Job Description

Title: Community Nutrition Mobilizer

Company Name: Concern Worldwide

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Minimum Salary: Tk. 35904 (Monthly)

Published: 6 May 2024

Education:
∎ Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Food Science from any reputed university.
∎ Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Food Science from any reputed university.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Fresher are encouraged to apply, Experience in working at community nutrition related field will add extra value.
∎ Technical knowledge on Community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programming.
∎ Sound knowledge on IYCF/E, MAMI, ECCD and Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) activities
∎ Having good knowledge on Rohingya refugee programmes will add value.
∎ Good fluency in Bengali and desirable English fluency. Satisfactory knowledge on Rohingya Dialect might get preference.
∎ Proficient knowledge of standard computer software if possible.
∎ Pro- active with an ability to think analytically, identifying opportunities and mechanisms to broaden programming.
∎ Results oriented.
∎ Excellent planning and organisational skills.
∎ Ability to problem solve and good decision making skills.
∎ Strong team player and experience to lead team of front line service implementers.
∎ Ability to work in challenging environments and strict deadline.
∎ Fluency in Bengali and English (satisfactory). Knowledge on Rohigya/Chittagonian dialect with add extra value.
∎ Good reporting and excellent communication skills
∎ Ability to work in team, respect team decisions and support multi-cultural team members.
∎ Strong leadership qualities and willingness to exercise initiative and work independently.
∎ Must have a ‘hands on’, practical mentality, be self-driven and very self-motivated.
∎ Must be well organized.
∎ Very high attention to detail.
∎ Cultural and political sensitivity.
∎ Fresher are encouraged to apply, Experience in working at community nutrition related field will add extra value.
∎ Technical knowledge on Community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programming.
∎ Sound knowledge on IYCF/E, MAMI, ECCD and Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) activities
∎ Having good knowledge on Rohingya refugee programmes will add value.
∎ Good fluency in Bengali and desirable English fluency. Satisfactory knowledge on Rohingya Dialect might get preference.
∎ Proficient knowledge of standard computer software if possible.
∎ Pro- active with an ability to think analytically, identifying opportunities and mechanisms to broaden programming.
∎ Results oriented.
∎ Excellent planning and organisational skills.
∎ Ability to problem solve and good decision making skills.
∎ Strong team player and experience to lead team of front line service implementers.
∎ Ability to work in challenging environments and strict deadline.
∎ Fluency in Bengali and English (satisfactory). Knowledge on Rohigya/Chittagonian dialect with add extra value.
∎ Good reporting and excellent communication skills
∎ Ability to work in team, respect team decisions and support multi-cultural team members.
∎ Strong leadership qualities and willingness to exercise initiative and work independently.
∎ Must have a ‘hands on’, practical mentality, be self-driven and very self-motivated.
∎ Must be well organized.
∎ Very high attention to detail.
∎ Cultural and political sensitivity.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Mobilizing the Community Outreach teams to work with the target community to ensure that the Nutrition in Emergency Response Project activity is delivered with maximum efficiency and professionalism.
∎ Ensuring that the targeted community (under five, adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating women) are linked to the nutrition support Centre for services eg. Counselling, diagnosis, treatment.
∎ Leading the implementation of effective CMAM approach specially the community outreach activities including-screening, identification, referral, follow up, listing of all the household in targeted area including the pregnant and lactating women, under five children and adolescent girls, mother to mother support group activities and mobilization of the community.
∎ Ensure the successful implementation of Infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) and MAMI activities in the center and community level along with ECCD roll out with guidance from Nutrition Site Supervisor.
∎ Ensuring that volunteers are adequately trained and are regularly supporting screening and refer the SAM, MAM and at-risk children.
∎ Ensuring that the nutrition mobilization plan is developed jointly with the team and delivered timely and effectively to ensure improvement in the nutrition status of the project participants
∎ Ensure optimal community participation in the project by supporting the CRM including providing regular feedback to the community.
∎ Building rapport with the beneficiaries; to encourage them to seek help for their problems by opening up safe and comfortable space where they can express themselves and share their constraints.
∎ Liaising with other stakeholders operating in the sector within the same target area and identify competent local resources for referrals whenever necessary.
∎ Enable a friendly collaborative working culture within the team, actively sharing information and knowledge to enable the team to ensure effective learning and sharing across the team
∎ Orient team members on the Complaint Response Mechanism (CRM) within Concern’s programming
∎ Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, security management etc.).
∎ Reporting and documentation of performed project activities.
∎ Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Director or the line manager.
∎ Job Purpose:
∎ The Community Nutrition Mobilizer will be responsible for all community mobilization related activities involving the community outreach teams charged with the bulk of the preventive nutrition interventions at the community level, as well as MAMI and IYCE. She / He will supervise and support the outreach volunteer team to work closely with the target community including caregivers of children under five, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, and spouses, religious and local leaders among others groups in the settlement in Cox’s Bazar. He/she will be responsible for ensuring that home visits, tracking of defaulters, relapses, non-response, nutrition counselling and nutrition messaging among other community level activities are conducted with utmost quality as prescribed in the project design. In a single word, she / he will be responsible for all type of community outreach acticities and work as a bridge between integrated nutrition facility and community outreach. S/He will be responsible to perform other activities requested by his/her supervisor based on project need.
∎ Main duties & responsibilities:
∎ Mobilizing the Community Outreach teams to work with the target community to ensure that the Nutrition in Emergency Response Project activity is delivered with maximum efficiency and professionalism.
∎ Ensuring that the targeted community (under five, adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating women) are linked to the nutrition support Centre for services eg. Counselling, diagnosis, treatment.
∎ Leading the implementation of effective CMAM approach specially the community outreach activities including-screening, identification, referral, follow up, listing of all the household in targeted area including the pregnant and lactating women, under five children and adolescent girls, mother to mother support group activities and mobilization of the community.
∎ Ensure the successful implementation of Infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) and MAMI activities in the center and community level along with ECCD roll out with guidance from Nutrition Site Supervisor.
∎ Ensuring that volunteers are adequately trained and are regularly supporting screening and refer the SAM, MAM and at-risk children.
∎ Ensuring that the nutrition mobilization plan is developed jointly with the team and delivered timely and effectively to ensure improvement in the nutrition status of the project participants
∎ Ensure optimal community participation in the project by supporting the CRM including providing regular feedback to the community.
∎ Building rapport with the beneficiaries; to encourage them to seek help for their problems by opening up safe and comfortable space where they can express themselves and share their constraints.
∎ Liaising with other stakeholders operating in the sector within the same target area and identify competent local resources for referrals whenever necessary.
∎ Enable a friendly collaborative working culture within the team, actively sharing information and knowledge to enable the team to ensure effective learning and sharing across the team
∎ Orient team members on the Complaint Response Mechanism (CRM) within Concern’s programming
∎ Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, security management etc.).
∎ Reporting and documentation of performed project activities.
∎ Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Director or the line manager.
∎ Type of Contract: Short term Contract
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Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Standard benefits as per organizational policy:
∎ Festival allowance (02), Baisakhi allowance, Group Life and Hospitalisation Insurance coverages, OPD coverage, Mobile ceiling and other admissible benefits as per organisational policy.

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Read Before Apply:

If you feel that your qualification and experience match our requirements, and you have a shared commitment to Concern's values, please email the completed Job Application Form with photograph, National ID, TIN and all Educational Certificates to recruitment.bgd@concern.net.

Candidates over 60 years of age are discouraged to apply.

We require immediate possible joining for this position.

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