Nutrition Officer at Life at Best Development Initiative

Purpose of the Assignment

• Under the general guidance of the Nutrition Manager the Nutrition Officer will support the development and preparation of the Strategy and Costed Plan aimed to contribute to enhancing dietary diversity, preventing common childhood illnesses and improving MIYCN, diets, services and care practices.
• The position will be responsible for initiating, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the progress of key deliverables of the nutrition programme within Nangere LGA Of Yobe State programme.
• The Nutrition Officer will provide technical guidance throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition programmes/ projects.

Major Responsibilities
Summary of Key Functions/accountabilities:

• Plan and monitor Nutrition programmed, verify the planned movements and distribution of nutrition products, resolving routine issues and/or escalating where appropriate, to ensure that the quantity distributed, and the quality of the operation is in line with the standards.
• Summarize Nutrition data, conduct analysis and prepare reports to support programme reviews and informative decision-making.
• Improvements to field staff/monitoring processes and procedures for efficient implementation of Nutrition programmers.
• Build team capacity in Nutrition through effective guidance, coaching, training, and accountability.
• Assist in developing and expanding malnutrition prevention activities through promotion of IYCF and awareness raising in targeted areas.
• Strengthen eternal stakeholder engagement including district local governments to strengthen nutrition programming.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure UNICEF /LABDI can quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Participate in national level nutrition technical working group discussions as may be required by the Project/Sector Manager.
• Any other duties as may be required.

Technical and Operational Support to Programme Implementation:

• Supported by the Nutrition Manager, conduct in-depth analysis of current interventions under nutrition and recommend corrective actions to guide and inform programme strategies across Yobe State.
• Implement Nutrition activities that are backed by social and behavioural evidence and strong engagement and participation mechanisms in both development and humanitarian contexts.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and partners for the implementation of community engagement
• Work with nutrition stakeholders to build consensus on a harmonized national behavior change communication strategy, plans and materials.
• Provide technical guidance and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners participate in discussions with national and sub-national stakeholders to promote nutrition and development issues, especially in the areas of behavior change communication.

Networking and Partnership-building:

• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with nutrition sector government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge.
• Represent LABDI in external meetings as appropriate.
• Facilitate programme implementation and build the capacity of stakeholders to achieve programme goals on maternal and child rights as well as social justice and equity.

Innovation, Knowledge Management and Capacity Building:

• Apply and introduce innovative approaches and good practices to build the capacity of LABDI Staff and stakeholders, and to support the implementation and delivery of normative change.
• Keep abreast, research, benchmark, and implement best and cutting-edge practices in nutrition management and information systems. Assess, institutionalize, and share best practices and knowledge learned.

Requirements

• Qualification: BA / BSc / HND in a relevant field.
• Experience: At least 3 years.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English. Knowledge of local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.