Health & Nutrition Officer/Supervisor

Position Title: Health & Nutrition Officer/Supervisor

2024-12-16 Herat Full Time 264

Job Location:	Herat
Nationality:	Afghan
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per organization's salary scale
Vacancy Number:	OCCD/HERAT2024/007
No. Of Jobs:	1

City:	Herat
Organization:	OCCD
Years of Experience:	Minimum of three years’ experience in Health/Nutrition program
Contract Duration:	4 Months with possible extension
Gender:	Male/Female
Education:	Graduate from recognized medical faculty (Public Health) with a certified diploma
Close date:	2024-12-16

About OCCD:

Organization for Community Coordination and Development (OCCD) established and registered with Ministry of Economy in 2013, is a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political and independent organization. OCCD works in partnership with Government, development and implementing partners in Health, Education, Agriculture and Livestock, Research and Development

Job Descriptions:

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

To coordinate Health and nutrition activities implementation (RMNCH, EPI, CBNP & IMAM) in target areas
To asses and evaluate that health and nutrition activities are implemented in accordance to plan and national standards in coordination with provincial and national partners.
To provide capacity building to RMNCH and Nutrition midwives in preparing monthly Health and nutrition reports and respecting submission deadlines.
To provide regular technical support to HFs staff and train them in the implementation of project activities
To develop action plans to ensure an effective monitoring of health and nutrition status in targeted health facilities.
To apply national nutrition treatment guidelines and policies at the health facility level.
To ensure the existence of growth monitoring tools, IMAM (Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition) supervision, and sufficient drug supply for HFs.
To ensure malnutrition preventive activities are based on the BPHS and MoPH guidelines.
To conduct/support nutrition screening and monitoring of under-5 children and PLW (Pregnant and Lactating Women) at community level.
To make sure food processing skills and knowledge are disseminated to target beneficiaries, through awareness sessions and cooking demonstrations.
To ensure the existence of IEC (Information Education Communication) material for awareness sessions at HF and community level.
To ensure basic RMNCH, EPI, and nutrition services at the HFs level and Community mobilization
To ensure all complicated cases are referred to higher-level health facilities as per the referral system with a great follow-up to strengthen the referral system.
To ensure effective communication and coordination with DoPH, and other stakeholders
To ensure that the program is implemented smoothly, the field-level nutrition programs are monitored and evaluated against the MoU between Concern and UNICEF.
Provide daily oversight and supervision of all activities at the HFs locations using monitoring check lists.
To perform any other task assigned by the line manager.
To support M&E team during field assessments as and when necessary.