AMIYCN Officer -Oromia, Ethiopia (Deadline: Nov 28, 2022)

Internal/ External Vacancy Announcement No. Hrv/138/22

Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO) is a national Non-Governmental Organization registered in accordance with the proclamation for Civil Society Organizations proclamation No 1113/2019 with a certificate No 0022. MCMDO is currently implementing 32 emergency response and development projects in all regions and City Administrations in Ethiopia.

To meet its objectives MCMDO calls for competent professionals to apply for the following vacant positions for the Drought Response Project funded by WHH/GFO.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise and coach community mobilizers
• Prepare work plan specifically for AMIYCN and community mobilization
• Ensure  mother support group are well established and participatory session conducted as scheduled
• Prepare work plan Nutrition Education and community mobilization component of CMAM/IMAM in the local context based on the project strategies and major intervention areas
• Facilitate IYCF or AMIYCN training for health extension worker and health workers
• Regularly mentor  and monitor health facilities using standard IYCF score card
• Strengthen routine community mobilization and screening of Malnutrition
• Identify and map existing community mobilization structure  at the community level and linkage with primary health care unit
• Strengthen  identified existing community mobilization structure  through Training and regular on the job mentoring
• Facilitate ,assign and supervise Nutrition community mobilization of the project to reach out to hard to reach area where there is high case load
•  Utilize  TFP and TSFP  monthly admission spatial distribution and trend in close collaboration with Nutrition officer
• Participate in treatment coverage assessment and identify coverage bottle neck for appropriate action in collaboration with Field Nutrition coordinator
• Establish Mother support group among CMAM -IMAMbeneficiaries and bright spot child and mother from the community
• Provide technical support for health facilities and WoHO on routine screening and community mobilization
• Facilitate regular review meeting between HEW and WDA for improved performance of community sensitization and mobilization
• Organize participatory cooking session at TSFP and TFP sites using locally available and nutritional diversified food
• Facilitate integration of AMIYCN  at CMAM-IMAM contact point and community level
• Organize AMIYCN and Hygiene promotion session
• Develop/adopt  Nutrition  education IEC materials appropriate for the local context
• Develop and Submit weekly/monthly progress report
• Follow up performance of community mobilizer

Project Location: Dillo, Miyo, Moyale and Dire woreda of Borena zone,Oromia region

Duration of the project:  9 months with possibility of extension

Reporting to: Field Nutrition coordinator

Required qualification and experience

• BSC in Health officer, environmental health ,Nursing or Nutrition  with 3-5 year NGO  work experience in related position  (CMAM/IMAM and Nutrition and health education )
• TOT on IMAM/CMAM , IYCF or AMIYCN
• Experience on SBCC
• Good interpersonal communication and facilitation skill
• Respect for multiculturalism and Value
• Mentoring and facilitation skill
• Be able to work under pressure and towards tight deadlines with minimum supervision
• Promote team synergy in a multi-cultural work environment
• A resourceful person and self-starter
• Be able to communicate in English, Amharic and  local language