Nutrition Officer

Position Title: Nutrition Officer

2025-12-17 Badakhshan Full Time 4

Job Location:	Badakhshan
Nationality:	Afghan
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	6A
Vacancy Number:	888/2025
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Faizabad, Yawan, Raghistan, Chahab and Rustaq

Organization:	Concern Worldwide- Afghanistan
Years of Experience:	 At least 5-year experience in Nutrition programming, especially in FHH modification will be an advantage.  Good knowledge of BPHS and EPHS program  Previous experience in Takhar and Badakhshan province is an advantage.  Experience working with NGO
Contract Duration:	10
Gender:	Female
Education:	 Medical Degree from a recognized university.
Close date:	2025-12-17

About Concern Worldwide- Afghanistan:

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Currently, Concern has been working in Afghanistan since 1998, when it responded to an earthquake disaster in Takhar province. Currently Concern has been working in Takhar and Badakhshan provinces undertaking both emergency response and long-term developmental work in the areas of livelihood security, primary education and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Job Descriptions:

Main duty and Responsibilities:

To coordinate nutrition activities implementation (CBNP & IMAM) in target areas under the FHH projects of Concern.
To assess and evaluate that nutrition activities are implemented in accordance to plan and national standards in coordination with provincial and national partners.
To provide capacity building to Nutrition midwifes in preparing monthly nutrition reports and respect submission deadlines.
To provide regular technical support to FHH technical staff and training Community Health Workers in implementation and reporting of nutrition activities in all the targeted areas.
To develop action plans to ensure effective monitoring of nutrition status in targeted health facilities.
To apply national nutrition treatment guidelines and policies at health facility level.
To ensure the existence of growth monitoring tools, IMAM (Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition) supervision, and sufficient drug supply for FHH.
To ensure malnutrition preventive activities are based on the BPHS and MoPH guidelines.
To conduct/support nutrition screening and monitoring of under-5 children and PLW (Pregnant and Lactating Women) at community level.
To make sure food processing skills and knowledge are disseminated to target beneficiaries, through awareness sessions and cooking demonstrations.
To ensure the existence of IEC (Information Education Communication) material for awareness sessions at community level.
To ensure nutrition services at the FHH level and Community mobilization and C-IMCI services at the HPs level are delivered properly.
To ensure all complicated cases are referred to higher level of health facility as per Afghanistan’s referral system with follow up to strengthen the referral system.
To ensure effective communication and coordination with DoPH, AKHS and UNICEF and other relevant partners.
To promote good coordination with other Concern units in the office.
To ensure that the program is implemented smoothly, the field-level nutrition programs are monitored and evaluated against the MoU between Concern and UNICEF.
To perform any other task assigned by the line manager.

Monitoring and Evaluation

In coordination with the M&E team, develop weekly/monthly monitoring engagement plans.
To monitor and track implementation progress of the projects as per the approved performance indicators.
To ensure project progress, and monitoring visit reports are shared with the M&E team and Programme Grants and Reporting Manager.
To support M&E team during field assessments as and when necessary.

Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) and Emergency:

The concern is committed to CHS to ensure downward accountability. CHS standards guide Concern activities in all stages both emergency and development projects /programs. In Afghanistan, we also bounded our activities by Accountability framework and therefore any Afghanistan employees is responsible to comply with CHS principles and benchmarks as instructed by its policies and therefore make sure that all accept and implement CHS standards in all our activities.
To give full support in relation to emergencies/ humanitarian operations when occurring in any area that Concern Afghanistan will respond. This can include but is not limited to participation in the Concern Afghanistan Rapid Deployment Unit (CARDU) and deployment on emergency response teams.

Job Requirements:

Qualifications & Experience:

Medical Degree from a recognized university.
At least 5-year experience in Nutrition programming, especially in FHH modification will be an advantage.
Good knowledge of BPHS and EPHS program
Previous experience in Takhar and Badakhshan province is an advantage.
Experience working with NGO in development and/or humanitarian responses in the areas of health and nutrition

Communication:

Effective communication skills and ability to lead big to medium teams, also remotely (if necessary)
Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders
Good communication skills (written and spoken) in Dari & English
Excellent knowledge of English language.

Behavior and skills:

Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Demonstrated skills in health management.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Good leadership skills Computer skills: Good knowledge of Ms Office package.
Strong cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.
Experience in managing people, capacity building, mentoring and on-the-job training.

Submission Guidelines:

Applications should be written in English and demonstrate the applicant’s suitability for the job. A current Curriculum Vita and three referee reports should be included in the application. In the first instance, applications should be submitted to Concern Worldwide- Afghanistan offices in Taloqan marked to the attention of the Human Resources Department. And / or to any other field offices of Concern in Faizabad, Yawan, Chahab and Kabul (Shari now, 5^th Street of Qalai Fatullah, connected with Qalai Moosa) or through this email address: afghanistan.hr@concern.net

Subject line must be (888/2025- Nutrition Officer) or your application may not be considered.