Nutritionist (Field Officer) at The International Committee of the Red Cross
Employment Nigeria
01-Jun-2017
YOLA ,
NGO
The International Committee of the Red Cross an independent organisation whose humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence
POSITION : Health Field Officer (Nutritionist)
Responsibilities
- Contributes to continuous assessment and monitoring of Nutrition situation in area of responsibility
- Liaises and attends regular meetings with the relevant ward development committee for follow up, flow of communication and instilling ownership and capacity to the committee
- Monitors and analyses consumption and any inconsistencies in stock, reporting back to the Nutrition Delegate
- Manages emergency medical stock together with Health Delegate
- Serves as the focal point for all matters related to the ICRC supported Nutrition component in primary health care program in his/her area of responsibility
- Monitors the achievement of the objectives and the related Plan of Action
- Builds up the capacity of the Primary Health Care Centres (PHCC) staff to run this component and monitors its efficiency and effectiveness
- Contributes to assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, supervision and evaluation of nutrition program
Qualifications
- Very good computer skills, including spreadsheets
- Good knowledge of the Ministry of Health and Medical Nutrition programs in Nigeria
- Nurse or Nutritionist registered with the Nursing council of Nigeria
- 4 years’ work experience in a similar position
- At least 3 years work experience in public health nutrition
- Good knowledge of public health, and of local health services, staff and system
- Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English
Personal Attributes:
- Be able to maintain respect to his/her colleagues, interlocutors and profession/duty in different circumstances
- Highly developed analytical, planning and organising skills
- Prepared to spend at least 70% of time doing field visits
- Well-developed analytical skills
- Good communications and negotiation skills, confident in talking in front of a large public, sense of responsibility
- Field oriented and good networking
- Excellent team spirit and acquired capacity to manage stressful situations
- Flexibility and quick response capacity to endure recurrent changes in working schedule
How To Apply
Candidates should send application letter, curriculum vitae and contact details of three referees to: ABJ_Recruitment_Services@icrc.orgclearly indicate "HFO Nutritionist Yola" as the subject of your application mail
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