Infant And Young Child Feeding Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Duty Station:    Monguno, Borno State

Details

• Directly implement the activities defined in the program in close collaboration with the IYCF officer
• Facilitate community mobilization, sensitization meetings and trainings during community led IYCF activities.
• Support the formation of Mother to Mother Support groups in the implementing communities.
• Work closely within community structures to follow up on implementation of Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) activities with support from the nutrition officer.
• Implement sensitization 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:
Minimum of a 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
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited
• Experience of emergency nutrition work and the design and implementation of feeding programmes (ideally both C-IYCF and IFC, CTC/CMAM), including IYCF monitoring and evaluation.
• Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with all beneficiaries and their carers.
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions.
• Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment.
• Commitment to and understanding of ACF’s aims, values and principles.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages; Hausa, Kanuri required.
• Ability to work as part of a team, Facilitation and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility, adaptability, and patience.
• Analytical and problem solving skills; Ability to assess problems and recommend solutions.
• Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Previous experience with nutrition and health  programming
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanouri and English
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
• Previous experience with ACF
• Previous humanitarian programming experience