Community Nutrition Educator-Screener

Position Title: Community Nutrition Educator-Screener

2025-07-26 Kunar Full Time 4

Job Location:	Kunar
Nationality:	National
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per the Organization's salary scale
Vacancy Number:	PU-AMI/HR/KUN/002608
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Chinari HSC – Kunar

Organization:	PU-AMI
Years of Experience:	• At least two years of experience at the relevant position at national and international organization.
Contract Duration:	9 Months
Gender:	Female
Education:	• Graduated from 12th class
Close date:	2025-07-26

About PU-AMI:

About Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale (PU-AMI)

PU-AMI (known globally as Première Urgence Internationale, PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. PU-AMI’s teams are committed to support vulnerable communities and populations, those marginalized, hit by conflict, natural disaster or economic downturns. PU-AMI’s main objective is to contribute to reduction in morbidity and mortality, and provide emergency relief to those in immediate need in order to help them regain their dignity.

Afghan mission is the oldest of PUI missions, with the first medical intervention launched in 1979 just after the Soviet troops crossed the country’s borders. PU-AMI teams currently deliver the integrated health care, combined with nutrition, psychosocial support; water, sanitation and hygiene (wash), as well as trauma services. The organization implements projects mainly in eastern parts of the country, and increasingly in the South-East Region. Since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, PU-AMI has also positioned itself as one of the main actors in preparedness and response to the pandemic, implementing health and wash-cantered activities at health facilities and community level in Kabul and beyond.

Globally, PUI provides assistance to around 6 million people in 23 countries and across 5 continents: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, and Europe.

پی یو ای ام آی که در سطح جهان به نام پی یو آی شناخته میشود یک اداره غیردولتی، غیرانتفاعی، غیرسیاسی و غیر مذهبی مدد رسان بین ا لمللی میباشد.

تیم های پی یو ای ام آی متعهد به حمایت و کمک جوامع و جمعیت های آسیب پذیر به انهاییکه در اإثر منازعات- حوادث طبیعی و رکود اقتصادی منزوی شده اند میباشد. هدف عمده پی یو ای ام آی کمک در کاهش مرگ و میر -کمک عاجل به اعاده و بازیابی حیثیت ووقار انهاییکه در نیاز فوری قرار دارند میباشد.

ماموریت افغانستان قدیمی ترین مآموریت پی یو آی بوده و با اولین مداخله در بخش صحی در سال1979 فقط درست بعد از عبور نیروهای شوروی از مرز های کشور آغاز شد.

تیم های پی یو ای ام آی در حال حاضر مراقبت های صحی ادغام یافته همراه با تغذیه حمایت روانی اجتماعی-آب-نظافت و حفظ ا لصحه واش و خدمات تردیدات یا تروما را ارایه میدارد.

این اداره عمدتآ پروژه ها را در بخش شرقی کشور و بطور فزاینده در مناطق جنوب شرقی کشور از زمان شیوع کرونا در 2020 تطبیق مینماید .

پی یو ای ام آی همچنین منحیث بازیگر اصلی در آمادگی و پاسخ به بیماری همه گیر – اجرای فعالیت های صحی و واش در سطح مراکز صحی و جامعه در کابل و فراتر از آن موقعیت خود را تثبیت نموده است.

در سطح جهان موسسه پی یو آی در 23 مملکت جهان به 6 میلیون نفر در 5 قاره افریقا- آسیا- شرق میانه- امریکای لاتین و اروپا کمک مینماید.

Job Descriptions:

Responsibilities and particular assignmentsمسؤلیت ها و وظایف مشخص

General responsibilities:

The community Educator/screener will go to the catchment area of the health sub center and will screen the children under 5 and PLWs, will notify and refer the acutely malnourished children and PLWs to the nutrition treatment center/HSC.

She will be responsible for the cooking demonstration and raising awareness about the preparation of healthy food for different age groups, considering the Afghanistan food-based dietary guidelines.

She will be responsible for health and nutrition education in the HSC catchment area.

Activities/main duties

She will be responsible for conducting screening through MUAC and checking for edema of all children under five and for PLWs.
She will be responsible for conducting health education sessions on a daily basis at the community level.
She will prepare the health education plan, including more important topics of nutrition and other health topics every month according to disease outbreak trends.
She will be responsible for conducting health, nutrition and hygiene education at the community level used IEC materials.
She will be responsible of the detection of acute malnutrition SAM. MAM and AM-PLWs and referred to the health sub center.
She will be responsible for sensitizing the community on health, nutrition and Wash services.
She will be responsible for tracking of malnutrition cases and SRH in the catchment area of HSC.
She will be responsible to provide awareness on food preparations, perform local availability of local foods and cooking demonstrations at the community level.
She will be responsible for promoting health and hygiene educations and used IEC materials at the community level.
She will be responsible for IYCF counseling to promote infant young child feeding practice.
She will be responsible for implementing MIYCN practice for pregnant and lactating women.
She will be conducting nutrition education sessions on hygiene promotion practices, balanced food, promotion of Iodized salt, and prevention of anemia.
She will be responsible for keeping records all documents on health, nutrition education and screenings.
She will be responsible for monthly, biweekly and weekly reports to the line manager on time.
She will be responsible in the absence of the Nutrition nurse/counselor to do screening, Nutrition counseling at the HSC.
Any challenges will face at the community level will be reported to the line manager.
Conducting regular food demonstration sessions at the community.
Any other task given by line manager.

Accountability:

Provide awareness raising on feedback and complaints mechanisms and channels available to every patient/beneficiary;
Timely inform line managers on channel unavailability or damage at the HSC (IEC material, speakers, etc.);

Adhere to PU-AMI organizational policies (incl. CoC, Child protection policy, anti-fraud and anti-corruption policy, PSEA policy) and report any policy violations, suspicions, or allegations through the whistle-blower mechanism

Job Requirements:

Qualification/ Requirements تحصیلات و شرایط لازمه

Graduated from 12^th class,

Relevant experience:

At least two years of experience at the relevant position at national and international organization.
Received nutrition trainings especially IMAM, MIYCN and Nutrition counseling.
Experience in working in remote areas with mobile and Health and Nutrition team setup
Familiarity with context of the HSC implementation districts.
Residency is an asset.
Fluent in Dari/Pashto -oral and written skills
Has counseling or education skills.

Other skills:

Ability to work in a team and coordinate tasks and responsibilities.
Ability to organize people in an orderly way and prioritize tasks.
Good listening and counseling skills, patient, and kind attitude
Highly motivated to provide high-quality services to beneficiaries of poor communities in a challenging setting.
Good problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented attitude
Flexible and willing to perform other tasks as required.
Respectful and kind to other staff, beneficiaries, and communities
Willingness to travel, work and live in a rural setting, and to behave in a manner appropriate to a conservative culture.
Honest in dealing with beneficiaries and PU-AMI staff

Submission Guidelines:

Dear candidates,

To apply for this vacancy, please use the following link provided below:

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While applying, if you faced any technical issues, please send only message to the below WhatsApp number: 00093708265988

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Please note:

You are allowed to apply only before the closing date
Only the candidates who meet the mandatory qualifications/requirements will be considered for the longlist
A maximum of 15 best candidates from the ones who meet the mandatory qualifications/requirements (longlist) will be invited for a technical test (shortlist)
If you are not invited for a technical test within a month’s period of time, please consider that your application was not considered for this vacancy.
Validated copies of academic certificates/diplomas will be requested only if called for an interview.

Kind regards,

The PU-AMI HR Team