Abdirahman Ahmed
Nutritionist/Public Health
Nairobi, Nairobi Province,30
Summary
Dedicated and passionate Nutrition Specialist with extensive expertise in promoting and supporting optimal health through evidence-based dietary practices. As a Registered Dietitian, I possess comprehensive knowledge of nutrition science and its practical application to address individualized health needs, encompassing weight management, chronic disease prevention, and overall well-being. Registered Nutrition (RN): I am a licensed and certified RN, adhering to the highest standards of professional ethics and practice. This credential ensures my ability to translate complex nutritional information into practical advice, tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of each individual. Personable Nutritionist with solid background in talent acquisition, employee relations and performance management. Skilled in utilizing data and analytics to push strategic HR initiatives. Strong analytical skills and committed to implementing HR policies and procedures. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level [Job Title] position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
18
18
years of post-secondary education
13
13
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Humanitarian Nutrition assistant
Save the children International
8 2022 - 4 2024
- Plan and organize integrated health and nutrition outreach sites at designated sites in liaison with the nutrition Coordinator
- Lead MOH and local partners in the implementation of High Impact Nutrition Interventions (HINI), IMAM services, IMAM Surge, BFCI, Family MUAC approach and other health and nutrition interventions at the facility and community level
- In partnership with the Sub-County Health Management Team (SCHMT) including the Sub County Nutritionist Officer in charge (SCNO), Sub County Health Nurse, Sub-County Nutrition Coordinator, Public Health Officers and the health center nutritionist develop and implement monthly work plans for IMAM program including stabilization center
- Promote infant and young child feeding practices through community campaigns and other channels
- Develop and implement Health System Strengthening training needs, assist in defining training needs, develop strategies to achieve targets and coordinate training activities
- Liaise with the Nutrition Coordinator and Programme Manager to plan for logistics for various integrated health and nutrition outreaches
- Ensure that SCI and MoH outreach protocols/Sops are applied to integrated outreaches
- Work with MoH staff and officials to ensure all aspects of the program are understood and agreed by MoH and appropriate referrals take place to and from MoH and the OTP/SFP
- Ensure cases not meeting admission criteria return home as early as possible and understand why their child is not admitted
- Coordinate referrals for children with complications
- Coordinate with sub-county MoH teams to ensure adequate supplies (RUFT, RUSF, and CSB) for the outreaches
- Request specific children to be followed up as required (newly enrolled children, sick children, long stay children / children not gaining weight, children with social problems etc.)
- Provide appropriate orientation for all volunteers engaged in the outreach programme receive appropriate orientation and supervision
- Provide appropriate training to outreach team members (orientation and regular training)
- Establish team coordination, collaborative team work, internal information sharing (daily briefings weekly coordination meetings, etc.) with constant focus on improving the effectiveness of outreach teams collaboration
- Maintain constant focus on improving outreach information sharing (timely and relevant information)
- Ensuring outreach teams are equipped with adequate portable devices to support efficient and effective information sharing
- Assist line manager in tracking project expenditure to ensure budgets are strictly adhered in line with SCI financial procedures
- Collect outreach monitoring data for reporting purposes and sharing and coordination internally and externally (Daily report, Weekly/Biweekly report, Case studies, monthly reports)
- Local level awareness raising on best feeding practices for infants and young children amongst other humanitarian actors in the locality
- Supports the Child Safeguarding focal point to ensure that child safeguarding and safe programming is embedded in the project and considered throughout implementation to ensure that i do all i can to ensure children in our programs are safe, in line with our child safeguarding policy.
