Nutrition Assistant at Community Resilience for Youth and Women Empowerment Initiative (CORWEI) - 6 Openings

At Community Resilience for Youth and Women Empowerment Initiative (CORWEI) we’re committed to investing our expertise and resources in order to further achieve our cause. Since 2016, we’ve been supporting our community members in a variety of ways and measuring our success not by monetary size, but by more qualitative measurements such as the scale and effectiveness of our efforts. Just imagine what we can achieve together!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition Assistant

Location: Yobe / Borno
Employment Type: Contract
Slots: 6 Openings

Job Summary

• The Nutrition Assistant: Base in Yob/Borno will assist the Nutrition Officer monitor and support the performance of nutrition activities.
• He/She will manage and train field level nutrition staff, performing on-going monitoring and support supervision, provide guidance to LGA partners on policy and methodology, program planning and staff capacity building.
• To coordinate the implementation of SAM, MAM and Infant and young child feeding practices and other nutrition programs.

Key Responsibilities

• S/he will be required to conduct sensitization and MUAC (middle upper arm circumference) screening of Pregnant and lactating women (PLW) and children under 5 years.
• The nutrition assistant will screen, tally, register and coordinate the screening of children to verify their age at the distribution point, the nutrition screener/register additionally is required to train the Nutrition volunteers.
• S/he will be tasked to report to the nutrition Officer on BSFP distribution update.
• The nutrition assistant will collaborate with other INGOs on nutrition activities and to refer children identified with SAM and provide technical support to the nutrition assistant.
• S/he the will be required to mainstream the nutritional activities in line with CORWEI/ standards in his or her LGA with regards to Infant and Young Child feeding (IYCF) programs.
• The nutrition screener/register will also provide guidance to LGA partners (IYCF Groups) on policy and methodologies to enhance service delivery at the Host community and camp level. 
• The Nutrition Screener/register is required to possess significant experience in inter-agency coordination in management of complex field based operations and emergencies, good knowledge of program management and solid experience in technical field of BSFP.
• The nutrition assistant is expected to have competencies of a skilful leader in guiding and supporting staff, addressing various operational challenges, along with increasing security concerns. Given the stressful nature of Yobe/Borno security situation, which remains fluid and unpredictable and its high interpersonal and communication skills demands, the nutrition Supervisor will need to be able to fit easily into a complex and highly operative team of various cultural backgrounds.

Educational Qualifications
Education/Training:

• Required: University Degree / HND / OND in any of the following disciplines: Nutrition, Public Health or related field.
• Desired: 1st Degree in a related field.  

Experience:

Required:

• At least 2 years experience in Nutrition, Biology, Public Health, Nursing or food aid support.
• A good experience in supervision is required. 
• Experience with survey methodologies, nutrition assessment and relevant data analysis.

Desired:

• Previous experience working with an NGO or a Development organization.  

Technical Skills:

Required:

•  2 - 3 years progressively responsible experience in Nursing, Biology, Nutrition/or Public Health Sector of NGO and/or directly related area
• Fluency in English and Hausa.

Desired:

• 3 years progressively responsible experience in Nursing, Biology, Nutrition/or Public Health Sector of NGO and/or directly related area.
• Experience in a development and/or humanitarian organization. 
• Strong knowledge of Nutrition and/or Public Health.
• Advanced computers skills at least intermediate skills in windows based word processing, spreadsheet and nutrition/public health software.
• Ability to establish priorities, plan, coordinate and organize own work plan.
• Resourcefulness, initiative, maturity, tact, advocacy skills.
• Excellent analytical, conceptual, communication and public speaking skills
• Understanding of political dynamics, foreign policy decision making procedures
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and work without direction;

Application Closing Date
18th October, 2022.