6 Nutrition Assistants

Action Against Hunger (AAH) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational and non-profit making organization working in the Palestinian Territory since 2002. 

Action Against Hunger is recruiting for its Gaza office a 

                                                               6 Nutrition Assistants  

For 6 months with possibility of extension 

The candidate will be responsible on the following objectives and tasks:  

 Objective 1: Assist in conducting community awareness campaign:  

• Provide nutrition sensitization sessions to pregnant, lactating and women reproductive age and men and boys on sexual and reproductive health, general wellbeing and nutrition in emergencies.  

• Assist in community mobilization collaboration with other stakeholders to ensure maximum participation. 

• Assist in designing activity tools for the sensitization sessions. 

Objective 2: Programmes’ activities:  

• Conduct screening, treatment or supplementation management and follow up of beneficiaries from TSFP/CMAM/IYCF programs to the best practices. 

• Collaborate on supporting documents and materials needed for the distributions and produce field reports when possible. 

• Conduct needs assessments as required (MUAC mass screening, IYCF assessments, etc). 

• Provide sessions, discussions, and disseminate informative materials to the target population through home visits.   

• Mobilize and inform the community on project activities and identify potential community focal points. 

Objective 3: Reporting and coordination:  

• Daily reporting of field activities to the Head of Project (materials delivered, work achieved, beneficiaries’ attendance, obstacles and constrains) taking into consideration reporting requirements and monitoring and/or evaluation tools and indicators. 

• Participate in the preparation of the monthly "Activity Progress Reports" (APRs) and submit them to the Head of Project and WASH Programme Manager. 

• Participate in the preparation and collection of data for communication, advocacy and capitalization purposes (case studies, etc).  

جميع الحقوق محفوظة لموقع جوبس.

• Health background (midwife, nurse, nutritionist, pharmacist, public health) other backgrounds related to psychology or social work. 

• Sense of confidentiality. 

• Skilled leader to lead community activities. 

• Good listening, empathy, good communication and adaptation capacity. 

• Have a minimum knowledge of infant and young childcare practices, including feeding, and have the capacity and motivation to learn more in a short space of time.    

• Proven relevant field experience in food security and nutrition context in the Gaza Strip.   

• Knowledge in humanitarian/emergency and/or development programming is a plus. 

• Strong interpersonal communication skills, strong planning and observation skills. 

• Fluency in reading, writing and speaking Arabic, ideally basic English. 

• Knowledge in Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook  

• Female Candidates from Deir El Balah and Khan Younis are preferred. 

• Valuable prior experience in issues related to the promotion of gender equality or personal commitment to gender equality. 

Interested and qualified candidates can apply online through Apply Now-button below