Job Detail

About HADAAF

• HADAAF is a non-governmental, non for profit and non-sectarian Afghan NGO founded in March 2004 and legally registered with the Ministry of Economy in 2006. Since its inception, HADAAF has been implementing programs in different sectors such as; health, education, livelihood, emergency response and community’s development mostly in hard to reach area of Afghanistan. Under its programs HADAAF is targeting the most vulnerable communities; such as marginalized women and children, people with disabilities, internal and external displaced population in different parts of the country. HADAAF has adapted a strategic approach of partnership and collaboration throughout its program implementation. Thus far, HADAAF has implementing projects/programs in partnership with MoPH, IMC, UNICEF, WHO, FHI 360, Health Net TPO, UNDP Save the Children International, Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Johanniter and Cordaid in Nuristan, Urozgan, Ghor, Farah, Kunar, Laghman and Kabul provinces. This collaborative approach has enabled HADAAF to get access to hard-to-reach areas and implement quality service delivery.  

• HADAAF respects & adhere to national & international humanitarian standards such as International Human Rights, Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC), The Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, Do NO Harm, Speer Standards, NGO Laws and Code of Conduct among others.

Job Description

Overall Information:

The nutrition nurse will be part of the clinics (Gulan CHC and MHTs) in Khost and will work inside of the team. The main responsibility of this position is providing of nutrition services to under 5 and under 2 years’ children and PLWs. It will help to assess nutritional status of all under 5 year children and pregnant and lactating women.

Duty and Responsibilities:

• Screen all under five years old children and pregnant and lactating women for acute malnutrition
• Lead individual and group nutrition counseling 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.
• Record and carry out growth monitoring including height, weight, MUAC measurement of all children under two years old.
• Deliver counseling for mothers/caregivers of all children under two years old on proper IYCF practices, prevention infections and community mobilization.
• Categorize all the children in Normal, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).
• Distributing of RUTF and RUSF for SAM and MAM diagnosed children and Super-Cereal for PLWs with acute malnutrition.
• Record all the activities and keep them to prepare weekly and monthly reports.
• Report daily activities, achievements, success-story/lesson learned and challenges to the team leader on daily basis.

Skills Required

• COMMUNICATION
• English Fluency
• computer skills

Submission Guideline:

Interested candidate with the required qualification and experience should send their applications along with a cover letter to hadaaf.hr@gmail.com no later than 10 December 2022.

 
 Contact Numbers: +93786243900

Applications will not be accepted/considered after the closing date. Only short-listed candidates whose applications meet the above criteria will be considered.
 

Note: Applicant should mention the Vacancy Number in the Subject line of the E-mail.

Submission Email:

hadaaf.hr@gmail.com