Health and Nutrition Officer (Fixed Term)

About the role

The Health and Nutrition Officer supports the planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of integrated health and nutrition interventions across targeted woredas under the DHR/USG project. Working under the Zonal EHF Project Coordinator and with national and field-level technical teams, the officer strengthens service delivery through Primary Health Care Units (PHCUs), facilitates nutrition and health assessments and ensures timely, quality implementation for conflict-affected and vulnerable populations. The post is based in Goncha and is a local fixed-term position.

Key responsibilities

• Nutrition screening, case finding and referral: lead systematic MUAC screening for children under five and pregnant/lactating women, strengthen active case finding, and refer SAM and MAM cases to OTP, SC and TSFP services with follow-up.
• CMAM readiness and treatment support: support quality CMAM services aligned with national protocols and SPHERE standards, ensure equipment and job aids are available, and promote integrated service delivery.
• IYCF-E and maternal/caregiver support: implement breastfeeding promotion and complementary feeding counseling, support Mother-to-Mother groups and breastfeeding spaces, and run cooking demonstrations and feeding sessions.
• Supply and logistics: ensure uninterrupted availability of RUTF, therapeutic milk and essential drugs, monitor stock and storage, and coordinate last-mile delivery.
• Health services, outbreak prevention and surveillance: support maternal, newborn and child health, immunization, growth monitoring and management of diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria; strengthen IDSR, EWARS and PHEM systems; lead risk communication and community engagement.
• Quality assurance and capacity building: conduct supportive supervision and mentoring of health workers and HEWs, facilitate training and quarterly review meetings.
• MEAL: collect and report data accurately, monitor nutrition indicators and program performance, and carry out data quality checks.
• Coordination: work with Woreda Health Offices, the Nutrition Cluster and partners, and take part in coordination platforms and technical working groups.

Required profile

• BSc in Nutrition, Public Health, Nursing or Midwifery, or a related health field, from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in health and/or nutrition programming.
• Demonstrated experience in emergency or humanitarian settings, preferably in conflict-affected or hard-to-reach areas.
• Proven experience implementing CMAM (OTP, SC, TSFP), IYCF and IYCF-E interventions, primary health care and disease prevention programs, and hands-on work with government health systems (PHCUs, Woreda Health Offices).
• Experience in nutrition screening, active case finding, referral systems, outpatient and inpatient case management, and training, mentoring and supportive supervision of health staff.
• Experience in multi-sectoral emergency response coordination (health, nutrition, WASH, protection) and in reporting, data management and monitoring systems such as DHIS2 and CMAM tools.
• Local applicants only.

Required skills

• Formal training in Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF); certified IYCF in Emergencies (IYCF-E) strongly preferred.
• Certified or documented training in CMAM and in breastfeeding counseling.
• Training in SBCC or community mobilization is an advantage; familiarity with Family MUAC is desirable.