Nutrition Officer at Kenya Medical Research (KEMRI Jobs)

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct nutritional assessment, Counselling, and support for study participants as per study protocol
• Should be able to conduct home visits for follow-up dietary assessments to be done at the household level as per the study protocol
• Discussing nutrition and eating habits with participants and Monitoring progress
• Perform project-level planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the nutritional activities
• Plan and coordinate dietary assessment for participants plus other study data collection as per study protocol
• Ensure smooth implementation according to ethical guidelines, management and supervision of the study protocol procedures by providing technical Nutritional support to study team.
• Participate in developing Standard Operating Procedures for the study procedures then plan and conduct protocol-specific trainings to the study team.
• Guide data team on data collection instrument choices and review of data collection CRFs for appropriateness to protocol procedures.
• Maintain regular liaison with Section lead, Principal Investigator, and other collaborators including planning expert meetings and discussions for the project.
• Provide periodic reports to the section head and study Principal Investigator
• Any other duty as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Description

Requirement Type

• Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Nutrition; Food Nutrition and dietetics or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution
• Trained in Integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM)
• Trained in Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN)