JOB TITLE: Maternal Newborn and Child Health & Nutrition (MNCHN) Coordinator
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme and Operations
LOCATION: Lumezi
GRADE: NAT 3
POST TYPE: National
Save the Children International (SCI) is the world’s leading independent non-profit organization for children. Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation. SCI’s Mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting changes in their lives. In Zambia, SCI has been implementing programs across Child Rights Governance, Health and Nutrition, Child Protection, Education, Child Poverty and Humanitarian thematic areas since 1983.
With funding from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, SCI and The Hunger Project (THP) in partnership with the Zambian Ministry of Health (MoH) will implement the Optimizing Health and Nutrition in Eastern Zambia (OHNEZ) in Lumezi district. The project will work with the Ministry of Health to strengthen health and food systems and achieve four critical results through the implementation of a package of interventions as follows:
· Sustained improvements in equitable access to and quality of maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, and nutrition (MNCAHN) services
·Increased demand and enhanced social norms for preventative health and nutrition behaviours and use of health services.
·Increased capacity of local institutions and organizations to sustainably deliver evidence-based, quality health and nutrition services; and
·Increased access to and consumption of diverse foods among vulnerable communities to improve maternal and child dietary diversity.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The MNCHN Coordinator, under the supervision of the Programme Manager, will be primarily responsible for coordinating and ensuring effective implementation of activities to increase access to MNCHN services in the supported health facilities in Lumezi district. S/he will collaborate with other project team members, THP staff and the local health authorities to ensure implementation of the health systems strengthening activities to improve quality and utilization of MNCHN services.
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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS SHOULD ONLY ATTACH A COVER LETTER AND AN UPDATED CV.
The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 2nd January2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Save the Children reserves the right to re advertise if suitable applicants are not found.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer that does not engage in any practices which discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, colour, religion, gender, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status and we will never ask that you pay for anything as part of the selection process or thereafter
