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Role Purpose:

The Nutrition Assistant provides specialized technical oversight and quality assurance for CASFOD’s nutrition interventions. The Nutrition Assistant is responsible for mentoring field teams, validating data, and ensuring that all Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP), Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP), and Cash Voucher Assistant (CVA) activities align with National guidelines, Protocols and SPHERE standards. The Nutrition Assistant acts as a technical bridge between field implementation and program management.

Reports to: Nutrition Officer

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Oversight and Quality Assurance

• Protocol Adherence: Ensure all screenings, admissions, and discharges at OTP sites strictly follow the National Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) guidelines.
• Technical Mentorship: Provide daily on-the-job coaching to Nutrition Service Providers, Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) on accurate MUAC measurements, Z-score calculations, and bilateral edema checks.
• Clinical Validation: Review \”Red\” (SAM) and \”Yellow\” (MAM) cases to ensure appropriate treatment or referral to Stabilization Centers (SC) is technically justified.
• IYCF Promotion: Oversee the technical quality of Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counseling, ensuring messages are evidence-based and culturally appropriate.

Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Integration

• Beneficiary Identification: Identify and register vulnerable households (caregivers of malnourished children) eligible for nutrition-sensitive cash transfers or food vouchers.
• CVA Sensitization: Educate beneficiaries for the purpose of cash voucher (e.g., Cash for Nutrition\”)
• Distribution Oversight: Assist in the organization and monitoring of cash/voucher distribution points, ensuring safety, dignity, and transparency.
• Market Monitoring: Conduct basic price monitoring of \”Fresh Food Items\” in local markets to ensure the voucher value remains sufficient for a nutritious diet.
• Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM): Participate in surveys to track how the cash/vouchers were used and their impact on the child’s recovery and household food security.

Advanced Data Management and Analysis

• Indicator Tracking: Beyond simple recording, analyzing key performance indicators such as Average Length of Stay (ALoS), Cure Rates, Defaulter Rates, and Weight Gain to identify program gaps.
• Audit OTP registers and beneficiary ration cards weekly to ensure data consistency and prevent reporting errors.

Strategic Supply Chain and Logistics

• Support the Nutrition officer in forecasting RUTF, RUSF, and routine medication needs based on admission trends to prevent stock-outs.

Community-Led Innovation and Advocacy

• Lead the technical implementation of community-based nutrition solutions, such as the standardized production and quality control of \”Tom Brown\” for nutritional support.
• Represent CASFOD in local nutrition coordination meetings as delegated by the coordinator.

Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in human nutrition, Public Health, Nursing, or a related field. 
• Experience: 2–4 years of practical experience in technical roles within the nutrition sector (specifically CMAM, MIYCN, and CVA).
• NYSC Certificate
• Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of the humanitarian nexus (HDP) and localization.
• Advanced knowledge of malnutrition treatment protocols and SPHERE standards.
• Proficiency in data tools (Excel, KoboCollect) and content creation tools) for technical reporting.
• Context: Proven experience working in the Borno State humanitarian context, particularly in Kunduga LGAs.

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Role Purpose

The Community Health Worker Provider is responsible for the direct and effective implementation of the Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) and Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP). The role involves the accurate assessment, treatment, monitoring, and counselling of children (and pregnant/lactating women) suffering from acute malnutrition, ensuring adherence to national and international protocols to achieve successful recovery and prevent relapse.

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Assessment and Admission
• Screening, Treatment, and Management
• Anthropometric Screening: Conduct thorough assessments (weight, height/length, MUAC, bilateral pitting edema) for all beneficiaries.
• Medical Screening: Assess for medical complications, \”danger signs,\” and evaluate appetite using the standard Appetite Test.
• Admissions/Discharges: Accurately apply admission and discharge criteria for OTP and SFP based on national guidelines.
• Documentation: Ensure proper registration of all beneficiaries in relevant registers and individual treatment cards.
• Ensure that all screenings, admissions, and discharges at OTP sites strictly follow the National Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) guidelines.
• OTP (SAM without complications): Provide RUTF based on weight/age and administer routine medications (antibiotics, deworming, Vitamin A, measles vaccination).
• TSFP (MAM): Provide Tom Brown/RUSF and conduct regular monitoring to prevent deterioration of SAM.
• Monitoring: Track weekly progress, identifying improvements, deterioration, or non-response.
• Referrals: Facilitate timely transfers to Stabilization Centers (SC) for complicated cases or those failing to respond to treatment.
• Counselling and Education
• Data Management and Supply Chain
• IYCF Counselling: Provide comprehensive Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) support, emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding and dietary diversity.
• Hygiene and Health: Counsel caregivers on WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) and the danger signs requiring immediate medical return.
• Cultural Sensitivity: Address misconceptions and cultural barriers related to malnutrition treatment.
• Reporting: Compile daily, weekly, and monthly program data (admissions, cures, defaulters) for the Nutrition Assistant.
• Stock Management: Monitor levels of RUTF, RUSF, and medications to prevent stock-outs.
• Storage: Ensure proper storage conditions to prevent spoilage or damage of nutritional commodities.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or HND in Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Nursing, CHEW, or Clinical Medicine.
• Experience: 1–3 years of proven experience in direct CMAM/IMAM implementation.
• Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with anthropometric measurements, appetite testing, and IYCF-E counselling.
• Contextual Knowledge: Prior experience in Maiduguri, Borno State, or similar humanitarian/emergency contexts is a significant advantage.
• Languages: Proficiency in English and local languages (e.g., Hausa, Kanuri) is highly desirable.