Anchal Mentoring Officer

Job Description

Title: Anchal Mentoring Officer

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

Vacancy: 01

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

Job Context:
∎ Background/purpose of the role:
∎ 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.
∎ The role-
∎ CIPRB is seeking an experienced Anchal Mentoring Officer to developing skills of rural caregivers, stakeholders, as well as ensuring quality delivery of the project named Reducing mortality and improving early childhood development of children aged 1-4 in rural communities of Barisal, Bangladesh from April 2021 to July 2022 at field level. The Anchal Mentoring Officer will be responsible for developing skills of a team of 100Anchal Caregivers of the mentioned drowning prevention interventions, as well as working closely with staff at head office to ensure that quality delivery of ECD services is provided in the assigned Anchal centers. Field Team Manager will be reportable to the Area Coordinator.
∎ Job Location: Patuakhali or Barguna with frequent field visit in the intervention areas

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Prepare and submit effective monthly work plan to Area Coordinator in the last week of the 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:
∎ Significant experience in training, curriculum design, learning materials development, and coordination within the development and/or education sector, preferably within rural settings in Bangladesh
∎ Previous track record of working with community-based ECD or Education interventions
∎ Previous experience in training field level staff
∎ Strong Knowledge and skills in story-telling, singing and performing basic dances
∎ Strong communication and interpersonal skills
∎ Strong managerial skills with the ability to deliver results
∎ Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English and Bangla
∎ Proficient in computer skills, including use of email, internet, Microsoft Office programs: Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
∎ Knowledge on safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
∎ Excellent Communication, facilitation, organizational, and willingness to learn
∎ Proficient in computer skills, including use of email, Internet, Microsoft Office programs: Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
∎ Experience of working at remote communities would be an added advantage
∎ Knowledge on safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults

Salary:
∎ Ranges between Taka 30,950 based on educational qualifications and experiences.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per organizational policy

Application Deadline: 25 Mar 2021

Company Information:
∎ 14 Mar 2021
∎ Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)
∎ Address : House-B-162, Road-23, New DOHS, Mohakahali, Dhaka -1206, Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.ciprb.org
∎ Business : Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) is one of the leading organizations dedicated to public health research in Bangladesh.

Category: NGO/Development

: CIPRB is an equal opportunity employer, only female candidates are eligible to apply for the position. All employees are required to comply with the child protection policy & safeguarding policy of the organization.