AIC Health Ministries Nutrition Officer Jobs in Kenya

Job Summary

The Health and Nutrition Officer will be responsible to activities related to nutrition, preventive health and promote positive behaviour change in the area of good health, nutrition and dietary practices for the community in Kakuma Nasinyono.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide support in nutrition activities including screening and growth monitoring .

Create awareness on the importance of good nutrition practices on children and family
health

Provide technical input on nutrition/health and hygiene training content

Assess dietary practices and needs within the camps

Identify and train community health workers/promoters to support project activities

Collaborate with the program staff to ensure optimal use of health and hygiene practices

Support the design sensitization campaigns that promote good nutrition

Train community health workers/promoters, and target beneficiaries on the use of good nutrition and health practices.

Follow up on nutrition programs and prepare reports for donors and stakeholders.

Participate in activity verification and monitoring (stock and program quality) at
supported facilities to ensure smooth, high-quality program implementation

Prepare weekly and monthly workplans

Participate in conducting situational analysis and other M&E activities.

Collect and compile project data regularly, including case studies, success stories and
photographs of facilities.

Provide regular updates on inventory of medical and

non-medical items supported by
the project (information / data collected through monitoring visits)

Ensure diagnosis and treatment of malnourished patients is based on standard procedures (national and international guidelines)

Ensure the community based activities such as nutrition screening, health
education, EPI and defaulter tracing are done properly

Any other duty assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

A Degree or equivalent in Nutrition or Public Health.

Four (4) years working experience in running nutrition and health interventions

Experience with project planning and grant management (multiple donors)

Previous experience with managing nutrition programming (TSFP, OTP) is strongly recommended

Skilled in, and committed to, community participation/interaction.

Proven commitment to humanitarian and accountability principals and knowledgeable
of quality assurance systems.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; AIC Health Ministries Nutrition Officer Jobs in Kenya

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