Save the Children Nutrition Officer Job Vacancy

Job Type: Full Time

• Working
  closely with the lead Nutrition advisor and FFP DPM to ensure assessment
  for health facilities and partners running health facilities.
• Ensure
  cases not meeting admission criteria return home as early as possible and
  understand why their child is not admitted.
• Supervise
  the activities of the OTP/SFP team at the distribution point
• 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).
• Liaise
  with the Community Mobilizer to ensure comprehensive community outreach
  and mobilisation, health education and treatment. Check that all messages
  to carers, community groups, leaders and authorities are consistent and
  fully understood.
• With
  support from lead Nutrition advisor and FFP DPM to map all health
  facilities with OTPs, stabilisation centres within locations where SC and
  FFP program is being implemented.
• Working
  closely with EYN community volunteers to ensure effective screening or all
  children under five years and referral systems are in place for all
  children.
• Work
  closely with staff at health facilities to ensure all children refereed
  with malnutrition are treated according to national standards.
• Working
  with the Community Mobilizer, ensure engagement of community leaders /
  their designates for the organisation of the arrivals outside of the
  centre
• Working
  with the IYCF Counsellor, ensure CMAM beneficiaries are referred to IYCF
  services when required
• Ensure
  adequate triage / that new arrivals are seen as a priority

• Health
  / Public Health / Nutrition / B.Sc or equivalent
• Experience
  of emergency nutrition work (preferably CMAM) and implementation of
  feeding programs, including monitoring and evaluation
• Willingness
  and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult
  and frustrating working conditions
• Demonstrable
  ability at report writing
• Prepared
  to live and work in an uncertain security environment
• Ability
  and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
• Commitment
  to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
• Fluency
  in written and spoken English and local languages
• Computer
  literacy
• Experience
  in conducting nutrition assessments and an understanding of nutritional
  surveillance and information systems
• Proven
  capacity of management, leadership and teamwork
• Excellent
  communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive
  and empathise with all beneficiaries and their carers