ACBAR

Action Against Hunger/Action Contre La Faim (AAH/ACF) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was created in France in1979. AAH/ACF has been active in Afghanistan in the medical, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation fields since 1995.AAH/ACF improved access to health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable people, who live in remote areas without a localhealth system. In particular, the country team supported pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five, who are atgreater risk of malnutrition. Nutrition programs rely on an integrated approach, addressing both primary and underlying causes, inorder to have a lasting impact on nutritional status. The country team worked at community level, in villages and at provincial level,strengthening the public health system. It also worked at national level to ensure reliable information about the nutritional situation reached the wider humanitarian community. Covid-19 prevention was integrated into all interventions and additional responseactivities were implemented, such as the disinfection of health facilities and public places, cash assistance, psychosocial support andthe distribution of hygiene kits to affected populations.

Objective  1: implementing maternal infants and young children and care practice program in the TFU 

• Ensure the warm welcome of the caregivers and beneficiaries to the TFU centers.
• Helps to identify needs for breastfeeding challenges and provide adequate counseling
• Facilitates sessions on nutrition, health, and hygiene good practices to pregnant and lactating women and caregivers of malnourished children attending the TFU service
• Providing one on one breastfeeding counseling support for mothers experiencing difficulties in breastfeeding including demonstration and breastfeeding techniques and supporting re-lactation
• Ensure the registration of all the beneficiaries in the IYCF register
• Ensure all children and pregnant mothers registered for IYCF support are linked with relevant services in the TFU
• Ensure all infants below 6months with no possibility of breastfeeding are provided the required support
• Maintain coordination  with the MHPSS counselor at the Centre for mental health care services for the caregivers and cognitive development of admitted SAM children

Objective 2: facilitating the implementation of Behaviour change communication activities in the TFU

• Work in collaboration with the TFU head nurses other nurses, and the MHPSS counselor to plan and implement facility-based IYCF activities (Group sessions, and individual sessions).
• Work in collaboration with TFU nurses on health and nutrition education sessions to ensure focused IYCF education sessions in the facility.
• Work with the head nurse to ensure IYCF IEC materials are made available and displayed in the facility and in the public areas of the hospital.

Objective 3.  Reporting

• Keep a record of all the beneficiaries including screened admitted, discharged, and referred segregated by age group and gender on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Compilation of the daily, weekly, and monthly statistical reports.

• Nurse Graduated degree
• At least one year of experience in nutrition, paediatric activities,
• Humanitarian spirit
• Good organization,
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Good team interaction and positive attitude
• fluent in Local language

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a cover letter and full CV with three Referees indicating the vacancy announcement to the address: Human Resources Department AAH office or can also be emailed to:

vacancies-hl@af-actionagainsthunger.org indicating the job tile and vacancy number of the position in the email subject line.

Eligible candidates are invited to apply by the earliest possible, until 04 Nov 2025. 

Qualified female candidate are encouraged to apply.

Do not submit academic certificates with the application. These will be requested if the candidate is selected. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the written test/interview.  

Action Against Hunger/Action Conter La Faim is an equal opportunity employer.  We strongly encourage women and people with disabilities to apply.  ACF/AAH has zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA)

Employment at Action Against Hunger is free of charge. Action Against Hunger does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process to the candidates. Therefore, please refrain of offering money or any other form of compensation to anyone claiming that they can secure you a job or assist you in the hiring process and this is strictly against our recruitment policy.  

vacancies-hl@af-actionagainsthunger.org