Feed the children - Kenya is seeking to recruit the position of Nutritionist HIV/AIDS.
This is a one year renewable contract. Based in Nairobi, the incumbent will report to the HIV/AIDS Manager.
Closing date: 28 Sep 2010
Location: Kenya
Key responsibilities:
This is a one year renewable contract. Based in Nairobi, the incumbent will report to the HIV/AIDS Manager.
Closing date: 28 Sep 2010
Location: Kenya
Key responsibilities:
- Supervising Nutrition intervention activities in all ares of operation.
- Carry out Nutrition counselling sessions for both individual and group cases.
- Coordinating Nutrition Education sessions in the communities.
- Making household visits for progress follow up and nutrition interventions.
- Train community mobilizers on Nutrition values, safe food preparation and prescription.
- Carry out assessment and monitoring of nutrition progress for specific cases.
- Prepare and compile Organizational reports and those shared by Patners.
- Give technical input and practical guidance on activities directed towards improvement of nutrition for PLWHA.
- Attending and participating at Nutrition related coordination/stakeholders meetings on behalf of the program.
- Patnering with other organizations to expand nutrition services offered to beneficiaries.
- Perform any other duties as required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- At least a Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition, sociology or community development.
- Two years’ NGO experience working with communities through participatory methods.
- Creative self-starter with resilience to cover long hours of work with minimum supervision.
- Excellent report-writing skills in both written and oral presentation.
- Good computer skills.
- Experience working in collection and management of project databases.
- Good interpersonal skills.
If you meet the requirements of the above position, please send your application letter, detailed CV, phone and email contacts of three (3) references; to hr@feedthechildren.co.ke by 28th September 2010.
We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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