Nutrition Assistant at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Contract Type: National Contract
Slots: 3

Overall Purpose of the Role
The position is to assist the Livelihoods officers - Nutrition and Nutrition Assistants during food commodity distribution, beneficiary registration and screening, and outreach activities.

Key Roles
Responsibilities (in bullet points):

• General Programming & Operations
• Beneficiaries’ screening, verification and registration.
• Distribution of nutrition commodities
• Conduct nutrition distribution and supervise crowd controllers
• Ensure that beneficiaries are treated and served with respect and dignity during all kinds of distributions.
• Support Nutrition Team to conduct Nutrition awareness
• Support the follow-up of Lead mothers and Community Nutrition Monitories
• Carry out beneficiaries’ enrolment and monitor the transition of beneficiaries from entry to exit.
• Conduct Pre and Post Distribution meetings with key stakeholders
• Ensure orderliness during distribution activities and take part in beneficiaries’ sensitization when required.
• Responsible for card verification and validation distributions.
• Support in facilitating sensitization, monitoring and mobilization of beneficiaries on need basis.
• Ensure timely notification and exit of beneficiaries from the program according to the exit criteria.
• Ensure orderliness during distribution activities.
• Follow up with defaulters at the end of every distribution
• Execute any other tasks as requested by the supervisor in charge.
• Support in maintaining records of all activities, in order to complete timely reports for DRC and for external actors, including donors
• Carry out other duties and responsibilities as required or requested

Key Requirements
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)

• BA / B.Sc in relevant field.

Essential:

• 1-2 years of experience in NGO and community work.
• Ability to mobilize community
• Experience in one or two key CMAN activities

Desirable:

• Experience in community mobilization
• Experience in Outreach work
• Experience in distribution of nutrition commodities

Availability:

• ASAP

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

• English (professional fluency)
• Hausa (professional fluency)

Salary and Conditions
In accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment:

• The income will be subject to statutory deductions as per applicable Nigeria laws. The employee is responsible for the tax returns.