| Job Information: |
| Job Title: |
Nutrition Officer |
| Vacancy No: |
JACK-HER-2024-0048 |
| City: |
Kandahar |
| Job Location: |
Kandahar |
| No of Jobs: |
1 |
| Contract Duration: |
Project Base |
| Related Office: |
Health Care |
| Post Start and Close Date: |
2024-04-22 - 2024-04-30 |
| Employment Type: |
Full Time
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| Gender: |
Male/Female
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| Job Purpose: |
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| 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 programs and Out-Patient therapeutic programs 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 program 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 children in the target areas and recommend fort expansion of therapeutic and supplementary feeding programs 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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| Other information: |
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Just for Afghan Capacity and Knowledge (JACK) is an independent, non-governmental, non-Profit, non-Political and non-Sectarian Organization working in Afghanistan since 2001 in the areas of health, nutrition, education, development and emergency with an aim at improving livelihoods and alleviating poverty. And JACK had the experiences of working in various provinces and zones of Afghanistan.
JACK registered under the Ministry of Economy with registration number, 316. The organization works in Collaboration with other line Ministries, NGOs, INGOs, and donor communities.
The mandate of JACK is to improve lives of the people we touch through our programs. We strive to have a community that is empowered, participates in its development and is able to use the resources available to them to get what they want. We work to assist communities in their efforts that lead them to self- help and in essence self- reliance that comes with economic and social independence.
Our service is without fear, favor or prejudice to race, nationality, religion, political affiliations region or language. We offer assistance where it is needed within our resource and ability.
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