Senior Nutrition Officer at INTERSOS

Location: Borno State – base in Maiduguri with 80% travel & work at all FSL project sites

Purpose of position

• Under the supervision of the Food Security Project Manager (National), the Senior Nutrition Officer is responsible for the management of INTERSOS’s WFP Nutrition program, which include the INTERSOS
• Nutrition staff, project activities and project client/beneficiaries. S/he will provide technical advice on WFP Nutrition project implementation, designing, planning, administration, monitoring and evaluation, data
• collection and analysis, progress reporting, enhancing team work and capacity building in context with WFP BSF programme.
• Key expected results
• Coordination of all nutrition related field work, including community mobilization, beneficiary identification/registration, distributions, referral, nutrition case management and monitoring.
• Coordination of nutrition commodities distribution procedures, including documentation, approval
• and actual distribution with the field officer
• Accurate, complete and up-to-date information made available for effective nutrition program implementation, provision of technical assistance as well as supportive monitoring and evaluation.
• Presentation of monthly nutrition project updates
• Development of Nutrition-Specific value adding activities in the community.
• Ensuring Project efficiency and effectiveness is enhanced through effective implementation of nutrition program activity.
• Ensuring appropriate and complete financial and supply documentation as well as adherence to established allotments ensured including CPDR / FRN / Waybills
• Preparation of the weekly, monthly and quarter nutrition project progress report and project work plans
• Maintains accurate, complete, and organized confidential records as required
• Effective technical assistance provided in the identification of required supplies and equipment and in the contribution to drafting of country program recommendation and other project
• documentation with respect to nutrition programming
• Provision of technical program support to CMAM, OTP and BSFP program components within the community including ensuring awareness sessions and training including modules.
• Ensuring effective monitoring and project implementation by field staff through establishing close
• working relationships, and lines of supervision as well as contributing to maintaining relationships with field location stakeholders.
• Ensuring effective communication with other partners and maintaining collaboration
• Coordinates the orientation of all new project staff.
• Training of nutrition staff including nutrition assistants, community nutrition mobilizers especially on nutrition case management, Mother Support Group, Healthy feeding and utilization of all
• essential monitoring tools
• And any other duties assigned by the Food Security Project Manager

Minimum requirements
First level university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas:

• Public Health and Nutrition,
• Health Sciences,
• International Health and Nutrition,
• Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Management,
• Family Health and Nutrition,
• Nutritional Epidemiology,
• Health and Nutrition Education,
• Health and Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention,
• Health Emergency Preparedness
• or other relevant disciplines
• Two (2) years of relevant professional work experience, especially in a developing country in public health and nutrition
• Background/familiarity with emergency
• Residence in Maiduguri (preferable) or in Borno State
• Good command of written & spoken English, Hausa or Kanuri languages
• Strong inter-personal and team bulding skills and excellence as a team player
• Previous experience working on WFP projects
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft office especially)
• Strong sense of responsibility, methodical and accurate with high organizational skill
• Honesty and integrity and able to cope with stressful situations
• Manages efficiently his own time as well as flexible and available to work overtime when needed
• Willing to be travel and work in any LGAs as per need