Nutrition Specialist, Medicine - MC

Nutrition Specialist, Medicine - MC

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Karachi

Introduction to the Aga Khan University:

Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research and health care of international standard relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital has well-equipped investigative services and provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities. AKUH is the first hospital in Pakistan to be awarded the prestigious Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) for practicing the highest internationally recognized healthcare standards.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

This is grant funded contractual position.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for field-based activities which includes collecting data, assisting in data cleaning, analysis of nutrition data and planned activities.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Visit targeted households to collect dietary data from eligible study participants.
• Collect, process and analyse household and individual information through survey questionnaires regarding dietary intake.
• Categorise food items and assign dietary scores.
• Ensure that all data collection tools and equipment are properly maintained and used according to protocol.
• Assist with any other duties of a similar nature that are delegated by coordinator/Managers
• Maintain the highest standard of professional conduct and record keeping in accordance with policies and procedures for nutrition and dietary data.
• Perform quality checks and cleaning of nutrition datasets.
• Provide training sessions to educate field teams on nutrition data collection methods and dietary assessment protocols.
• Assist in interpreting nutrition data and drafting reports, summaries, and manuscripts related to dietary findings.
• Participate in community advisory panel meetings and stakeholder discussions as needed to provide expert input on dietary issues.
• Weekly report on the study
• Quarterly report on run designed data

Requirements:

You should have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition, or related field.
• Proven experience in dietary assessment methods and nutrition data analysis.
• 1-2 years in health/nutrition Survey
• Physical fitness for outdoor activities and willingness to work in community settings
• Good interpersonal communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work collegially with community members and with study participants.
• Familiarity with dietary scoring systems.
• Experienced with handling large datasets ensuring data quality.
• Resilience and ability to cope with work pressure
• Preferred proficiency in data analysis software (e.g. Microsoft Excel, STATA, SPSS, R etc) and MS Office.
• Ability to interpret complex nutrition data and communicate findings clearly

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.