Job Type:           FullTime

Qualification:   BA/BSc/HNDExperience

Location:            Yobe

Main duties and responsibilities 

• Conduct routine MUAC screening for children between 6 – 59 months for acute malnutrition 
• Refer children with severe acute malnutrition to the OTP and Moderate acute malnutrition to Tom brown supplementary feeding program
• Identify the communities or catchment areas under their coverage and together with the members of the community plan for the delivery of the different components of the community-based nutrition activities 
• During routine screening identify and mobilize eligible persons for other nutrition services i.e. caregivers of children 6-59 months with MAM for IYCF peer mother support groups, and refer

Pregnant women to ANC and iron folic acid supplementation

• Conduct weekly Tom Brown preparation and IYCF group counseling
• Train lead mothers on Tom Brown preparation and MUAC assessment
• counseling of mothers of children 0-5 months for breastfeeding counseling and 6-23 months for infant feeding counseling
• Clinical follow up of children at the OTP/SC
• Support at least one cooking demonstration session to every peer mother support group within the community using locally sourced/available nutritious food monthly
• Support the OTP center in tracking reported defaulters from the program 2-days per week 
• Support in the sensitization of beneficiaries within the community
• Conduct home visits to monitor the utilization of specialized nutritious foods and promote key household practices at household levels
• Execute any other tasks as requested by the supervisor in charge
• Provide nutrition screening and referral data to supervisor on a weekly basis as applicable
• Deliver nutrition and health messages to caregivers of children 0-59 months, Pregnant and lactating women in the community through one on one counseling. 
• Provide a report on defaulter tracing to the health facility on a weekly basis
• Supervise the lead mothers during IYCF group meetings and Tom Brown preparations

Supervision:

•  You shall be supervised by the activity supervisor and Nutrition Assistants on a daily basis