Growing Nutrition for Mothers and Children Nutrition & Environmental Health Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia
The Growing Nutrition for Mothers and Children (GROW) project in Ethiopia is an initiative to address undernutrition in women of reproductive age and children under five years of age.
GROW is a partnership among Care Canada, Cuso International, and McGill University. In Ethiopia the project will be implemented in East and West Harrarghe Administrative Zones of Oromia Regional State and ----- Administrative Zone of Afar Regional State.
The implementation of the project will be led by Care Ethiopia in close partnership with the government of Ethiopia Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus of Oromia and Afar Regional States.
Cuso International Ethiopia Country Program Office will be involved in deploying volunteers to strengthen the institutional nutrition capacity of the different sectors involved in the implementation of the project. The project is funded by Global Affairs Canada.
The project has three intermediate outcomes:
Improve nutrition practices and services for women of reproductive age and boys and girls under five years
Improve nutrition-sensitive practices for women of reproductive age and boys and girls under five years
Strengthen governance of gender-sensitive nutrition programs
and approaches at the Federal, Regional, Zonal and Woreda levels.
As a volunteer, you will:
Design and implement sectoral nutrition capacity building activities for WASH Committee / water use committee
Conduct household access to water and provide advisor support in improving Households / community access to safe drinking in the zone
Conduct household water quality check and improvement activities in the zone
Assist in the design and implementation sewage and sewage management strategies, including personal hygiene, home sanitation and use of latrine campaigns
Design materials on critical handwashing and promote CLTSH processes to bring about behavioral change of the community
Essential Academic Qualifications:
MSc. degree in Water Resources Management, Sanitary Science, Environmental Health
Professional Background:
Three years’ work experience in WASH and Nutrition interventions
Demonstrated work experience in improving access to drinking water and waste management
Hand on experience in design of water quality improvement strategies
How to Apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 17th October, 2018
For more information and job application details, see; Growing Nutrition for Mothers and Children Nutrition & Environmental Health Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia
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