Community Nutrition Field Officer- Beqaa (Prioritization for former ACF employees)

Action against Hunger is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for Action against Hunger in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation. 

In Lebanon, the Syrian crisis continues to generate political, social and economic pressure due to the war in Lebanon and keeps more than 1.5 million refugees in a situation of increasing vulnerability. In this environment of political, economic and social uncertainty, our teams have maintained their high levels of humanitarian response and aid to Lebanon. Likewise, our interventions have been maintained in the Bekaa and northern areas, as well as in the south of the country, with a special focus on working in partnership or in consortium with other organizations and on institutional strengthening of the relationship with both donors. institutional, such as with local authorities and entities.  

• Under the supervision of Health & Nutrition Head of Project (HoP) the Community  Nutrition Officer (CNO) is responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring nutrition activities, with a particular focus on awareness sessions about breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and prevention of malnutrition, together with group sessions and support for those with difficulties and special vulnerabilities, while ensuring proper coordination and collaboration with municipalities, other authorities, beneficiaries and related Action Against Hunger departments. The CNO will also work on capacity building for community health outreach worker  (CHOW)  to lead on the screening for malnutrition and give awareness sessions. 
•  The CNO will work hand in hand with IYCF specialists and community health outreach worker (CHOW)  to achieve the objectives of the project.

POSITION SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND TASKS.  

Objective 1: Technical planning, supervision and monitoring of the field  activities (45%)

• Under the supervision of the Health & Nutrition HoP, the Community Nutrition Officer (CNO) will be responsible for assessing on a regular basis IYCF, nutrition and care practices amongst the targeted communities in the areas of interventions.
• Conduct and engage in nutrition and health education to ensure the promotion of positive health care- seeking behaviors, including maternal and child health
• Follow- up the cases of malnutrition through collaboration with the nearest Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs) in the targeted areas 
• Provide caregivers of children between 6-59 months with nutrition supplements to boost their capacity of the immune system
• Support pregnant women and caregivers of children under two years with nutrition education and family Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) training 
• Determine the optimal and sub-optimal practices needing improvement.
• Support in conducting assessments and surveys throughout the project (rapid assessments, pre/post tests, baseline/end line, vulnerability assessments, MAMI, etc.) as needed
• Conduct and follow up on referrals requested by the caregivers on nutrition, health, WASH, mental health, food security, protection, etc. 
• Plan household visit to support mothers with one-on-one tailored counseling to pregnant women and caregivers of children under the age of two on optimal IYCF practices and nurturing care mainly ECD. This includes, supporting exclusive breastfeeding for children under 6 months, continued breastfeeding, responsive care and feeding, optimal complementary feeding practices for mothers of children between 6-24 months, and assess for maternal wellbeing with referral when needed
• Develop and contribute to development of IEC material, as needed

Objective 2: Capacity Building for Community volunteers (20%)

• Lead the recruitment for community volunteers in close coordination with HoP and HR department 
• Train the community volunteers on Nutrition- Health curriculum and improve their capacity 
• Supervise the community volunteers while conducting the nutrition activities to ensure proper implementation 
• Evaluate the community volunteers work and prepare an improvement plan once needed. 

Objective 3: Data collection and reporting (15%)

• Report the challenges faced through the implementation process and provide possible solutions relevant to the context and culture as well as best practices and lessons learned
• File, document, and report work progress to the Health & Nutrition HoP 
• Ensure all activities are accurately documented and tracked

Objective 4:  Health coordination (10%)

• Ensure an effective referral mechanism between the community and health facilities (both primary and secondary levels).
• Support the strengthening of relationships between ACF, local authorities, municipalities, and communities.
• Coordinate with hospitals contracted by ACF to enhance the referral pathway 
• Support the health team in supervising hospital activities and ensure proper implementation and systematic archiving of means of verification.

Objective 5: Support humanitarian activities of Action Against Hunger (10%)

• 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 the gender equality within the humanitarian work 

Objective 6 :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

Objective 7: Gender & Safeguarding (cross-cutting)

• Promote safe and equitable environments, through knowledge and application of the protocol against harassment and gender policy
• Knowledge and compliance with safeguarding policy.
• Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work

Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.
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