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Nutrition Assistants at Christian Aid - 6 Positions

Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based international NGO, partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is the transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. Christian Aid works in more than 30 countries and has been operating in Nigeria since 2003. The Nigeria Country programme focuses on Community Health and HIV, Accountable Governance including humanitarian response and Gender.

About the role

The Nutrition Assistants will be responsible for planning and implementation of nutrition and hygiene education activities on Christian Aid WFP Project. They will ensure comprehensive mobilisation of the community for nutrition screening of children under five, forming and monitoring champion mothers support group and oversee community nutrition education, counselling.

About you
 The post holder is required to have a degree in Nutrition with one to two years work experience in a similar role especially in an emergency response.
She/he is expected to be familiar with Food, Security & Livelihood context in the North East Nigeria.  She/ he is required to have strong report writing and communication skills. You are required to have good interpersonal, organisational and planning skills. Ability to be flexible, supervise and coach community workers is essential.

Further information
  • This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.
  • We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, religion or belief.
  • You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
Competency questions

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Steward resources

Please tell us about a time when you were able to take action to end or reduce the inefficient use of resources. What was the context? What was expected of you? What action(s) did you take? What was the impact of your actions? In what way(s) were you successful?

Realise potential
Tell us about a time showed your concern for others. What was the context? Why were you concerned? What action(s) did you take to demonstrate your concern? Why? What was the impact of your action(s)? On the other person(s)? On yourself?

 Communicate effectively
Tell us about a time when you knew you had communicated some information clearly and concisely to someone else. What was the situation? What was the information or message you had to communicate? How did you communicate? What method(s) did you use? What was the outcome? How did you know you had communicated concisely and clearly?

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