Nutrition Officer
Kakuma
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Kakuma
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Nutrition
- Closing Date: Closed
Working under the mentorship and supervision of the Nutrition Manager, the Nutrition Officer will be directly responsible for implementation of the IMAM program, nutrition surveillance, hospital feeding, nutrition education & counseling and encouraging Maternal, Infant and Young Child nutrition in the camp.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry through and govern the inpatient and outpatient therapeutic feeding of severely malnourished under-fives while following the stipulated protocol.
- Implement and supervise the supplementary feeding of the moderately malnourished under-fives, pregnant/lactating mothers, individuals with medical conditions (HIV/AIDS and TB).
- Ensure the Blanket Supplementary Feeding Program activities are implemented effectively.
- Implement comprehensive Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition program (MIYCN) with strong Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) approach.
- Supervise and monitor the hospital inpatients diet including the special diets for medical cases like diabetes, TB, HIV/AIDS, Hypertensive among others.
- Train and mentor the nutrition program staff and the coordinated community healthcare teams through identification of capacity gaps and carrying out refresher trainings and on-the-job trainings.
- Design and conduct trainings on Growth Monitoring Promotion (GMP), Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) and MIYCN to other mainstream health professionals.
- Develop key messages in nutrition to the targeted beneficiaries, and ensure it is delivered appropriately.
- Offer nutrition support through counseling to persons with medical conditions including Comprehensive Care Clinic clients.
- Outline and conduct the annual health and nutrition surveys together with other partners in the locality.
- Plan and conduct mass MUAC screening of the under fives on a quarterly basis reciprocally with the Community Healthcare Promoters.
- Work closely with other nutrition related programs such as HIV/AIDS, Environmental Health, Clinical Services and Community Health Program in order to improve the nutrition situation of the locality.
- Compile and submit weekly, biweekly and monthly reports of all the activities implemented.
- In collaboration with the Nutrition Manager and the Supply Chain department, follow-up on requisition and movement of food commodities from WFP to the field sites.
- Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Key Result Areas
- Implementation of the IMAM and hospital feeding program.
- Promotion of efficient MIYCN practices in the locality.
- Timely submission of monthly reports and food requisitions.
- On the job trainings and refresher trainings conducted to the nutrition staff and community healthcare promoters.
- Key nutrition indicators supervised, and maintained within the recommended benchmarks.
- Nutrition education and counseling of beneficiaries.
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