Save the Children Project Officer Nutrition Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs

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Save the Children Project Officer Nutrition Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

Save the Children Uganda looking for “Project Officer Nutrition”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before December 20, 2023.

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.

The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on December 11, 2023 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Project Officer Nutrition to be based in Wakiso, Uganda.

Save the Children Job Vacancy 2023

Training and capacity building

Conduct orientations and trainings on adolescent nutrition to build the capacity of staff/volunteers, KCCA staff and the community at large.
Train Project staff, volunteers and Peers counsellors on adolescent nutrition best practices. Provide staff appraisals and supportive supervision;

Advocacy and communication

Facilitate cross-sectoral programming, particularly to promote excellent communication.
Attend relevant internal and external sectoral coordination meetings;
Liaise with other development and humanitarian actors, local authorities, and others to maximize collaboration and ensure proper coordination of activities and agreed protocols;
Under the guidance of the project manager, undertake local level advocacy targeting other INGO’s, development actors, local authorities, and ministries as appropriate, on assessment and appropriate response to support infant and young child feeding and nutrition promotion.

Position in Organization:

Job Identification: 4688
Job Category: Child Safeguarding
Posting Date: 12/05/2023, 01:07 PM
Apply Before: 12/20/2023, 05:29 AM
Job Schedule: Full time
Locations: Wakiso

Qualification:

At least a degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetic/Public Health/ Nursing.
At least two years of continuous Working Experience
Experience in conducting assessments and an understanding of nutritional data
Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff and working with community members
Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
Demonstrable ability at report writing and excellent communication skills
Computer literate
Written and oral fluency in English is a requirement.