Internal & External Vacancy Announcement
INTRODUCTION
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Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behavior towards children both in their private and professional lives.
Save the Children, offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development. If you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic change for the most vulnerable children, we encourage you to look through the job profile below.
Job Title | IYCF Officer |
Code | SCI/SWB/022/18 |
Place of Work | Rayitu & Gura damole Woreda - Bale Zone |
Program/Unit | Emergency Nutrition |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the scale of the organization |
No. of Positions | 03(Three ) |
Length of Contract | Up to July31,2018 |
ROLE PURPOSE
The IYCF Officer has the responsibility to ensure high-quality IYCF activities, closely coordinated an integrated with the Emergency Nutrition Response project. The IYCF Officer ensures the project’s activities fit within the framework of the National Nutrition Program and ensures good relations with local stakeholders.
KEY Roles and Responsibilities
· Accomplish project site activities and supporting of community-based groups – HDAs, mother support groups, local committees, etc.)
· Participate in providing IYCF technical support to Woredas, SCI and partners CMAM and IYCF staff
· Ensure that all staff understand and implement the IYCF program guidelines
· Ensure appropriate and consistent education messaging to mothers (at PHC, Hospitals, HCs and community levels)
· Advise the best feeding options/ practices and follow ups as appropriate
· Participate in the development of mother support groups and mother-baby areas.
· Participate in developing regular work plans for the HEWs, HDAs, mother support etc..
· Spot and address appropriately the violations of the code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes and violations of the MOH guidelines
· Act as an effective member in promoting, supporting and protecting IYCF practices (give IYCF awareness sessions and IYCF individual counseling sessions as necessary).
· Give support to IYCF team members as necessary
· Link between CMAM team and IYCF team (such as promoting excellent communication and referral between IYCF counsellor, IYCF educator and CMAM)
· Assist in the development and review of educational material
· Prepare training materials and conduct IYCF training when necessary
· With support from MEAL Coordinator, make sure all IYCF records are regularly filled and submitted (awareness sessions, database of counseled cases, etc.)
· Liaise with ZHB, WHB, and Health facilities and ensure the quality of IYCF/Nutrition capacity building activities are technically sound, aligned with proposed implementation plan and adhere to standard guidelines;
· Assure the availability of IYCF training and counseling materials prior to any training;
· Support community assessments related to CMAM & IYCF and strengthen capacity of various health, agriculture, and other sectors’ front line workers to improve the quality of nutrition intervention
· Along with other SCI & partner staffs, conduct regular follow-up site visits to provide support quality implementation, and document field all through submission of complete, accurate and timely feedback reports;
Other
· Performs other related tasks as required.
Child safeguarding (CSG)
· Conduct activities in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse,
· Ensure that all activities seen through a child safeguarding lens;
· Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm,
· Ensure all partners and beneficiaries of Save the Children are aware of the child safeguarding policy and promote the message of child safeguarding to children, beneficiary families, and community members in general,
· Conduct project risk assessment using given template and mitigation plans are addressed Report performance of child safeguarding activities per quarter,
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
· Bachelors degree or Diploma in Human Nutrition, Public Health, Nursing or similar fields
· Minimum 2 years for Diploma and 1 year for BA field experience in humanitarian work, including significant experience in managing CMAM & IYCF programs
· Substantial experience of community-based nutrition projects