Nutrition Officer
Afmadow General Hospital for Ministry of Health Somalia
12.2017 - 07.2022
- Complete and submit to the Field Nutrition Coordinator the relevant weekly and monthly reports for the MNCH activities
- Check the coherence between the stock report and the attendance of MCHN beneficiaries
- Make sure reports are accurate and complete
- Ensure that protocols are strictly followed and implemented
- Support and supervise the VHT to take accurate anthropometrics measurements
- Ensure the registration of new beneficiaries for program by following strictly the protocols
- Provide individual nutrition counselling based on the nutrition status, age of the child/pregnancy stage
- Provide information on the activities, the use of the ration
- Ensure the nutrition follow-up of each beneficiary based on the strict admission and exit criteria
- Ensure the smooth flow of the beneficiaries from the triage to the exit
- Participate in the forecasting and provision of the nutrition products and other supplies for each site in a timely manner
- Ensure proper, clear and accurate data recording on registration books and cards
- Demonstrate the preparation of the ration for each new admission
- Ensure that all program materials are well maintained
- Check the hygiene at each stage of the distribution
- Maintaining confidentiality for each client
- Paediatrics review as per protocols
- Medical consultation both inpatient and outpatient
- Supervise the activities of the OTP/SFP team at the distribution point
- Ensure all OTP/SFP team members are familiar with their posts
- Work closely with the teams to ensure all children are measured correctly
- Ensure criteria are respected and understood by the teams, including admission discharge and transfer to and from the various components of the program
- Attend regular nutrition meetings
- Ensure admission of every malnourished child to his or her particular program; at stabilization Centre OTP, SFP
- Ensure health education messages provided to the beneficiaries, patients, and caregivers.
HMIS Supervisor
Save the Children
01.2018 - 03.2018
- Ensure that data collected by the recorders/clerks is entered into IMPACT
- Ensure data is compiled and entered daily
- In collaboration with the MoH and Save the Children organization, regularly monitor the project and review the relevant data collection tools designed by the team, ensuring that they capture relevant data required for regular project performance reporting
- Support the MoH in designing and updating the project's Monitoring and Evaluation plans, Annual Progress Reports, and Indicator Trackers
- Review beneficiary selection criteria processes and verify the targeting of beneficiaries through post-distribution monitoring
- Undertake routine field checking to ensure that the project is implemented as planned and that beneficiaries are fully aware of the project deliverables and are aware of feedback and complaint mechanisms
- Train and supervise survey enumerators and data entry staff on the data collection tools and methods of data collection when required
- Ensure that data quality control processes (including data checking and daily debriefing) are implemented for all surveys conducted
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative data analysis when requested by PMs and M&E Manager with clear, accurate, and concise reports
- Assist in identifying required training needs and support, design, and conduct training for the field teams on M&E for all project staff
- Develop the overall framework for project M&E, for example, mid-term project review, impact assessment, final evaluation, develop project Performance Monitoring Plan with relevant data collection systems
- Conduct site visits/monitoring and submit a report with clear findings and recommendations
- Assist in the development of monitoring tools: Baselines, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDMs), questionnaires, On-site distribution monitoring forms, surveys templates, etc
- Use various participatory and quantitative methods to collect data, including focus group discussions (FGDs) and post-distribution monitoring.
Field Enumerator
Save the Children International
11.2017 - 12.2017
- Develop an adequate understanding of the research protocol, the study population, and the study tools
- Gather and accurately record responses on questionnaires provided by Research Care Africa Consultant M&E team upon the consent of the respondents
- Record/document other observations in the field and share the report with the team leader and M&E officer
- Conduct qualitative interviews with key informants including beneficiaries, community members, government officials, youth leaders, women leaders, and community leaders, sport officials, hospital management, etc
- Facilitate Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with 8-12 participants
- Ensure completeness of forms for accuracy and consistency immediately following data collection
- Transcribe and translate qualitative data such as audios for KIIs and FGDs into word documents
- Submit completed questionnaires and other equipment used in fieldwork to M&E Officer
- Maintain teamwork and effective communication with both the team leader and other enumerators during the fieldwork
- Maintain effective communication with the key staff to provide updates on the progress and the challenges encountered during the field data collection and seek guidance on the way forward
- Report any unusual situations to the team leader on a daily basis
- Ensure that all questionnaires and any equipment provided are accounted for
- Turn over all literature and materials used in the survey to the team leader
- Follow confidentiality and security procedures to ensure respondent privacy is protected.
Nutritionist
Ministry of Health Kenya
07.2016 - 07.2017
- I was mostly involved in the in-patient facility where I have acquired the relevant skills for handling cases of acute malnutrition in the right manner
- I have known different criteria with diverse admissions and their correct treatment
- Sometimes I was with trainers and I acquired training techniques
- I worked in many departments within the hospital to learn and engage practically in clinically nutrition-related conditions
- Attend regular nutrition meetings
- Ensure admission of every malnourished child to his or her particular program; at stabilization Centre OTP, SFP
- Ensure health education messages provided to the beneficiaries, patients, and caregivers.
