JOB TITLE: Nutrition Officer
JOB LOCATION: Adamawa
JOB DETAILS:
- Level 3 – The responsibilities of this post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children and young people. In the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3.
- As part of these responsibilities the post holder will support the establishment of child safeguarding systems, promote a culture of keeping children safe, and ensure that potential harm to children (by our own staff and/or as a result of how we do our work) is identified and addressed on an ongoing basis. The post holder should report and respond to interventions as determined by position related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.
Role Purpose
Advertisements
- Support to the implementation and monitoring of nutrition activities in the Integrated Health and Nutrition Project in the State including a special focus on behaviour change communications for improved nutrition practices among Adolescents/Adolescent mothers and ensuring target beneficiaries of the project receive nutrition services.
Scope of Role:
- Reports to: State Team Lead
- Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
- Health / Public Health / Nutrition or equivalent with minimum of 4 years progressive experience post NYSC
- Experience in Nutrition and community based programming
- Technical expertise and experience on behaviour change programming
- 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
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
- Experience in community based interventions in Northern Nigeria
- Demonstrable ability at report writing
- Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages in Adamawa State
- Computer literate
Deadline: March 29, 2021
Job Features
Job Category | Hospitality / Food Services |