Assistant Project Officer (CHW Supervisor), Health & Nutrition, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer (CHW Supervisor), Health & Nutrition, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC.

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ BA/BSc/MSc in Nutrition and Food science or any other relevant subject.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Responsible to manage and oversee community health and Nutrition activities.
∎ Provide training to the volunteers on health and nutrition community activities
∎ Provide regular supportive supervision to CHVs to enable them to perform their duties effectively
∎ Responsible to oversee compiling and collecting of relevant community health on a weekly and monthly basis.
∎ Act as a link between PHC/HP and community structures such as community leaders, volunteers, beneficiaries and beneficiary groups
∎ Support planning for Health and nutrition activities at community level in line with national/local guidelines
∎ Conduct detailed mapping of the site catchment areas
∎ Promote adoption of good health and nutrition practices and behavior learnt at community and household level.
∎ Identify and reporting challenges faced in implementation for timely resolution.
∎ Coordinate the dissemination of nutrition promotional messages in the targeted community
∎ Monitor and supervise data collection by volunteers and ensuring accuracy and completeness
∎ Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
∎ Provide support and mentorship and providing on-the-job training where needed.
∎ Supervise community health Workers / volunteers including monitoring attendance, arranging schedules and areas of work
∎ With support of relevant health manager facilitate meetings with Community Health Volunteers for feedback and trouble shooting
∎ Provide daily oversite and supervision to ensure the community health activities are being carried out with the highest quality
∎ Meet with beneficiaries to get feedback on activities, needs, and improve ways of working
∎ Meet with community leaders to ensure support for the project and better uptake of the community to the health services
∎ Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities and other implementing partners.
∎ Review, compile and submit reports as required by PHC/HP
∎ Maintain liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for the health team.
∎ Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop the health team.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Job Location (Bhasan Char, Hatiaya, Noakhali)
∎ Age Na
∎ Ms Office
∎ Coordination
∎ Reporting and Documents
∎ Presentation Skill
∎ Supervision
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Nov 2021

Company Information:
∎ 7 Nov 2021
∎ BRAC.
∎ Address : BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development

: BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, partners, programme participants and the community has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation. We uphold human dignity and inclusion rights for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin or socio-economic condition. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from women and gender-diverse individuals. We welcome persons with disabilities to apply. We nurture a culture where all individuals have the opportunity to realise their potential. Any personal persuasion will result in disqualification of candidature.