Community Outreach Assistant (Teknaf Base)
Job Description
Title: Community Outreach Assistant (Teknaf Base)
Company Name: Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Professional diploma or University degree in social development, public health or related field
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ In 2020, Terre des hommes (Tdh) will implement an integrated project titled "Enhance the safety and dignity of refugees and host communities in Bangladesh through integrated multi-sectorial humanitarian assistance".
∎ The project will be implemented in camps 26 and 27 with the aim of contributing to a protective environment for refugee and host communities in Teknaf.
∎ The project is an integrated response across three sectors: Child Protection, Health and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH).
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Key roles and responsibilities:
∎ Disseminate key messages within the community under his/her responsibility through home to home outreach and awareness raising sessions on the basics of Health, WASH and Child Protection
∎ Inform communities about Tdh services provided
∎ Ensure safe, timely and confidential referrals of individuals in a need of specialized support or assistance (e.g. medical assistance, child protection case management, psycho-social support etc.)
∎ Monitor, collect and report to the Community Outreach Team Leader any information linked to the living conditions and the health situation of the population (e.g. food security, vaccination status, nutritional situation, detection of medical needs of the population, number of people arriving or leaving the community, births and deaths in the community, vaccination status of children, etc.)
∎ Maintain confidentiality regarding all information observed or registered
∎ Support community-based mechanisms
∎ Map existing community structures and identify community mechanisms for preventing and responding to child protection, health and WASH issues
∎ Identify vulnerable groups in the community as well as positive role model and engage with Support existing structures though community outreach and mobilization, Support community-led advocacy and access to services
∎ Link the community to service providers and local government stakeholders
∎ Support the community to lead in developing local service mapping and referral pathway, including feedback on quality of services
∎ Raise feedback from community on quality and gaps in services to the Community Outreach Team Leader
∎ Operational management of activities
∎ Document the minutes and attendance lists of all community-based meetings and sessions
∎ Submit weekly reports to the Community Outreach Team Leader.
∎ Other responsibilities
∎ Fully comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and ensure Child Safeguarding Policy is upheld at all times
∎ Ensure adherence to Tdh standards and quality requirements in all the project activities.
∎ Accept other responsibilities as assigned by the Line Manager
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Basic knowledge of Child Protection in Emergencies is desirable
∎ At least 1 year of experience in community-based outreach and/ or community-based child protection
∎ Experience working with children, adolescents, caregivers, community leaders both host and refugees
∎ Skills
∎ Excellent leadership and negotiation skills
∎ Excellent facilitation and communication skills
∎ Highly ethical, empathetic, motivated, proactive, autonomous, rigorous, organized
∎ Languages
∎ Fluent in Bangla and Chittagong Dialect is a must
∎ Good knowledge of English is desirable
Salary: Tk. 39750 (Monthly)
Application Deadline: April 5, 2020
Company Information:
∎ Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
∎ Address : Impulse Ocean View, Plot#68, Block#A, PWD Residential Area,Kolatoli, Coxs Bazar’.
∎ Web : www.tdh.ch/en
∎ Business : Terre des hommes is the leading Swiss child relief agency, improving the lives of millions of the world`s most vulnerable children. TDH is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organisation (INGO). TDH working in Bangladesh since 1974 and its work focused on Health, Nutrition and Child Relief. The Organization is considering interventions in Nutrition at Coxs Bazar among the displaced people from Myanmar
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 5th Apr 2020
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