Senior IYCF Officer at GOAL Ethiopia

GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.

GOAL is a not-for-profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years across all the region of the country towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food, and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare, and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery, and humanitarian responses Programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS.

We envision a world where poverty no longer exists, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing are removed and where everyone has equal rights and opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors are Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO, and other private donors.

Reference No: HO/070/20 

Job title: Senior IYCF Officer

Location: Somalie_ Dolo Zone, Warder

Reports to: Assistant Regional Programme Manager

Term of Employment: 5 months with the possibility of extension

ABOUT THE POSITION: 

The Senior IYCF Officer will be responsible for in ensuring the promotion of infant and young child feeding practice through the application of the IYCF protocol and Nutrition Harmonization strategy

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY/DUTIES

§   Provision of training, advising, and counseling SCPOs, CMAM Nurses of GOAL’s nutrition programme team on infant and young child feeding practice.

§   Follow up reporting, analysis and sharing the RPM/ARPM for review in adhering to guidelines and SOPs for IYCF,

§   Follow up and strengthen the establishment of women to women supporting groups and conduct discussion meetings at least once per month with each woreda SCPOs/CMAM nurse.

§   Organize training for GOAL CMAM Nurses/SCPOs and the community outreach team on infant and young child feeding practices

§   Disseminate BCC/ICC materials on IYCF for use by community nutrition workers in the local language

§   Organize demonstration sessions on breastfeeding and complementary feeding for the Mother to Mother support groups

§   Lead SCPO and CMAM nurses to Organize health education sessions on the importance of infant and young child feeding practices.

§   Follow up the Link between programme activities with community outreach and follow-up activities how it is going periodically

§   Document and file all relevant information of the targeted group related to IYCF according to donors requirement.

§   Following up the Respect of the dignity of the target group, carers and members of the IDP and host community

§   Submit a monthly and weekly statistical and narrative report to the immediate supervisor on time.

§   Perform/Assist in any other tasks as required by immediate supervisor.

JOIN US

Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings a high-level impact on the community and adds value to your professional advancement?  Then join us if you have:

§   Diploma or BSc degree in nursing with a minimum of one year of experience for Bsc holder and two years’ experience for Diploma holder in organizing and coaching on young child feeding or nutrition areas.

Desirable qualities, skills, and competences:

§   Familiarity in providing counseling to health workers at all levels.

§   Knowledge of local language and familiarly to culture.

§    Flexible and creative approach, highly motivated and able to take the initiative and work unsupervised

§   Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.  

§   Knowledge of local language-Somaligna is mandatory

§   Continually looks to improve personal skill, knowledge and work hence contribute to capacity building within the team and organization,

§   Very good knowledge and practice of computer application,

§   Willing to travel to remote areas and to camp in the field, ability to work flexibly including weekends and willingness to travel and work in rural locations and live in basic conditions.

§   Understanding of humanitarian and development programmes and willing to travel and live in field sites, with frequent transfer from site to site.

§   Accountability & responsiveness within areas of responsibilities.

§   Passionate, strongly dedicated and highly committed to work for the improvement of the poor community

§   Resilience: Maintains focus and intensity and remains optimistic, persistent, and professional even under adverse, stressful, or difficult situations.

Note: This description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:

• GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with additional benefits.
• A chance to develop tangible experience.
• Being part of a team that continues to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people.  

COMMITMENTS:

GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty, and culture. GOAL is committed to ensuring that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different policies including safeguarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other policy, rules, and regulation of the organization.

GOAL is strongly committed not to harm the people under its care.