Job Description
Job Summary
Goal
Apply medical and nutritional protocols to ensure the care of the patients in nutrition centers. Provide nursing care, treatment, and follow-up for children suffering from severe malnutrition, according to national protocols, universal hygienic standards, and other procedures, in order to ensure a good delivery of care and improve their nutritional conditions
Objective 1: implementing maternal infants and young children and care practice program in the TFU
- Ensure the warm welcome of the caregivers and beneficiaries to the TFU centers.
- Helps to identify needs for breastfeeding challenges and provide adequate counseling
- Facilitates sessions on nutrition, health, and hygiene good practices to pregnant and lactating women and caregivers of malnourished children attending the TFU service
- Providing one on one breastfeeding counseling support for mothers experiencing difficulties in breastfeeding including demonstration and breastfeeding techniques and supporting re-lactation
- Ensure the registration of all the beneficiaries in the IYCF register
- Ensure all children and pregnant mothers registered for IYCF support are linked with relevant services in the TFU
- Ensure all infants below 6months with no possibility of breastfeeding are provided the required support
- Maintain coordination with the MHPSS counselor at the Centre for mental health care services for the caregivers and cognitive development of admitted SAM children
Objective 2: facilitating the implementation of Behaviour change communication activities in the TFU
- Work in collaboration with the TFU head nurses other nurses, and the MHPSS counselor to plan and implement facility-based IYCF activities (Group sessions, and individual sessions).
- Work in collaboration with TFU nurses on health and nutrition education sessions to ensure focused IYCF education sessions in the facility.
- Work with the head nurse to ensure IYCF IEC materials are made available and displayed in the facility and in the public areas of the hospital.
Objective 3. Reporting
- Keep a record of all the beneficiaries including screened admitted, discharged, and referred segregated by age group and gender on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Compilation of the daily, weekly, and monthly statistical reports.
Job Requirements
Background/qualifications
- Nurse Graduated degree
- At least one year of experience in nutrition, pediatric activities,
- Humanitarian spirit
- Good organization,
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Good team interaction and positive attitude
- fluent in Local language
External application
How to apply
Follow the organization’s instructions below. Fursaat does not collect an application for this ACBAR vacancy.
Qualified and interested candidates should submit a cover letter and full CV with three Referees indicating the vacancy announcement to the address: Human Resources Department ACF office or can also be emailed to:
vacancies-gh@af-actionagainsthunger.org indicating the job tile and vacancy number of the position in the email subject line.
Eligible candidates are invited to apply by the earliest possible, until 03 Sep 2026.
Do not submit academic certificates with the application. These will be requested if the candidate is selected. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the written test/interview.
Action Against Hunger is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage women and people with disabilities to apply. ACF has zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA)
Employment at Action Against Hunger is free of charge. Action Against Hunger does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process to the candidates. Therefore, please refrain of offering money or any other form of compensation to anyone claiming that they can secure you a job or assist you in the hiring process and this is strictly against our recruitment policy.
