Lead Nutrition and Child Health Expert at Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE)

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) - The Incorporated Trustees of Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (here in after referred to as “Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE)”) a local not-for-profit, faith-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). One of WEWE’s core ideologies is to be the most financially clean and compliant local NGO in Nigeria and Africa. We want to prove to the world that not all Nigerian NGOs are corrupt, and we want to be an example (An Ambassador) of a credible NGO in Nigeria and Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lead Nutrition and Child Health Expert

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• S/he will provide the overall nutrition technical leadership, technical guidance to master trainers, supervisors and trainers/mentors for successful implementation at sites.
• S/he will participates in the Master TOT at the national level and co-leads the grantee’s Training of Trainers’ execution at the State level.
• S/he will ensures implementation of outpatient treatment interventions for children identified as acutely malnourished using an integrated package of child health services, including a food-based approach and CMAM which focuses on building capacity of providers to counseling and teaching caregivers to use locally available foods to rehabilitate moderately malnourished children (and even severe acute malnutrition with no underlying complications) in the outpatient setting, and to use RUTF where available for SAM cases. This also includes ensuring that all children receive routine immunization, treatment of uncomplicated childhood illness, and referral to hospitals for complicated cases.
• S/he will ensures that all children graduating/recovering from the SAM to Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) are counseled in food-based approaches to prevent relapse and further the rehabilitation to normal nutritional status.
• S/he will provides key expertise on nutrition mentoring, training and quality assurance to all trainers/mentors.
• S/he will be responsible for meeting all project. agreement obligations, including documentation and quality report
• S/he will overall oversight of technical aspects of the program.
• S/he will develops and coordinates training schedules and ensures availability of qualified trainers.
• S/he will responsible for producing technical deliverables and achieving technical project results as specified by the grant agreement
• S/he oversees technical planning and implementation of the approved workplan.
• S/he will provides on the job mentoring and supportive supervision of trainers and supervisors.
• S/he will supervises the onsite capacity building of health workers.
• S/he will provides technical direction for data collection and tracking all enrolled nutrition cases using the nutrition tracker. This includes tracking weight for height, mid-upper arm circumference and minimum acceptable diet including: dietary diversity and minimum meal frequency.
• S/he will responsible for reports and ensures results for project activities.
• S/he will communicate with the grant.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a B.Sc Degree with at least 5 years relevant work experience.

Application Closing Date
27th December, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word document) explaining suitability for the job to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.