Position: TSFP Officer

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Afar - Ethiopia

Posted date: 6 days ago

Deadline: October, 15/2024 (15 days left)

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience the fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

TSFP Officer supports woreda health offices and PHCUs in systematic nutrition screening, active case detection, early referral, and admission of acute malnutrition cases through Targeted Supplementary Feeding programs (TSFP). He/she will support health facilities (Primary Hospitals, Health Centers, and Health Posts) in the treatment of acute malnutrition among nutrition priority groups, mainly Children U5 and PLW, and referral linkage services per the national protocol and SPHERE standard. He/she will support and assist Woreda Health Offices and PHCUs in the piloting of the Family MUAC approach. The position holder will support and assist woreda health offices and health facilities in the procurement of gap-filling TSFP supplies, job aids, and anthropometric equipment for the management of Acute Malnutrition in the TSFP program.

The TSFP Officer is expected to support health facilities in close coordination with other Nutrition teams to ensure TSFP integration with IYCF promotion, counseling, and support for mothers at the Therapeutic Feeding Programs (TFP) in CMAM sites.

• Supporting woredas and PHCU in planning and conducting nutrition screening activities, ensuring the existence of functional referral pathways and linkages between communities and HF and vice versa; Promoting the availability of services to which beneficiaries can be referred, training of staff in nutrition screening and referral services.

• Ensuring that HFs and FDPs are equipped with minimum supplies needed for nutrition screening activities, (e.g., MUAC tapes, registration and reporting format, referral forms, guidelines, etc.) and promoting and supporting community mobilization and sensitization activities towards nutrition screening program.

• implement and provide technical support for TSFP (food distribution), Site preparation (IDPs), and mobilization of community, and nutritional screening for both host & IDPs

• Conduct regular supportive supervision and provide technical support on Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program sites every week;

• Ensure linkage of OTP discharges, MAM children, and acutely Malnourished PLW to the distribution of protection and TSF ration (If applicable);

• Ensure Job aids are available in Health posts (HEW quick reference, Lookup table, report format, tally sheet, Plump nut and drug stock control balance form)

• Ensure the integration of TSFP with IYCF -E & CMAM programming through the strengthening of psychosocial & emotional sites & IYCF promotion & counseling with assigned team members.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Knowledge, training, and experience in the management of MAM and SAM with/without medical complications Demonstrated skills in CMAM program planning, implementation, and monitoring.

• Experience in cascading family MUAC approach.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• Good human relations skills.

• Willingness to work under pressure and extra hours

• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions.

• Strong adherence to World Vision values.

• Strong character traits, including emotional stability, adaptability, ability to handle stress, cultural and gender sensitivity, and integrity.

• Prepared to live and work in a remote and uncertain security environment

• Fluent in oral and written Amharic, English, and Local language

Job Requirement

• Minimum three years of working experience with NGOs in the CMAM program Focusing on TSFP and BSFP programs.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• BSc degree in Public Health/ Clinical Nursing/Nutrition and related health field of study preferred from accredited universities or health colleges

Certificates on:

• Acute malnutrition 2019 revised guideline training

• Revised 2019 IMAM guideline, and IYCF-E training

• Integrated Pharmaceuticals Logistics System (IPLS)

• Trained on the Family MUAC approach and TSFP/MAM

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

• Willingness to work in SC, OTP & TSFP centers

Physical Requirements

100% travel to nutrition rehabilitation centers including over the weekends

Language Requirements

• Speak Amharic, English.

• knowledge of the local language (Quafar) is advantageous.

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