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Health and Nutrition Officer
About this role
The Health and Nutrition Officer role supports Save the Children’s health and nutrition activities in Yobe, Nigeria, focusing on strengthening facility- and community-level systems for malnutrition management and related child health services. It involves implementing IMAM, IMCI, MIYCN-E, and MAMI programming in line with guidelines, and coordinating with health staff, MoH, LGAs, and partners. The position reports to the Health and Nutrition Coordinator and requires working in collaboration with multiple stakeholders to ensure quality service delivery. The role is suitable for someone with a background in health or nutrition and experience in humanitarian settings, willing to work in field locations. The organisation operates to improve maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition as part of its broader health system strengthening in northern Nigeria.
What you would do
- Lead the establishment and implementation of IMAM and IMCI services across supported health facilities.
- Provide on-the-job coaching and mentoring for health workers in IMCI, IMAM, disease surveillance, and SAM management.
- Ensure proper assessment and treatment of children under five for acute malnutrition according to protocols.
- Set up Outpatient Therapeutic Programmes and MIYCN services and integrate with Stabilization Centre services.
- Monitor stocks of medicines and nutrition supplies to maintain uninterrupted service delivery.
- Conduct health worker capacity assessments and arrange training, coaching, and mentoring.
- Deliver technical training on IMCI, IMAM, disease surveillance, MIYCN-E, and MAMI.
- Provide supportive supervision and follow-up to reinforce applied skills in clinical practice.
- Maintain monthly supervision plans, conduct facility visits, and track staff progress.
- Support data reporting and use standard tools like IDSR, DHIS2, and IMCI/IMAM registers.
What they are asking for
- Degree in Nutrition, Nursing/Midwifery, Health Education, Medicine and Surgery, or related health field.
- Minimum 2 to 3 years in humanitarian/development work with field operations experience.
- Experience working with Ministry of Health and in coordination with stakeholders.
- Knowledge of Nutrition and Health interventions and emergency management best practices.
- Strong data analysis, planning, and reporting abilities.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; fluent in English and at least one Nigerian language.
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