Nutrition Officer
DescriptionPurpose of the position:
To facilitate effective implementation of Burundian Refugee Supplementary Program targeting children under five, Pregnant and Lactating Women (PWL) and vulnerable groups; the project aims to stabilize and improve the nutritional status of Nduta and Mtendeli refugee Camps
Major Responsibilities:
• Ensure that district health management team, DNuOs, health care providers and community volunteers trained on nutritional activities for Supplementary Feeding Programs
• Participatory action plans developed to address barriers to adoption of improved nutrition practices
• Collaborate with the WVT Kigoma emergency response Team including Project Manager, and Refugee Nutrition Volunteers and others such as DNuOs and nutrition stakeholders to implement the SFP towards the improvement of the nutritional status of the targeted beneficiaries
• Conduct relevant nutrition information for children under five, pregnant and lactating women and other relevant groups, information management, reporting, and gender-responsive analysis
• Refugee Nutrition Volunteers supervised and supported in delivering nutrition services in the implementation area
• Communities trained and implementing context-appropriate community-based strategies such as CMAM for prevention and rehabilitation of malnutrition
• Collaborate with regional and district health teams to ensure that Health workers trained on context appropriate for SFP and other services including referral for severely malnourished cases
• Collaborate with regional and district health teams, Project Manager and other project staff to ensure that camps assessed and equipped to provide supplementary foods
• Ensure that Communities trained on good hygiene and environmental health techniques that positively affect nutrition status which include use potable and drinking water
• Food supplements available and distributed to PLW and CU5 and other relevant vulnerable such as PLWHAs
• Collaborate with LGA to ensure that Government engaged in Burundian Refugee Emergency Response, strategies and protocols for improving nutrition policies and practices
• Perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:
Minimum Qualification: Bachelor Degree in Human nutrition or Food Science or Advanced Diploma in clinical medicine, nursing with working experience of not less than 2 years in nutrition or related field.
Preferred: Holder of BA degree in Social Sciences, Law or related fields is an added advantage
Experience: 2-3 years in supervisory/managerial role in military/security.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Skills in Programming.
• Computer skills and statistical package.
• Skills in report writing
• Skills in community mobilization and facilitation
• Analytical skills including CMAM Database
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Store Keeper
DescriptionPurpose of the position:
To receive, store and dispatch commodities in the warehouse. To account for all commodities received in the warehouse through tallying. To ensure that warehouse is well maintained and meets safety and health standards. Organize and coordinate loaders working at the warehouse.
Major Responsibilities:
Commodity management
•Checking of trucks on arrival at the warehouse and counting the commodities first on the truck and then during off-loading into the warehouse.
•Updating warehouse files.
•Report any shortages, damages or excess to the warehouse supervisor and reflect such differences in all copies of the delivery documents.
•Conduct truck inspection and prepare the respective report.
Training of casual loaders on how to stack and handle commodities.
Make sure that all torn bags are reconstituted and repacked.
Commodity Accounting and Reporting
• Ensure all commodities have stack cards and are updated after every transaction.
• Ensure commodities are stored on pallets always.
• Ensure warehouse is kept clean.
• Maintain daily attendance book for the casual loaders.
• Conduct routine inspection of warehouse to detect any infestations and inform the Warehouse Supervisor
• Prepare weekly reports
Working Relationship
• Coordination of work, report on challenges with warehouse supervisor
• Supervision and coordination of loading and offloading, cleaning with warehouse loaders
• Build good relation with labor/ loader and warehouse cleaners
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:
• Minimum Qualification: Diploma in Procurement and Logistics/Supplies Management, Business Administration and/or Accounting.
• Preferred: Preferred holder of Bachelor Degree in Procurement and Logistics/Supplies Management, Business Administration and/or Accounting.
• Experience: 2 years warehouse /stores experience in a busy industry
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Computer literate.
• Good command of inter-personal skills
Application Deadline Date
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