(ADB) Nutrition Counselor - Health Care

2024-05-23
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Job Information:
Job Title: (ADB) Nutrition Counselor
Vacancy No: JACK-HER-2024-0074
City: Kandahar
Job Location: Kandahar
No of Jobs: 6
Contract Duration: Project Base
Related Office: Health Care
Post Start and Close Date: 2024-05-23 - 2024-05-31
Employment Type: Full Time
Gender: Female
Job Purpose:
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Job Responsibilities:
  1. Providing Nutrition consulting for individual and groups at the field level, nutrition team center & Community,
  2. Conducting health education sessions and awareness sessions for beneficiaries,
  3. Scaling up of children under 5 years old for Wight and height.
  4. Conducting consultation session for pregnant women and feeding mothers regarding the nutrition.
  5. Involvement in trainings and cascading to other health  staff.
  6. Active participating in supervisions and meetings with field supervisor, midwife and & HNMTs team.
  7. Conducting screening for mother and children by (MUAC).
  8. Distributing of RUTF and RUSF for SAM and MAM diagnosed children.
  9. Recording the information of patients and interpreting it on the appropriate formats.
  10. Preparing and submitting the activity report as monthly and quarterly.
  11. Performing other assigned task by the project in charge.
Job Requirements:
  • 12th Grade along with diploma in Nutrition counselling or received nutrition initial training Counselling from a recognized source.
  • At least one-year experience in the provision of Nutrition counselling services. 
  • Good report writing and communication skills
  • A team player with ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Experience in case management including management of case conferences
  • Fluency in spoken and written Pashto and Dari is required. English Language skills is a plus point.
Other information:
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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