Nutrition Counselor

Médecins du Monde - France (MdM-F) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including Afghanistan. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care.

Scope of Work:

The Nutrition Counselor will be responsible for conducting nutrition screening, growth monitoring, counselling, and management of acute malnutrition cases (SAM and MAM) at the health facility level in accordance with national IMAM/CMAM guidelines.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct nutrition screening of all children 0-59 months.
• Conduct growth monitoring of all children under two years and register them.
• Conducting the GM of under 2y and on-the-spot counselling to mothers of under 2y children’s.
• Responsible for overall management of acute malnutrition.
• Food demonstration at  TFU (Therapeutic Feeding Unit)
• Prepared the monthly IYCF and GM report
• Conduct appetite tests for all beneficiaries identified as SAM and MAM before registration into the nutrition program and during follow-up.
• Registration of beneficiaries into Growth Monitoring Cards, Screening registers, tally sheets and frequent follow up
• Support the management of acute malnutrition cases according to national IMAM guidelines.
• Regularly conduct nutrition education sessions for caregivers of malnourished children  
• Regular collection of nutrition data at the TFU level.
• Development of a nutrition filling system at the TFU Level for all data collection tools.
• Timely submission of therapeutic food distribution reports on a weekly, Bi-weekly, and monthly basis.
• close follow-up of nutrition commodities consumption with pharmacy technicians or drug dispensers, and provide reports to the office team in case of shortage, near expiration, etc.
• Timely preparation and submission of monthly statistics, biweekly, and stock reports.
• Participation and leading the nutrition team during the mass MUAC screening campaign every quarter.
• To accurately and appropriately treat or refer beneficiaries in the nutrition program by adhering to national and international guidelines and organizational procedures.
• Discharge children according to specified discharge criteria and national protocol and guidelines.
• Ensure accurate record keeping of all nutrition activities, filling in forms, cards, registration books, and tally sheets as required.
• Compile reports as required and requested by the Health and Nutrition supervisor.

·         Ensure compliance with safeguarding, child protection, confidentiality, and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policies.

Accountability:

• Provide awareness raising on feedback and complaints mechanisms and channels available to every patient/beneficiary;
• Timely inform line managers on channel unavailability or damage at TFU level (IEC material, speakers, etc.);

• Adhere to MdM F organizational policies.

Mandatory qualifications/requirements: 

Diploma/Certificate in Nursing or Nutrition and should have an exit pass in both.

Relevant experience

At least 1 year of experience in nutrition, and or at least 2 years of experience in the health sector.

• IYCF counselling experience
• MIYCN training
• IMAM training
• Psychosocial support counseling skills or experience

The interested candidates should submit their applications with the updated CV, motivation letter, including references details to the following email – recruitment.afghanistan@medecinsdumonde.net – no later than the closing date.

The reference Nutrition Counselor must be stated in the application subject to be valid. If you do not clearly state the position for which you are applying & attach the required diploma & other supporting documents, your application may not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that MDM-F does not reimburse transportation cost if applicants are asked for interview or a test.

MDM-F does not charge fee at any stage of its recruitment process. All applications are free for all candidates, and no one should require any payment or compensation during the recruitment process.