JOB Vacancy Announcement #: 6998
Job Title: Program Assistant-Nutrition
Application deadline: 25.06.2022
Duty Station: 4 Tabqa + 4 Karama
Job Requirements:
- Medical university degree (doctor, pharmacist, nurse) or at least one year of work experience in nutrition field with INGOs for none medical backgrounds (having work experience in similar role and females are preferred for this role).
- Knowledge of child nutrition, with focus on infant and young child feeding practices, like breastfeeding and complementary feeding, and a willingness to learn
- Demonstrable commitment to promoting and supporting optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding
- Excellent communication and counselling skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathize with all beneficiaries and their carers
- Capacity to keep accurate records of activities and report in a timely manner
- Proven ability to work as part of a team
- Highly motivated, active, self-starter who can take initiative.
- Demonstrated commitment to improving the lives of children in community
- Strong understanding of the situation of children (girls and boys)
- Ability to travel independently, including to rural communities and willingness to change work practices and hours and spend time in the field, sometimes in difficult conditions and with limited resources.
- Good English and Arabic speaking and writing skills, same in Kurdish is an advantage.
- Commitment to and understanding of NGO’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches
Desirable
- Proven experience in counselling or community awareness raising
- Familiarity with the Operational Guidance on IYCF-E , MIYCN, and SPHERE standards
Job Description:
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Monitor implementation of OTP program
- Facilitate Nutritional Supplies are delivered at each health facility to ensure the availability of supplies when needed.
- Facilitate training and work closely with Health staffs in Health facility at district level.
- Organize daily, weekly and monthly over view and reports of CMAM Program.
- Ensure SAM children with complication are transferred to nearby SC to receive treatment.
- Adherence to medical and nutritional treatment protocols and procedures for children and infants and PLW
- Refer the SAM and MAM children who need medicines to relevant health facility
- Receive weekly reports from Educators at weekly basis, cross check the completeness and accuracy, and submit to Nutrition officer
- Mentoring and assist Educators in decision of patients who are at severe risks and need to be transferred to nearby SC or Hospital
- Identifying patients who need to be transferred to SC, patients with failure-to respond to treatment and patients who need to be discharged.
- Provide 1-1 individual counselling for PLW facing difficulties with feeding or care practices
- Monitor the Nutrition group education session
- Charge of OTP quality program implementation and monthly OTP activity.
- Follow up absentees/defaulters and keep current record of both beneficiaries and the staff.
Human resource management
- Responsible for line management of the Nutrition Educators.
- Follow up staff attendance, leaves, and coverage during leave for the staff under her/his supervision.
- Ensure regular feedback to the staff under her/his responsibility and appraisal process when needed.
- Support disciplinary measures application if needed.
Other
- Ensure a strict adherence to the principles of child protection and child safeguarding at all times, including respect for confidentiality and always acting in the best interests of the child.
- Comply with the organization policies and practices with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
- In agreement with line manager, perform other required duties within reason (in line with skills and experience).
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