Nutrition and Health Officer

Company Overview
Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. For almost 44 years, across nearly 50 countries, we have been working to fight undernutrition and support communities affected by crises across the globe.
We carry out innovative, lifesaving programmes in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Disaster risk reduction, Mental Health and Care Practices, Food Security and Livelihoods, and Social Protection.
Action Against Hunger began operations in Nigeria in 2010 in response to the high rate of chronic malnutrition in Northern Nigeria, focusing on integrated programming.
In 2011, we expanded our work to begin implementing nutrition development projects in Jigawa and in Yobe. Following the crises in Northeast Nigeria, we further expanded our operations to address the Nutrition, Health, Food security and livelihoods, WASH, and shelter needs of conflict-affected communities.
Action Against Hunger Nigeria programme is supported by FCDO, ECHO, GAC, BHA, SDC, UNICEF, EU, AFD, SIDA and GFFO.

Action Against Hunger is currently looking to fill the role of a Nutrition and Health Officer who will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation and completion of Nutrition project activities throughout the project life cycle. 
This involves providing oversight and supervision of health facility OTP/SC facilities ran by State and LGAs and supported by ACF, also building the capacity of MoH health workers and keeping continuous update and reporting.

Reporting to: Nutrition and Health Programme Manager
Proposed start date: December 2024
Work location: Sokoto, Sokoto State 

Key Responsibilities
The Nutrition and Health Officer is responsible:

• Update tracking tool to monitor programmed screening based data on acute malnutrition; collect health facility based disease surveillance reports and update morbidity reporting tool for assigned health facilities/LGAs;
• Update and maintain 5W/4W mapping (Health/Nutrition sector) tool on a monthly basis for the operational LGA; and share with the Nutrition and Health Programmed Manager;
• Participate with M&E team in supervision of data collection for nutrition assessments;
• Liaise with Nutrition Assistants for accessing community support group database; health facility database on a regular basis and updating overall health facility based activities; 
• Conduct ongoing capacity assessment of health workers on CMAM services delivery, vaccination etc. and review the training needs and/or coaching needs; 
• Support the Nutrition and Health Programmed Manager in facilitating and organizing technical trainings for health workers (including on LMIS, HMIS);
• Ensure use of predefined quality assessment checklist, on-job coaching guidance as well as support Nutrition and Health Assistants in using these tools;
• Review financial, logistical and HR needs on a monthly & quarterly basis and share with the NHSM;
• Ensure that all health facilities/sites have adequate supplies to delivery uninterrupted services through identifying needs, informing line manager on regular basis;
• Support the Nutrition and Health Programmed Manager in organizing LGA based coordination meeting;
• Prepare individual monthly action plan in reference to work plan and share with the Nutrition and Health Programmed Manager in regular monthly planning meeting with nutrition teams.
• Ensure that all children and patients visiting ACF supported facilities are properly examined and treated according to national nutritional protocols and standards;
• Identify gaps for WASH in health facilities and inform the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager on a regular basis;
• Ensure availability of essential nutrition supplies in assigned health facilities including data tools;
• Monitor for appropriate documentation–IMAM treatment registers/tools, individual child growth monitoring cards;
• Identify financial requirements, logistic needs, HR support in reference to work plan and inform the NPM to prepare budget forecast; 
• Draft supply request and share with Nutrition and Health Manager on a monthly basis;
• Facilitate quarterly review meetings/workshops with respective government focal person at State/LGA level;
• Develop monthly monitoring and supervision plan for the LGA and share with the Nutrition and Health Programmed Manager;
• Ensure that specific monitoring finding is reported to the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager with potential solutions;
• During supervision visit, identify gaps in supply sides and report to the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager for remedial action; 
• Ensure that referral are made to the nearest stabilization centers and track for possible discharge back to community, and all pregnant women at high-risk and other medical complications.  
• Maintain individual monitoring & supervision plan as well as for the supervisee;
• Regularly follow up with the teams on the progress of activity, challenges and guide on necessary actions;
• Share training plans with identified needs to the PM well in advance to facilitate support from HR/Admin/Logistics; 
• Track Supervisee’s daily attendance, validate monthly attendance for supervisee, and submit it on a timely basis to HR;
• Communicate with HR for necessary staff meeting, performance review, appraisals, and leaves of supervisee;
• Liaise with HR to provide orientation on ACF charter/Core Values/Child Safeguarding Policy/Staff Code of Conduct etc; 
• Ensure rational use of all medical equipment and stationaries in health facilities;
• Ensure that Nutrition Assistants are using standard monitoring checklist during visit to health facilities. 
• Maintain and update database for health workers, community health workers/volunteers, trainings and share with line manager;
• Prepare consolidated tracking tool for supportive supervision visits/on-job coaching sessions and share with line manager;
• Update LGA work plans, individual work plans and share with line manager;
• Use appropriate attendance sheet on-job coaching sessions, workshops/meetings and trainings and share a copy with line manager;
• Use specific supervision checklist during supervision visits and archive filled supervision checklists with summary report – every month; 
• Fill the Nutrition evolution reports every month for the LGA and share it with line manager for consolidation;
• Support government health workers in preparing the integrated diseases surveillance report, monthly facility based DHIS2 report; 
• Provide summary analysis from the LGA report including -   
• Significant contextual changes that have impact on nutrition operations.  
• Bullet points on progress of training, on-job coaching and supportive supervision.         
• Feedback on quality of service provision through monitoring visits (checklist to be used).
• Key challenges and proposed solutions.
• Collect consumption reports from health facilities, compile for LGA and share with line manager with needs for upcoming month;
• Regularly report and coordinate with line manager regarding challenges, issues faced in the field for timely and appropriate decision-making.

Position Requirement:
Education Qualification: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Public Health or other relevant qualifications with experience in Public Health and IMAM programming

• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in nutrition programing;
• An excellent report-writing skill is required including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Hausa;
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills;
• Team management experience with similar programs;
• Ability to observe and to provide feedback on the activities;
• Ability to manage staff according to local culture and organization policies.

Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusion.

The deadline for this position is Wednesday 13th November 2024.

Action Against Hunger does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing).

Action Against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Action Against Hunger provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

Please note that as part of ACF's commitment to safeguarding, candidate/s for the position will undergo rigorous reference, background screening before an offer of employment is confirmed.

Other benefits include but not limited to 100% health care coverage, free and direct access to Cross Knowledge e-learning platform.

Women at Action Against Hunger are entitled to benefits such as maternity leave, compassionate leave for a hospitalized child and creche facilities for babies and toddlers.

All candidates MUST ensure they answer all the questions asked for this application. Failure to do so means candidates will not be considered for the process.