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About Operation Mercy

Operation Mercy is an international relief and development organisation with over 20 years of experience. We are currently working in Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa by serving the poor and marginalized through community development and humanitarian aid projects.

Job Description

• Register and undertake growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) including measure weight, height, age and check edema of all children under two years of age.
• Conduct GMP based counseling of mothers/caregivers of all children under two years of age on appropriate Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) practices and infection prevention.

• If the child is normal, encourage and counsel mother to reinforce and promote age appropriate MIYCN practices
• If child is suffering from SAM, refer to the doctor of the clinic for giving adequate treatment and counselling.
•  Counsel mothers/ caregiver to bring they’re under two children for the continues monthly GMP visit

• Undertake Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) of children 0-23 Month of age
• Check whether child has received Vitamin A supplementation during the previous NID, if not then refer to the   administrator of Vitamin A in clinic
• Conduct complementary feeding demonstration once per month.
• Provide technical and hands-on support to the team for arranging training for mother to improve children and nutrition practices.
• Provide technical to the team for identifying cases of SAM and MAM children (0-3) and facilitate to arrange appropriate health intervention (SAM-referral for acute nutrition support; MAM- improved home-based feeding).
• Provide nutrition training in the community to community promoters

• Measure lactating mothers MUAC, weight, height and find BMI and categories as normal, underweight, overweight, and obese after the first PNC till the mother breastfeed her child
• Provide individualized nutrition counselling on appropriate practices, based on the BMI findings.
• Work and coordinate with community health supervisor and community workers during the CHWs monthly meeting. 

• Prepare activity reports (monthly, quarterly, six months, annually) of nutrition component of the project.

Safeguarding policy for Staff:

• Respect and follow International Medical Corps Safeguarding policy and never neglect, abuse, harm and exploit children, young people, and adult at risk,
• Report any actual or suspicious harm to the children and vulnerable adult caused by staff and program.

Skills Required

• COMMUNICATION

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