Nutrition Officer job at African Social Protection and Development Initiatives

Vacancy title:
Nutrition Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Healthcare ]

Jobs at:

African Social Protection and Development Initiatives

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, October 15 2023 

Duty Station:
Within Tanzania , Kigoma, East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 04 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The incumbent will focus on implementation of the Malnutrition Impacts Reduction Project in

Kigoma Region. He will lead the team and partners including direct support of the Local Government Authorities to effectively deliver the nutrition support to growing children in Kigoma Region.

Responsibilities
• Provide technical leadership, capacity development, and supervision to CHMT and health workers on child health, nutrition, and immunization activities
• Assist in the assessment of clinical training needs of the region and in the design and implementation of appropriate measures to address those needs
• Work with the District nutrition officer to develop, and support a pool of mentors and trainers on MYICAN, and growth monitoring.
• Work with district trainers and mentors to offer on-the-job training and mentorship to healthcare workers on IMCI, ETAT, IMAM, MYICAN, and growth monitoring, services based on nationally proven approaches
• Work with the M&E team to monitor the monthly performance of child health and nutrition interventions
• Facilitate and Coordinate Village Nutrition Day in all villages participating in the Project
• Develop and facilitate the implementation of a quality assurance model at the regional, district and facility level
• Identify and disseminate best practices and new technical strategies and approaches in areas of expertise.
• Ensure implementation of evidence-based nutrition training materials and standards, supervisory systems and other approaches.
• Provide technical oversight and ensure appropriate support and preparation for training activities
• Provide technical support to program staff to create a linkage between Community Health Workers (CHW) and health facility staff in the program areas and create sustainable nutritional services delivery in the Project area.
• Perform other duties as directed by the senior staff

Required Qualifications
• Advanced degree/or Advanced diploma in Nutrition/Rural Development
• Experience in Child Health and Nutrition programmes.
• Be an excellent classroom and clinical trainer with at least two years’ experience in clinical training on, IMCI, ETAT, IMAM, MYICAN •Experience working in the private sector/NGOs
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing capacity-building programs for improving service delivery.
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in service delivery programs and technical staff in the areas of Child Health, Nutrition, and performance and quality
• Proven leadership and management skills with the ability to multi-task
• Self -management is necessary (i.e. motivation, dealing with pressure, adaptability).
• Ability to communicate effectively, instilling trust and confidence.
• Be cooperative, competent, hardworking, flexible and dependable.


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months:

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Applications must include:
Maximum 1 page signed cover letter explaining why you consider yourself to be the best fit for the position;
A CV indicating your relevant skills and experiences;
Copies of relevant certificates.

Please send applications by registered mail to:
Country Director African Social Protection and Development Initiatives (ASPDI) P.O.Box 137 Kibondo
Or by email address: info@aspditanzania.or.tz 


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Job Info
Job Category: Health/ Medicine jobs in Tanzania
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 15 October 2023
Duty Station: Kigoma
Posted: 04-10-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 04-10-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 04-10-2067
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