Health and Nutrition Counsellor

Job Summary Key Duties and Responsibilities: • Conduct individual and group counselling sessions on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition using approved materials. • Provide practical information on antenatal and postnatal care, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, maternal nutrition, micronutrients, immunization, hygiene and menstrual health. • Identify nutrition and health risks or danger signs through approved non-clinical screening and counselling procedures and facilitate timely referral. • Support growth, nutrition or health awareness activities only within the limits of the position’s qualification and approved project protocols. • Counter harmful misinformation sensitively and adapt messages to participants’ age, literacy level, disability and cultural context. • Coordinate with nearby health facilities, nutrition sites, community health workers and mobile teams and maintain an updated referral directory. • Follow up referrals when consent is provided and document outcomes without exposing confidential personal information. • Support food and nutrition demonstrations and prepare or organize suitable learning materials for safe-space sessions. • Escalate medical emergencies immediately and never prescribe medicines, diagnose illness or perform procedures outside the post holder’s legal qualification and authorization. • Perform duties in accordance with OCHR policies, the approved workplan, and applicable Donor standards and guidance. • Promote safe, dignified and inclusive access to services, applying do-no-harm, confidentiality, informed consent and survivor-centred principles. • Comply with OCHR safeguarding, child safeguarding, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, code of conduct, anti-fraud and conflict-of-interest requirements. • Explain available feedback and complaint channels to participants and promptly report safeguarding concerns through approved confidential pathways. • Maintain accurate, sex- and age-disaggregated activity records and submit timely daily, weekly and monthly information to the supervisor using approved formats. • Coordinate respectfully with project colleagues, community representatives, relevant authorities and service providers while protecting personal data. • Participate in orientation, supervision, team meetings, capacity-building activities and performance reviews, and carry out other project-related duties assigned by the supervisor. Job Requirements • Bachelor’s degree or recognized professional qualification in Nursing, Midwifery, Nutrition, Public Health or a related health discipline. • Minimum two years of relevant experience in health, nutrition, maternal and child health, counselling or community health programming. • Sound knowledge of maternal and child nutrition, infant and young child feeding, immunization, hygiene, referral and health-promotion principles. • Experience working with women and adolescent girls and delivering participatory sessions in humanitarian or hard-to-reach settings is preferred. • Ability to recognize urgent danger signs and follow established referral and emergency procedures. • Strong communication, facilitation, record-keeping and teamwork skills, with respect for confidentiality and professional boundaries. • Fluency in the relevant local language is required; working knowledge of Dari and/or Pashto and basic English is an advantage.