CHILD SAFEGUARDING:  

Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The post holder is responsible for providing support and assistance to the Nutrition officer and TSFP officers in implementing the nutrition interventions (Community Management of Malnutrition [CMAM] and Infant and Young Child Feeding [IYCF]) while integrating with other sectoral interventions. The nutrition Assistant will also work with the Woreda health workers and Health extension workers in providing comprehensive nutrition services in the health facilities. Throughout the intervention, the Nutrition Assistant will work towards ensuring the quality delivery of nutrition interventions in the Project locations. 

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Nutrition Coordinator

Staff reporting to this post:

Budget Responsibilities:

Role Dimensions:   

About: For 100 years, Save the Children has been making a difference in children`s lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world`s largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organisation dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives. In Tigray, we implement programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Support (typically will be at field level):

By Working closely with the Nutrition Coordinator, Nutrition and TSFP officer will do the following:

• Ensure effective community mobilization and sensitization is conducted and Ensure monthly routine quality screening of U-5 and PLW at the community and HF level, ensuring appropriate referral of the cases of malnutrition are identified in the target communities
•  Support and supervise the community health workers/volunteers for mobilisation activities and follow-up of the defaulter cases and conduct home visit with HEWs 
• Carry out the day-to-day running of the OTP, SC, and TSFP sites, including admission, management and discharges, following the CMAM protocols and related documentation together with the health workers and HEWs. 
• Ensure quality Health Education and IYCF-E counselling sessions provided during one to one and group Support meeting.
• Provision of Outreach nutrition Services in target communities together with the HEWs 
• With support from the Nutrition/TSFP Officer, ensure quality cooking food demonstration sessions, MSGs and hygiene promotion are integrated in Project supported Communities
• Build the capacity of HEWs and Mother Leads by providing on-the-job training on CMAM and IYCF.
• Support quality data collection of activities conducted in the HFs and Communities.
• Promote increasing awareness of appropriate nutrition behaviour in project communities by ensuring behaviour change materials are visible in supported communities and health facilities.
• Support the development of case studies and success stories from programme implementation.
• Provide maternal and childcare/feeding key messages to beneficiaries of food program during food distribution.
• Ensure quality and timely reporting on all areas of implementation and Liaise closely with the HMIS/MEAL team so as to understand the project outcomes

Additional job responsibilities:

The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS   

• BSC Degree in Nursing, Nutrition, or Health Education and behavioural since with two year minimum work experience working in nutrition programmes within government or NGO setup
• Ability to cope and work under pressure in the field site
• High flexibility and ability to work without close supervision
• Ability to work for long hours especially in hard-to-reach locations within facility catchment areas
• Experience working with the local communities
• Understanding of community management of acute malnutrition
• Computer skills knowledge and applications especially Ms Word and Excel
• Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with children and their careers
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
• Strong report writing and computer skills
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
• Understanding of local language( Tigrigna) and culture is mandatory.
• Understanding of English language (Listening, speaking, reading, writing

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks
• Able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
• Strong interpersonal skills, ethical sensitivity and ability to empathise with children, youth and their carers 

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities 

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.