Machakos County, nicknamed ‘Macha,’ was the first capital city of Kenya and is now an administrative county in Kenya. Machakos is made up of eight (8) constituencies including Machakos Town, Mavoko, Masinga, Yatta, Kangundo, Kathiani, Matungulu, and Mwala. Machakos Town is the administrative capital of the County.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assessing community nutrition needs
• Following-up on discharge cases from hospital
• Screening for deficiency diseases and chronic illnesses related to nutrition in a community nutrition and deictics
• Promoting baby friendly community initiatives
• Conducting community growth
• Monitoring and promotion activities
• Assisting in community interventions on diet and lifestyle disease prevention and control
• Promoting optimal infant and young child feeding programs
• Assisting in running out patient supplementary feeding programs and outpatient therapeutic feeding programs
• Following up and counseling of patients in home-based disease management
• Carrying out nutrition health education.

Requirements for Appointment

• Certificate in Community Nutrition or its equivalent from a recognized institution
• Certificate in computer applications skills from a recognized institution
• Registration by council of the institute of Nutritionist and Dieticians (CIND)