About this role
The role is for a Nutrition Officer with Hope Spring Community Humanitarian Initiative in Borno. The organisation is a recognised NGO affiliated with Hope Spring Water, focused on improving WASH access and related health programmes. The officer conducts nutrition analyses, plans and monitors nutrition activities, and provides technical support and capacity building to health workers and volunteers. Responsibilities include malnutrition screening, growth monitoring, OTP/SC management, supplementary feeding, referral systems, and supporting IMAM and IYCF-related programmes, along with data collection and reporting. The role involves community engagement, coordination with health authorities and partners, and clinical nutrition duties in hospital settings such as patient assessments and counselling.
What you would do
- Conduct malnutrition screening and growth monitoring.
- Plan, implement and monitor nutrition activities and programmes.
- Coordinate OTP, stabilization centres, supplementary feeding, and referral systems.
- Provide technical support, training, coaching and capacity building to health workers and volunteers.
- Ensure availability and proper management of nutrition supplies and maintain quality standards.
- Collect, analyse and report data; prepare progress and donor reports.
- Support monitoring and evaluation and documentation of lessons learned.
- Conduct community sensitisation, awareness campaigns and home visits (including defaulter tracing).
- Contribute to programme reviews, innovation, knowledge management and partnership building.
- In clinical settings, perform individual nutritional assessments and develop meal plans.
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