Location: Harargeh, Ethiopia
Deadline: January 13, 2025
Job Description
Major Responsibilities /Job Description:
Beneficiaries are targeted and linked to TFSP program in regular ways
- Supporting woredas and PHCU in planning and conducting nutrition screening activities, ensuring existence of functional referral pathways and linkages between communities and HF and vice versa; Promoting the availability of services to which beneficiaries can be referred, training of staff in nutrition screening and referral services;
- Ensuring that HFs and FDPs are equipped with minimum supplies needed for nutrition screening activities, (e.g., MUAC tapes, registration and reporting format, referral forms, guidelines etc.) and promoting and supporting community mobilization and sensitization activities towards nutrition screening program.
TSFP implemented as per protocol if it is feasible and practical
- Implement and provide technical support for TSFP (food distribution), Site preparation (IDPs), and mobilization of community, and nutritional screening for both host & IDPs
Health Posts and FDPs received support
- Conduct regular supportive supervision and provide technical support on Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program sites every week;
Referral is in place
- Ensure linkage of OTP discharges, MAM children, and acutely Malnourished PLW to distribution of protection and TSF ration (If applicable);
Necessary aid materials are in place in TFU sites
- Ensure Job aids are available in Health posts (HEW quick reference, Look up table, report format, tally sheet, Plump nut and drug stock control balance form)
IYCF is integrated into CMAM program
- Ensure the integration of TSFP with IYCF -E & CMAM programming through strengthening of psychosocial & emotional sites & IYCF promotion & counselling with assigned team members
Work Location: Miessio (Somalia Region) and Doba (West Hararge Zone)
Number positions required: 2 (Two)
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification:
- BSc degree in Public Health/ Clinical Nursing/Nutrition and related health field of study preferred from accredited universities or health colleges
Certificates on:
- Acute malnutrition 2019 revised guideline training
- Revised 2019 IMAM guideline, and IYCF-E training
- Integrated Pharmaceuticals Logistics System (IPLS)
- Trained on Family MUAC approach and TSFP/MAM
Required Professional Experience:
- Minimum two years working experience with NGOs in CMAM program Focusing on TSFP and BSFP programs;
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- Knowledge, training and experience in management of MAM and SAM with/without medical complication
- Demonstrated skills in CMAM program planning, implementation and monitoring.
- Experience in cascading family MUAC approach
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Good human relation skills.
- Willingness to work under pressure and extra hours
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions;
- Strong adherence to World Vision values;
- Strong character traits, including emotional stability, adaptability, ability to handle stress, cultural and gender sensitivity and integrity;
- Prepared to live and work in an remote and uncertain security environment
- Fluent in oral and written Amharic, English and Local language
World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.
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Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only.
