Nutrition Assistant at Haske Humanitarian Aid Initiative

Haske Humanitarian Aid Initiative (HHAI) is a women and youth-driven organization established in the year 2022, and since its establishment to date, the organization has striven to continuously interface and engage with key stakeholders at all levels to support in addressing gaps in the health sector, improve nutrition indices, and women’s agency, health, and socio-economic empowerment from the grassroots level which will provide an enabling environment and a robust healthy community. We strive for positive change in the way the community response to the health and socio-economic well-being of women, young adolescents, and children under 5 and to achieve an immediate and lasting change in their lives by providing the enabling environment. Across all our work, we pursue several core values: Honesty. Accountability, ambition, professionalism, collaboration, creativity, and integrity.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition Assistant

Location: Bauchi
Employment Type: Volunteer
Duration: 6 months (extendable)

Job Description

• The Nutrition Assistant will work directly with the Nutrition Officer who is responsible for the implementation of HHAI's Nutrition program in Bauchi.

Responsibilities

• Provide key Nutrition education messages to beneficiaries based on the protocols and guidelines during sensitization.
• Preparation and Submission of order requests as per policies and procedures.
• Follow up and ensure the field team interacts with the beneficiaries and community leaders properly.
• Represent the organization at LGA meetings involving nutrition actors.
• Liaise and secure consent from the local authorities and beneficiaries prior to intervention.
• Working in harmony with all other project staff and field team for the effective and efficient day-to-day management of the Nutrition activities in Bauchi.
• Participate in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual highlights/ reports and proposals and budgets when needed.
• Coordinate community mobilization and sensitization of the community on Nutrition activities.
• Follow up, inspect and ensure project materials are delivered as per specified measurements at field level in a timely way, and follow up on those not delivered as per requisition.
• Coordinate with other stakeholders on the ground for smooth, efficient, and effective implementation of the activities.
• Contribute to HHAI’s monthly reports for nutrition activities.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors.

Qualification and Requirements

• Degree in Nutrition or other relevant Health fields; Public health, Environmental Health Science, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum of 1 year programming experience with relevant working experience, preferably in the Nutrition sector
• Proven ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, calm, and a good sense of humor.
• Very good understanding of Nutrition policies, strategies, and programs.
• Experience in community-based interventions.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and representative skills (written, oral, cross-cultural).
• Ability to work with multi-cultural teams.
• Skills in training and management.
• Proficiency in the use of computers (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint Presentation).
• Ability to speak English fluently, Hausa, and other local languages desirable.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Or
Send their CV and Cover Letter as a single PDF document to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• By submitting your application for this position you agree to HHAI ZERO Tolerance to:
  • Fraud
  • Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, Abuse, and Child Abuse
• Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusion.
• Care Best Initiative (HHAI) provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
• This is emergency recruitment and we are looking to fill this role as soon as possible.
• Candidates available to start immediately are highly preferred.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Kindly attach additional certificates that support or address the requirements listed for the position in one PDF format, Cover Letter, and CV together in one Word format.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.