Nutrition Field Officer - Zahle

Under the supervision of FSL & Nutrition supervisor, the Nutrition Field Officer is responsible for the daily technical planning, implementation, supervision, monitoring and reporting of the field activities, specifically:

• To promote health and nutrition and related topics during the awareness sessions attended by cash-for-work participants;
• To ensure the project does no harm to the nutrition of women, infants and young children, particularly among cash-for-work participants;
• To mainstream nutrition throughout the project as much as is possible and feasible.

The position requires extensive field work and movement in the Beqaa

Objective 1: To ensure timely and quality implementation of nutrition activities (35%)

• To actively engage in the beneficiary selection process under the guidance of the FSL & Nutrition supervisor
• To provide support to the FSL & Nutrition supervisor for the design of the nutrition activities, including the curriculum and delivery of health, nutrition and related awareness sessions.
• Support the design of breastfeeding/ nutrition-friendly modalities for women participating in cash-for-work activities, including raising awareness of men on their responsibility to support their partners and children in accessing optimal nutrition, feeding and care.
• Support the development, procurement and appropriate use of visual and information materials during awareness sessions
• To carry out the awareness sessions and other related activities, including administering pre/ post-tests to participants as appropriate
• To conduct household visits, focus group discussions and key informant interviews upon the request of the FSL & Nutrition supervisor.
• Ensure the quality of the awareness sessions, note ways of improving (trainings, field visits, meeting, etc…) with the standards of Action Against Hunger, and as per the agreed activity planned, BoQs and contracts.
• Ensure the timely implementation of field works as per the predefined schedule.
• Inform and document the anomalies and the challenges carried out during the
• implementation phase of the program, offer solutions and adapt activities as required in coordination with your supervisor.

Objective 2: Stakeholder coordinators (25%)

• Field coordination with local authorities and ensuring continuous communication with beneficiaries and communities’ representatives as relevant
• Support in building relationships between Action Against Hunger, local authorities, municipalities and communities.

Objective 3: Data collection and reporting. (25%)

• Provide regular verbal and written reports on work progress, challenges faced and appropriate actions to remedy them to the FSL & Nutrition supervisor.
• Report possible problems or conflicts during the activities and identify actions to take to remedy them in coordination with the FSL & Nutrition supervisor.
• Collect and summarise M&E data as required to support the management of the project and measure progress.

Objective 4:  To support other humanitarian activities of ACF upon the request of the PM.(15%)

• Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities.
• Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities.
• Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work

Objective 5: Security

• Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his/her responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
• Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan

Training/ Education:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in public health, health promotion, nutrition or related field

Technical specific knowledge:

Health, hygiene or nutrition promotion, particularly promotion of breastfeeding and infant feeding or related experience. Knowledge of cash-based interventions is a plus.

Previous experience:

1-year experience working in humanitarian action or development promoting health or nutrition..

Humanitarian sector knowledge:

Yes

Languages:

Native Arabic and English compulsory

IT and specific systems:

Good skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and power point

Mobility (national/ international)

National