URGENT RECRUITMENT IN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE) – NUTRITION AND DIETETICS OFFICER, ABUJA

URGENT RECRUITMENT

WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE)

Nutrition and Dietetics Officer

WEWE’s Trainee Program

Are you a talented/award-winning Nutrition and Dietetics graduate working in a private hospital, maternity home, or clinic with

• A Second Class Upper (2.1) or first class or Upper credit in Nutrition and Dietetics with a bachelor’s degree or High National Diploma with experience with working in the area of infant and young children feeding (IYCF), or on feeding for moderate to severely malnourished children under five (5) years.
• Are you a Nutrition and Dietetics graduate that has received awards for best staff or student?
• Are you currently working with the private sector i.e., private hospitals or health Management offices?
• Do you have an interest in transferring from working in the private, to the NGO Sector, where you will gain experience working with United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/US Center for Disease Control-funded projects?
• Have you always wanted to work in the humanitarian and development NGO sector instead of private hospitals or maternity clinics/homes?
• Have you applied for an International NGO job and they turned you down because you did not have the relevant NGO experience?

Then this advert is just for you, you can join the Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organizations (WEWE) trainee program, which can help you gain this experience on a USAID-funded project. This will expose you to the humanitarian and development sector which will allow you to apply for future international jobs.

WEWE has been authorized to implement a USAID-funded 10-month nutrition project to improve the nutritional status of 5000 children under five in 30 Primary Health Centers in FCT. Through this project, we want to engage additional talented intelligent Nutrition and Dietetics graduates to provide an opportunity for Nutrition and Dietetics graduates to gain experience working on a USAID-funded project and also experience working in the NGO sector.

The benefits of the trainee positions are:

1. Between N100, 000 (Subject to negotiations) monthly to cover transportation costs, meals, incidentals, and an additional 20% of the pension and national health insurance.
2. After the training program and the trainee has a successful outcome in a job interview and performance evaluation, trainees are eligible to apply for full-time positions in WEWE subject to vacancies and availability of funds.
3. Opportunity for in-house job certificated training(s) on the required position for NGOs including statutory compliance for NGOs, and resource mobilization for NGOs.
4. A certificate of completion.

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a legally registered incorporated Trustee, a local not-for-profit, faith-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that is seeking applications from qualified candidates to fill in the position of Nutrition and Dietetics Officer.

WEWE’s core ideology is to be one of the most financially compliant and clean NGOs in Nigeria and Africa and we want to improve the lives of millions of widows and orphans in Nigeria and Africa.

Position:        Nutrition and Dietetics Officer

Location:        The successful candidate will be based in Abuja

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• S/he will assist in the overall nutrition technical leadership and technical guidance to master trainers, supervisors, and trainers/mentors for successful implementation at sites.
• S/he will assist in the Master TOT at the national level and co-leads the grantee’s Training of Trainers’ execution at the State level.
• S/he will assist to ensures the implementation of outpatient treatment interventions for children identified as acutely malnourished using an integrated package of child health services, including a food-based approach and CMAM which focuses on building the capacity of providers to counsel and teaching caregivers to use the locally available foods to rehabilitate moderately malnourished children (and even severe acute malnutrition with no underlying complications) in the outpatient setting, and to use RUTF where available for SAM cases. This also includes ensuring that all children receive routine immunization, treatment of uncomplicated childhood illnesses, and referral to hospitals for complicated cases.
• S/he will assist to ensure that all children graduating/recovering from the SAM to Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) are counseled in food-based approaches to prevent relapse and further the rehabilitation to normal nutritional status.
• S/he will assist to provide key expertise on nutrition mentoring, training, and quality assurance to all trainers/mentors.
•  S/he will assist in meeting all projects agreement obligations, including documentation and quality report
• S/he will assist in the overall oversight of technical aspects of the program.
• S/he will assist to develop and coordinating training schedules and ensure the availability of qualified trainers.
•  S/he will assist in producing technical deliverables and achieving technical project results as specified by the grant agreement
• S/he will assist to oversee technical planning and implementation of the approved work plan.
• S/he will assist to provide on the job mentoring and supportive supervision of trainers and supervisors.
• S/he will assist in supervising the onsite capacity building of health workers.
•  S/he will assist to provide technical direction for data collection and tracking all enrolled nutrition cases using the nutrition tracker. This includes tracking weight for height, mid-upper arm circumference, and minimum acceptable diet including dietary diversity and minimum meal frequency.
• S/he will assist in writing project reports and ensures results for project activities are achieved.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma or its equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics or any other relevant degree.
• A Second Class Upper (2.1) or first class or Upper credit in Nutrition and Dietetics with a bachelor’s degree or High National Diploma with experience with working in the area of infant and young children feeding (IYCF), or on feeding for moderate to severely malnourished children under five (5) years
• Minimum of 1 – 2 years of institutional work experience in working with malnourished children.
• Must have demonstrable competency in facilitating nutrition screening and counseling, child health mentoring in the clinical setting, and experience leading participatory training sessions.
• Experience in competency-based skill-building training for health workers
• Very strong report-writing skills.
• Strong computer skills.
• Ability to work long hours when needed.
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Excellent English writing skills.
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Technology suave i.e. ability to use social media handles, the internet send an email, etc

Method of Application

Interested and qualified applicants should send their comprehensive curriculum and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word document) explaining suitability for the job through the email: ndofficer@weweng.org

Deadline: Friday, June 30, 2023

Please indicate the title of the position applied for in the subject line of the email. Applicants should provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on their CVs as well as three professional referees.

Candidates must provide functional email addresses and telephone numbers of referees.

Kindly Note: Applications will be reviewed on a first-come-first-served basis. WEWE reserves the right to conclude this recruitment process when a suitable candidate is selected. While WEWE thanks all applicants for their interest.

“WEWE is an equal opportunity employer, which promotes diversity and does not discriminate based on tribe, state of origin within Nigeria, religion, age, sex, race or on different physical ability”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture promotes the principles of safeguarding and high moral values. WEWE’s Safeguarding Policy 2022 promotes an environment where no staff, associates, volunteers, case workers, consultants, board members, and partners engage in a sexual relationship, harass, or exploit anyone under the age of 18 or vulnerable adult, especially our beneficiaries”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture also has zero tolerance for corrupt practices. Therefore, for any of our job vacancies, we advise that applicants do not offer or accept any request for money, favors, or gifts from anyone to facilitate an employment opportunity with WEWE. Applicants found engaging in such practices could jeopardize their chances of being selected. If anyone contacts, you with such an offer please report this immediately to WEWE management on this WhatsApp line 09037811024”.