World Vision Uganda Nutrition Officer - Karamoja Locusts Response Project Jobs
World Vision Uganda Nutrition Officer - Karamoja Locusts Response Project Jobs
Purpose of the position:
Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
Training & Capacity Building
• Provide trainings/orientation/technical inputs to staff, community structure members on nutrition and health monitoring and promotion at community level.
• Capacity building of Staff (WV & co-applicant) in nutrition and hygiene knowledge and skills such as; hand washing, waste disposal, dry rack establishment and compost pit.
• Conduct nutrition and hygiene training through cooking demonstration as well as sensitization
• Build the capacity of the community groups to adopt and replicated nutrition and hygiene practices
• Conduct follow up trainings to pregnant and lactating mothers on balanced diet, food preparation and handling
• Coordinates with the technical staff coming from across Sectors for planning and implementations of the nutrition components within the programme.
Implementation of Nutrition component
• Lead in sensitization of beneficiaries on Nutrition and hygiene practices.
• Map out the local staple food and sensitize the community on utilization such alternatives while upholding the nutritional composition (balanced diet)
• Working closely with the district and community representatives to map out the target groups and beneficiaries
• Working closely with the health sector in the district and the community health workers to conduct food demonstration, growth monitoring and promotion within the community groups
• Oversee establishment and utilization of basic hygiene practices: especially Hand washing equipment
• Work closely with the Community structure members to ensure adherence to nutrition and hygiene practices: waste disposal, dry rack, compost pits, hand washing equipment
• Support in development of key nutrition and hygiene messages for dissemination during sensitization campaigns
• Ensure appropriate management, referral and linkage to care of the malnourished identified during growth monitoring and promotion
Accounting and reporting
• Ensure all the planned nutrition activities are executed and reported on
• Conduct monitoring visits to community groups and programme beneficiaries and compile monitoring reports for onward consolidation
• Consolidate, compile and submit quality
• Ensure that all reports are highly accurate, comprehensive, well documented and will guarantee the credibility of the program.
• Ensure monthly progress report is completed and submitted for onward compilation
Networking & external engagements
• Actively engage the health facility, the beneficiaries and the technical team from the District Local Government and sub-county to participate on nutrition and hygiene interventions within the communities
• Support developing and dissemination of Information and Education Communication materials on nutrition and hygiene practices.
• Supervision to community groups to ensure nutrition and food security interventions are routinely implemented
• Coordination with Nutrition partner for common messaging and promotion of nutrition sensitive programming.
• Coordination and networking with nutrition partners in the region to support implementation of the nutrition interventions
• Other duties as maybe assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience.
• Holder of degree in Nutrition studies
• Must have 2 years’ experience in community nutrition programming & management, and Nutrition survey and assessments.
• NGO back ground and experience in the Karamoja sub region would be an added advantage
• Willing to work under extreme hardship with limited resources.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills in the English language and knowledge of the local language is an added advantage
• Must have at least one year experience working in the Karamoja region
• Must have experience in establishment and functionalization of community support group for health, food and nutrition security
• Track record demonstrating high integrity, reliability and dependable
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Computer literate
• Writing and reporting skills
• Networking and influencing skills
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 60% of the time.
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