Nutrition Health Field Officer at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Main Responsibilities:

• Serves as focal point for all matters related to the ICRC supported Nutrition component in primary health care program in his/her area of responsibility
• Understands the ICRC Primary Health Care (PHC) & Nutrition objectives and is able to communicate them to interlocutors
• Attends nutrition cluster meetings as an observer and reports back to the ICRC Nutrition Mobile Delegate
• (NUT PHC)/ Health Delegate on information shared and/or obtained.
• Liaises and attends regular meetings with the relevant hospital management committee for Follow up, flow of communication and instilling ownership and capacity to the committee.
• Monitors and analyses consumption and any inconsistencies in stock, reporting back to the Nutrition Delegate
• Together with Health Delegate ensures appropriate and timely responses to emergencies
• Conducts nutritional assessments when and where required

Required Qualifications:

• Health Nutritionist registered with the relevant authorizing body in Nigeria
• Very good computer skills, including spreadsheets
• Good command of Hausa, Bura, Margi and Kanuri languages
• Good knowledge of public health, and of local health services, staff and system
• Good knowledge of the Ministry of Health and Medical Nutrition programs in Nigeria
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English
• At least 3 years work experience in public health nutrition

Personal Attributes:

• Well-developed analytical skills
• Good communications and negotiation skills, confident in talking in front of a large public, sense of responsibility
• Field oriented and good networking
• Excellent team spirit and acquired capacity to manage stressful situations
• Flexibility and quick response capacity to endure recurrent changes in working schedule
• Be able to maintain respect to his/her colleagues, interlocutors and profession/duty in different circumstances
• Highly developed analytical, planning and organizing skills
• Prepared to spend at least 70% of time doing field visits