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Nutrition Officer at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. PUI has been implementing humanitarian activities in Nigeria since April 2016, supporting population with food security, nutrition, health and protection project in Maiduguri and Borno State.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition Officer Location: Monguno, Borno Starting Date: 1st July, 2020

Background

PUI is implementing humanitarian activities in Nigeria since April 2016, supporting population with food security, nutrition, health and protection project in Maiduguri and Monguno LGAs in Borno State.
PUI is now looking for 1 Nutrition Officer for its Nutrition team in Monguno.

General Objective

Under the direct supervisor of the nutrition supervisor, the nutrition officer will help organize and undertake nutrition education/sensitization and community screening activities at community level
The Nutrition Officer will be responsible to ensure that educational messages are delivered to beneficiaries as per set targets and with the upmost quality regarding accuracy, efficiency and culturally sensitivity to optimize the adoption of healthier behavior among mothers of children under five.

Responsibilities and Tasks

He/she participate in the identification of eligible project beneficiaries and community focal persons
He/she participate in organizing project beneficiaries and volunteers into groups and other for a for dissemination of nutrition messages dissemination
Analyze the humanitarian situation, taking protection problems into consideration/ do no harm to the population
In liaison with the nutrition supervisor, disseminate any relevant reporting tools to lead mothers and volunteers as may be requires
Ensure OTP (Out-patient Therapeutic Program) beneficiary defaulter tracing and other forms of beneficiary follow ups at community level
Work with volunteers and lead mothers to conduct community screening and referrals for malnourished beneficiaries
He/she will be responsible for project sensitization and mobilization at community level.
He/she will help nurture good collaboration between PUI and local community leaders
Resent weekly achievements, problems encountered and suggestion to improve the project implementation
He/he will help strengthen the organization community feedback and complains systems
Contribute to logistical and administrative organization of activities
Participate in planning for and implementation of trainings of the beneficiaries, volunteers and community focal persons
Conduct household surveys, individual follow ups and monitoring nutrition education activities
Train and support nutrition community focal points and lead mothers along the project implementation
Monitor the work of community volunteers under its responsibility
Prepare community level SENSITIZATION PLANS and topics in liaison with the supervisor
Contribute to the definition of the needs in materials and tools regarding the program
Ensure safety and good condition of all materials provided by pui (RUTF)
The task and responsibilities defined in this job description are non- exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project needs.
Act as a liaison with the local population and authorities in order to identify the needs, grievances and major events that could have potential consequences for PUI activities
Help to ensure that beneficiaries and local populations both understand the project goals and actively participate in their implementation
Pass on any information or problem to his/her direct and indirect supervisor concerning task or safety
Address any issues on the field with beneficiaries or the community members and tell line manager
Collect and compile data, pictures, information from the field to present weekly internal reports to the supervisor

Specific Objective and Linked Activities:

Implementation and monitoring of the activities
Community Mobilization
Communication and Reporting
Logistics and administration
The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs.

Priorities of the Department:

To follow up the sensitization sessions delivered to the mother care groups participants
To contribute to the qualitative reporting of activities, especially data entry
To contribute to the proper filling and achieving of all the sources of verification
To ensure the quality of the messages delivered to the mother care participants
To report any issue face with the mother care group participants

Qualifications Mandatory Requirements

Language skills: Good command in English (speaking, reading & writing), Fluent in local languages – Hausa, etc.
Education Degree: Diploma in Nutrition / Health-related discipline
Work experience: Proven nutritional experience working in NGOs.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Conversant with community screening for Malnutrition
- Demonstrated understanding of infant and young child feeding ( nutrition SBCC/IYCF education programs)
- Community Volunteer supervision
Computer skills: Excellent knowledge of the MS office software including Word, excel and Outlook.

Assets Interests: