[Full-time] Nutrition Officer Job at Action Against Hunger

Started by Jobrib, Dec 02, 2015, 07:31 PM

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Location: Borno State

Description:

Job Title: Nutrition Officer Company: Action Against Hunger Job Type: Full Time Qualification: BA/BSc/HND   MBA/MSc/MA    Location: Borno, Nigeria Job Field: Medical / Health / Safety   NGO/Non-Profit   . Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy. . Position Overview: - The Nutrition and Health Officer will play a key role in implementing the program, focusing on the delivery of nutrition communication interventions. . Specific Objectives: - To assist in the development and implementation of an appropriate nutrition focused BCC and IYCF methodology - Collaborate with health centers and other nutrition focused stakeholders in order to successfully carry out program activities. - Represent ACF externally in relevant local and state level forums and technical working groups . Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Health, Nutrition, Nursing or related field. - Higher level Degree preferred. . Preferred Skills and Experience: - Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming. - Previous experience managing cash based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers) - Previous experience with ACF . Essential Skills and Experience: - Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and culturally sensitive - Excellent communication, writing and analytical skills - Proven ability to translate evaluated results into learning strategies. - Experience in monitoring and evaluating donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities - Skills on statistical and other software (MS Excel, SPSS, SPHINX, STATA, EPI Info, ENA for SMART, GIS, etc.) - Fluency in Hausa and English - Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word) - Experience in humanitarian PQA or M & E. - Experience in designing and leading internal and external evaluation. - Experience designing and leading capacity building and training for national teams. - Familiarity with nutrition, healthcare and systems. - Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy.

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