Location: Ebonyi, Kwara, Kano, Katsina and Kebbi States, Nigeria
Jhpiego is seeking candidates for an upcoming project that implements and provides technical support to nutrition interventions across different health systems and disciplines in addition to communities. The project’s multi-sectoral approach draws on global nutrition experience to design, implement and evaluate programs that address the root causes of malnutrition. Committed to using a systems approach, the project strives to sustain positive outcomes by building local capacity and strengthening the enabling environment to save lives, improve health and build resilience.
The overall purpose of the project in Nigeria is to provide technical support, implement innovative nutrition-specific and sensitive live saving interventions, and generate evidence to enhance nutrition programming toward achieving the overall goal of improving nutrition indices for women of reproductive age, young children and new borns. This activity will support the donor’s effort to strengthen the enabling environment for innovation, commitment, capacity strengthening, coordination, collaboration, and support for multi-sectoral nutrition policies and programs.
The Nutrition Officer will oversee the daily implementation of both nutrition-sensitive and specific live saving interventions that contribute to the prevention, detection, and management of malnutrition in Ebonyi, Kwara, Kano, Katsina and Kebbi State. Activities will include the promotion / supporting adoption of recommended Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) practices and Homestead Food Production (HFP), monitoring and supervision of community-level nutrition screening including the rollout of Mother Led Middle Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) approach, multiple micronutrient supplementation for pregnant women as well participation in planned nutrition assessments.
The Nutrition Officer will also support capacity building for health workers, Nutrition Focal Persons, and food systems actors to enhance the production and consumption of safe, diverse and nutritious foods.
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply at www.jhpiego.org/careers
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, and references.
For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.
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