Anchal Mentoring Officer

Job Description

Title: Anchal Mentoring Officer

Company Name: Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)

Vacancy: 02

Job Location: Barguna, Patuakhali

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Early Childhood development/ Psychology / Social Science / Music/ Drama /Education / Development studies or other relevant field from reputed university

Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) is one of the leading organizations dedicated to public health research in Bangladesh. The centre is now looking for qualified person to fulfill the following vacant post immediately to work in Injury, disaster and drowning prevention programme.
∎ Job Location: Kalapara of Patuakhali / Betagi or Taltoli of Barguna under Barishal Division.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Drowning is a leading cause of death worldwide. It's a serious, neglected public health threat, claiming the lives of 320,000 people every year.
∎ More than 90% of drowning occurs in low- and middle-income countries, where people have higher exposure to the risks associated with open water as they go about their daily lives: collecting water, bathing, fishing and playing.
∎ In Bangladesh, drowning is the leading cause of death for children aged 1-17, with 18,000 young lives lost needlessly every year. Disasters and water-related risks affect all areas of Bangladesh, with the Barishal Division bearing the highest burden. Despite the death toll, action to reduce and prevent drowning in Barisal has been absent.
∎ In Bangladesh, drowning deaths mostly occur in rural areas, away from hospitals and out of the sight of policy makers. Evidence shows that a range of interventions are effective at preventing drowning, including the strategic use of barriers to control access to water, provision of safe places such as day care centres for pre-school children, and teaching school-age children basic swimming skills.
∎ Project Bhasa (which means 'float' in Bengali) is a groundbreaking initiative to reduce drowning in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh. The project is developing a multi-sector and evidence-led strategy to target the most vulnerable people
∎ The outcome that this project is seeking to achieve is for other organisations to be in a position whereby they can deliver effective drowning prevention interventions for boys and girls under 12 in the Barishal division.
∎ Job Responsibilities-
∎ Prepare and submit effective monthly work plan to Area Coordinator in the last week of each month
∎ Conduct Anchal Basic and Refresher Training for improving Anchal Maa & Anchal Assistant performance. Also conduct one to one training to newly recruited Anchal Maa & Assistant (Replacement for Dropout) for improving Anchal quality service.
∎ Assess logistics needs for her respective Anchal centers and report to her Area Coordinator quarterly.
∎ Ensure monitoring, supervision and overall quality ECD activities of overall 80-120 Anchal centers according to SOP (Standard Operational Procedure). Anchal Operation. Identify poor performing Anchal and Anchal Maas and provide support to improve their kills and professional development. Supervise activities of 3-4 Programme (Anchal) supervisors
∎ Pay visit to poor-performing Anchal centers and Anchal Ma for quality improvement purposes as per requirements. Prepare a visit report and document it in an AMO activity register book.
∎ Attend in daily sharing meetings with the Anchal Supervisors and identify challenges and scope of improvements as well as success stories related to Anchal. Organize 8-10 monthly Cluster Meetings on an average and support weak performing Anchal Maa & Assistant Maas to improve their performance. Ensure regular conduction of monthly parents meetings.
∎ Communicate with the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist to consult about ECD related issues.
∎ Assist research team on conducting different ECD assessments research related studies on need basis.
∎ Prepare the progress reports for Project Head Office. Prepare Anchal monthly report, assisting in curriculum design and planning, documenting successes, challenges, case studies and lessons learned from the field sites and inform the Head Office Team
∎ Keep regular communication with various stakeholders including Parents, members of Village Injury Prevention Committee (VIPC), Union Injury Prevention Committee (UIPC).
∎ Support and implement any other activities as assigned by the Area Coordinator, and other higher management.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 3-5 years’ experiences in Education programme with a good exposure to work at the community level. Candidates having knowledge and experience to work in Disaster/injury and drowning prevention will be an advantage.

Salary:
∎ Consolidated monthly salary is Tk. 26,950 (Including taxes).

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Other benefits as per policy of the organization.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 31 Mar 2022

Company Information:
∎ 21 Mar 2022
∎ Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)

Category: NGO/Development