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Action Against Hunger is currently looking to fill the role of Stabilization Centre Officer who will be responsible for the overall and day-to-day management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) with Medical complications at ACF Supported Stabilization Centre (SC). S/he will be in charge for the overall support and direct supervision of the SC seconded staffs including SC Doctors, SC Nurses and SC Nurse Assistants. 

Position Details

Reporting to: Nutrition and Health Programme Manager

Proposed start date: July 2025

Work location: Nguru, Yobe State

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the referred SAM children from other health facilities or community health workers are re-diagnosed and documented appropriately;
• Ensure that the admission criteria into a stabilization centre according to the national CMAM protocol and WHO guidelines are followed;
• Support the stabilization centre medical team on deciding properly about the malnutrition status of SAM children and referrals to other components of CMAM (SC/OTP/SFP) by ensuring strict compliance with the recommended discharge criteria;
• Boldly indicate on the wall all the available OTP in the LGA for appropriate referral of SAM children to OTP nearest to their home;
• Ensure that dispensing of sugar water and F75 upon admission is in place;
• Ensure appropriate diagnosis and monitoring of hypothermia, hypoglycaemia, dehydration, severe anaemia, take timely action to prevent and treat those complications using the protocol strictly in collaboration with SC doctors;
• Follow up of the anthropometric measurement of the children (weight, MUAC, checking bilateral eodema and W/H percentage) to ensure consistent weight gain in collaboration with the SC team;
• Closely follow up and monitor to ensure that all the necessary information on the registration book, treatment sheet, follow up card at admission and discharge are recorded for each beneficiary;
• Provide technical coaching to the nurses and nurse aids on calculation, preparation of therapeutic milk and distribution and monitoring of feeding according to the standard protocol for the SAM children;
• Ensure that SC nurses and nurse aids are encouraging breastfeeding practices;
• Train nurses and nurse aids on supplementary suckling technique (SST) and ensure SST for mothers facing breastfeeding challenges;
• Ensure that the systematic treatment and drugs are given correctly to all patient in collaboration with SC doctors;
• Ensure caregivers are regularly given feedback on the status of their children;
• Follow up of the hygiene and sanitation rules in the centre and ensure PPE are always available and being used;
• Identification of absence and defaulters from stabilization centre and follow up at home through volunteer’s network and / or outreach staff in collaboration with Nut & Health Programme Manager;
• Carry out daily ward rounds in the morning and evening with SC Doctors, SC nurses and ensure patients are visited as appropriately. Ensure the notes on patient cards are properly filled after the ward rounds or any other patient examination or procedures;
• Ensure that all the SC team are familiar with and respect all the ACF Internal rules and regulations;
• Ensure that adequate supplies are available in stabilization centres in collaboration with the  Nutrition and Health PM;
• Ensure that daily record/tally on utilization of each medicine and therapeutic feeding product used in SC are available;
• Prepare weekly / monthly utilization, requisition and stock report for therapeutic feeding products, medicines and medical equipment with validation from the PM manager;
• Liaise with ACTION AGAINST HUNGER pharmacist for supplies with adequate anticipation;
• Follow up the utilization and expiry information of all therapeutic feeding product and medicines on a regular basis and inform ACTION AGAINST HUNGER pharmacist for appropriate action required;
• Prepare and ensure that the order forms are in conformity (including consumption coherence and SRO) and ensure anticipation to prevent stock out;
• Provide technical support in milk preparation in accordance with protocol and hygiene rules;
• Ensure rational use of medicines and therapeutic foods at the center;
• Ensure that all medical devices and equipment are properly handled and functioning at all time;
• Responsible facilitation and tracking of food for care givers in collaboration with the logistics department;
• Support Nutrition and Health Manager in facilitating and organizing technical trainings for SC health workers;
• Organize training and refresher session for SC Health Workers on SAM management;
• Develop customized need specific guidance notes on delivery service for on job coaching on different modules based on national protocol;
• Conduct technical on-job coaching of SC health workers on regular basis;
• Ensure use of predefined quality assessment checklist, on-job coaching guidance as well as support SC Doctors and Nurses in using these tools;
• Provide technical training and regular guidance to health workers on appropriate stock management and reporting (LMIS);
• Lead continuous learning and improvement for SC;
• Respect the existing working rules and be attentive to the working condition of the personnel;
• Assist SC doctors to develop monthly roster for different SC staffs and ensure monitoring this;
• Distribute and delegate the work within the personnel according to their knowledge;
• Organize and conduct weekly medical meetings with the team to discuss mortality review and case study in collaboration with the Nutrition and Health program manager;
• Inform the line managers in case of difficulties and challenges faced for timely remedial action;
• Ensure optimal hygienic condition of the center through regular daily cleaning and monthly super cleaning of the whole center;
• Ensure that all information from initial diagnosis and previous diagnosis/treatments (if referred from OTP) of SAM children coming to the centre are captured in the CCP card and admission register;
• Ensure that all data collection tools (i.e. screening registers, patient registers, patient CCP card, patient feeding chart, patient’s diagnosis test reports etc.) are regularly updated and always available at the centre;
• Ensure that all actions carried out on any SAM patient are recorded in the patient file no matter how minute;
• Compile and analyse the data and determine the performance of the centre, share the monthly Activity Progress Report in collaboration with the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager;
• Regularly report and coordinate with nutrition PM regarding challenges, issues faced at the centre for timely and appropriate decision-making;
• In coordination with the Nutrition and Health PM, Logistics department and base Pharmacist, ensure appropriate supply plan on weekly/Daily basis, for the stabilization centre. Communicate to ensure functioning and maintenance of SC ambulance and generator any issue identified in advance.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine, Public Health or other relevant qualifications with experience in Public Health and CMAM programming;
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in in- patient management of SAM cases with Medical Complications and CMAM programmes implementation;
• Valid practicing license;
• Excellent report-writing skills is required;
• Fluent in written and spoken English, Hausa and/or Kanuri;
• Good Communication and Interpersonal skills;
• Team management experience with similar programs;
• Commitment to and understanding of ACTION AGAINST HUNGER’s aims, values and principles;
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point is required.

