Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Niger, Nigeria
Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Nutrition Officer.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with project partners, project staff, the SMoH, LGA, SPHCDA and other stakeholders regarding upcoming activities and needs at the community and state/LGA levels
- Responsible for the performance and professional development of the community volunteers and other community structures in collaboration with local partners
- Collate, analyse and produce reports on supervision and monitoring of community structures and their activities
- Implement capacity building programmes on nutrition for the staff, government and local partners
- Collect reports from partners on targets met from the community structures on a biweekly basis, review the reports and ensure the information presented is reasonable and complete
- Prepare a monthly report using the information provided by the partners
- Maintain a filing system in the project office so copies of reports are easily accessible
- Provide supervision and support to health workers and partners to improve their capacity
- Ensure the beneficiaries access the required number of contacts per package of intervention
- Liaison with the appropriate people in a timely and professional manner to ensure the financial, logistical and procurement issues required to implement project activities
- With technical support from nutrition and BCC coordinator and nutrition specialist, conduct training to build the capacity of staff/volunteers, MoH staff and the community at large
- Ensure appropriate and consistent education messaging to mothers and other carers at child friendly spaces and in the community
- Ensure project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities
- Facilitate cross-sectoral programming and collaborate partnerships to promote project delivery
- At field sites, liaise with other actors, local authorities, and ministries to maximise collaboration and ensure proper coordination of activities
- With support from the monitoring and evaluation team, support the monitoring and evaluation plan implementation within the nutrition project, ensuring this links to reporting requirements
- Work closely with partners and their staff members to ensure project activities are implemented in time and within the stipulated quality
Requirements
- Demonstrated understanding of the skills necessary to work with children and women particularly adolescent girls
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems, think and plan strategically, and communicate with key actors in a dynamic and unpredictable operating environment
- Excellent community mobilisation skills
- Strong skills in monitoring, evaluation, research and conducting participatory, community-led assessments
- Knowledge of nutrition programming models and manuals
- Knowledge of community mobilisation and facilitation techniques
- Computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Ability and willingness to work in a participatory manner with a diverse range of client communities
- Team player, clear communicator, flexible, network-builder with ability to handle pressure well under minimal supervision
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