Public Health and Nutrition Officer

Vacancy Announcement

Aasaman Nepal is looking for the self-motivated, result oriented and hard-working Nepali citizen for the following position: 

1. Position Title: Public Health and Nutrition Officer (3), For Siraha 2 Nos and For Saptari 1 Nos 

Location: Siraha/Saptari

Objective/Purpose of the Position:

As a Public Health and Nutrition Officer you will be responsible for conduction of field level agreed activities of the assigned cluster of respective districts, in close coordination with Local Level Government, Health Office and project team. S/he will responsible to provide technical assistance to prioritized municipalities during program planning, and implementation through health facility and through the different health mother groups and the community engagement, as well as their follow-ups. S/he will also hold the responsibility to support in mentoring the health facility staff including the HMIS recording and reporting. S/he will support in implementation of nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive activities in respective cluster.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Planning and Implementation  

• The Public Health & Nutrition Officer will be primarily responsible to provide technical assistance to prioritized municipalities during program planning & implementation through health facilities, health mother groups, FCHVs and the community engagement, as well as their follow ups. 
• S/he will also hold the responsibility to support in mentoring the health facility staff including the HMIS recording and reporting, 
• S/he will be responsible for the overall coordination with local stakeholder, DHOs, beneficiaries,
• Data collection, report preparation, facilitation, quality assurance and carrying out other administrative duties,
• Technically support to the government in regards to maternal and child health nutrition activities,
• Guide and monitor to the field level supervisors,
• The Public Health and Nutrition Officer will be majorly responsible to recognize the lack of awareness on nutrition at community level among the target groups,
• S/he will create the MCHN relevant awareness among all concerned and improve the overall nutritional outcome,
• PHNO will hold the responsibility to develop SBCC action plan to address the prevalent issues; monitor the SBCC activities,
• S/he will be responsible to ensure that the target group receives gender transformative social and behavior change communication for improved consumption of nutritious diet, feeding practices

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) with 3+ years of experience in health & nutrition projects; with major experience in planning, implementation, social mobilization (health, nutrition, WASH, HFOMC), monitoring and evaluation; coordination with local and district level health offices/actors for effective implementation of field level activities, Lead nutrition component of NRL-TP and monitor performance of project team in implementation of project, ensuring project activities are delivered within scope, time and budget
• Good understanding of Government health system, HMIS recording and reporting tools, 
• Ability to provide technical support to health facilities 
• Strong understanding of the area of the development work and of the health programming
• Proven experiences of working with health mother groups, vulnerable groups, marginalized community and other stakeholders,
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills,
• Demonstrated experience in the use of MS office Package (Word/Excel/PowerPoint etc.) & Internet,
• Two-wheeler driving license preferred.

Languages:  Strong command of Nepali, English, Maithili, Bhojpuri (oral and written) and local language preferred/required.   

Aasaman Nepal has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. We expect all our employees/volunteers to ensure we are protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.

Other Attributes for all positions: Excellent quality of work and commitment to high standards, strong communication skills, team building and willingness and motivated for good service delivery with strong networking and interpersonal skills and comfortable to work under stress and emergencies.

Age Limit: Candidates between 21 years to 55 years are only eligible to apply for the above position, depending upon the nature of job they will carry.

All employees must adhere to child safeguarding in person’s provisions covered in the project agreement.

Monitor staff and partners’ and ensure adherence to Aasaman Nepal's policies and internal procedures, protocols, Aasaman Nepal's code of Conduct with special attention to Safeguarding Standards and Procedure, Case Handling Framework, Child Protection and Do No Harm Policies. Also, immediate reporting and redress of any complaints and issues based on its severity.

Notes:

• Locals, especially women and members of ethnic or marginalized communities from Madhesh Province are encouraged to apply for this position.
• Applications received after the deadline will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be notified for the further process.  
• Canvassing at any stage of the recruitment process shall lead to automatic disqualification of the candidate.

Interested candidates are requested to submit their application filled by downloading the link below along with an updated CV and Cover Letter by 26/02/2026.

https://forms.gle/viAR8vQ9ejFkBGgj8

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for participation in the recruitment process. No telephone enquiry is entertained. ASN reserves the right to qualify/disqualify any applications without any reason.

This job description is not incorporated into the employment contract. It is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible specification as it may vary from time to time considering the organization work. The postholder will be expected to demonstrate high level of efficient and effective working skills to perform the responsibilities.