Assistant - Technical Nutrition at First Step Action for Children Initiative - 2 Openings

First Step Action for Children Initiative (FIRST) is a child focused organization registered with the Cooperate Affairs Commission with the headquarters in Makurdi, Benue state Nigeria. The organization has functional offices in Adamawa, Benue and Nasarawa states in Nigeria. The offices are being coordinated by the functional secretariat in Makurdi Benue state headed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the program management team.

FIRST Step Action for Children Initiative (FSACI) was founded in 1998 as a community based organization called First Step Foundation Association (FSFA). The organization worked on several projects within the state expanding its scope across many Local Government Areas, and in February 2002 it became registered with the state Ministry of Women Affairs as an NGO. The association was established with a keen desire to assist rural families to improve the quality of lives of their children. Realizing that, young children have very close ties with their mothers in Nigeria, it became expedient to include women on the programs of the association. From the successes recorded, the Board of the organization was encouraged to apply for registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja. On December 19, 2008 the association was formerly registered by the Commission and had its name changed to the present First Step Action for Children Initiative.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Assistant - Technical Nutrition

Locations: Mubi North and Hong LGAs - Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time

Purpose of Assignment

• The Nutrition Technical Assistant provides technical assistance and support for project implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration/review of project activities, including data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge networking and capacity building, in support of achievement of planned objectives of the work plan, aligned with project objectives and strategy.

Major Duties and Responsibilities
Working closely with the Nutrition Coordinator, the Nutrition Program Officer will do the following;

• Support the Nutrition in ensuring quality screening of all children under five years (6-59 months) and referral systems are in place for all children in the target location and conduct follow-up visits on children referred.
• Promote, protect and support optimal Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition MIYCN practices.
• Support Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergency (IYCF-E), identification of lead mothers, training of health workers and community volunteers.
• Daily supervision of support group meetings in communities.
• Facilitate the formation of Mother to Mother support group meetings and conduct supportive supervision/spot checks during support group meetings.
• Provide counselling to caregivers of children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition.
• Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) services.
• Collate and compile program monthly data reports.
• Participate in the training of lead mothers and support group members on Food Demonstration
• Working closely with the Nutrition Coordinator, ensure timely implementation of nutrition activities.
• Provide capacity building and trainings to health workers and Community Volunteers on IYCF-E and referral.
• Ensure monthly and quarterly follow up with Community Mobilizers and community leaders through review/feedback meetings.
• Ensure that identified SAM and MAM cases are registered in the distribution register.
• Work closely with the MEAL team to ensure that data are captured in a correct and accurate manner
• Assist the nutrition team in giving supportive supervision to community volunteers.
• Compile and submit reports on weekly progress report

Application Closing Date
5th March, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and Cover Letters to: recruitment@first.org.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.