Vacancies: Infant and Young Child Feeding Advisor, OTP Officers, ITP Officers
As the -world’s leading independent children’s charity. Save the Children inspires dramatic change for children around the globe. We are looking for experienced staff to implement an ECHO funded project to make quality programmes to treat severe acute malnutrition more accessible to those children who most need it through the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) model and appropriate reinforcement of the health structures in Katsina State.
Position: Infant and Young Child Feeding Advisor
This position will assume a lead role in building the capacities of Save the Children Staff, Health Care Workers and Community Volunteers on good IYCF practices, This will involve identifying training needs, developing training materials and organizing IYCF trainings for Save the Children Staffs, Health Workers and Community Volunteers. The post holder will provide mentoring and follow up in the ITPs, OTPs and communities. This includes supporting facility staff in counselling for caregivers and promoting nutrition and health education for caregivers with a holistic approach.
- The right candidate should be fluent in English and Hausa, have a health background
- With minimum of five years professional experience, three of which should be in IYCF and breastfeeding counselling.
- Previous experience with other local and international NGOs especially in the area of treatment of acute malnutrition and other community based programmes is Desirable Gross Salary: N3, 200,000 per annum
Position: OTP Officers
This position is responsible for training, mentoring and supervising health staff to ensure quality screening and outpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition. This includes ensuring respect of approved protocols for admission and management of severe acute malnutrition and facilitating on the job training for health staffs in the OTPs, It includes planning logistics and materials needs for the supported sites and identifying the problems in the implementation process and proposing solutions. The OTP officer will ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of CMAM activities in the OTP sites.
- The ideal candidate should possess a health/nutrition background with at least three years professional experience, be fluent in Hausa and English and
- have the ability to work in partnership with Government and other NGOs’ staff,
- Previous experience with other local and international NGOs especially in the area of treatment of acute malnutrition and other community based programmes is desirable.
Gross Salary: N2, 080, 000 per annum
Position: ITP Officers
- This position is responsible for training, mentoring and supervising health staff to ensure quality screening and inpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition. This includes ensuring respect of approved protocols for admission and management of severe acute malnutrition and facilitating on the job training for health staffs in the ITPs, The ITP officer will ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of CMAM activities in the ITP sites. The ideal candidate should be a trained and registered nurse with at least three years professional experience, be fluent in Hausa and English and have the ability to work in partnership with Government and other NGOs’ staff. Previous experience with other local and international NGOs especially in the area of treatment of acute malnutrition and other community based programmes is desirable,
Gross Salary; N2,080,000 per annum.
To apply, send your CV and covering letter in one attachment to vacancy@scuknigeria.org . The subject field MUST clearly state the position you are applying for (e.g. OTP Officer), or your application will be rejected.
Please note that interested applicants can send their request to vacancy@scuknigeria.org for a full job description of the positions to be sent to them by email. Given the urgent nature of this recruitment, short listing of candidate may start before the deadline. Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Our people are as diverse as the challenges we face. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply
Closing date on 16th March 2011
