers to mobilize communities to participate in nutrition project interventionsConduct training and sensitization of health facility staff and Community Health Volunteers on BFCI, IYCF and micronutrient supplementationStrengthening of community structures to ensure they receive appropriate health and nutrition servicesSupporting Community health volunteers to conduct household nutrition counselling for BFCI and NICHE beneficiaries at community levelDeveloping quality reports: weekly situation reports and quarterly reports as per World Vision and donor guidelinesIn liaison with other partners and MoH develop monitoring plan, analyze nutrition information from health information systems and other sources to understand trends for timely decision makingEngaging with MoH at sub county or county level to influence resource allocation for nutrition

Project Officer Centre for Behavior Change and Communication Africa March 2020 to April 2022Bungoma, Kenya KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Capacity Building Conducted Training of Trainers to community facilitators and CSOs on basic applied Nutrition sensitive and gender mainstreaming using Agri-nutrition community dialogue cards through a cascade modelConducted farmer group mobilization to ensure that the right partners are reached as well as ensured optimal participationSupported and sustained grassroots CSOs and community based networks working on sustainable resilienceMonitoring and EvaluationCompiled program reports on a timely basis in liaison with program staff (weekly, monthly, and milestone) and quarterlyPrepared weekly, monthly and annual work plans and progress reports as per donor requirementsDocumented human interest stories, case studies, dissemination of best practices and lessons learntProject ManagementCo-ordinated project management activities, resources, equipment, and InformationCreated and maintained comprehensive project documentation, plans and reportsWorked with the finance department in reference to budgets, financial reports, project expenditures, claims and other financial issuesImplemented quality assurance and quality improvement for overall activitySupported the implementation of a nutrition sensitive agriculture program through establishment of kitchen gardens targeting householdsSupported community mobilization and awareness to address social cultural barriers to food security and nutritionStrengthen Linkages with Government and Partners Liaised with client, stakeholders, relevant partners and collaborators at the County level to identify and define requirements, scope, and objectives