IYCF Counsellor (Female Only)

Date Posted: Nov 14, 2023

Job Detail

Location:

Herat
Company:

IRC (International Rescue Committee)
Type:

Full Time/Permanent
Shift:

Rotating Days
Career Level:

Entry Level Staff
Positions:

2
Vacancy number:

46678
Experience:

2 Year
Gender:

Female
Salary:

As per Company salary scale
Degree:

Diploma
Apply Before:

Nov 20, 2023

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About IRC (International Rescue Committee)

The IRC will put in place high-impact, cost-effective solutions that help people affected by crisis. We'll also use our learning and experience to shape humanitarian policy and practice in ways that improve the lives of more people worldwide.

Job Description

Staff Coordination

Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
Provide IYCF support and mentorship to other health clinical staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.
Ensure non-disclosure of any information whatsoever about practices and IRC activities to any other person or organization without permission, except in the normal performance of the service.
Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
Provide IYCF counselling to mothers and caregivers.
Provide health education to all clients regarding breastfeeding and young child feeding.
Support nutrition nurse on screen all children and pregnant and lactating women for acute malnutrition using MUAC and refer those who meet the referral criteria for health care services.
Growth monitoring of all children under 2 years old.
Take height and weight measurements.
Lead individual and group nutrition counselling sessions tailored to the needs of clients and caregivers.
Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures.
Ensure accurate recording of nutrition information in the clinic registers and timely completion of summary reports.
Identify mothers to become peer educators in their villages and support them to undertake sensitization and work closely with CHWs.
Train and work with CHWs to ensure consistent messaging regarding best practices for IYCF and CMAM Work with CHWs to Provide ongoing follow-up, basic motivational interviewing, and goal setting with patients/families.

Job Requirements

Relevant Diploma, Nursing Diploma, or qualification an advantage but not required
2+ years of relevant work experience
Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate counselling, strong communication skills.
Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy.
Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willingness to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night.
Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high-pressure situations.
Ability to lead, train, supervise and facilitate other nursing staff and community health workers in their respective tasks.
Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.
Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English
Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage.
Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background.

Skills Required

Submission Guideline:

For IRC- Afghanistan Internal Candidates:

(“ The IRC encourages employees to remain in a position for at least one year and be in good standing before applying for another position within the organization. if an employee is interested in a vacant position within the organization, he/she must inform his/her supervisor in advance before applying for a new position”)

(However, 1 year is a must to complete but to encourage IRCA employees somehow we are flexible who work in the current IRC position for at least 6 months or above and are given chance to compete for an opportunity in the organization)

All qualified candidates are requested to open the given link and follow the instructions:

https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/46678?c=rescue

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process.

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for interviews. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post. IRC Afghanistan Country Office, Qala-e-Fathullah, Street # 3, District 10, Old UNOCHA Office, Beside Fatemia Mosque.

Submission Email:

Refer to submission guideline

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