Nutrition Advisor at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Application Code: Nutrition Advisor-Bauchi

                         Nutrition Advisor-Kebbi

                         Nutrition Advisor-Sokoto

Job Profile

• The nutrition advisor will be responsible for promoting positive behaviour change and appropriate use of nutrition services and commodities among communities and private health facilities in the state.

Job-role

• The successful candidate will advise the country office and state team on nutrition intervention design including support on assessment, programme design, operation research and technical aspects of monitoring and evaluation.
• Advise and support the implementation of the national policy on food and nutrition in Nigeria, within the state. S/He will work closely with nutrition units in the state to ensure that the programme is in line with policies, criteria and procedures with regard to food and nutrition.
• Assist the country office in coordination with the government, donors and nutrition stakeholders to integrate nutrition into MIS structures and ICCM policies. S/He will support strengthening of nutrition capacity among programme staff and partners.
• Will in partnership with policy and other programmes, liaise with technical units of other agencies, the food industry, NGOs and research institutions on nutrition with the aim of consolidating emerging scientific and operational nutrition related information into programme activities.
• Collaborate with community gatekeepers and key opinion leaders to expand use of nutrition services in the state. S/He will lead food and nutrition demonstration expos in communities as well as build capacity of private health facilities to diagnose, treat, refer and follow-up SAM cases. CHIPs will be trained and supervised to prevent loss to follow-up among SAM cases.
• Lead training of CHIPs, PPMVs, trainers of CHIPs on BFHI (EBF/IYCF counselling), MAM/SAM case detection and referrals.
• Provide senior level technical support to strengthen the states nutrition governance, including technical review of the states nutritional policy frameworks, development of strategic partnerships and development and delivery of advocacy strategies. S/he will link CBDs with commodity suppliers and small loans through a revolving fund scheme

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in health, FST, nutrition, agriculture, or social sciences with expertise in food policy or nutrition issues.
• A Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
• Must possess a minimum of five years’ successful experience leading nutrition interventions at programme management or advisory support level.
• Must have experience implementing nutrition interventions in northern states of Nigeria
• Demonstrated leadership skills. Ability to lead teams to achieve specified outcomes.
• Must have experience in coordinating project management meetings with state/national stakeholders and implementing partners.
• Must be able to engage community gatekeepers and key opinion leaders on nutrition matters in Northern states
• Must be able to lead and coordinate state wide demand generation activities
• Must have experience leading state wide policy and programme interventions
• Must have excellent writing and grammar skills. Ability to communicate clearly and professionally in writing.
• Knowledge and fluency of Hausa language
• Must have demonstrated proficiency using intermediate level office software applications, including PowerPoints, word, spreadsheet and databases.
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organisational departments.
• Strong knowledge of nutrition and recent developments in the field.