Community Outreach Volunteer (Amioun, Aabrine & Bcharre) - Ref #470

Job Purpose

The Community Outreach Volunteer will be in direct contact with the beneficiaries receiving assistance at the distribution sites. He/she will screen Children under 5 and Pregnant Lactating Women for malnutrition. He/she will assess nutrition vulnerability with Women and Caregivers of children under 5 years. He/she will also refer them to the nearest healthcare facilities to receive the appropriate care. 

Responsibilities

• Circulate informational flyers containing the list of Primary Healthcare Centers within the designated area, offering treatment for malnutrition.
• Identify malnutrition cases (Severe Acute Malnutrition - SAM and Moderate Acute Malnutrition - MAM) by screening specific beneficiaries (Pregnant Lactating Women and Children Under 5) during distribution activities.
• Ensure that safe identification and referrals are made with transparency, confidentiality, and efficiency to meet the needs and provide access to needed services.
• Distribute supplements to children under 5, when available. 
• Promote awareness by sharing key messages on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and protection.
• Promote awareness regarding nutrition-related services accessible at Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCCs).
• Maintain control among the crowd during the screening process while minimizing disruptions to the distribution site.
• Educate mothers on the Family MUAC initiative and interpretation of results.
• Report any encountered issues during data collection promptly to the Nutrition Officer.
• Accurately document all field notes and data using Kobo/paper forms.
• Uphold data protection and confidentiality standards.

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrate integrity and respect to the values and mission of the organization.
• Adaptability, sensitivity and respect to cultural, religious, racial, gender, age and nationality differences.
• Promote gender equality within humanitarian and/or development work.
• Promote vision, mission and strategic plan of the organization in Lebanon.
• An honest team-player with strong interpersonal skills.

Functional Competencies 

• Accurately completes and organizes multiple tasks by taking into account priorities and deadlines. 
• Builds and establishes proper and organized relationships with management, staff, partners and stakeholders as required.

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Ability to familiarize with new areas and people.
• Ability to deal with day-to-day stresses, complaints and field-level security concerns that may arise.
• Ability to use tools provided with little direction. 
• Ability to build new relations with individuals on the field in a comfortable and safe way. 
• Ability to differentiate between personal and business relations on the field.

Minimum Hiring Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Public health, or any other medical related field. 
• 1-2 years of experience in field work.
• Knowledge/familiarity with the area of operations.
• Good command (verbal and written) of English. 
• Fluent in Arabic.

Child Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Disclaimer:

Mercy-USA is committed to child safeguarding and PSEA at all operational levels to protect its staff, volunteers and beneficiaries from the harm that arises out of sexual exploitation and abuse.  Mercy-USA conducts background checks on all new hires including requesting police reports. When individuals are terminated from Mercy-USA because of claims related to child safeguarding or PSEA, after investigation, they are reported to relevant authorities and added to relevant criminal/abuser registries to ensure they are not hired again by other INGOs, local NGOs or the UN.

Candidate Considerations: 

Mercy-USA prioritizes protecting employee culture and maintaining the quality of our work. The following documents will be requested if you are considered for hire: 

• Police Check/Report
• ID
• References List 

It is possible that as a condition for hiring, Mercy-USA will, with your consent, conduct an International Background Check and/or check national and interagency sex offender registries.

Please note this position relies on donor funding and final approval, if for any reasons the funding is blocked or delayed, Mercy-USA reserves the right to take action including terminating the hiring process and/or the contract immediately.