Screening Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Duty Station:     Monguno, Borno State

Specific Objectives: 

• Responsible for taking the MUAC and general screening of children on the fields.
• Check on oedema and take the anthropometric measurements of the patients, length/height.
• Detect anomalies in the measurements and correct them immediately.
• Up-date the registry and the beneficiary’s  individual card.
• Let the patients and those who accompany them participate in health education sessions and adapt these according to the reasons for the transfer.
• Train new colleagues in how to carry out anthropometric measurements.Identify patients in a critical state of health.
• Give sweetened water to all the patients upon arrival whatever their state of health.
• Take anthropometric measurements of the patients and check for oedema. Admit those presenting at least one of the admission criteria.

Qualifications:
Ordinary National Diploma in health information/Health Education/ Community Health Extension Worker certificate or other related qualifications.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Strategic thinking, planning, reporting and communication skills.
• Fluent in English and Hausa; other regional languages an asset; solid literacy skills in English.
• Interpersonal skills – able to work with diverse stakeholders and partners effectively.
• Precision and exactitude.
• Basic computer literacy.
• Good capacity to work in a team.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Resident of community area (LGA) of work, networks within community.
• Previous NGO experience in a similar setting.
• Proficiency with local languages (Kanuri, Fulani).
• Knowledge of arithmetic to make anthropometric measurements and statistics.