Assistant Project Officer -Nutrition

Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer -Nutrition

Company Name: Concern Worldwide

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Degree or Diploma in Nutrition or Public Health related field

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Type of Contract: Fixed term contract up to 31st August 2022.
∎ Job Purpose: Capacity building of household level structures to create an enabling environment for adoption of the recommended maternal, infant and young child nutrition practices, for improved nutrition of pregnant and lactating women and children under 2 years.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Project Implementation:
∎ Train Health and Nutrition Promoters on Nutrition and the Mother Care Group approach, for promotion of recommended nutrition practices at household level
∎ Sensitize and engage husbands and mothers in law of pregnant and lactating women on nutrition using social and behaviour change communication methods
∎ Guide Health and Nutrition Promoters to select project beneficiaries with respect and impartiality, and ensuring the required coverage of the project areas.
∎ Guide Health and Nutrition Promoters in formation of Mother Care Groups and other project beneficiary groups, ensuring 100% coverage of project area.
∎ Form groups of husbands and mothers in law of Lead Mothers for social and behaviour change communication on nutrition of mothers and children
∎ Conduct quarterly sessions with husbands and mothers in law of Lead Mothers and agree on key actions for each of them to adopt for improved mother and child nutrition in their own homes
∎ Conduct home visits for husbands and mothers in law of lead mothers to follow up the personal commitments to behaviour change in their own homes
∎ Support the development of a pictorial book of innovative nutritious meals recipes for maternal, infant and young child nutrition, through participatory cooking sessions
∎ Build capacity of Health and Nutrition Promoters to deliver quality cascading sessions, as per the Mother Care Group approach, on maternal, infant and young child nutrition, participatory cooking sessions and home gardens
∎ Distribute project materials to target beneficiaries, and promote the utilisation as per project design, to achieve project objectives
∎ Conduct on the job coaching to the Health and Nutrition Promoters to maintain high quality and accountability to beneficiaries.
∎ Coordination:
∎ Conduct community sensitization meetings with leaders and influential persons to ensure buy in and beneficiaries trust and willingness to participate in the project
∎ Liaise with other Concern project field teams to ensure integration of all projects within Concern Worldwide, for smooth operation and mutual support.
∎ Human Resource Management:
∎ Monitor performance of Health and Nutrition Promoters in the field and ensure timely performance development reviews for each of them.
∎ Ensure the welfare, safety and security of the Health and Nutrition Promoters in liaison with HR and Nutrition Officer.
∎ Ensure an enabling, friendly, collaborative and professional working culture within the project team, and adherence to Concern policies and procedures.
∎ Monitoring and Evaluation.
∎ Participate in regular team meetings to discuss activity progress and learning.
∎ Work with Nutrition Officer to identify and address implementation bottlenecks.
∎ Support MEAL team in data collection for surveys and evaluations.
∎ Ensure that the feedback mechanism for accountability to staff and beneficiaries is operational in the project areas.
∎ Reporting:
∎ Share weekly field activities updates with the Nutrition Officer.
∎ Work with MEAL to build capacity of the Health and Nutrition Promoters to use the activities' M&E tools.
∎ Additional Roles:
∎ Promote and ensure compliance with the requirements of Concern's HR policies, concern's Code of Conduct and its associated policies and Core Humanitarian Standards of Accountability to ensure protection to programme beneficiaries.
∎ Perform other duties assigned by Nutrition Officer or Assistant Project Coordinator
∎ Accountability:
∎ In line with Concern's commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):
∎ Actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E);
∎ Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;
∎ Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 1 year work experience in Nutrition or Public Health related field
∎ Experience in community nutrition, IYCF and/or mother care groups is required
∎ Good knowledge on Rohingya refugee context is required
∎ Ability to communicate fluently in Rohingya language or Chittagonian is required
∎ Experience working with older people over 60 years would be an advantage

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Monthly Hardship Allowance of BDT 10,000/-, PF (contributory), Bonus (02), Gratuity, Group life and Hospitalisation Insurance coverages, OPD Allowance, Mobile ceiling as per organisational policy

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 11 Sep 2021

Company Information:
∎ 5 Sep 2021
∎ Concern Worldwide
∎ Business : Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world`s poorest countries. With its head quarter in Ireland, Concern has been working in Bangladesh since 1972.

Category: NGO/Development