Community Nutrition Promotion Assistant (Nationals Only)
Assist in community nutrition promotion and training activities.
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Overview
Assist in community nutrition promotion and training activities.
You have:
- Qualified Nurse, community health, with experience in health promotion and conducting pieces of training sessions.
- 1 to 2 years' experience in community mobilization and coordination to increase community participation.
- Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, and ability to maintain relationships.
- Enthusiasm to travel to locations within a region, and to other regions for training sessions.
- Communication and reporting skills.
- Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English.
- Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and Internet) an advantage.
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
General Duties
- Work closely with the nutrition officer to identify and develop nutrition for health to ensure continued awareness of the nutrition guidelines adopted by the health facilities and IRC/MOPH. - On-the-job training for staff at the community-based nutrition program (CBNP) - Conduct regular visits to the communities and support the community volunteers for nutrition promotion. - Schedule regular site visits for monitoring and supervision to ensure the quality of services, accurate data collection, and tracking of community Nutrition activities. - Submit weekly updates to the nutrition officer
Specific Duties:
- Establish mother-to-mother support groups at the project target locations, communities, and conduct training for them on Family MUAC and Mother MUAC. - Conduct cooking/ food demonstration sessions for mothers and caregivers at the community level. - Support the mothers and volunteers in screening children under five to monitor and ensure early detection of malnutrition cases. - Support the mothers and volunteers to appropriately refer children under five detected as malnourished to the nearest health facilities. - Prepare and submit the nutrition reports for community activities and inpatient referrals as guided by the nutrition officer. - Any other job-relevant duties assigned by the line manager
Qualifications
- Qualified Nurse, community health, with experience in health promotion and conducting pieces of training sessions
- 1 to 2 years’ Experience in community mobilization and coordination to increase community participation. - Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, ability to maintain relationships, and ability to work on own initiative. - Enthusiasm to travel to locations within a region, and to other regions for training sessions. - Communication and reporting skills - Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English - Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and Internet) an advantage - Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background
Potential interview questions
| Can you provide examples of how you've mobilized a community for health initiatives? | This assesses your experience in community engagement and mobilization. | Share specific situations where you organized events or initiatives that successfully engaged community members. |
| Describe a time when you had to train a group of individuals on a health-related topic. | This question evaluates your training and communication skills. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you handle conflicts when working in diverse teams? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies would you use to encourage mothers to participate in nutrition programs? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you tell us about your experience with data collection in community health? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you adapt your communication style based on your audience? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Explain how you keep up-to-date with the latest health and nutrition guidelines. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What experience do you have in preparing reports on community activities? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
Added 1 year ago
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Updated 1 year ago
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Source:
rescue.org
