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Medair is an international humanitarian organization established in 1988. Medair has been operating in Afghanistan since 1996 with programs mainly in the Health, Water & Sanitation, and Livelihoods sectors with significant reconstruction activities in remote areas. Current projects are Water & Sanitation, Food Security, & Disaster Risk Reduction

Medair Afghanistan has been operating since 1996 and currently works in three provinces: Daykundi, Uruzgan, and Kandahar. The country's main office is in Kabul, with multiple field offices. Medair implements WASH, Food Security, Health and Nutrition programming.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensures that appropriate nutritional care as well as MIYCN/IYCF counseling is properly delivered to nutritionally vulnerable infants (0-6months) and young children under the age of 2 years according to Medair and national protocols, values and universal standards.

Upholds Medair values, and positively and actively contribute to the attainment of the teams. objectives.

Technical

Be able to assess the MIYCN/IYCF needs for nutritionally vulnerable infants and young children under the age of 2 years and give appropriate individual or group counselling or referral.

Provide appropriate skilled breastfeeding counselling to caregivers(Mothers) with infants and young children under the age of 2 years, this includes being able to give one-on-one counselling on the following topics:

• Initiating of breastfeeding for newborns
• Breastfeeding: exclusive <6 months age and continued breastfeeding until the at least the age of 2.
• Complementary feeding: timely, adequate, diversified, safe and properly fed diet.
• Appropriate action on the non-breastfed infants.
• Sick Child feeding
• Issue when mothers says they don’t have enough breast milk
• Refuse breastfeeding issues with children and mothers
• Breast Problems
• Relactation/Supplementy sucking technique(SST)

Recognize the general danger signs in infants and young children under the age of 2 years and refer to a IMNCI Nurse at the OPD/site for further assessment or to the nearest health facility in the absence of the IMNCI nurse.

Provide in-depth assessment of infants under 6 months and lactating women as part of screening if they are at risk (nutritionally) according to MAMI (Management of At-Risk Mothers and Infants) admission criteria, this includes being able to:

• Take anthropometric measurements:, weight, length and age (WLZ, WAZ)
• Conduct breastfeeding assessments (infant growth and feeding assessment)
• Liaising with the IMNCI Nurse for Clinical assessment
• Conduct maternal mental health status assessments

Follow-up enrolled infants and lactating women in the MAMI program to follow their progress in the program, especially related to breastfeeding issues. Through CHNVs

Assess enrolled lactating women for maternal mental health issues and refer to appropriate mental health service if needed

Liaise with the Health and Hygiene promotion Trainer and CHNVs  to ensure that MAMI program defaulters and non-responders are followed up with home visits

Liaise with the appropriate community volunteers(CHNVs) to ensure that the volunteers are able to do appropriate active case finding for both the MAMI program and any other young children under the age of 2 where the caregiver needs one on one MIYCN counselling

Discharge infants and the lactating woman according to MAMI discharge criteria.

Give supportive supervision and capacity build the Health and Hygiene promotion Trainer and volunteers at the nutrition site on technical MIYCN matters.

Quality Management

• Ensure good hygiene standards are kept within nutrition facilities
• Compile MIYCN specific and other MAMI reports as required
• Ensure adherence to the provided internal and and National protocols and guidelines
• Ensure accurate record keeping of all nutrition activities, filling in forms, cards, registration books and tally sheets as required
• Conduct on the Job training to Health assistant and CHNVs based on need.

Logistics

• Ensure safe storage of all supplies, medicines and medical material and equipment
• Ensure accurate record keeping of stock movements
• Assist the Health and Nutrition Supervisor in preparing stock requests

Interested applicants should apply and forward their applications through the online JOB APPLICATION FORM which can be found under the submission email. The link should be copied, pasted, and opened on a new page.

Note: Please indicate the position title and vacancy number in your application letter. Applications received after the closing date or without the exact position title and vacancy number will not be given consideration. After submitting the online application, if some applicants do not immediately receive an automatic email from Medair, they shouldn't worry about their submission. When you open the link. please use the dropdown menu and choose the title of the position.

(Female Applicants Only), she and her Mahram must be living in the work location.