Job Title Nutrition Officer  

Family Program Department

Report Program Director/Manager

Job Duration 1 year – Possible Extension

Working Hours Full Time

Closing Date 10 Nov 2024

Duty Station 100% base in Baidoa 

Nutrition Officer

About PASOS

PASOS is a nationwide non-governmental, nonprofit organization that works to end hunger and poverty in marginalized communities. PASOS is dedicated to providing life-saving assistance during emergencies, improving the wellbeing of vulnerable populations throughout Somalia, with a particular emphasis on development and resilience-building programs. We carry out significant projects that promote long-term stability and empowerment for individuals in need throughout the regions of Southwest State, Banadir, Jubbaland and Galmudug

Organizational Specific Objectives 

·         Alleviate poverty by improving economic status of vulnerable communities through enhanced food production by providing farm implements and inputs and diversification of income generating activities

·         enhance emergency response and livelihood crisis intervention through provision of Food/Cash/Non-food items Relief kits delivery, Livestock take-off /re-stocking, Water trucking to pastoralists and provision of temporary shelters.

·         Improve access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) conditions of the poor communities through construction and/or rehabilitation of water catchment dams, installing water tanks and construction of underground water tanks, provision of sanitation facilities and hygiene awareness training and promotion hygiene education.

·         Improve access to education by children and youth through provision of facilities, teaching and learning

materials.

·         Eradicate harmful cultural practices like Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early marriages.

·         Increase opportunities for youth and Adult to further their education through distance learning.

·         Improve health status of communities through health education; environmental cleanliness, hygiene promotion and increasing access to primary health and child care centers in area of operation.

·         Enhance environmental education, awareness and participation in environmental protection and conservation activities by the communities

·         Promote peaceful co-existence and proactively resolve conflicts

·         Empower the youth to contribute to the social, economic and political development of their community

·         Create awareness of issues surrounding children in difficult circumstances with particular regard to child abuse and neglect livelihood.

Nutrition Officer 

Nutrition Officer will be directly responsible for the supervision of the Nutrition interventions in the field level, the postholder will be implementing the action plan and following up field staff, Preparing the Monthly and Timely reports to manager, leading the technical staff with frequent visits to the field to ensure the quality of implementation of the nutrition services provided in the targeted health facilities in Hodeida Governorate. The postholder is also taking the responsibility for the coordination with authorities and key partners at the local level to ensure the smooth implementation of program activities of the PASOS. 

Job Description

·         Provide the Technical Support and Management for Technical Nutrition and health staff in the targeted HFs and Follow up the attendance of every day.

·         Coordinate with relevant government and local authorities at field level.

·         Support and coordinate the day-to-day implementation of all activities at field and submit all the weekly, monthly and achievement reports documented with pictures and case studies to the line manager on time. Handle all the problems that the teams will face in the field.

·         Continues communication with the management to keep them informed on any new update.

·         Prepare a weekly and monthly action plans and submit it to line Manager.

·         Support logistical and financial departments in providing the needed documents in order to facilitate procurement and payments.

·         Work with program team to accomplish the tasks in a timely and productive manner.

·         Coordinate and arrange for the all-training courses, orientations, briefs and inductions in the program.

·         leads the disbursement of cash assistance expenses for referred cases.

·         Coordinate the delivery of the basic program supported items to the health centers.

·         Perform any other tasks that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Education:

•  University degree in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics or Equivalent Public health or Nurse degree

Work Experience:

• Minimum 2-3 years previous experience working Health and Nutrition

·         Good communication skills and ability to conduct training

·         Computer skills, good organizational and people centered management skills

·         Ability to represent the organization in key meetings.

·         Good communicator in working with local communities, local NGOs and local authorities

Proven Technical Skills:

• Experience with descriptive data analysis and/or data management.
• Able to think critically about data and information, triangulating and cross-checking when needed and with minimal guidance.
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Office (in particular, Excel).

Competencies in Managerial/Leadership:

• Good analytical and reporting skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and time leadership skills and being able to meet deadlines.
• Good communication and social skills and ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.

Languages:

• Fluent in English spoken and written.

Professional Standards: PASOS staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in PASOS Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, PASOS operates and carries out policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Respect at Work Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Returning National Candidates: We strongly encourage national/or non-national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a citizen of the country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of Somalia with over two to three years, you can apply

Accountability to Clients: PASOS staff must adhere to the commitment of contributing to the sustainability and development of its (CR)

Partner Responsiveness Mechanisms, preserving the culture of prioritizing the needs of our clients and affected communities by systematically listening to their perspectives and using their feedback to make programmatic decisions and give them greater influence over program design and delivery.

Gender Equality: PASOS is committed to narrowing the gender gap in our programing. PASOS particularly encourage the females to apply currently available position if they have the skills and the qualification requirement with the experience expecting to obtain.

Diversity and Inclusion: PASOS we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Organizations that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, nationality, and perspective are validated to be better organizations. More importantly, creating a safe workspace environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best is the right thing to do. So, bring your whole self to work.

This is a challenging opportunity for a dedicated and highly motivated professional. If you would like to join this dynamic team, please submit your application jobs-opportunity@pasosom.org quoting the position in the email subject matter, 10 Nov 2024

Each application should be addressed to the HR manager based in Mogadishu and include the following:

·         An updated CV/Resume; and Cover Letter

·          An application letter which should include contact information for three work-related referees with official emails or ?. Applications not. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. PASOS is an equal opportunity employer.