JOB Vacancy Announcement #: 7063
Job Title: Program Officer – Nutrition
Application deadline: 05.07.2022
Duty Station: Al Hasaka
Job Requirements:
Essential:
Medical university degree (Medicine , Pharmacy, nursing) .
at least three years of work experience in nutrition field with INGOs (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;
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 the school and community.
Strong interpersonal, organizational, communication and presentation skills, and capacity to maintain relations with community leaders, community member members, children and youth.
Strong understanding of the situation of children (girls and boys) in rural and urban communities.
Excellent understanding of the complexity of local governance structures in NE Syria and other local stakeholders
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.
Fluent in Arabic and English, written and spoken. Kurdish is an advantage
Commitment to and understanding of NGO’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches
Computer skills( Words, excel, outlook)
Desirable
Proven experience in counselling or community awareness raising
Qualification as a trainer of trainers in breastfeeding counselling
Familiarity with the Operational Guidance on IYCF-E and SPHERE standards
Job Description:
The Opportunity:
Makes sure that CMAM program is implemented according to the WHO protocol i.e. application of the admission and discharge criteria, closely monitors and strictly follows anthropometry measurement,
Makes sure that the Nutrition staff have adequate training on the management of acute malnutrition per national manual/protocol,
Ensures the availability of job aids, reporting formats, therapeutic products for program implementation at health facility level.
Facilitates the basic/refresher trainings, workshops, review meetings, community forums under the project
Conduct regular checklist based supportive supervision on targeted health facilities.
Facilitate joint monitoring visits /joint supportive supervisions/ in integration with Nutrition Coordinator and Nutrition Specialist.
Generates’ and share supervision reports and feedbacks for Nutrition coordinator and follow and ensures, action taken by all responsible parties on gaps identified during supervision
Working with the Nutrition assistants to ensure PLW with difficulties are referred to IYCF services.
Establish Mother to Mother support group and Father to Father support group.
Supports referral linkage of malnourished children of in between CMAM programs (OTP, SC and TSFP),
Ensure adequate availability of all medical and food supplies for each health facilities, input in to creation and maintenance of a monthly distribution plan and ensure stock is pre-positioned as planned with Nutrition project coordinator and logistics team,
Plan and organise OTP/TSFP at designated distribution sites in liaison with Nutrition coordinator,
Organizes monthly report of OTP report on time to the Nutrition coordinator and provide updates when needed,
Manages the stock levels of therapeutic products, and all other materials and alert the logistics in a timely manner as more materials are required,
Collect, analyse and share data’s required for monitoring quality of CMAM programs based on SPHERE standards (average weight gain, average length of stay),
Reports any problems in a timely manner to the Nutrition coordinator,
Control and facilitate vehicle movement within the project area in the field,
Performs other related tasks as required
Human resource management
Responsible for line management of the Nutrition assistant.
Follow up staff attendance, leaves, and coverage during leave for the staff under her supervision.
Ensure regular feedback to the staff under her/his responsibility and appraisal process when needed.
Support disciplinary measures application if needed.
Follow up on Educators recruitment, contract and payment.
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