Health Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF Nigeria LTD/GTE

Duty Station:    Monguno, Borno State

Position Overview:
To support Health Officer for the effective implementation of the health component of multi-sectoral project, particularly in management of childhood illness and CMAM in Maiduguri, Borno State

Specific Objectives:

• Facilitate Capacity building of the MoH’s staff in State and LGA levels on CMAM and IMNCI.
• To strengthen links and coordination between different departments and authorities i.e. partners, LGAs, SMOH and Hospitals.
• To conduct regular monitoring and supervisions in the respective hospitals in order to ensure the quality of the CMAM In-Patient services.

Qualifications:
Diploma in Science with a major in Nursing, community health or Nutrition. 1 year experience in inpatient nutritional treatment essential, IMNCI and CMAM approach.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Previous experiences on CMAM programing
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to network effectively with local representatives of international aid organizations for exchange of information
• High level of self-discipline, time management, organization, self-motivated and able to work with little day to day supervisions but meet deadlines and program objectives
• Transparency and adherence to medical codes of conduct and patient, confidentiality and child protection
• Commitment to ACF values and principles.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experienced in working in Northern Nigeria and well integrated into local community
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri and English
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
• Previous experience with ACF
• Previous humanitarian programming experience