Community Nutrition Mobilizer
Job Description
Title: Community Nutrition Mobilizer
Company Name: Society for Health Extension and Development (SHED)
Vacancy: 9
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor Degree but will be given preference Diploma / B.Sc in Nutrition or relevant field
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ PRM FUNDED "COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED MULTI-SECTOR RESPONSE FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES AND HOST COMMUNITIES IN COX`S BAZAR" PROGRAMME
∎ Society for Health Extension and Development (SHED) a National NGO working in Cox`s Bazar district is inviting applications from suitable candidates for its programme titled the PRM funded "Comprehensive, Integrated Multi-Sector Response for Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Cox`s Bazar" from August 2023 to July 2026, in consortium with CWW, IRC and BBC Media Action (SuBaSh Consortium).SHED is looking qualified candidates for the following position.
∎ Job Title: Community Nutrition Mobilizer
∎ No. of Positions 09 Positions (03 -Camp, 6 -Host)
∎ Exact Job Location: Ukhiya, Cox`s Bazar District (camp 3, Host 6)
∎ Reportable to: Project Officer
∎ Contract details: Up to 31 August 2024
∎ Job purpose: Implementation of the nutrition and food security components of the PRM funded project to ensure quality service delivery, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and coordination with relevant authorities and stakeholders in the field.
∎ Liaises with: Nutrition Site Supervisors, other projects / programmes operating in the same areas, for mutual support and activity integration, towards collective multi-sectoral impact on nutrition outcomes of the target programme participants.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Project Implementation
∎ Mobilize volunteers / Lead mothers to work for the target community to ensure Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN)
∎ Conduct training for volunteers on MIYCN; Support Group approach, and activities for pregnant and lactating women and their husbands.
∎ Engage in programme participants selection process ensuring impartiality, and the coverage to expected programme areas.
∎ Form Support Groups and other programme participants groups according to project design, ensuring 100% coverage of the programme area.
∎ Ensure proper programme participants selection for the homestead garden activities
∎ Distribute materials / inputs to target beneficiaries, and promote the utilisation as per project design, to achieve project objectives
∎ Conduct on the job coaching to the volunteers to maintain high quality and accountability to programme participants.
∎ Ensure necessary technical support and on the job training for the volunteers
∎ Coordination
∎ Liaise with govt. authorities in camp level, manintain coordination and collaboration, support to conduct project start up and progress sharing workshop.
∎ Liaise with other project field teams to ensure integration of all projects under SHED, for smooth operation and mutual support.
∎ Monitoring and Evaluation
∎ Support MEAL team to create database of the project participants
∎ Participate in regular team meetings to share activity progress and learning.
∎ 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 Project Officer
∎ Support in the preperation of monthly statistical report and event report
∎ Additional Roles
∎ Perform other duties assigned by Executive Director or his Designated representative
∎ Accountability:
∎ 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:
∎ Age at least 20 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ 3 years progressively work experience in the development filed or Nutrition
∎ Experience in community nutrition, IYCF and/or care / support groups
∎ Good written and verbal communication skills in English is required
∎ Ability to understand and speaking in Rohingya dialect is desirable.
∎ Good knowledge on Rohingya refugee context is desirable & will be given preference female candidates.
∎ Key competencies:
∎ Pro- active with an ability to think analytically
∎ Ability to work in challenging environments.
∎ Ability to work with the community
Salary: Tk. 48417 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 10 Dec 2023
Company Information:
∎ 4 Dec 2023
∎ Society for Health Extension and Development (SHED)
∎ Address : PC-180, Kayuk Khali Para, Fishery Road, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
∎ Business : SHED - the Society for Health Extension and Development is a renown organization of Bangladesh especially in Cox`s Bazar District was established as the successor to the ICDDR,B Teknaf Station following the closer of the former in September, 1989. The organization has flourished and stepped into one of the reputed Non-Government National Organizations in Bangladesh and engaged in transforming the lives of the community people towards positive changes in selected areas of the country. Currently SHED has been implementing fifteen more projects with Department of Women Affairs DWA of GoB, UN-WFP, UNICEF, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL, Action Against Hunger, Solidarites International, CARE Bangladesh, USAID, Aroynak Foundation, GIZ in different upazilas of Chittagong and Cox`s Bazar District.
Category: NGO/Development
: Attachments: Interested candidates must send their application with:Cover letter/motivational letter with a signature & date.Updated CV with two references with their contact details details.(Reference may be checked before or after the recruitment)Two copies of recent passport size color photo.Photocopy of all educational certificates.Photocopy of national ID card, Experience & Clearance Certificate.
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 10th Dec 2023
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