The Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Job Summary

The Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Officer will be based in Damasak, Borno state and work under the supervision of the Nutrition Deputy Project Manager. The IYCF Officer will be responsible for conducting rapid/detailed assessment of Infant and Young Child feeding practices in mothers/care givers at Mobile clinics. He/she will provide personalized IYCF counselling sessions to pregnant women for the preparation of breastfeeding and colostrum feeding and all mothers with children under 24 months. The Infant and Young Child Feeding Officer will also ensure proper maintenance of IYCF integration with all CMAM components.

The successful candidate will;

• Have bachelor’s Degree in Health, Nutrition, Nursing or related field. Higher level Degree preferred
• Have a minimum of 1 year working experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts including CMAM, IYCF and community mobilization.
• Have the ability and willingness to frequently travel to villages and stay at the field
• Have the willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult working conditions.
• Have the capacity to supervise and coach health workers.
• Be professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and culturally sensitive.
• Have excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies.
• Be proficient in statistics and other softwares (Microsoft Office package, SPSS, SPHINX, STATA, EPI Info, ENA for SMART, GIS, etc.)
• Be fluent in English.
• Be committed to Action Against Hunger mission, values and policy.
• Be proficient with local languages (Kanuri, Fulani, Hausa).
• Have previous NGO experience managing mobilization in different interventions (i.e. cash transfers, wash, Nutrition).