Nutrition and Health Officer

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Midwifery, Public Health or other relevant qualifications with experience in Public Health and CMAM programming;
  
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in primary health care program;
  
• An excellent report-writing skill is required, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
  
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Hausa;
  
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills;
  
• Team management experience with similar programs;
  

• Update and maintain the 5W/4W mapping (Health and Nutrition sector) tool monthly for the operational LGA, and share with the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager;
  
• Update tracking tool to monitor programme screening-based data on acute malnutrition; collect health facility-based disease surveillance reports and update morbidity reporting tool for assigned health facilities/LGAs;
  
• Participate with the M&E team in the supervision of data collection for nutrition and health assessments;
  
• Liaise with nutrition and health assistants for accessing the community support group and health facility database regularly and updating the overall health facility-based activities;
  

• Ensure that all children and patients visiting ACF-supported health facilities are properly examined and treated according to national health and nutritional protocols and standards;
  
• Identify gaps for WASH in health facilities and inform the Nutrition and Health Programme manager regularly;
  
• Ensure availability of essential nutrition & health supplies in assigned health facilities, including data tools;
  
• Monitor for appropriate documentation–IMCI and CMAM treatment registers/tools, individual child growth monitoring cards, ANC/PNC cards and delivery registers;
  

• Maintain an individual monitoring & supervision plan for the supervisee;
  
• Regularly follow up with the teams on the progress of the activity, challenges, and guide necessary actions;
  
• Share training plans with identified needs with the PM well in advance to facilitate support from HR/Admin/Logistics;
  
• Track Supervisee’s daily attendance, validate monthly attendance for supervisee, and submit it on a timely basis to HR;
  

• Maintain and update the database for health workers, community health workers/volunteers, trainings, and share with the line manager;
  
• Prepare a consolidated tracking tool for supportive supervision visits/on-job coaching sessions and share with the line manager;
  
• Update LGA work plans, individual work plans, and share with the line manager;
  
• Use the appropriate attendance sheet for on-the-job coaching sessions, workshops/meetings, and training, and share a copy with the line manager;