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| Nutrition Officer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Balkh, |
| Categories | Health Care, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-02-26 | Close Date | 2022-03-06 |
| Vacancy No | 08-02-2022-IMC-BLK | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | One Year |
| Education | Medical Doctor | Experience | 3 years |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As per organizational salary scale |
About Company
About International Medical Corps: International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief programs. IMC is carrying out medical relief services in several provinces of Afghanistan
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Act according to IMC organization policies and procedures.
- Develop spirit of cooperation and understanding among members of program.
- Responsible for planning, implementation, supervision and monitoring the nutrition/eye car component related activities in all HFs.
- To understand the verification of HF performance system and its importance for quality improvement and staff salary adjustment and payments.
- Responsible for monitoring and verification of data in Nutrition related indicators.
- Responsible for implementation and follow up of nutrition/eye car in HFs and CBHC.
- Compile the nutrition reports, review, analyze and take appropriate action and give feedback to HFs& HP.
- Support integration of nutritional activities and strengthening BPHS services regarding prevention and treatment of malnutrition (ex. IEC messages, vitamin A supplementation, maternal nutrition, infant and young child feeding, control of diarrheal diseases, micronutrient deficiency disease referral and treatment, moderate and severe malnutrition referral and treatment etc. )
- Support implementation of complementary provincial interventions if applicable
- Monitor and support hospital-based Therapeutic Feeding Units for treatment of severe malnutrition according to MoPH Public Nutrition Guidelines and Supplementary Feeding Programs.
- Monitor and support community-based Management Acute Malnutrition for treatment of acute malnutrition according to MoPH Public Nutrition Guidelines and salt iodization program.
- Promote and support optimal infant and young child feeding and care practices
- Conduct trainings of Supplementary Feeding Programs, Hospital based Management and Treatment of Severe Malnutrition.
- Implement and supervise eye care service in BPHS HFs and CBHC program.
- Responsible for management of food supplies, recording and reporting system.
- Do whatever related job, is delegated by the Project manager.
Safeguarding policy for Staff:
- Respect and follow International Medical Corps Safeguarding policy and never neglect, abuse, harm and exploit children, young people, and adult at risk,
- Report any actual or suspicious harm to the children and vulnerable adult caused by staff and program.
Job Requirement
The position requirement:
- The candidate will be graduated from recognized medical faculty
- The candidate will have three-year experience in in the nutrition officer position
- The candidate will have understating of local language and will be able to prepare visit report in English
- The candidate will have good human, technical and conceptual skill
Submission Guideline
You are kindly requested to send your written CV or resume through email and mention the vacancy number of the position in the subject line. Application received after the closing date and without subject line (vacancy number) will not be considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a written test/interview.
Interested candidates should send their application to the following email address:
Email: balkhhr@internationalmedicalcorps.org
Important: To ensure an open, transparent staff selection process please certify in your application form that I have no relative or personal relationship with International Medical Corps employees if yes, please disclose the Name, Position and Relation, otherwise your CV will be not considered for shortlisting
TOP:
International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document.
BOTTOM:
Website for reporting misconduct: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.ethicspoint.com. Please do not submit your CV or application to this website, it will not be considered for review