About this role
About Action Against HungerAction Against Hunger (ACF) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was created in France in1979. ACF has been active in Afghanistan in the medical, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation fields since 1995. ACF improved access to health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable people, who live in remote areas without a localhealth system. In particular, the country team supported pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five, who are atgreater risk of malnutrition. Nutrition programs rely on an integrated approach, addressing both primary and underlying causes, inorder to have a lasting impact on nutritional status. The country team worked at community level, in villages and at provincial level,strengthening the public health system. It also worked at national level to ensure reliable information about the nutritional situation reached the wider humanitarian community. Covid-19 prevention was integrated into all interventions and additional responseactivities were implemented, such as the disinfection of health facilities and public places, cash assistance, psychosocial support andthe distribution of hygiene kits to affected populations.Job DescriptionJob PurposeConduct practical cooking demonstration sessions and provide MIYCN counseling to mothers attending the sessions, promoting optimal infant and young child feeding practices, dietary diversity, appropriate complementary feeding, and improved maternal nutrition using locally available foods.Responsibilities:Objective 1: Promote nutrition education and conduct practical cooking demonstration sessions for care-givers of discharged children from the TFU and other children identified with SAM or MAM-Developing the local seasonal calendar for different food groups-Drafting healthy complementary feeding recipes based on the developed food seasonal calendar.-Explain the nutritional value of foods, proper infant and young child feeding, and balanced diets,focusing on affordable, locally available ingredients to improve household nutrition.-Hygiene promotion and education on hand washing practices-Training mothers on Family MUAC during the sessionObjective 2:Ensuring the provision of key MIYCN messages services for the target clients that include caregivers so under two years of children, pregnant, and lactating women:-Helps to identify needs for breastfeeding counseling and provide adequate counseling-Facilitates sessions on nutrition health and hygiene good practices for pregnant and lactating women and caregivers of malnourished children.-Identification of mothers which needs MIYCN counselling or have psychosocial support to TFU MIYCN and PSS counsellors-Conducting group sessions on food groups and nutrition practices in Afghanistan-Referring children and PLWs for required nutritional/medical care-Prepare weekly reports on activities and any necessary reports as requested by Health and Nutrition DepartmentObjective 3: Represent ACF-The professional image of his/her ACF program-Respect for the principles and values of ACF in the framework of the partnership-Respect the ACF charter-Explain to stakeholders and to populations the activities and the objectives of the programs;Objective 4: any other tasks which may be given by the Supervisor-Support other team members with the TFU tasks (screening, registration of patients, health education etc. …)Support team in ensuring timely and high-quality reportsJob RequirementsSKILLS & EXPERIENCES REQUIRED FOR THE JOBEducation (if relevant) and experiences expected-Completed nursing or midwifery education from recognized Institutes with at least 2 years of experience in the field of Nutrition.-Previous experiences working in nutrition activitiesTechnical skills-Previous experiences working in CBNP program-Patience, good relations with other people, good capacity to work in a team, precision, and under stressful situations.-Strong speaking and interpersonal skills to engage community members and build trust.-Fluent in Pashto, Dari and some English knowledge-Good team management and positive attitudeRequired skills-Creativity and problem-solving skills-Excellent written and verbal communication skills-Strong negotiation skills-Enhanced mobilisation and communication skillsLanguages-Fluent in Dari and Pashto (Written,spoken, Read)-Basic in English (Witten, Spoken, Reading)
