Hygiene & Nutrition Officer

COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale is a relief and development organization founded in Italy in 1965. COOPI’s envisions a world without poverty where diverse cultures live together sharing equal rights and equal opportunities. COOPI’s mission is to reduce poverty in the global South through interventions of long-term sustainable international cooperation. COOPI also conducts advocacy activities in Italy, to fight the cause of the serious economic gap between the North and South.

Position Hygiene/Sanitation and Nutrition officer

Reporting To Emergency Project Manager

Duration 4 Months with possibilities of extension

Location Based in Luuq district, Gedo region with travel to project sites

Key Tasks The HSF/Nutrition officer role is to safeguard and improve the public health and Nutrition of the affected

population by: promoting best Hygiene, Sanitation & Nutrition practices, including dissemination of improved

IYCF practices; ensuring appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of essential nutrition

services.

 Support plan and carry out needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback

findings to stakeholders.

 Support planned activities to reduce Hygiene, sanitation & Nutrition related health risks.

 Collate data from Community and target beneficiaries and prepare regular reports on activities and

Hygiene/Sanitation and Nutrition conditions for monitoring.

 Analyze the nutrition situation in the operation area and recommend priority actions to be taken.

 Support the project staff in mainstreaming nutrition in the emergency program

 Support the staff with the development of materials for nutrition in emergencies, with a focus on nutrition

information, program monitoring and evaluation

 Train community leaders on simplified methods of measuring the indicators for Wasting, Stunting and

Underweight.

 Sensitize & train target communities on importance of fresh food for children below 24 months and

recommend the best sets of fresh food suitable for them

 Promote importance of breast feeding, appropriate feeding practices for young children, food storage and

preparation, diet diversification, general nutrition and hygiene.

 Conduct nutrition education and cooking demonstration sessions that promotes the use of the vegetables

acquired through the vouchers and how to use them in combination with the other food commodities

 Design ways of building and strengthening community-based systems for the dissemination of improved

IYCF practices (mainly through mother-to-mother support groups)

 Provide linkage between Food security and Nutrition and integrated approach in target areas.

 Provide monthly and quarterly report on nutrition component of the project

How to apply:

Send by Email 1 page letter of expression of interest and updated CV by the Closing date: 29th August 2014 to the following address: THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

COOPI - COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE,

hr.nairobi@coopi.org

NOTE: Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.