Nutrition Support at Life in Nigeria

Position Objective

A Nutrition Support at LABDI typicallysupports the organizing, execution, and supervising of nutrition programs, concentrating on optimizing the health and well-being of women and children, especially in conceptualizing countries. Duties comprise of evaluating data, offering IT assistance, and supporting to documentation and information exchange materials.

Scope or Position:

Documentation to: This role documentation up through the Life At Best Development Plan framework, to the Nutrition Officer as the technical head based in Yusufari and Yunusari LGA’s of Yobe State and Gubio LGA Of Borno State

Role summary

• Support visit / consciousness formation and compelling group participants on the Nutrition project initiatives for group acceptance and involvement.
• Strategy and arrange nutrition initiatives at appointed MAM sites in communication link with the nutrition officer and other programme employees.
• Assist site level technical evaluations and strategy and arrange LABDI group guided supplementary programme in project site on-site in communication link with the Nutrition Officer/Manager.
• Carry out comprehensive standard procedure combined management of acute malnutrition (IMAM) Screening using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) tape, two-party pitting edema discovery, operating under the SOPs of the IMAM part and principles.
• Assisting targeting of recipients; formation and establishment of Mother Care groups; selection of group voluntary assistants and members of group systems.
• Collaborate with care group supporters and head mothers to guarantee every facet of the programme are comprehend and accepted and suitable client recommendations take place to and from the group to MAM sites.
• Ensure efficient client recommendations of the recognized malnourished children to the suitable programme (OTP, SC, Tom Brown) based on the level of malnutrition recognized.
• Engage in the IYCF counselling and IYCF message sessions during OTP days and ensure names of caregivers are documented in the IYCF counselling register.
• Teach lactating/breastfeeding mothers on maternal infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and efficient breastfeeding roles (Cradle, Cross-cradle, side lying and under-arm etc.) for good mother – child bonding during breastfeeding.
• Through communication link with the group Mobilizer’s offer efficient check in of all recipients: especially tracing of children who are absent from the programme, sick children and children with community-related challenges... etc.
• Supervise the allocation of complementary food recipe in project setup for complementary food presentation initiatives.
• Address questions regarding the technical components of the programme admission and discharge whenever necessary at the MAM sites.
• Client engagement and ensure the site team interacts with the recipients and group key stakeholders properly.
• Screen and refer Moderate acute malnutrition cases to the Tom Brown TSFP activity for 8 weeks.
• Comprehensive check in on OTP referred care givers to guarantee the routine ration of prepared to use therapeutic food (RUTF) is provided only to the OTP referred / malnourished Child.
• Engage in the hygiene awareness education to care givers and children at group and household level.
• Arrange and supervise the on a weekly basis / every month MIYCN assist group initiatives and ensure presence data are well documented for responsibility.
• On a weekly basis and every month documentation drafting on the nutrition project initiatives.
• Carry out consistent technical supervising of nutrition initiatives and record findings to guide enhancements in
• Participate refresher development on Safeguarding and pledge to setting a minimum of one Safeguarding objective each year.

Aspiration:

Sets driven and difficult targets for themselves and their team, takes duty for their own personal development and promotes their team to do the same. Widely allocates their personal aspiration for Life At Best Development Plan, engages and encourages others.

Partnership:

• Builds and sustains efficient connections, with their team, teammates, Members and external associates, and backers.
• Values diversity and sees it as a acquire of attractive power.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativeness:

Conceptualizes and promotes new and creative strategies. Ready to take LABDI organized risks.

Honesty and reliability:

Truthful, promotes openness and transparency; displays highest levels of honesty and reliability.

Note

Certified women are firmly inspired to submit application. LABDI possesses zero tolerance to sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), any act of child abuse which includes sexual exploitation and sexual abuse form acts of serious