Internship
Garissa Referral Hospital
03.2016 - 09.2016
- Teamwork was the order of the day in the activities we carried out, I became a team player
- I was mostly involved in the in-patient facility where I have acquired the relevant skills for handling cases of acute malnutrition in the right manner
- I have known different criteria with diverse admissions and their correct treatment
- Sometimes I was with trainers and I acquired training techniques
- I worked in many departments within the hospital to learn and engage practically in clinically nutrition-related conditions, including the Pediatric ward, Maternity, Medical ward, Diabetic clinic, MCH, Main Kitchen, and CCC or VCT.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nutrition And Dietetics
Grate Lake University
Kenya 01.2023 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Green Hope University
Somalia 05.2020 - 06.2023
Associate of Applied Science - Nutrition And Dietetics
Nep College of Health Sciences
Kenya 01.2015 - 08.2017
High School Diploma -
Abu-Ubayda Secondary School
Kenya 01.2011 - 04.2014
High School Diploma -
Alfarouq Primary School
Kenya 01.2003 - 04.2010
Skills
- Nutritional Needs Assessment in Crisis Situations
- Nutrition in Disaster Management
- Public Health Nutrition in Humanitarian Settings
- Rapid Nutrition Assessments
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Nutrition Interventions
- Capacity Building and Training in Nutrition
- Supply Chain Management for Nutrition Supplies
- Gender-sensitive Nutrition Interventions
- Collaborative Problem-solving in Complex Humanitarian Contexts
- Emergency Nutrition Response
- Humanitarian Aid Delivery
- Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Humanitarian Action
Certification
Basic of Nutrition Programme - Medicins sans Frontiers
Ethnicity
Somali
Volunteer Experience
07/2016, 07/2017, Nutritionist, Ministry of Health Kenya, Garissa, I was mostly involved in the in-patient facility where I have acquired the relevant skills for handling cases of acute malnutrition in the right manner, I have known different criteria with diverse admissions and their correct treatment, Sometimes I was with trainers and I acquired training techniques, I worked in many departments within the hospital to learn and engage practically in clinically nutrition-related conditions, Attend regular nutrition meetings, Ensure admission of every malnourished child to his or her particular program; at stabilization Centre OTP, SFP, Ensure health education messages provided to the beneficiaries, patients, and caregivers
References
- Salat Mohamed, Save The Children International-Somalia, CHASP National Program Manager, salat.iddle@savethechildren.org, Mogadishu
- Mohamed Mohamud Anshur, DAI, M&E and Logistic Officer, Mohamedanshur@somaliapcg.com, Afmadow, Somalia
- Mohameedkhalarrashid, Save The Children International-Kenya, Health and Nutrition Officer-Kenya, Turkana, mohameedkhalar.adan@savethechildren.org, Turkana, Kenya
Occupation
Registered Nutritionist/ Public Health
Training
- Information Management Platform for Action (IMPACT) by Save the Children
- MAMI Trainings by Save The Children Kenya
- MIYCN Trainings by SCI Kenya
- Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign by Save the Children
- Mobile data application training by SCI Kenya
- IMAM Training by Ministry of Health Kenya
- IMCI Training by Finland Somali Association (FSA)
- IYCF Training by Save the Children
- Open Data Kit (ODK) training Polaris Global management (PGM)
- Gender-Based Violence training UNICEF
- Proposal writing and project cycle management training
Timeline
Bachelor of Science - Nutrition And Dietetics
Grate Lake University
01.2023 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Green Hope University
05.2020 - 06.2023
HMIS Supervisor
Save the Children
01.2018 - 03.2018
Nutrition Officer
Afmadow General Hospital for Ministry of Health Somalia
12.2017 - 07.2022
Field Enumerator
Save the Children International
11.2017 - 12.2017
Nutritionist
Ministry of Health Kenya
07.2016 - 07.2017
Internship
Garissa Referral Hospital
03.2016 - 09.2016
Associate of Applied Science - Nutrition And Dietetics
Nep College of Health Sciences
01.2015 - 08.2017
High School Diploma -
Abu-Ubayda Secondary School
01.2011 - 04.2014
High School Diploma -
Alfarouq Primary School
01.2003 - 04.2010
Humanitarian Nutrition assistant
Save the children International
8 2022 - 4 2024
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