Kismayo-based Somali Lifeline Organization (SOLO) is looking to fill the role of NUTRITION SUPERVISOR. This Health/wash sector position calls for a professional with 2 - 3 years of demonstrated expertise. The closing date for this vacancy is Nov, 19.
NUTRITION SUPERVISOR
Somali Lifeline Organization (SOLO) is a national humanitarian and development organization
operating in Somalia/ Somaliland. SOLO works with crisis affected and underserved communities to
deliver principled, locally-led and accountable programmes across various sectors such as Health
and Nutrition, Protection and Gender-Based Violence, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Food Security
and Livelihoods, Multipurpose Cash Assistance, Education, Peacebuilding, Climate Resilience and
Anticipatory Action. Through established field teams and operational offices, community partnerships
and coordination with government and humanitarian actors, SOLO supports timely lifesaving
assistance while strengthening community resilience and local systems.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Somali Lifeline Organization (SOLO), in partnership with Secours Islamique France (SIF), is implementing
Integrated Nutrition, Food Assistance and Resilient Livelihood Support for Crisis-Affected Vulnerable
Communities in Jubaland State (NOURISH-Somalia). The project is funded under the French Initiative for
Food Security and Nutrition (FIFSAN) and runs for 24 months, from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028,
in Kismayo, Dhobley and Jamaame districts.
Recurrent drought, flooding, conflict and displacement have left many households in these districts,
especially IDPs, women and young children, short of food and of health and nutrition services. Recent cuts
in humanitarian funding have reduced coverage of life-saving nutrition programmes further.
The project will reach 42,975 people directly, at least 65% of them women and girls. It combines nutrition
services, nutrition-sensitive food vouchers and El Niño preparedness, and livelihood support through
farming, livestock and women-led savings groups. SOLO leads the nutrition component, serving 16,468
children under two and 5,546 pregnant and lactating women (PLW):
Services are delivered with the Jubaland Ministry of Health and handed over to it progressively before the
project ends.
JOB TITLE
Nutrition Supervisor
WORK LOCATION
Kismayo, Dhobley and Jamaame, rotating across sites
POSITION SUMMARY
The Nutrition Supervisor will provide technical and operational oversight of site-level nutrition services,
ensuring the delivery of high-quality management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), nutrition screening,
referral and community-based nutrition interventions targeting children under two years of age and pregnant
and lactating women. The role will oversee the day-to-day quality and functionality of Outpatient Therapeutic
Programme (OTP) sites and strengthen the referral tracking system to ensure effective linkages between
community screening, OTP and Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP) services, promoting
continuity of care and improved nutrition outcomes.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Visit each fixed and mobile OTP site on a regular schedule and check that admissions, follow-up,
discharges and referrals follow the IMAM protocol.
- Oversee the referral tracking system using the Health and Nutrition Cluster referral database, and
follow up on referral outcomes with health facilities and TSFP partners.
- Mentor OTP Nurses and Registerers on anthropometry, appetite tests, routine medicines and record
keeping.
- Coordinate CHNWs and Site Screeners, and track monthly screening coverage, defaulter tracing and
completed referrals.
- Check stock at sites (RUTF, routine medicines, supplies) and report needs every week.
- Compile weekly site data and hand it to the HMIS Officer.
- Flag complicated SAM cases for referral to stabilization centres.
About Kismayo
Kismayo is the commercial capital of the Jubaland State in southern Somalia. Situated along the Indian Ocean coast, it is an important port city and a growing center for trade, humanitarian assistance, and development programming. Opportunities in Kismayo span multiple sectors including logistics, agriculture, and community development.
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