Duty and responsibilities of IYCF Nurse
· Ensure at each nutrition sites are breast feeding corners established and activated for IYCF-E promotion
· Plan and implements for IYCF-E promotion with Health care provider at health centers
· Build and enhance to devlope the capacity HEWs, HDAs on IYCF promotion activities
· Provide weekly/monthly reports on time for the IYCF and behavioral change activities
· Ensure the key IYCF message promotion is conducted at each Food distribution sites regularly and in good quality
· Ensure in each OTP, SC sites key IYCF messages delivered and has good record of IYCF activities
· Ensure that pregnant and lactatining mothers are linked to breast feeding corners and enrolled to IYCF program
· Ensure that malnourished children from IYCF sites are referred and enrolled to respective appropriate nutrition program
· Ensure that all the target community (pregnant women and mothers those have a child under 2 years) are benefited IYCF-E promotion from project
· Involve on nutrition project activities related assessments and assisting CMAM nurse perform other duties as assigned by the Senior Nutrition project officer.
· Promote gender equity and equality through each level of activities
· Support to the HEWs and HDAs during screening (early case finding) and linkage of IYCF-E promotion
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- Diploma in nursing/Midwife or Degree in nursing or public health is preferable
- Minimum 2 years of experience working in similar position in a nutrition project
- Trained on anthropometric measurement
- Previous experience on emergency nutrition s
- knowledge of local language and culture of the local community
- Familiarity of the area is highly desirable
- Fluent in English and Fluency in Somale language is a must
- Good computer skills (Word, Excel)