Project HOPE is an international NGO with more than 1,000 engaged employees and volunteers who work around the globe, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 60-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients, provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up, and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.

Code of Conduct:

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to treat each other with respect, take affirmative steps to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse and Trafficking in Persons, and to disclose all potential and actual violations of our Code of Conduct, which may include Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption, Discrimination or Harassment. Together we can reinforce a culture of respect, integrity, accountability, and transparency.

Program Summary:

Project HOPE is providing humanitarian assistance to internally displaced and conflict-affected persons throughout the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory. The portfolio in the Gaza Strip focuses on Health, Mental Health, Protection, and WASH programming in partnership with local NGOs. Our activities include the operation of several primary and sexual reproductive health clinics operated by local Project HOPE staff.

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The CMAM Nurse is responsible for the routine delivery of Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition services at the assigned clinic while serving as the clinic Nutrition Focal Point. The position ensures that all nutrition services are delivered safely, accurately, and in accordance with national protocols, organizational procedures, and donor requirements.

2. Principal Responsibilities:

• CMAM Service Delivery

•Conduct nutritional and clinical assessments of children referred to CMAM services, including MUAC, weight, length or height, bilateral pitting oedema, appetite, clinical condition, and relevant history.

•Apply approved admission, treatment, follow-up, referral, transfer, and discharge criteria and ensure that all decisions are documented correctly.

•Conduct appetite testing and provide routine medicines and therapeutic nutrition products according to approved protocols and professional scope of practice.

•Monitor treatment progress, attendance, weight gain, MUAC changes, clinical condition, and response to treatment.

•Identify and follow up absentees, defaulters, non-responders, long-stay cases, and beneficiaries requiringadditional medical, nutrition, or social support.

•Identify children with danger signs or medical complications and arrange immediate clinical review or referral.

•Provide caregivers with clear information on treatment, product use, feeding, hygiene, danger signs, and follow-up appointments.

•Maintain complete, accurate, and confidential beneficiary files, registers, follow-up cards, and referral records.

• Clinic Nutrition Focal-Point Functions

•Coordinate the daily implementation of CMAM, IYCF, nutrition screening, growth monitoring, supplementary feeding, preventive nutrition, and other approved activities at the clinic.

•Organize beneficiary flow and daily nutrition-team responsibilities in coordination with the Clinic Focal Point and Nutrition Officer.

•Serve as the main clinic contact for nutrition-related technical and operational matters and communicate significant issues promptly to the Nutrition Officer.

•Promote integration and referral between nutrition, medical, nursing, maternal health, protection, WASH, mental health, disability, and community services.

•Provide technical guidance and on-the-job coaching to the relevant clinic staff.

•Monitor compliance with nutrition protocols, service standards, confidentiality, infection-prevention procedures, and safe beneficiary flow.

•Identify technical, operational, staffing, data, supply, and quality gaps and support implementation of agreed corrective actions.

•Participate in clinic meetings, supportive supervision, monitoring visits, assessments, audits, partner visits, and programme reviews.

• Reporting, Quality, and Commodities

•Review and validate daily, weekly, and monthly clinic nutrition data before submission.

•Monitor key CMAM indicators, including admissions, cure, default, death, non-response, transfers, length of stay, and referral completion.

•Ensure consistency between beneficiary files, registers, distribution records, stock records, and electronic reporting systems.

•Monitor the availability, consumption, storage, batch numbers, and expiry dates of therapeutic nutrition products, routine medicines, equipment, and programme tools.

•Report data discrepancies, commodity losses, damaged supplies, or potential stock-outs immediately and support stock counts and data-quality reviews.

• Perform any other duties as assigned, based on team needs and operational requirements.

3. Key Performance Expectations

• CMAM services are delivered in accordance with approved protocols and professional standards.

• Clinic reports and beneficiary records are accurate, complete, and submitted on time.

•High-risk, absent, and non-responding beneficiaries are identified and followed up appropriately.

•Nutrition activities at the clinic are coordinated and integrated with relevant services.

•Commodity and equipment needs are monitored, and avoidable stock interruptions are promptly escalated.

4. Minimum Qualification:

•Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, Nursing, Midwifery, Public Health, or a related field.

•At least two years of relevant experience, including practical CMAM, pediatric nutrition, or humanitarian health experience.

•Previous experience as a clinic focal point, senior nurse, or technical lead is preferred.

•Strong knowledge of CMAM protocols, anthropometry, clinical referral, IYCF, and nutrition programme indicators.

•Good reporting and computer skills, particularly Microsoft Excel and electronic data systems.

•Fluency in Arabic; English proficiency is required

5. Core Competencies

Clinical judgement; leadership; clinic coordination; problem-solving; data accuracy; communication; staff coaching; accountability; confidentiality; teamwork; and ability to work effectively under pressure.

6. Safeguarding and Professional Conduct

The postholder must uphold humanitarian principles, beneficiary dignity, confidentiality, safeguarding, child protection, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, anti-fraud requirements, and the organization’s Code of Conduct. Any safeguarding, exploitation, fraud, diversion, or serious programme concern must be reported immediately through approved channels.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS ANDWORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.

• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form and must be able to travel.

• Project HOPE employees may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”

Work environment

• This position is based in Gaza. Given the current conflict conditions, candidates must be able to work in a rapidly changing environment

• Position will be in resource-deprived environment with austere living conditions.

• Travel for extended periods may be by air and/or other modes of transportation.

• Project HOPE employees may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.