Nutrition Officer

Position Title: Nutrition Officer

2026-04-15 Maidan Wardak Full Time 13

Job Location:	Maidan Wardak
Nationality:	Afghan
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per SAF Salary Scale
Vacancy Number:	SAF-APR-001
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Maidan Wardak

Organization:	Solidarity for Afghan Families SAF
Years of Experience:	3 Years of Experiance in relevant Position
Contract Duration:	1 Year with high posibility of Extentioin
Gender:	Male
Education:	To have MD degree from a well-known university/institute.
Close date:	2026-04-15

About Solidarity for Afghan Families SAF:

Solidarity for Afghan Families (SAF) was established on October 2005 as a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization with an independent legal identity. The vision of the organization is to get to a developed and welfare society for Afghan families and the mission of the organization is empowering and enabling Afghan families to combat against diseases, poverty, social injustice and illiteracy –

Job Descriptions:

A- Specific Activities

· Facilitates trainings at provincial level for nutrition program staff.

· Undertakes regular monitoring visits, documents project progress against the target indicators, identifies problems and challenges encountered and suggests appropriate strategies and changes supporting effective implementation of planned nutrition activities.

· Ensures all the HFs as per the project requirements are staffed with nutrition counselors.

· Closely oversees performances of nutrition counselors and provide on the job trainings to them as per the needs.

· Coordinates effectively the nutrition related issues with BPHS vertical projects and key stakeholders (PND, PPHD, PNOs, UNICEF, WFP etc).

· Oversees performances of nutrition vertical projects/programs at the provincial level.

· Ensures implementation of community based nutrition package (CBNP) in all the districts of the province

· Ensures the availability of Nutrition guideline and IEC materials in all HFs.

· Reviews and analyzes, statistical and narrative reports and provides feedback to the relevant HFs staff.

· Ensure all recording and reporting form for nutrition services are available in all HFs.

· Enter nutrition data in MoPH nutrition database on regular monthly bases.

· Actively participates in all related meetings/ workshops at the provincial level.

· Ensures that regular reviews of reports are done and make sure that the performance of the project meets the Sphere standards and recommend appropriate recommendations for sub-optimal performance.

· Guides and extensively support the HFs’ staff to effectively achieve the index and maximum levels of nutrition related output/outcome indicators.

· Develops appropriate networking and coordination with NGOs, MoPH/provincial health departments and key stakeholders.

· Accomplishes any related task delegated by his/her line supervisor.

B- Qualifications:

· Graduated from recognized Medical University (MD)

· At least 3 years’ experience within the field of nutrition, Experience in NGOs as nutrition officer/manager in BPHS/EPHS

· Having knowledge of English and local languages and basic computer skill

· Having interpersonal and managerial and conflict resolution skills

· Having communication skills and knowledge of local communities

· Having negotiation skills in multicultural and multilingual environment

Job Requirements:

· Graduated from recognized Medical University (MD)

· At least 3 years’ experience within the field of nutrition, Experience in NGOs as nutrition officer/manager in BPHS/EPHS

· Having knowledge of English and local languages and basic computer skill

· Having interpersonal and managerial and conflict resolution skills

· Having communication skills and knowledge of local communities

· Having negotiation skills in multicultural and multilingual environment

Submission Guidelines:

Interested Applicants are requested to submit a cover letter and detailed CV, through the Link provided in submission Email, copy the URL and paste it on search bar Kindly note that this is the Only way to apply, there is no other way of applying to the position, you are required to fill the form correctly otherwise you will not be listed.

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