Nutrition Intern at Save The Children

ROLE

To enhance operational effectiveness and ensure timely implementation of activities, the Health and Nutrition Intern will provide direct support to the team. This role is designed to alleviate the workload of existing staff by assisting with routine program tasks, thereby contributing to improved service delivery.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• The post holder will receive a context specific ToR for each deployment, which will draw upon the responsibilities outlined below.
• Programme Support (typically will be at field level):
• Assist in the collection, entry, and organization of program data.
• Ensure proper documentation and filing of records.
• Facilitate the movement of nutrition supplies, including RUTF.
• Support administrative tasks, including printing official correspondence prepared by the Nutrition Team for submission to state-level stakeholders.
• Help organize meetings, trainings, and other program-related events.
• Maintain accurate records of logistics and administrative activities.
• General:
• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
• CORE BEHAVIOURS
• Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:
• Ensures that programme goals and activities uphold the principles of the key national and international humanitarian frameworks, codes and commitments
• Integrates beneficiary accountability principles into the approach
• Participates in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation

Achieving results effectively:

• Ensures efficient and transparent use of resources in accordance with internal controls
• Establishes staff engagement mechanisms.
• Addresses difficult situations and makes tough decisions confidently and calmly
• Considers the wider impact of decisions to be made in the short and long-term.
• Continuously provides feedback and updates to achieve improved results
• Coordinates with stakeholders to avoid duplication and maximise resources
• Documents lessons learned and apply them to future projects
• Maintaining and developing collaborative relationships:
• Actively listens to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders
• Actively participates in networks to access and contribute to good practice
• Establishes and maintains clear communication and dialogue with disaster and conflict affected people and other stakeholders
• Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance

Operating safely and securely:

• Identifies and communicates risk and threats and minimises these for oneself and the agency
• Takes measures to do no harm and to minimise risks for partners and the communities
• Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the organisation
• Demonstrates an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and how the organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms
• Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:
• Helps team members to practise stress management through prioritisation of workloads and modelling of appropriate self care
• Remains effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding situations
• Demonstrates personal integrity by using one’s position responsibly and fairly
• Maintains ethical and professional behaviour in accordance with relevant codes of conduct
• Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well under pressure
• Takes responsibility for own work and for the impact of own actions
• Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:
• Builds own awareness of the bigger global picture by using a broad range of sources to gather data
• Demonstrates managerial courage by confronting difficult situations and seeking resolution, and stating willingness to champion ideas
• Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings
• Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses
• Makes positive statements about work
• Effectively influences others by understanding their interests and showing how they will be met by own preferred solution
• Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to another for the purpose of his/her development

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Health Education / Public Health / Nutrition / BSc or equivalent with minimum of 1-year progressive experience post NYSC
• Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with all beneficiaries and their carers
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
• Experience in community-based interventions in Nigeria especially in the NE
• Demonstrable ability at report writing 
• Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles 
• Fluency in written and spoken English and any local language
• Computer literate

Desirable

• Experience in supporting the implementing nutrition and health interventions.