Jobs at Women, Children’s Health and Community Development (WOCHAD) Initiative

Responsibilities

• Conduct community sensitization on MIYCN/IYCF best practices.
• Lead growth monitoring, MUAC screening, malnutrition referrals, and follow-up.
• Strengthen capacity of CHIPS agents, CHEWs, community volunteers, and facility staff.
• Document household visits, counselling sessions, referrals, and service uptake.
• Promote optimal breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and dietary diversity.
• Conduct facility visits to strengthen the quality of nutrition service delivery.
• Support nutrition surveillance and routine community data reporting.

Requirements

• Degree or certificate in Nutrition, Dietetics, Nursing, Food Science, Public Health, or related field.
• 1–2 years’ experience in community nutrition or MNCH programs preferred.
• Strong skills in counselling, anthropometry, and community mobilization.
• Willingness to work in rural communities and travel frequently.

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Responsibilities

• Provide overall technical and operational leadership for the MCGL Nutrition Project.
• Develop annual workplans, budgets, activity schedules, and implementation frameworks.
• Coordinate project activities across supported LGAs ensuring quality and timeliness.
• Oversee team management, supervision, coaching, and performance monitoring.
• Lead stakeholder engagement with SPHDA, LGA health departments, community structures, and NGOs.
• Conduct regular field visits to ensure quality assurance and accountability.
• Ensure compliance with donor and organizational policies, including safeguarding.
• Oversee preparation and timely submission of donor reports and documentation.
• Represent WOCHAD in high-level technical working groups and state review meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Social Sciences, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing donor-funded health, nutrition, FP, TB, or HIV/OVC projects.
• Proven leadership, budgeting, team management, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Strong communication, analytical writing, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience overseeing multi-LGA programming is an added advantage.

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Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for all nutrition-related components of the project.
• Lead development of evidence-based strategies and high-quality implementation guidelines.
• Oversee technical quality assurance, capacity-building, and supervision of project teams.
• Support MEL processes, ensuring accurate tracking of nutrition indicators.
• Review technical reports, success stories, and learning documentation.
• Serve as technical liaison with SPHDA, SMOH, Nutrition TWG, and development partners.
• Guide innovations and best practices to strengthen community and facility nutrition systems.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Health Policy, Medicine, or related field
• 7–10 years’ technical leadership experience in donor-funded nutrition or MNCH programs.
• Expertise in IYCF, community health systems, and evidence-based nutrition programming.
• Strong technical writing, data interpretation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking and mentorship.