1. Identify and review all relevant and up-to-date materials and resources needed for the revision of the national guidelines (PRN-I and II Manual, the PRN training package and on-the-job support materials). This includes current progress on the national adaptation of the PRN guidelines, including recommendations or agreements from regional and national consultative meetings, child health guidelines (community health subsystem, maternal, infant and young child health and nutrition, newborn action plan, HIV standards, among others) existing in the country and at international level, and landscape analysis of the management of acute malnutrition in infants under 6 months at risk of poor growth and development.
2. Facilitate consultative workshops to review the documents under development and existing evidence to reach a consensus on the content to be included, if necessary. Subsidize the decision-making processes during these seminars, by reviewing the existing evidence, critically analyzing it and presenting a summary of it to the working group.
3. Promote and coordinate discussions with the key sectors for strengthening the NRP, namely the Ministries of Agriculture, Women, Gender and Social Action, Public Works and Housing, Industry, and Commerce, among others involved in the problem of acute malnutrition, to reach consensus on the contribution of these sectors in preventing and combating moderate acute malnutrition in the country.
4. Update the existing national protocol, namely the PRN-I Manual, the on-the-job support materials, and the training package including the trainer’s manual, participant’s manual, and presentations in line with the competency-based training standards and incorporating comments from stakeholders, guided by the Nutrition Department of the Ministry of Health, with the collaboration of the PRN technical group (GT-PRN) and other stakeholders.
5. Present the final products to the GT-PRN and draw up a detailed work plan describing the steps that should be taken to adapt the WHO recommendations where there was no clear consensus on how to adapt them. This plan should specify the main people responsible and collaborators for each task, estimate the time required, and, where possible, estimate the resources needed to carry it out.
6. Facilitate the validation of national PRN guidelines, on-the-job support materials, and the updated training package.
7. Perform other related tasks as requested.

Requirements: 

• A master’s degree in Master’s Pediatrics and Child Health, Clinical Nutrition or Public Health and Nutrition, NursingKnowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

A minimum of 5 years’ proven experience in the development or implementation of interventions for the prevention and management of acute malnutrition in children under five years of age.

Experience in developing strategies, guidelines and/or protocols.

Experience in conducting training and in the prevention and management of acute malnutrition in infants and children under five.

In-depth knowledge of national health systems and primary health care

In-depth knowledge of national and international guiding documents and technical guidelines in the field of child health and nutrition. Experience in nutrition programs in the African region.

Skills/Knowledge:

1. Computer skills in basic software programs.

2. Proven understanding of the existing and needed quality of public health nutrition and case management in Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) with medical complication practices at health facilities

3. Excellent communication, writing, leadership and analytical skills.

Languages and level required:

Fluency in Portuguese and excellent knowledge of English.