Nutrition Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Duty Station:     Dutse, Jigawa

Position Overview:
The Nutrition Assistant will primarily be responsible for delivery and follow-up of training of key stakeholder on nutrition in link with the response in North-Eastern Nigeria. This position will be responsible for implementing the nutrition behavior change activities.
Specific Objectives: 

• Directly implement the activities defined in the program in close collaboration with the nutrition officer.
• Facilitate community mobilization, sensitization meetings and trainings during community led nutrition  activities.
• Mobilize mothers to form groups and encourage them to select the treasurers and secretaries of the groups.
• Work closely within community structures to follow up on implementation of Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) activities with support from the nutrition officer.
• Create awareness and sensitise the community on optimal IYCF practices, malnutrition, the causes of malnutrition and treatment of malnutrition.
• Participate in screening of children less than five years, referral and follow up of malnourished beneficiaries at community level.
• Implement sensitisation activities for targeted communities about IYCF with support from MOH, community leaders and other key stakeholders at LGA level.
• Coordinate all activities very closely and in collaboration with MOH and other key stakeholders.
• Facilitate good working relationship between ACF and target beneficiaries.
• Ensure timely submission of weekly reports, monthly reports and MUAC screening data & reports to nutrition officers for compilation.
• In collaboration with the nutrition officer and DPM develop success stories, lessons learnt and case studies.

Qualifications:
 Diploma in a nutrition or community based programming or related field.

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 – IYCF a plus.
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanouri and English.
• Commitment to ACF 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 ACF.
• Previous humanitarian programming experience.