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Nutrition counsellor

Humanitarian Assistance Society - HAS
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Position Title: Nutrition counsellor

2024-03-29        Baghlan, Faryab, Ghazni, Helmand, Kabul, Kapisa, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Takhar, Maidan Wardak, Paktika       Full Time        205

Job Location: Baghlan, Faryab, Ghazni, Helmand, Kabul, Kapisa, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Takhar, Maidan Wardak, Paktika
Nationality: National
Category: Health Care
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per organization's salary scale
Vacancy Number: HAS-YOLMA-022
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Health facilities located in the provinces
Organization: Humanitarian Assistance Society - HAS
Years of Experience: 3
Contract Duration: Project based
Gender: Female
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., social sciences,
Close date: 2024-03-29

About Humanitarian Assistance Society - HAS:

Humanitarian Assistance Society (HAS) is a non- profit, non-political, and non-governmental organization. It is registered with the Ministry of Economy under license # 5824, HAS works to support the struggle against poverty, hunger, and social injustice. We work in a variety of sectors including health and nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), good governance, capacity building, social justice awareness-raising, advocacy, and human rights promotion and protection. HAS has been helping vulnerable Afghan communities since 2005 through launching different interventions in more than 30 provinces of Afghanistan

Job Descriptions:

  • Conduct counseling for pregnant and lactating women and mothers of all under two years children on appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices;
  • Conduct growth monitoring of all under two years children and registering them;
  • Conduct anthropometric measurement (weight, height and age), MUAC and check edema of all under five children;
  • Classification of all under five children in categories of well nourished, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM);
  • Refer to proper services based on classification to address nutritional status;
  • Conduct regular nutrition education at health facility;
  • Food demonstration at health facility;
  • Take part in CHW monthly meeting and ensure nutrition issues are supported;
  • Preparing the nutrition monthly reports.

Job Requirements:

  • Must be a female
  • At least a Baccalaureate degree
  • Strong interpersonal skills, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity.
  • Good written and verbal communication abilities in English, Pashto, and Dari.
  • Excellent in communicating with people, written/verbal

Submission Guidelines:

Interested Applicants should submit their CVs to Vacancies.has@gmail.com until 29/03/2024 to with the vacancy title indicating in the subject of their emails. Incomplete applications and applications received after the closing date will not be accepted, applications without the reference will not be considered Experience

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