About FRAD
Future Resilience and Development Foundation (FRAD) is a registered non-profit organization with the corporate affairs commission (CAC) with No CAC/IT/NO/139393 in accordance with the Nigerian Law in 2019. The organization was established with the sole aim and objective to promote social service through community development projects that ensure meaningful access to services for people in need. The organization also aims to build the Resilience of vulnerable populations, especially women and children to create a safe space for them to feel safe, and free from all forms of harm. We aim to reduce illiteracy through various education programs to ensure children are supported to go to school remain in school and become good citizens.
Position: Nutrition officer
Job Type – Contract
Qualification – BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 1-3 Years
Location: Borno
Job Summary:
The Nutrition officer will development strategy in the overall Nutrition activity, a monthly reporting, participate in the Monthly nutrition sector meetings and identification and training of community nutrition volunteers.
Duties and Responsibility
- Carry out project community consultation for community entry.
- Develop training material for the training of community volunteers, Lead mothers, and Caregivers, pregnant, and Lactating Women on Tom Brown production, and IYC, and other training that may come concerning the project
- Identify and recruit community volunteers.
- Oversee the implementation of the project activities using the trained Community Nutrition Volunteers
- Develop key massages for beneficiary’s awareness and sensitization by the community nutrition Volunteers.
- Develop activity schedule to guide the community nutrition volunteers’ activities.
- Support and supervise the activities carried out by the Nutrition Assistant, CNVs and send weekly reports and consolidated monthly report.
- Responsible for the reporting of Nutrition sector 5Ws on a monthly basis.
- Collect and send weekly reports and monthly consolidated reports
- Collect and compile lessons learnt and challenges from field locations.
- Support on project assessments, analysis and support the MEAL department of MEAL process and activities.
- Design, and carry out capacity building for deep field staff and beneficiaries
- Train, supervise, and technically support Nutrition Assistant and CNVs
- Observe and record trends and situation of project locations in terms of gaps and persons in Needs for future programming
- Provide weekly updates on challenges, progress to the head of programs in all locations of implementation.
- Collaborate with community structures, local authorities to strengthen community IYCF
- Conduct monthly meeting with CNVs, Lead mothers and M2MSGs for need to support record challenges, update their knowledge on production of Tom Brown, and IYCF training, this will serve as a platform to discuss and address issues on the project.
- Carry out any relevant activities or tasks that you are call upon to.
Requirement:
• BSc. in Health/Nutrition related field
Experience and technical competencies:
- Minimum of 2 years’ relevant work experience on implementing Nutrition projects in emergencies.
- Have worked before directly with malnourished children, PLW, Caregivers, and vulnerable population in deep field
- Good knowledge of the Nutrition Sector, and understand the nutrition, food security situation of the northeast Nigeria.
- Good knowledge of AAP, PSEA Policies, and the concept of Do No Harm, and good at working with vulnerable population especial in emergency settings, good knowledge of emergency preparedness, and relief management.
- Experience working in emergencies context.
Desirable skills:
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft word, Excel Power points
- Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating Nutritional project initiation to close out
- Willingness and ability to travel
- Experience in planning and managing Community volunteers.
- Communication skills (English, Hausa and Kanuri is added advantage)
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should apply by sending their application to the following email address: [email protected] On or before 27th February, 2023.
Note
The title of the position must be indicated in the subject line of your e-mail. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis
- Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
