IYCF Counsellor – GOAL Ethiopia
Consultancy and Training, Health Care
GOAL Ethiopia
GOAL’s purpose is to save lives and empower communities to develop resilience and greater control over their lives and livelihoods. GOAL aims to increase the resilient wellbeing of the world’s poorest people and focuses on those who are excluded or marginalized, particularly those who are vulnerable due to socio-economic status, gender or age.
John O’Shea founded GOAL in 1977, and throughout the 42 years since its foundation, GOAL has responded to almost all of the world’s major humanitarian crises since, working with vulnerable communities in more than 60 countries.
While GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, it is also committed to working with vulnerable communities to help them survive crises and support them on the road to recovery.
· To ensure the promotion of infant and young child feeding practice through the application of the IYCF protocol and Nutrition Harmonization strategy.
· Advising and counselling mother’s coming to GOAL’s nutrition programme on infant and young child feeding practice.
· Adhere to guidelines and SOPs for IYCF, CMAM programme implementation.
· Establish women to women supporting group and conduct discussion meeting at least once per month with each group.
· Compile a register of women who have infants and children between 0-24 months.
· Organize training for the community outreach team on infant and young child feeding practices.
· Disseminate BCC/ICC materials on IYCF for use by community nutrition workers in the local language.
· Organize demonstration sessions to Mother support groups ions on breast feeding and complementary feeding for the mother-to-mother support group.
· Organize health education sessions on the importance of infant and young child feeding practices.
· Link programme activities with community outreach and follow-up beneficiaries in the community.
· Document and file all relevant information of the targeted group related to IYCF according to donor’s requirement. Conserve those documents in a very accessible place.
· Respect the dignity of the target group, carers and members of the refugee and host community.
· Submit a monthly and weekly statical and narrative report to immediate supervisor on time.
· Perform/Assist in any other tasks as required by immediate supervisor.
· Diploma or BSc degree in nursing with a minimum of two years of experience for BSc holder and four years’ experience for Diploma holder in counselling on young child feeding or nutrition areas.
Key qualities, Skills and Competences: (list of qualities that are considered necessary for the specific port which are believed to be key to the success of the job holder in the specific post):
· Familiarity in providing counseling to mothers in refugee setting.
· Knowledge of local language and familiarity with culture.
· Flexible and creative approach, highly motivated and able to take the initiative and work unsupervised.
· Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken. Knowledge of local language.
· Continually looks to improve personal skill, knowledge and work hence contribute to capacity building within the team and organization,
· Very good knowledge and practice of computer application,
· Willing to travel to remote areas and to camp in the field, ability to work flexibly including weekends and willingness to travel and work in rural locations and live in basic conditions.
· Understanding of humanitarian and development programmes and willing to travel and live in field sites, with frequent transfer from site to site.
. Accountability & responsiveness within areas of responsibility.
Desirable qualities, skills, and competences:
· Passionate, strongly dedicated and highly committed to work for the improvement of the poor community r Resilience: Maintains focus and intensity and remains optimistic, persistent, and professional even under adverse, Stressful, or difficult situation.
Note: This description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:
· GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with additional benefits. o A chance to develop tangible experience.
· Being part of a team who continue to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people.
Commitment:
GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent, which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty, and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign, and implement different polices including safeguarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other rules and regulation of the organization. GOAL is strongly committed not to harm the people under its care.
GOAL Ethiopia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety of people who involves in its work and demands all staff exhibit the highest commitment. GOAL Ethiopia will verify skills and commitment of the candidate in the assessment process and perform Background reference check.
