LSST is looking for a Programme Associate - Nutrition officer to provide technical support for all nutrition-related components of the childcare interventions of the organisation. The role combines child nutrition, programme implementation, nutrition based capacity building, and data-driven decision making to ensure that the children receive nutritionally adequate meals and appropriate growth support.

*Key Responsibilities*
- Child Nutrition and Growth Monitoring
- Revise menus periodically based on seasonal availability, local foods and programme needs ensuring they are nutritionally balanced, affordable, and culturally appropriate.
- Standardise recipes and portion sizes for all childcare centres.
- Review and track child growth by regular anthropometric checks and identify children who may require additional nutrition support.
- Support supervisors in maintaining growth monitoring records.
- Capacity Building and Nutrition Education
- Build capacities of field teams and programme staff on
- Secure food preparation and food safety
- Complementary feeding




- Develop menu plans and facilitate recipe demonstrations with the mothers.
- Develop simple nutrition education materials for the programme.
- Promote appropriate infant and young child feeding practices.
- Quality and Programme Monitoring
- Compile and review nutrition and growth monitoring data.
- Identify trends and flag concerns requiring programme action.
- Prepare monthly nutrition summaries and support programme reporting.
- Other programme support
- Contribute to programme reviews and planning processes
- Ensure quality and standardization of anthropometric measurements
- Train field teams on data collection protocols
- Assist in interpretation of nutrition-related findings
- Contribute to technical inputs to programme documentation, reports, and publications

Essential Skills
- Understanding of child nutrition and growth monitoring
- Ability to train and work with rural and tribal populations
- Basic data

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