American Refugee Committee (ARC),Nutrition Training Consultant Jobs Vacancy

COUNTRY
PROGRAM

Rwanda
LOCATION.
Field
Level.
RESPONSIBLE
TO

Nutrition Technical Coordinator.
STATUS:  Temporary
contract
SUPERVISORY
CAPACITY

None
DATE:
November2017
PRIMARY
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
:

Purpose
of the Project
:
The Nutrition, Education and Counselling (NEC III) project aim is to increase
the knowledge and capacity of vulnerable refugee communities for them to adopt
and maintain healthy and nutrient-rich diet. Enabling families with
malnourished children to restore and maintain healthy nutritious diet as well
as prevent malnutrition and to increase access to available sources of income
and food diversification among refugees. The Nutrition, Education and
Counselling phase III is being implemented in five of the Congolese camps
(Gihembe, Mugombwa, Kiziba, Kigeme and Nyabiheke) and one Burundian (Mahama)
refugee camp.

PRIMARY
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The
consultant should be able to:
  • Provide
    Training and increase the knowledge and skills on gender integrated
    nutrition sensitization techniques to nutrition actors in refugee camps
  • To
    increase knowledge of Participants in understanding basics of different
    issues affecting specific needs of men, women, adolescent boys and girls.
  • Equip
    participants with specific needs of disaggregated groups in nutrition and
    establish sensitization techniques and tools to communicate and pass
    relevant nutrition education messages to each group.
  • Equip
    participants with the necessary skills to be able identify the good and
    the bad practices in Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF).
  • Share
    Nutrition Concepts and methods to the Participants so that they will be
    able to communicate them after words with different community groups,
    including adolescent boys and girls, in simple terms.
  • Equip
    participants with relevant knowledge and skills to use the relevant
    concepts and methods when addressing specifically to the nutrition needs
    of women, men, adolescent boys and girls.
EDUCATION,
TECHNICAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
  • Bachelor’s
    degree in Nutrition or Public Health with an experience of 5 years in
    developing and
Delivering
nutrition, health and.
  • Experience
    in management of nutrition, health or development projects.
  • Experience
    in managing a group of people, including the ability to develop training
    module and equip the
Trainees
with needed s
  • Excellent
    interpersonal communication and sensitization techniques.
  • Strong
    written and oral proficiency in English is required,French will
To
apply for this position:
Submission of applications – to
include Cover letter and updated CV (maximum three pages)  should be
Submitted only via email to RWJobs@arcrelief.org
with Vacancy Announcement- Nutrition Training Consultant in the subject
line. The deadline for submission of applications is 21th
November 2017 at 17:00hrs
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.      
American
Refugee Committee is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without
regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity,
age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected
veteran status.  American Refugee Committee complies with all applicable
laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
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