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North Idleb, Syria
General Description of the Programme:
GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households.
GOAL’s largescale Food Security programme implemented since 2013 with represents the largest part of the GOAL Syria Programme and encompasses in-kind food kit, food voucher and MPCA distributions among vulnerable IDP and host community households. The programme also has a bakery component providing 50% inputs (flour and yeast) to 24 bakeries, to enable local communities to access bread, a staple food in Syria, at a reduced and stabilised price. GOAL’s Food Security programme is complemented by an ongoing micronutrient deficiency prevention project, which will see the distribution of LNS-MQ micronutrition supplements alongside regular food kits distribution in four camps in Northern Aleppo, commencing in August 2020. The objective is to reduce the risk of malnutrition and improve nutrition outcomes of young children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and lactating women living in highly vulnerable HHs within Idleb and North Aleppo. Specific nutrition activities to be delivered over the course of the grant period will include targeting approximately 20,000 caregivers of children U5 and women of childbearing age with M-IYCF messaging, and 9,600 caregivers of the children receiving Nutributter with Family MUAC, enabling these at-risk families to identify acute malnutrition within the household and self-refer to local treatment service
Job purpose:
The Nutrition Community Worker is responsible for the direct implementation of activities under GOAL’s nutrition activities in Northern Syria. The Nutrition Community Worker, together with the Nutrition Officer and other members of the Nutrition team, will provide technical support to beneficiaries to contribute to the reduction of malnutrition and the realisation of positive nutrition outcomes for the projects. The aim is for the Nutrition Community Worker to build capacity in people which will allow them to understand the causes, prevention methods and treatment of malnutrition for children U5s and PLW, at household level. The Nutrition Community Worker will also be responsible for regular nutrition service mapping in GOAL and its partners area of operation and establishing and maintaining a referral mechanism under the direction of the Nutrition Officer between GOAL’s other programmes e.g. food security and nutrition and between GOAL and partners or external actors.
The Nutrition Community Worker will report to the Nutrition Officer and will be responsible for ensuring project activities are achieved within agreed timeframes, budgets and according to GOAL’s standards and donor regulations. He/she will contribute to robust process and impact monitoring and support the adaptive management of the nutrition programme.
Duties, objectives and competencies
Assist in the development and Distribute communication products (leaflets/SMS messages/community announcements as appropriate) on what the LNS-SQ is, who it is for, and why it is important for children aged 6-59 months to consume it daily and not share it with other members of the household.
Provide context specific training to households with U5 and/or PLW, on how to identify acute malnutrition at home and the appropriate actions to take if malnutrition is identified
Distribute and monitor the distribution of MUAC tapes to target families, ensuring HH have received and are able to use the tape and identify acute malnutrition correctly
Ensure that HHs are aware of where to access available therapeutic care services when acute malnutrition is identified and monitor if they are successful in receiving access and therapeutic care services, if required.
Conduct refresher training as necessary for households
Working with GOAL's field-based Social Workers refer cases of acute malnutrition to local health actors and follow-up on the referred cases.
Conduct home visits for problem cases (i.e., absentees, defaulters, non-response to treatment) and encourage return to service.
Collect data for the nutrition service mapping in GOAL and partner locations and ensure it is routinely updated so the referral information provided to beneficiaries is accurate.
Under the supervision of the Nutrition Officer establish and monitor referrals between GOAL internal programmes, between GOAL and its partners, particularly its partners that provide nutrition services and also referrals between GOAL & its partners and external Nutrition actors.
Ensure that all relevant information is collected for reporting purposes on a timely basis, and compile regular monitoring reports, as agreed with the Nutrition Manager
Ensure that policies and guidelines as laid down in GOAL manuals and policies are adhered to at all times
Ensure adherence to GOAL’s Code of Conduct and Child Protection Policy and standards of integrity, as well as uphold GOAL’s whistleblowing mechanisms.
of guidance, Programme and implementation SOPs and outreach materials as appropriate
Other related tasks at the request of the Nutrition Officer.
Requirements (essential)
Certificate or degree in relevant field (nutrition, health, pharmacy, biomedical science, general science or related relevant degrees)
Minimum one year working experience of community nutrition with a strong focus on social behaviour change-related activities related to PLW and children Under 5.
Good communication skills (written, spoken), including writing skills in Arabic
Confident presentation and facilitation skills, proven record in provision of trainings.
Willingness to live and work in Idleb or Aleppo, Syria at least five days a week
Requirements (desired)
Interested? Then apply for this position via clicking on the "apply now" button and fill out the application form. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
General terms and conditions
Safeguarding
Children and vulnerable adults a must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.
Accountability within GOAL
Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:
This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate, and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.
Application deadline is 19th April 2021 .
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