Nutrition Officer

• Health professional (Nutrition and dietetics, MD or RN with a MPH is preferred) with strong Nutrition background.
  

• A mature person of high professional discipline and moral integrity, able to work independently and under stress as the situation may dictate.
  

• At least 3 years’ experience in managing and implementing Nutrition programs.
  

• Able to lead a team and experience in staff management.
  

• Experience in outbreak response interventions
  

• Ability to work with displaced communities with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
  

Nutrition program management:

• Support planning and implementing of the project activities and outputs at the field level to ensure the project achieves its objective of improving access to quality Nutrition services
  

• The Nutrition Capacity Building Officer will take lead in coordinating with LGA authorities reviewing all the technical reports from the Implementing Partners which authorities assigned to them.
  

• Track the performance of the project activities and targets against the expected results and advise on implementation process to ensure the project is progressing towards attaining its targets in each LGA.
  

• Conduct periodic analysis of progress of the project at the LGA level and promote learning and sharing of best practices and lessons learnt through documentation
  

• Identifying program gaps in the supported OTP services with immediate solution for further necessary steps to address those gap.
  

• Provide capacity building and on-job coaching to Facility staff in CMAM services including IYCF best practices in supported facilities.
  

• Oversee the implementation of quality Nutrition program activities at all IRC supported health facilities in the targeted areas
  

• Design and lead assessments to ensure the voices of women and girls inform Nutrition program design