CHW Supervisor/Community Health Supervisor

Job Description

Title: CHW Supervisor/Community Health Supervisor

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

Published: 2026-02-22

Application Deadline: 2026-02-28

Education:

Requirements:

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:

Responsible for:

• Capacity building of CHWs and team leaders/ educators through on-the-job training and feedback as per the CHWG training calendar, and on a demand basis.

• Shadow visit with CHWs at the household level at least 2 days a week, maintaining a unique checklist (CHWG approved).

• Home visits with CHWs to the household which has several vulnerable, sick members to improve household-based care and practices and create awareness through individual or group counseling on the preventive aspect of diseases.

• Organize orientation to the community forums on priority health topics as and when required under the guidance of the medical team leader and CHWG/Health Sector.

• Aggregate on a daily/weekly basis and monitor collected forms (Mortality, referrals, livebirth) and improve the way of reporting and recording.

• Conduct weekly health education sessions with CHWs based on the CHWG guideline, and mentor sessions at the community level twice a month.

• Assist the CHWs who have emergency patients send them to a clinician for emergency treatment and care.

• Coordinate and support CHWs to work with different units of the health center and other relevant sectors for health education, defaulter tracing and referrals.

• Ensure the use of IEC materials for conducting regular health education sessions

• Organize and facilitate a regular monthly meeting with other outreach workers in the camp

• Help improve the working quality of CHW.

• Lead the discussion of the weekly meeting with CHWs who share their concerns and interesting findings. Record the information that CHW shared.

• Help in solving the problems that CHW raise in the meeting.

• Implement the task as per the CHWG/ Health Sector guidance.

• Support patients follow up irrespective of the funding agency.

Activities:

• Ensure proper infection prevention practices, including housekeeping· Prepare a monthly report.

• Any work assigned by the concerned authority.

• Attend all relevant meetings/workshops/training.

• Actively take part in mentoring activities organized by Friendship· Excellent Communication skills.

• Act always in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

• Honest and high level of integrity.

Skill and Competencies:

Educational Qualification:

• Bachelor’s preferably with Masters in Public Health/Sociology/Anthropology/Food & Nutrition/any other relevant subject.

• Minimum of 2 years of working experience in the relevant project. Applicants who have work experience in the Rohingya Camps will be given preference.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Basic computer skills.

• Highly committed & motivated to work in remote places.

 Read Before Apply

Please note that applications via any other method will not be considered.

“FRIENDSHIP is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and employees, Donors, visiting Doctors, visiting Journalists, visitors, beneficiaries including communities where we work and volunteers/interns. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with, has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure fully include background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding. 

FRIENDSHIP is an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in a disqualification of candidature”.

Photograph must be enclosed with the resume.