Nutrition Officer At IsraAID

About IsraAID:

IsraAID is an international non-governmental humanitarian aid organization based in Israel. Since we were founded in 2001, our teams have worked in emergency and long-term development settings in more than 60 countries around the world. IsraAID responds to emergencies and helps communities affected by crises rebuild their lives, and their futures, together. From hurricanes to refugee crises to global pandemics, we mobilize quickly and collaborate with communities at the deepest level, accompanying the process of becoming self-reliant in the ability to prepare and respond to emergencies and crises and return to adaptive functioning.

In 2018, IsraAID opened its operations in Palorinya to respond to the South Sudan refugees in Palorinya Refugee Settlement. In 2023, it expanded its humanitarian relief activities to Nakivale Refugee Settlement to better address and respond to the needs of the refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and other countries.

About the Position

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Nutrition officer to join our team to implement our activities in Palorinya and Nakivale Refugee Settlements. The successful candidate will play a key role in planning, implementing, and monitoring Nutrition activities to ensure that Refugees and host communities live healthy lives.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Responsibilities

1. Implementation of the nutrition response at IsraAID Uganda area of operations while ensuring adherence to the stipulated protocols.
2. Implement a comprehensive Maternal Infant and Young Child nutrition Program
3. Promote the implementation of breastfeeding program.
4. Support capacity building for Community Outreach Workers through the identification of capacity gaps and supporting training.
5. Prepare and deliver culture-sensitive awareness and educational nutritional messages to the community
6. Conduct regular Mass screening for children under five in collaboration with Community Health Volunteers/Community Outreach Workers.
7. Recognize, diagnose, and care for individuals suffering from malnutrition.
8. Effectively and comprehensively implement appropriate referral pathways for malnutrition cases.
9. Monitor the progress of patients who have been referred to nutrition management programs/ feeding programs.
10. Develop, implement, and revise nutritional guidelines tailored for specific needs with a bias for cultural sensitivity.
11. Compile and submit donor and IsraAID Nutrition program reports on a weekly, biweekly, and monthly basis of all implemented activities.
12. Liaise with the Procurement Department in logistical program supplies, procurement, and monitoring of supply control.
13. Monitor and review nutrition supplies and equipment movements such as deliveries, storage, transport, and utilization at the site level.
14. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

• Hold a Degree / Diploma in Food Nutrition and dietetics from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience within an INGO/NGO in implementing community nutrition programs.
• Experience in Maternal infant and young child nutrition.
• Experience in nutrition survey and assessment

SKILLS

• Proven analytical, communication/ negotiation skills and ability to think strategically.
• Experience in report writing and excellent computer skills.
• Confident, flexible and positive personality
• Strong planning and implementation capacity

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND DEMANDS:

• Ability to work in hardship areas (previous experience in a camp setting will be an added advantage)

LANGUAGES

Essential: English and Kiswahili

COMPLIANCE & ETHICS

• Promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics
• As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conduct work with the highest level of integrity. Communicate these values to staff and to partners and require them to adhere to these values
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles of non-discrimination, local ownership, sustainability, inclusiveness, local partnership, do-no-harm, and apolitical approach; codes of conduct against sexual exploitation and abuse; and against child exploitation and modern slavery.

✔ Commitment to abide by IsraAid’s and UN’s codes of conducts and principles

✔ Commitment to humanitarian principles