Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Job Vacancy - Nutrition Nurses - 12 Positions
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Participate / lead in assessments and nutrition surveillance.
Ensure the smooth running of Nutrition project activities at sites through provision of nutritional screening, counseling, treatment/preventative services and on-job training and guidance of health workers and volunteers.
Maintain records of anthropometric measurements and treatment at health facility sites and office.
Facilitate On the Job trainings for Health care workers and CHW, screening, active case finding, defaulter tracing and referral of and management of malnourished.
Supervision of CHWs in community mobilization and dissemination of health/nutrition education and hygiene promotion messages.
Create referral linkages for malnourished individuals with medical complications.
Supervision of Mother Care /Support Groups to promote appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices.
Maintain professional working relationship with relevant district authorities and partners.
Provide written reports.
Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
Must have a Minimum qualification of a diploma in Nutrition or Nursing.
Registered with the relevant professional body.
At least 2 years working with NGOs/ UN agencies in complex emergency context.
Minimum of 1 years’ experience working in emergency nutrition program in a limited resource setting.
Conversant with IMAM & IYCF and OJT process
Strong negotiation and representational skills.
Excellent team building, interpersonal and communication skills.
Experience in nutritional surveillance, report writing, monitoring and evaluation.
Fluency in the local dialects and understanding of the local environment is an added advantage.
Experience in capacity building MOH staff
Computer literate
Qualified and interested candidates to submit applications by e-mail only which should include
(1) Application Letter,
(2) Current C.V. with telephone number and e-mail address,
(3) Three referees with contact telephone numbers and e-mail addresses not later than Wednesday, 5th October, 2011 to jobs@imcafrica.org.
Any attachment other than the above mentioned will lead to disqualification of the application.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Ensure the smooth running of Nutrition project activities at sites through provision of nutritional screening, counseling, treatment/preventative services and on-job training and guidance of health workers and volunteers.
Maintain records of anthropometric measurements and treatment at health facility sites and office.
Facilitate On the Job trainings for Health care workers and CHW, screening, active case finding, defaulter tracing and referral of and management of malnourished.
Supervision of CHWs in community mobilization and dissemination of health/nutrition education and hygiene promotion messages.
Create referral linkages for malnourished individuals with medical complications.
Supervision of Mother Care /Support Groups to promote appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices.
Maintain professional working relationship with relevant district authorities and partners.
Provide written reports.
Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
Must have a Minimum qualification of a diploma in Nutrition or Nursing.
Registered with the relevant professional body.
At least 2 years working with NGOs/ UN agencies in complex emergency context.
Minimum of 1 years’ experience working in emergency nutrition program in a limited resource setting.
Conversant with IMAM & IYCF and OJT process
Strong negotiation and representational skills.
Excellent team building, interpersonal and communication skills.
Experience in nutritional surveillance, report writing, monitoring and evaluation.
Fluency in the local dialects and understanding of the local environment is an added advantage.
Experience in capacity building MOH staff
Computer literate
Qualified and interested candidates to submit applications by e-mail only which should include
(1) Application Letter,
(2) Current C.V. with telephone number and e-mail address,
(3) Three referees with contact telephone numbers and e-mail addresses not later than Wednesday, 5th October, 2011 to jobs@imcafrica.org.
Any attachment other than the above mentioned will lead to disqualification of the application.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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