Field Nutrition Officer At MedGlobal

Job Title: Field Nutrition Officer

Job location: Syria – Aleppo and Idlib

Report to: Health Program Coordinator

Job Code : SY-33

ABOUT MEDGLOBAL

MedGlobal is a global humanitarian non-profit organization providing medical and health education services to people in need, including refugees and displaced persons, in disaster and underserved regions. The organization is composed of medical and public health professionals of diverse backgrounds.

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CODE OF CONDUCT

MedGlobal Code of Conduct reflects the profession’s core set of beliefs and values of care, respect, trust, and integrity. These beliefs and values are fundamental to MedGlobal employees, volunteers, interns, consultants, officers’ coordinators, and directors to guide their practice and conduct.

The Code is organized into categories, as follows:

1. Always act with fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness; respect the opinions of others and treat all with equality and dignity without regard to gender, race, color, creed, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.
2. Provide a positive and valued experience for those receiving service within and outside MedGlobal.

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to MedGlobal, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work.

MedGlobal is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

DISCRIMINATION, ABUSE AND HARASSMENT POLICY

MedGlobal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. MedGlobal employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside the organization.

JOB SUMMARY

The role of the Field Nutrition officer will be as a Team Leader involves effective team management, logistical coordination, community engagement, data collection, and ensuring the smooth execution of nutrition programs. his/her contributions will be pivotal in maintaining program quality and promoting positive health outcomes for the targeted communities.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilities of the position:

• lead the Field Nutrition Team in distributing tasks in the field and ensuring adherence to the daily work plan.

• Work with the Nutrition Team to solve difficulties that develop in the field.

• After consulting with the Program Manager, lead the Nutrition Team in the field on an alternating schedule between the members of the supervised team to ensure leadership support and quality control.

• Coordinate the logistical needs of activities in accordance with the implementation plan, such as team cars, nutrition materials distribution, delivering activity-related items to communities, coordinating the set-up and transportation of nutrition activity tents, and any other program needs.

• Participate in community mobilization and the training of community leaders and prominent people, as well as the coordination and presentation of group sessions and community activities. Participate actively in dietary variety training, MUAC measurement in households, health education activities, community health visits, and referral systems. This is not an entire list, and more training may be required. Periodically

• Update the nutrition and health services maps, as well as the ties to other services and referral systems, and share these with Program Management.

• coordinate referrals from the Nutrition Team to treatment centers, health centers, or the Safeguarding Team.

• Managing the stock inventory and the supplementary items and preparing distribution plans for the health facilities and RRTs.

• Ensure that all essential information is collected in a timely way for reporting purposes, and that nutrition workers collect required and relevant data from fieldwork.

• verify the legitimacy of the documents supplied in the project’s beneficiary lists.

• As requested by the supervisor, submit reports on completed assignments.

• Record data on routine activities and health conditions and send them to Program Manag

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

The nutrition Officer should has the following skills, education, and experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (nutrition, health, pharmacy, or a related field)
• Working experience in Syria is preferred, as is knowledge of Aleppo and Idleb.
• At least three years of experience working in community nutrition, with a strong emphasis on social behavior change initiatives involving PLW and children under the age of five.
• Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills, as well as expertise conducting nutrition assessments.
• Confident presentation and facilitation abilities, as well as a track record of training delivery.

How to apply

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The applications will be reviewed and candidates will be selected irrespective of the expiration of the application period.