| Job Information: |
| Job Title: |
Nutrition Officer |
| Vacancy No: |
JACK-HLT-2022-068 |
| City: |
With travel to the districts |
| Job Location: |
Parwan |
| No of Jobs: |
1 |
| Contract Duration: |
Project Based |
| Related Office: |
Health |
| Post Start and Close Date: |
2022-09-22 - 2022-09-30 |
| Employment Type: |
Full Time
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| Gender: |
Male/Female
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| Job Purpose: |
| JACK |
| Job Responsibilities: |
- Participate in the conduction of studies and surveys where appropriate
- Ensure proper communication, coordination and harmonization of tools with the different stakeholders involved in health and nutrition activities in the province
- Ensure the establishment of nutrition monitoring activities and train health staff in case detection and referral system
- Establish both Stabilization Centre, Supplementary feeding programmes and Out-Patient therapeutic programmes in line with the national guidelines
- Enhance technical and nutrition management skills of staff through formal and informal training in conjunction with other coordinators
- Train and support JACK health facilities staff and partners in case management of severe and moderate malnutrition in accordance to national guidelines
- Assist health facilities staff in the implementation of the referral and surveillance systems
- Manage nutrition staff effectively, including appropriate and systemic delegation
- Coordinate and support the provincial teams, ensuring that the individuals work effectively together and achieve the programm objectives
- Supervise overall activities of nutrition teams with particular emphasis on the screening activities of acute malnourished children
- Attend nutrition cluster meetings as needed
- Attend nutrition coordination meetings at different levels
- Represent JACK’s nutrition work to local stakeholders, the MoPH, international donors, UN agencies and NGOs as required
- Conduct analysis of nutrition screening data, compile reports and share reports; both with the MOPH and with agencies within existing co-ordination mechanisms
- Study the nutrition condition of the women and chilren in the target areas and recommend fort expansion of therapetic and supplementary feeding programmes if required
- Submit relevant reports of activities to relevant line manager
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| Job Requirements: |
- MD degree, preferably with post graduate qualification in the field of Public Nutrition.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in related field
- Pashtu, Dari and English, languages proficiency.
- Good communication skills, basic computer skills extendible
- Excellent inter-personal skills.
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