Field Officer (Nutrition & School Feeding)

About the role

World Vision is hiring a Field Officer for Nutrition and School Feeding in Mandalay, Myanmar. The post is a local fixed-term position focused on implementing malnutrition prevention (MAM) and school feeding activities, supporting vulnerable children, pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls, and coordinating with local stakeholders and community volunteers.

Key responsibilities

• Implement MAM prevention and school feeding activities according to the work plan and proposal.
• Support identification and registration of beneficiaries, focusing on children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls.
• Facilitate local stakeholders and headmasters in distributing nutrition items and school feeding activities.
• Distribute specialized nutritious food (e.g., WSB+) and monitor its use, and monitor commodity storage in the warehouse.
• Ensure no overlap between beneficiaries of different initiatives and monitor food distribution against the work plan.
• Run SBCC sessions on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and train community health volunteers in data collection, food distribution, school meal preparation and counselling.
• Provide on-the-job coaching to frontline staff, support local healthcare providers in integrating MAM prevention into routine care, and coordinate with government health departments and partners.
• Collect and analyse data on screening coverage, treatment outcomes and SBCC effectiveness, prepare reports and support community feedback mechanisms.
• Submit weekly and monthly reports to the Project Manager, maintain good networks with staff, partners and authorities, and represent the organisation at local coordination meetings.

Required profile

• At least two to three years of experience in nutrition programming, preferably in MAM prevention and school feeding projects.
• Bachelor's degree in nutrition, public health or a related field is desirable.
• Experience with international NGOs or community-based projects is highly desirable.
• Fluency in the local language and English is preferred; willingness to travel frequently to field sites and remote areas.
• Excellent communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills, and strong commitment to humanitarian principles.

Required skills

• Familiarity with nutrition protocols and guidelines, including SPHERE standards and IYCF principles.
• Strong knowledge of community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM).
• Microsoft Word and Excel, fax and e-mail.