Save the Children Job for a Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Officer
Save the Children is a leading international organization helping
children in need around the world. First established in the UK in 1919,
separate national organizations have been set up in more than
twenty-eight countries, sharing the aim of improving the lives of
children through education, health care and economic opportunities, as
well as emergency aid in cases of natural disasters, war and conflict.
In Nigeria, Save the Children has been working since 2001. The early
focus was on getting children actively involved in shaping the decisions
that affect their lives. Today, Save the Children is working in seven
federal states - Zamfara, Yobe, Jigawa, Katsina, Kano, Bauchi and
Kaduna - focusing on providing basic healthcare and protecting
children.
Save the Children is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Officer
Location: Borno, Nigeria
Main Responsibilities
The post holder will receive a context specific ToR for each deployment,
which will draw upon the responsibilities outlined below:
Programme Support (typically will be at field level):
- Support field level technical assessments in coordination with
the Nutrition Coordinator and other SC thematic areas and/or other
external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented
and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s
needs.
- Responsibility for the day to day management of Nutrition
project site activities and staff (Child Friendly Spaces, breastfeeding
counsellors and volunteers)
- Conduct trainings to build the capacity of staff/volunteers, MoH staff and the community at large
- Ensure all staff understand and implement programme guidelines
used for assessing the mother-child pair, advising the best feeding
option and following up as appropriate.
- Ensure appropriate and consistent education messaging to mothers
and other carers at Child Friendly Shelters and in the community
- With the support of Nutrition Coordinator, support project
implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for
example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance
management work plans).
- Working closely with the Field Manager and the Nutrition
Coordinator and/or other senior programme staff, with the HR team, help
in the identification and recruitment of community mobilisers and/or
project volunteers (MTM Support Group Leaders)
- Provide technical support to Save the Children staff (IYCF-E,
FSL, Child Protection and others as necessary), MoH and other
humanitarian actors as necessary to promote consistent good practice
- Facilitate the development and scheduling of volunteer outreach activities
- With the Breastfeeding Counsellors and Child Protection staff, develop monthly work plans for the Child Friendly Shelters
- With support from the Monitoring & Evaluation team support
the M & E plan implementation within the Nutrition projects,
ensuring this links to reporting requirements.
- With support from the Accountability Lead ensure accountability
is enforced in all project activities as well as ensuring that feedback
from children and their families is considered in project
design/implementation
- Work closely with partners and their staff to ensure project
activities are implemented in time and within the stipulated quality.
- To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are
maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of
Conduct.
- Prepare field visit plans and supervision checklist in advance of trips
- Compile monthly activity reports and assist with stock consumption/distribution plans for each of the CFSs as required
- Facilitate cross sectoral programming, particularly to promote
excellent communication and referral between IYCF-E, FSL and CP
programming
- Under the guidance of the Nutrition Coordinator, undertake local
level advocacy targeting other humanitarian actors, local authorities,
ministries and the military as appropriate, on assessment and
appropriate response to support infant and young child feeding.
- At field sites, liaise with other humanitarian actors, local
authorities, ministries and the military as appropriate, to maximize
collaboration and ensure proper coordination of activities.
Capacity Building:
- Identify learning and training opportunities for partner staff
and communicate this to the Project Manager or Nutrition Coordinator.
- Conduct trainings to build the capacity of staff/partners/volunteers, MoH staff and the community at large.
Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:
- Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with efforts
of other agencies and Government, and support Interagency Coordination
forums, advocating for the specific needs of children. This may involve
supporting coordination working groups within the host communities or
target project sites.
- Contribute to communications and media work as required through
correction of data and information and sharing with the project heads
General:
- Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect
to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal
opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
- Health / Public Health / Nutrition / B.Sc or equivalent
- Demonstrable management experience
- Experience of implementation programmes (ideally nutrition related), including monitoring and evaluation
- Experience in conducting assessments and an understanding of nutritional data
- Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
- Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment
- Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
- Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages
- Demonstrable ability at report writing
- Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
- Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
- Experience and ability to represent Save the Children's nutrition work in external meetings
- Demonstrable ability at report writing and excellent communication skills
- Computer literate.
Desirable:
- Qualified nurse or midwife with primary health care / community health care experience.
- Emergency programming experience.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 15th February, 2016.