Nutrition and Health Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF Nigeria LTD/GTE

Location: Monguno, Borno, Nigeria
Direct Line Manager: Nutrition & Health Program Manager

Job Description

• Action Against Hunger Nigeria Mission is recruiting a Nutrition and Health Officer who will assist in the development and implementation of appropriate nutrition-focused BCC and IYCF methodology.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing program strategy in health and nutrition in consultation with the program team and other stakeholders.
• Act as a focal point in designing and implementing health and nutrition activities through behavior change communications and individual counseling/case management. Key nutrition focus areas will include but are not limited to:
  • Dietary diversity.
  • IYCF practices.
  • WASH practices.
  • Exclusive breastfeeding
• Collaborate with health centers and other nutrition-focused stakeholders in order to successfully carry out program activities
• Assist in ensuring that materials and supplies needed by health workers in AAH supported facilities are readily available

Qualifications

• HND / Bachelor's degree in Health, Nutrition, Nursing, or related field with at least 2 years of similar experience in an NGO setting.
• A medical doctor with 1 year of similar experience post-NYSC may be considered
• Experience in working in donor-funded programs (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities
• Skills in statistical and other software (MS Excel, SPSS, SPHINX, STATA, EPI Info, ENA for SMART, GIS, etc.)
• Fluency in Hausa and English.
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Experience in humanitarian PQA or M & E.

Remuneration

• Minimum Basic Salary: NGN 236,585 per month
• Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusion.
• Other benefits include but not limited to 100% health care coverage, 24 days paid leave per year, free and direct access to the Cross Knowledge e-learning platform.