Nutrition and Health Officer (Katsina and Borno)

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nutrition and Health Officer

Locations: Maiduguri, Borno and Katsina
Reporting to: Programme Manager – Health and Nutrition
Proposed start date: August 2026

Job Description

• The role involves providing oversight and supervision of health facilities managed by State and Local Government Authorities (LGAs) and supported by ACF, strengthening the capacity of Ministry of Health (MoH) healthcare workers through training and mentorship, and ensuring timely monitoring, reporting, and continuous updates on project progress and outcomes.
• We are currently seeking to fill the position of Nutrition and Health Officer. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation, coordination, and successful delivery of nutrition and health project activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities
Mission 1: Nutrition and Health situation monitoring
The Nutrition and Health officer is responsible for

• LGA Monitoring and evaluation of nutrition and health interventions.
• Mapping of Nutrition and health activities;
• Technical support for community level activities;

Responsibilities:

• Conduct ongoing capacity assessment of health workers on CMAM service delivery, IMCI service delivery, reproductive health service delivery, vaccination, etc., and review the training needs and/or coaching needs;
• Support the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager in facilitating and organizing technical trainings for health workers (including on LMIS, HMIS);
• Review financial, logistical, and HR needs on a monthly & quarterly basis and share with the N&HPM;
• Ensure use of predefined quality assessment checklist, on-the-job coaching guidance, as well as support for Nutrition and Health assistants in using these tools;
• Update and maintain the 5W/4W mapping (Health and Nutrition sector) tool monthly for the operational LGA, and share with the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager;
• Conduct training and establish tom brown centers in the health facility catchment areas for the management of moderate acute malnutrition
• Ensure that all health facilities/sites have adequate supplies to deliver uninterrupted health care services through identifying needs, informing the line manager regularly;
• Support the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager in organizing the LGA-based coordination meeting;
• Liaise with nutrition and health assistants for accessing the community support group and health facility database regularly and updating the overall health facility-based activities;
• Participate with the M&E team in the supervision of data collection for nutrition and health assessments;
• Prepare an individual monthly action plan in reference to the work plan and share with the Nutrition and Health Programme manager in the regular monthly planning meeting with nutrition and health teams led by the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager.
• Update tracking tool to monitor programme screening-based data on acute malnutrition; collect health facility-based disease surveillance reports and update morbidity reporting tool for assigned health facilities/LGAs;

Mission 2: Supervise LGA and facility level activities in the framework of health and nutritional services:
The Nutrition and Health officer is responsible for

• Ensuring projects are implemented in line with donor proposals and requirements and in accordance with Action against Hunger, Country and international standards.
• Supporting the programme manager in management of the project cycle in nutrition and health

Responsibilities:

• Identify financial requirements, logistic needs, and HR support in reference to the work plan and inform the NHSM to prepare a budget forecast;
• Identify gaps for WASH in health facilities and inform the Nutrition and Health Programme manager regularly;
• Ensure that all children and patients visiting ACF-supported health facilities are properly examined and treated according to national health and nutritional protocols and standards;
• Develop a monthly monitoring and supervision plan for the LGA and share it with the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager;
• Ensure that specific monitoring findings are reported to the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager with potential solutions;
• Monitor for appropriate documentation–IMCI and CMAM treatment registers/tools, individual child growth monitoring cards, ANC/PNC cards and delivery registers;
• Ensure that referrals are made to the nearest higher-level centre and tracked for high-risk pregnancies, SAM with medical complications, and other conditions requiring higher-level care.
• Draft supply request and share with Deputy Nutrition & Health Manager monthly;
• During the supervision visit, identify gaps in the supply side and report to the Nutrition and Health Programme Manager for remedial action;
• Ensure availability of essential nutrition & health supplies in assigned health facilities, including data tools;
• Facilitate quarterly review meetings/workshops with respective government health managers at the State/LGA level;

Mission 3: Training and managing the programme teams (nutrition and health assistants):
The Nutrition and Health officer is responsible for:

• The twice yearly assessment of the skills and performance of the Nutrition and Health Assistants
• The management of his/her teams (leadership, monitoring, motivation

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that Nutrition and Health Assistants are using the standard monitoring checklist during visits to health facilities.
• Ensure rational use of all medical equipment and stationery in health facilities;
• Maintain an individual monitoring & supervision plan for the supervisee;
• Communicate with HR for the necessary staff meeting, performance review, appraisals, and leaves of the supervisee;
• Liaise with HR to provide orientation on ACF charter/core values/child safeguarding policy/staff code of conduct, etc;
• Regularly follow up with the teams on the progress of the activity, challenges, and guide necessary actions;
• Track Supervisee’s daily attendance, validate monthly attendance for supervisee, and submit it on a timely basis to HR;
• Share training plans with identified needs with the PM well in advance to facilitate support from HR/Admin/Logistics;

Mission 4: Information management, reporting and coordination:
The nutrition and health officer is responsible for:

• Reviewing and analysing facility service delivery data and providing feedback to LGA and health facilities
• Support ing the LGA in consolidating quality and time facility data
• Facilitating and jointly planning LGA level coordination meetings
• Ensuring that regular reports are provided by health workers in supported health facilities

Responsibilities

• Prepare a consolidated tracking tool for supportive supervision visits/on-job coaching sessions and share with the line manager;
• Provide a summary analysis from the LGA report, including:
  • Bullet points on progress of training, on-the-job coaching, and supportive supervision;
  • Significant contextual changes that have an impact on nutrition & Health operations.
  • Feedback on quality of service provision through monitoring visits (checklist to be used);
  • Key challenges and proposed solutions
• Update LGA work plans, individual work plans, and share with the line manager;
• Use a specific supervision checklist during supervision visits and archive filled supervision checklists with a summary report – every month;
• Maintain and update the database for health workers, community health workers/volunteers, trainings, and share with the line manager;
• Collect consumption reports from health facilities, compile for LGA, and share with the line manager with needs for the upcoming month;
• Use the appropriate attendance sheet for on-the-job coaching sessions, workshops/meetings, and training, and share a copy with the line manager;
• Fill the health evolution reports every month for the LGA and share them with the line manager for consolidation;
• Regularly report and coordinate with line management
• Support government health workers in preparing the integrated diseases surveillance report, monthly facility-based DHIS2 report;

Additional Responsibilities:

• Conduct all duties in a professional manner following ACF Nigeria mission staff regulations, ACF Nigeria mandate and charter including promotion of gender equality
• This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and the employee will also perform other related tasks as required and responsible for reporting and communication of progress and achievement of the specific assigned task.
• Maintenance of high technical standards.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Midwifery, Public Health or other relevant qualifications with experience in Public Health and CMAM programming;????
• Ability to manage staff according to local culture and organization policies.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in primary health care program;
• An excellent report-writing skill is required, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
• Team management experience with similar programs;
• Ability to observe and to provide feedback on the activities;
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Hausa;
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills;