Nutrition Assistant at Secours Islamique France (SIF)

Position Overview

Under the supervision of the Nutrition Project Officer (Nutrition-PM), the incumbent will be part of the team implementing Blanket supplementary feeding (BSF) activities at community level, and referral of SAM and MAM cases to UNICEF and MSF OTP side at Ngala and Gamboru

Specific Objectives: 

• Provides supportive supervision to the Nutrition Field workers in the cause of MUAC screening and referring to the nearest OTP site.
• Follow up with the OTP site and ensures proper attention given to the child
• Prepares weekly and monthly reports to the nutrition team
• Ensures protection mainstreaming at the cause of blanket supplementary feeding program
• Any other tasks required by the team

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/BEHAVIOR

Qualifications: 
 Diploma or certificate in nursing.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Professional, good organizational capacity, good human relationships, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
• 1 year relevant work experience.
• Experience in the Nutrition and social approach – Blanket supplementary feeding and targeted feeding In collaboration with LGA teams, plan sensitization activities for targeted communities with focus on traditional leaders and other key stakeholders
• Coordinate LGA teams to support Community Volunteers to carry out joint community mobilization activities around nutrition
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
• Willing and able to work in an unsecured environment
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri and English.
• Commitment to SIF mission, values and policy.
• Good team spirit.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

•  Previous experience with nutrition and health programming.
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy.
• Previous experience with INGO.
• Previous humanitarian programming experience.
• Ability to Speak Hausa, Kanuri.