Nutrition Officer

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

A national non-government and non-profit public health organization dedicated to improving the health and nutritional status of women and children of Nepal through sustainable development changes is partner to BHAKARI project and seeks to recruit Nutrition Officer.

Number of Position: 3

Location:  BHAKARI district office (Mugu, Jumla and Kalikot)

Major Responsibilities:

• Conduct food demonstration at BHAKARI communities in assigned district in coordination with partner NGOs and district Mercy Corps team. Ensure government agencies especially health and municipality officials are involved with the objective of continuing nutrition activities after the pull-out of BHAKARI project

• Establish close coordination with other staff of BHAKARI to integrate nutrition messages into other thematic components.

• Support Mercy Corps district team in implementation of nutrition activities.

• Coordinate with other thematic teams for integration of nutrition messages to sensitize the beneficiaries on nutrition.

• Work in collaboration with partner NGO for the design and development of SBCC materials on nutrition as per the requirements of the project.

• Provide necessary support in data collection, monitoring, and supportive supervision in the BHAKARI implementing areas.

• Coordinate and report about district activities to NTAG central and cluster team on regular basis.

• Coordinate with Mercy Corps, partner NGOs, government stakeholders and other nutrition program implementing organization, wherever necessary.

• Execute any other activities that might create a platform for sustainability of the project.

Knowledge and skills required:

• Bachelor’s degree from any recognized university in nutrition or public health
• At least 6 months of experience in nutrition and health projects
• Experience in working with local government line agencies
• A good competency on communication and writing in English
• Experience in training delivery is preferred

Women and marginalized populations are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply:

• Please apply with your recent bio-data at this email address: n.hrcommittee@gmail.com and the subject box in the email should indicate the title of the post that you have applied for.
• And, please fill up the personal details form from this link: https://forms.gle/F9bqKvDFXd7N3XJZ8

Application without submission of this form will be disqualified for shortlisting.

The e-application should reach to us by 17:00 hours, August 24, 2022.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.