Nutrition Assistant at Salient Humanitarian Organization (SHO)

Salient Humanitarian Organization (SHO) is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the principles of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equality of rights and opportunities, respect for diversity and coexistence, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition Assistant (for WFP-BSFP Project)

Location: Jere / Maiduguri, Borno North East Nigeria (100% field)
Employment Type: Full-time
Starting date: 1st January, 2021
Duration of contract: 12 Months (Extendable)
Reporting to: Project Manager

Job Description

• Assist in conducting monthly BSFP distribution activity to target population
• Assist in conducting proper community nutrition sensitization and screening exercise
• Supervise an effective mother to mother support group
• Supervise nutrition specific value adding activities (SBCC, Home gardening, food hygiene promotion etc
• Supervise regular follow up and management of malnutrition cases at the OTP/SC
• Provide nutrition training to community nutrition mobilizers
• Assist in preparation of monthly nutrition progress report
• Daily reporting of nutrition activity

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A University degree in Medicine, Nursing, Dietetics, Nutrition or relevant fields.
• Minimum of two years' experience working with vulnerable communities, basic needs and distribution programming experience, and/or feeding programs.
• Experience in protection interventions in line with vulnerables or IDP operation.
• Experience of working with Non-Governmental organizations.
• Ability to communicate in Hausa and other local languages is a must.
• Willingness and ability to work full time time in the field directly with communities (camp setting and communities in Jere areas).

Knowledge and Skills:

• Understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems
• Proven ability and experience in planning and conducting formal training session on nutrition including.
• Ability to deal with relations with local authorities as a nutrition representative of SHO in the working area
• Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach local staff and community workers
• Ability to manage a fair workload including emergencies.
• Interests: Working in humanitarian relief, interest for social issues

Transversals Skills:

• Strong motivation to help people in need
• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organization itself
• Understanding and capacity of integration into the local environment
• Ability to analyze and suggest improvements of the activities
• Well organized and hard worker
• Able to manage stress and pressure
• Understanding of the context of the area
• Reliability
• Neutrality
• Able to check validity of information, logical thinking.

Brief Conditions

• SHO reserve the right to close the application before deadline, if the required number of candidates is attained.
• Candidates will be responsible for his/her own travel, accommodation and feeding during the recruitment process;

Application Closing Date
28th December, 2020.