Skip to main content

Nutrition Officers at International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global, humanitarian, non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through
health care training, relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations.

International Medical Corps has been operating in Nigeria since November 2013. It currently has its country office in Abuja and field offices in Kano, Damboa,Dikwa and Maiduguri where it is implementing emergency Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) and Protection programs, and also building capacity of local health systems and structures, ensuring the provision of quality, accessible Nutrition and Health Care.
This position is for Nigerian Nationals only.
Location: Damboa and Dikwa
JOB SUMMARY
The primary functions of the Nutrition officer is to provide leadership and overall day to day management of all Nutrition Food Security programming at duty designation and state, participate in defining intervention priorities, develop necessary contacts and relationships with government, non-government, donors and UN agencies at the field level; Contribute to the development of strategies and manage existing programs and resources, and provide day to day supervision, management and coaching to a wide team  of Nutrition Food Security in the operation areas.  Ensure that International Medical Corps program is delivering the highest level of quality of nutrition services in line to national and international guideline. 
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Effective implementation of IMC’s Emergency Nutrition Projects within the frame work of pertinent national policy, strategy and guidelines
  • Ensure observance & respect the dignity of beneficiaries, careers and members of the community at all times
  • Participate in any nutrition sector-specific assessments and make technical recommendations for appropriate activities, both for initial disaster response phase and for longer-term disaster risk reduction and transition phase.
  • Determine the cause of the malnutrition in the emergency response and formulate appropriate responses that will address the cause.
  • Assess the immediate lifesaving nutrition interventions needed (such as CMAM) in addition to the prevention activities (ENA, IFE, etc) that need to be implemented at the same time.
  • Provide direct hands-on technical support to Nutrition Staffs and IMC partners to effectively and innovatively manage emergency nutrition projects with focus on key technical areas
  • Ensure that emergency nutrition and related projects are technically sound, environmentally friendly, socially and cultural acceptable
  • Actively represent International Medical Corps in nutrition sector discussions and activities, serve as an International Medical Corps nutrition sector resource person, and display technical and organizational leadership in sectoral activity commensurate with the role as a primary resource person for nutrition on the International Medical Corps in your working areas.
  • Manage International Medical Corps’s nutrition response and recovery activities across a wide range of actors within International Medical Corps, donors, host governments, UN and NGO partners to ensure consistency of programming.
  • Strong negotiation skill with the partners, host community, government officials.
  • Actively participate and represent IMC in State and LGA nutrition CMAM Cluster meetings.
  • Assist in development of, or provide technical review for, emergency response proposals to be submitted by International Medical Corps to ensure that proposed activities and programs align with best practice in the nutrition sector. As appropriate, suggest new developments in the nutrition sector to International Medical Corps programming.
  • Be fully aware of national policies, strategies and other initiatives and developments by government and other stakeholders in the area of nutrition.  Regularly assess the implications for IMC’s programme and priorities of any changes in the operating environment in this sector and report on these to the emergency program Coordinator and  Nutrition Coordinator as required
  • Actively participate in surveys done at the Community level (KAP, SMART, Causal Analysis, Barriers, Coverage)
  • Ensure development of core skills and competencies in Nutrition and Food Security among IMC staff in the project offices
  • Provide technical support and training where required to all team members and partners
  • Build the capacity of Technical, Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) and committees to deliver quality service and undertake participatory monitoring of the implementation of the project works and record lessons and reports.
  • Prepare quarterly and annual reports to donors, line departments and sectors
  • Strengthen partnerships, institutional linkages and working relationships
  • Other duties as assign
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
  • Bachelor Degree in Nutrition Dietetics’, Nursing,  Nutrition or an equivalent course
  • Two years post NYSC or Exemption letter experience in nutrition work and implementation of nutrition intervention programmes, including community mobilization, monitoring and evaluation aspects.
  • Significant experience on community management of acute malnutrition and Infant Feeding in Emergency in host communities/ IDP camp setting
  • Understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems
  • Proven ability and experience in planning and conducting formal training session on nutrition including CMAM and IYCF
  • Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach local staff and community workers.
  • Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathize with children and their care takers
  • Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
  • Ability to deal with relations with local authorities as a Nutrition representative of IMC in the working areas
  • Ability to integrate into the local environment including awareness of political, religious and economic aspects of the community
  • Excellent inter and intra personal skills to ensure consistent positive relations with key stakeholders
  • Strong report writing and computer skills
  • Fluent in written and spoken English and Hausa
  • Commitment to and understanding of IMC’s aims, values and principles.

All applications should be addressed to the Human Resource Manager, International Medical Corps via the email: imcnigeriavacancy@internationalmedicalcorps.org      
Candidates MUST state the position as the subject of their email, application letter and curriculum vitae should be in a single Microsoft Word Document, otherwise applications will not be considered.
Deadline for submission is January 5, 2018


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

PLASMODIASIS: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW?

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Life circle of plasmodium Plasmodium in Erythrocytes  Female mosquitoes Species of plasmodium Symptoms of malaria Diagnosis and treatment. Prevention and control. Anti mosquitoes measure Vaccines and Research Plasmodiasis is a term that could be referred to a disorder of parasitic protozoan that is responsible for the breaking down of red blood cell  that gives rise to an infectious blood in the living system. This parasitic protozoan is called the plasmodium. The plasmodium thus released the sporozoites  and the merozoites into the blood stream and then transported to the liver and thus reduces the potency of the immune system. Life circle of plasmodium Malaria is a disease caused by a one-celled parasite known as Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito . The Plasmodium parasite spends its life cycle partly in humans and partly in mosquitoes. (A) Mosquito infected with the malaria par

Types Of Cancer

A n abnormal growth of the cell is defines what cancer is about, and this abnormal cell growth are most likely to attack other body part. There are more than hundred types of cancers that can affect man. One of the major cause of cancer is the use of tobacco, others are obesity, lack of nutritional diet, indiscriminate alcohol consumption. Another important cause of cancer is the onset of some diseases. Diseases like Hepatitis B, C and others can distort the genes of cells. One of the most effective way of preventing cancer is by shunning smoking, exercising, controlled alcohol consumption, eating more nutritional diet, early detection of cancerous. Below are the full compilation of the most common type of cancer: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Childhood Adrenocortical Carcinoma Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Childhood AIDS-Related Cancers AIDS-Related Lymphoma A

Routes of Drug Administration

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION. DEFINITION. FACTORS OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. CONCLUSION. Routes of medication administration To start, let’s talk about the different ways drugs can be administered. You’re probably familiar with injections and pills that you swallow, but medications can be given in many other ways as well. Routes of medication administration are described in the as follows…