Health Field Officer (Nutrition) at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Main Responsibilities

• Training of health workers and community volunteers (CVs) on different health issues including IYCF, hygiene promotion and malnutrition
• Develop the technical capacity of PHCC staff implementing CMAM and IYCF activities through on job mentoring
• In collaboration with SMOH, LGA nutrition focal and facility in charges ensure case finding through screening and defaulter tracing is functional at all health facilities and there is a link between facility and community nutrition activities and  services
• Monitor and analyse consumption of therapeutic feeds and in collaboration with the HD and Nutrition Delegate (ND) identify solutions to overcome any inconsistencies in stock
• Ensure adequate linkage between the OTP centres and SCs to ensure smooth referral processes for children referred to the SC from OTP and SC back to OTP
• Ensure caretakers receive diverse, nutritious and hygienic meals daily. This can be done through monitoring the food chain (budget, supply, quality)
• Train and mentor SC supervisors to train SC staff on clinical management of paediatric SAM inpatients with complications in line with the national protocols
• Ensure caretakers receive diverse, nutritious and hygienic meals daily. This can be done through monitoring the food chain (budget, supply, quality).
• Collaborate with all other ICRC departments and sectors to ensure nutrition activities are integrated

Required Qualifications

• Nurse (Registered with the Nursing Council of Nigeria) or Nutritionist
• At least 3 years work experience in nutrition
• Good knowledge of public health concerns and awareness of the nutrition situation in Nigeria
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English
• Very good computer skills, including use of spreadsheets for data analysis
• Good knowledge of the Ministry of Health and the local health services - Familiarity with nutrition, healthcare and systems

Personal Attributes:

• Fluent in English and one local language in the AoR to be assigned
• Ability to analyse and synthesize information
• Excellent communication, writing and analytical skills
• Interpersonal skills (communication, reporting, autonomy, pedagogy, planning and organizational skills
• Experience in working with CMAM and IYCF programming
• Proven ability to translate evaluated results into learning strategies
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)