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Action Against Hunger is currently looking to fill the role of Nutrition and Health Officer who will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation and completion of Nutrition and health project activities throughout the project life cycle. This involves providing oversight and supervision of health facilities ran by State and LGAs and supported by ACF, also building the capacity of MoH health workers and keeping continuous update and reporting.

Reporting to: Nutrition and Health Programme Manager

Proposed start date: July 2025

Work location: Nguru, Yobe State

Key Responsibilities:

• Update and maintain 5W/4W mapping (Health, and Nutrition sector) tool on a monthly basis for the operational LGA; and share with the Nutrition and Health programme Manager;
• Update tracking tool to monitor programme screening based data on acute malnutrition; collect health facility based disease surveillance reports and update morbidity reporting tool for assigned health facilities/LGAs;
• Participate with M&E team in supervision of data collection for nutrition and health assessments;
• Liaise with nutrition and health assistants for accessing community support group and health facility database on a regular basis and updating overall health facility based activities;
• Conduct ongoing capacity assessment of health workers on CMAM services delivery, IMCI service delivery, reproductive health service delivery, vaccination etc. and review the training needs and/or coaching needs; 
• Support the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager in facilitating and organizing technical trainings for health workers (including on LMIS, HMIS);
• Ensure use of predefined quality assessment checklist, on-job coaching guidance as well as support Nutrition and Health assistants in using these tools;
• Review financial, logistical and HR needs on a monthly & quarterly basis and share with the N&HPM;
• Ensure that all health facilities/sites have adequate supplies to delivery uninterrupted health care services through identifying needs, informing line manager on regular basis;
• Support the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager in organizing LGA based coordination meeting;
• Prepare individual monthly action plan in reference to work plan and share with the Nutrition and Health Programme manager in regular monthly planning meeting with nutrition and health teams led by the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager;
• Ensure that all children and patients visiting ACF supported health facilities are properly examined and treated according to national health and nutritional protocols and standards;
• Identify gaps for WASH in health facilities and inform the Nutrition and Health Programme manager on a regular basis;
• Ensure availability of essential nutrition & health supplies in assigned health facilities including data tools;
• Monitor for appropriate documentation–IMCI and CMAM treatment registers/tools, individual child growth monitoring cards, ANC/PNC cards and delivery registers;
• Identify financial requirements, logistic needs, HR support in reference to work plan and inform the NHSM to prepare budget forecast;
• Draft supply request and share with Deputy Nut & Health Manager on a monthly basis;
• Facilitate quarterly review meetings/workshops with respective government health managers at State/LGA level;
• Develop monthly monitoring and supervision plan for the LGA and share with the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager;
• Ensure that specific monitoring finding is reported to the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager with potential solutions;
• During supervision visit, identify gaps of in supply sides and report to the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager for remedial action;
• Ensure that referral of are made to the nearest higher-level centre and tracked for high-risk pregnancies, SAM with medical complications and other conditions requiring higher-level care;
• Maintain individual monitoring & supervision plan as well as for the supervisee;
• Regularly follow up with the teams on the progress of activity, challenges and guide on necessary actions;
• Share training plans with identified needs to the PM well in advance to facilitate support from HR/Admin/Logistics;
• Track Supervisee’s daily attendance, validate monthly attendance for supervisee, and submit it on a timely basis to HR;
• Communicate with HR for necessary staff meeting, performance review, appraisals, and leaves of supervisee;
• Liaise with HR to provide orientation on ACF charter/core values/child safeguarding policy/staff code of conduct etc;
• Ensure rational use of all medical equipment and stationaries in health facilities;
• Ensure that Nutrition and Health Assistants are using standard monitoring checklist during visit to health facilities;
• Maintain and update database for health workers, community health workers/volunteers, trainings and share with line manager;
• Prepare consolidated tracking tool for supportive supervision visits/on-job coaching sessions and share with line manager;
• Update LGA work plans, individual work plans and share with line manager;
• Use appropriate attendance sheet on-job coaching sessions, workshops/meetings and trainings and share a copy with line manager;
• Use specific supervision checklist during supervision visits and archive filled supervision checklists with summary report – every month;
• Fill the health evolution reports every month for the LGA and share it with line manager for consolidation;
• Support government health workers in preparing the integrated diseases surveillance report, monthly facility based DHIS2 report;
• Provide summary analysis from the LGA report including -
  • Significant contextual changes that have impact on nutrition & Health operations;
  • Bullet points on progress of training, on-job coaching and supportive supervision;
  • Feedback on quality of service provision through monitoring visits (checklist to be used);
  • Key challenges and proposed solutions;
• Collect consumption reports from health facilities, compile for LGA and share with line manager with needs for upcoming month;
• Regularly report and coordinate with line manager regarding challenges, issues faced in the field for timely and appropriate decision-making.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Midwifery, Public Heath or other relevant qualifications with experience in Public Health and CMAM programming;
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in primary health care program;
• An excellent report-writing skill is required including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Hausa;
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills;
• Team management experience with similar programs;
• Ability to observe and to provide feedback on the activities;
• Ability to manage staff according to local culture and organization policies.