Nutrition Assistant at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition Assistant

Location: Yobe, Damaturu
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: Nutrition Officer
Staff reporting to this post: None

Role Purpose

• Provide support to Field Assistants in different Projects’ Communities in implementing nutrition interventions (Community Management of Malnutrition [CMAM] and Infant and Young Child Feeding [IYCF]) as agreed with the donor. The Nutrition Assistant will also work with the Government and other key stakeholder in ensuring quality delivery of nutrition interventions in the Project locations.

Scope of Role

• Reports to: Nutrition Officer
• Staff reporting to this post: None.

Key Areas of Accountabilities

• The post holder will receive a context specific Terms of reference for each deployment, which will draw upon the responsibilities outlined below.
• Programme Support (typically will be at field level): 
• Ensure quality of nutrition screening for children under-5 conducted by Community Nutrition Mobilizers in target Communities.
• Provision of Outreach OTP Services in target communities together with the outreach team. 
• Ensure quality of IYCF counselling sessions provided during Support group meeting.
• With support from the Nutrition Officer, ensure quality cooking food demonstration sessions are conducted in Project supported Communities
• Build capacity of CNMs and Mother Leaders by providing on-the-job training on CMAM and IYCF. 
• Support Project level nutrition assessment/surveys as approved by Donor. 
• Support quality data collection of activities conducted in the Communities. 
• Promote increasing awareness of appropriate nutrition behavior in project communities by ensuring behavior change materials are visible in supported communities and health facilities. 
• Support the development of case studies and success stories from programme implementation. 
• Provide maternal and childcare/feeding key messages to beneficiaries of food program during food distribution.

Additional Job Responsibilities

• The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Capacity Building: 

• Provide on-the-job guidance to Field Assistants and Community Nutrition Mobilizers working on the field. 
• Ensure all Field Assistants and Community Nutrition Volunteers are familiar with their posts.

Qualifications

• Certificate or Degree in Nursing, Nutrition, Public Health or any related fields.

Experience and Skills:
Essential:

• Certificate or Degree in Nursing, Nutrition, Public Health or any related fields.
• Experience of working in Nutrition programme.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written).
• Acceptable IT Skills
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Desirable:

• Qualified nurse/nutritionist with primary health care / community health care experience.
• Fluency in speaking Hausa and/ other local language.

Behaviours (Values in Practice):
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Additional job responsibilities:

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

• We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2024.