Nutrition Officer

Your responsibilities:

• Technical Support and Nutrition Service Delivery: Support quality nutrition services, including IMAM, SAM/MAM management, MIYCN, community screening, referrals, and monitoring of nutrition supplies in line with approved guidelines.

• Capacity Building and Supportive Supervision: Train, coach, and mentor health workers and community personnel; conduct facility supervision, assess service quality, and follow up on corrective actions.

• Nutrition Monitoring, Reporting and Data Management: Collect, validate, analyse, and report nutrition data, track key indicators, maintain accurate records, and update DHIS2 and 5W/4W mapping.

• Community Engagement and Nutrition Promotion: Support community screening, referrals, defaulter tracing, nutrition awareness, breastfeeding and complementary feeding promotion, and community feedback mechanisms.

• Coordination and Partnership: Collaborate with the Ministry of Health, health facilities, local authorities, implementing partners, and internal teams to coordinate and strengthen nutrition interventions.

• Accountability, Safeguarding and Compliance: Ensure accessible and accountable nutrition services, protect beneficiary confidentiality and dignity, uphold safeguarding and PSEAH standards, and comply with organizational and donor requirements.

• Planning, Documentation and Programme Support: Prepare activity plans, supervision schedules, field visit reports, monthly reports, and other required documentation, while supporting programme continuity and the transition of services to government structures and partners.

Your profile:

• Provide technical support for nutrition interventions in health facilities and communities.
  Implement IMAM, MIYCN, community-based screening, referral, and management of acute malnutrition.
• Build the capacity of health workers and community volunteers through training and supportive supervision.
• Monitor the availability and proper use of essential nutrition commodities.
  Ensure accurate, timely reporting and monitoring of nutrition indicators and programme activities.
• Coordinate with the Ministry of Health, LGA health authorities, community structures, and implementing partners.
• Ensure compliance with national nutrition guidelines, WHO protocols, Sphere standards, and gender, protection, and inclusion principles while supporting quality service delivery in emergency settings.

What we offer:

• Start Date: November 2026
• Duty Station: Katsina
• Duration of contract: November 2026 - March 2027
• Salary according to Malteser international salary grade
• Other benefits: Group Life Insurance premium, Health insurance Package (Single/family Plan), 13th Month pay. Annual Leave + Compensation Leave + Academic Leave + Wedding Leave + Compassionate Leave - applicable.

Working for Malteser International

Malteser is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all people, regardless of gender, confession or origin.

Malteser International is committed to safeguarding people within our programmes from exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives. Malteser International conducts reference and background checks for all staff (including criminal records check for specific roles). Any candidate offered a job with Malteser International will be expected to sign MI’s Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

Whether you work as a specialist on overseas service or in one of our regional offices - we offer you a challenging working environment in an experienced international team. More than 1,000 national and international staff are currently deployed in various crisis and disaster areas around the world as well as in our regional offices in Cologne and New York City. For more information please have a look here.