# Nutrition Specialist

**Company**: International Rescue Committee
**Location**: Bamako
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Nutrition Specialist to work with our team in Bamako, Mali. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical support and supervision to our nutrition programmes, including community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) and prevention activities.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Work closely with the RND and DS teams to plan, implement, and monitor PCIMA activities

- Plan joint supervisions, training sessions, and follow-up activities with the RND, and ensure recommendations are implemented

- Participate in data coordination and validation meetings with the DS, sharing results, challenges, and corrective actions

- Alert the RND and Nutrition Specialist to any major difficulties affecting the quality or continuity of care

- In the context of prevention, community screening, and referral through the PB-Family approach:

- Identify and support focal points in each beneficiary village

- Train or facilitate training for ASCs, community relays, and focal points on malnutrition screening, referral criteria, and key prevention messages

- Support beneficiary training on malnutrition screening

- Ensure regular monitoring of screening quality and coverage at household and village levels

- Follow up with referred children to strengthen admission, continuity of care, and monitoring of dropouts and non-admissions

- In the context of care (PCIMA) and quality assurance of services:

- Support effective implementation of national and simplified protocols in URENAS and other supported sites

- Monitor care activities in URENI and URENAS (admissions, cures, deaths, dropouts, referrals)

- Organize and conduct joint formative supervisions with the RND in URENAS, URENI, and community sites

- Control the quality of patient records, files, and registers, ensuring adherence to protocols and standard tools

- Monitor availability of nutritional inputs and work tools in supported sites

- In the context of technical support and capacity building:

- Identify capacity-building needs for nutritionists, ASCs, and community relays

- Plan, organize, and lead training sessions, refresher courses, and coaching sessions with the DS

- Provide close supervision to nutritionists during supervisions and follow-up visits

- In the context of data management and reporting:

- Collect and verify data related to training, screening, referral, admission, and care in supported sites

- Ensure regular and timely data entry into the CMAM Toolkit

- Analyze data, share findings with the RND and teams, and use data for decision-making and corrective actions

- Develop the monthly PCIMA activity report

**Requirements and Experience:**

- Minimum Bac+2 degree in nutrition, public health, nursing, or a related field; higher level is an asset

- At least 3 years of relevant experience in community nutrition and/or PCIMA, including supervisory responsibilities

- Proven experience in implementing PCIMA and simplified protocols

- Experience working with district health structures is an asset

- Knowledge of nutritional data management tools (CAMAM toolkit, CommCare) is an asset

- Language skills: local languages, good writing ability in French, and computer skills (Word, Excel)

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; integrity, flexibility, and organizational sense

- Commitment to humanitarian accountability principles and IRC values

## Skills

### Required
- nutrition
- public health
- nursing
- CMAM toolkit
- CommCare
- French

### Nice to have
- CAMAM toolkit
- local languages

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