Project Officer - Nutrition

Specific Responsibilities:

• The Project Officer -  Nutrition will conduct the nutrition assessment (focusing on identifying key nutrition issues and causes) and develop a capacity building plan (including session plan) for target families.
• The nutrition officer will also design and conduct a ToT of extension workers to help him/her in making follow-up of the capacity building sessions on nutrition for the target families initially conducted by the nutrition officer.
• The Project Officer -  Nutrition will conduct capacity building sessions for target women and men on nutrition.
• S/he will ensure timely delivery and quality of capacity building sessions on nutrition. S/he will conduct random annual surveys (including KAP and anthropometric) to track change related to capacity building on nutrition.
• S/he will also facilitate linkages of target community organizations with other agencies working on nutrition sector in district Badin so that severe and acute malnourished women and children can receive support in terms of nutritional supplements and therapeutic feeding. 

Job specifications:

Qualification/Experience:

• For the post of Project Officer - Nutrition a graduate or post-graduate degree in Nutrition Sciences from a recognized university or professional trainings in nutrition related capacity building and management and at least 3 years relevant experience is considered necessary.

Skills/Competencies: 

• Knowledge of local nutrition related issues and strategies in Sindh province.
• Have excellent capacity building/training skills and experience.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Report writing and monitoring skills.
• Good English & Urdu are required. Proficiency in Sindhi is essential pre-requisite.
• The Project Officer - Nutrition must be tolerant and sensitive to needs of religious and ethnic minorities, women and the poor.