Community nutrition promoter-1

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Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Community outreach/mobilization is one of the four Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) components. Health extension workers conduct community screening for early case finding, give basic nutritional advice to mothers, deliver IYCF-E services, and provide patient follow-up for defaulters and encourage them to rejoin the program. Community mobilization also includes sensitization of the population to promote understanding of therapeutic program objectives and methods. Moreover, this is a basic platform to address IYCF-C activities. Likewise, Community Nutrition Promotors (CNP’s) is responsible to ensure the implementation of nutritional activities in respective woredas in close coordination and collaboration with Health development armies and health extension workers at community level.

• Ensure the timely and proper implementation community level Nutrition Activities in close coordination with community structures
• Beneficiaries are targeted and linked to TFP program in regular ways
• Facilitate Nutritional screening activities in close coordination with WDAs and HEWs Caretakers and PLW sensitized on family MUAC to screen TFP targets
• Implement and provide technical support for TFP on (IDPs), and mobilization of community, and nutritional screening for both host & IDPs Nutrition management activities are implemented as per protocol
• Conduct regular cooking demonstration and mass awareness creation sessions HPs received support
• Establish, follow up, and provide technical support for mother-to-mother support groups Functional mother-to-mother support groups are available at kebele level
• Ensure Job aids are available in Health posts (HEW quick reference, Look up table, report format, and other awareness creation guidance Necessary job aid materials are in place in TFU sites
• Efctively support the IYCF-E activities at the community level with the collaboration of health extension workers and the women's developmental army. Caretakers and PLWs will be sensitized on IYCF-E activity packages and apply the packages to tackle/prevent the malnutrition.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE
Required Professional Experience

• Minimum TWO years working experience with NGOs in CMAM program;

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• BSc degree/Diploma in Public Health/ Clinical Nursing/Nutrition and related health field of study preferred from accredited universities or health colleges

Certificates on:

• Revised 2019 IMAM guideline, and IYCF-E training
• Trained on Family MUAC approach and TSFP/MAM

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

1. Knowledge, training and experience in community level nutrition activities and management of MAM and SAM with/without medical complication is additional assets
2. Demonstrated skills in Community level structures with CMAM program planning, implementation and monitoring.
3. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment.
4. Good human relation skills.
5. Willingness to work under pressure and extra hours
6. Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions;
7. Strong adherence to World Vision values;
8. Strong character traits, including emotional stability, adaptability, ability to handle stress, cultural and gender sensitivity and integrity;
9. Prepared to live and work in a remote and uncertain security environment
Location Goro Ethiopia ( Dawee Serre and Lega Hida )Woreda

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only