Cooking Demonstration Promoter

Job Description

Title: Cooking Demonstration Promoter

Company Name: Concern Worldwide

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ At least SSC/Equivalent degree (HSC/Bachelor's will add extra value).

Job Context:
∎ Type of Contract: Fixed Term Contract up to December 31, 2022
∎ Job Purpose: The Cooking Demonstration Promoter will be responsible for facilitating Cooking demonstration sessions at the facility as well as community level, messaging and counselling to caregivers and beneficiaries attending services in the OTP, TSFP and the BSFP Centre. She will also demonstrate the preparation of supplementary food provided to BSFP beneficiaries and disseminate a range of health and nutrition messages including breastfeeding, hand washing, dietary diversity, among others geared at influencing adoption of appropriate behaviour change around maternal infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN). In addition, Cooking Demonstration Promoter will facilitate and ensure the "Mukhe Vaat ceremony" at facility and community levels for the children who completed 6 month of age. She will be responsible to perform other activities requested by her supervisor based on project need.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ In liaison with the Nutrition Site Supervisor-CMAM and Outreach Supervisor to ensure preparation and dissemination cooking demonstration practices, messages at the site and community level on a range of topics around MIYCF.
∎ Demonstrate preparation of supplementary food provided to Children under five and PLWs from BSFP component.
∎ Lead the organization and facilitation of participatory cooking sessions to develop nutritious complementary feeding recipes with support from community volunteers and mother care group members.
∎ Organize "Mukhe Vaat Ceremony" at facility and site level with support from Outreach Supervisors for the children who reached six month of age.
∎ Home visit to follow up the appropriate practices are followed by mothers and care givers to prepare nutritious recipes.
∎ Organize awareness raising session and message dissemination among mothers and care givers of IYCF children to sensitize them on nutrition, hygiene and care practices.
∎ Along with Health educators to motivate caregivers to make healthy changes and adopt recommended health and nutrition practices including encouraging them to attend nutrition services within the nutrition sites.
∎ Support to roll out integrated ECCD activities at the center and facility level.
∎ Support and prepare required weekly and monthly program reports.
∎ 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.
∎ Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern's policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, security management etc.).
∎ Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the line manager.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Around 1-2 years' progressive experience in a similar/related activities. (For highly technical candidates, experience is considerable).
∎ Technical knowledge on CMAM, IYCF, MAMI and SBCC.
∎ Having good knowledge on Rohingya refugee programmes will add value.
∎ Demonstrate ability to think and manage strategically, plan and meet deadlines.
∎ Only Female candidates are eligible as they will work closely with Pregnant and lactating mother and other female program participant group.
∎ Good command and fluency over Rohingya language/Chittagong dialect (Local Dialect).

Salary: Tk. 22473 (Monthly)

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

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 4 Jan 2022

Company Information:
∎ 30 Dec 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