Cooking Demonstration Promoter
Job Description
Title: Cooking Demonstration Promoter
Company Name: Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
Vacancy: --
Age: at most 40 years
Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Maximum Salary: Tk. 30000 (Monthly)
Published: 13 Jun 2024
Education:
∎ Bachelor/Honors
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ The Cooking Demonstrator will conduct and facilitate cooking demonstrations at the center/community level according to local recipes and will also follow up on field-level activities of Health & Nutrition workers’ sensitization sessions on health, hygiene, and nutrition key messages as per guidelines.
∎ Identify needs for breastfeeding counseling and refer to IYCF counselor, provide daily, weekly & monthly reports on Health & Nutrition Education, MTMSGs, and so on.
∎ Develop and disseminate a range of health and nutrition messages including breastfeeding, hand washing, dietary diversity, ANC and PNC attendance, and micro-nutrient supplementation among others geared at influencing the adoption of appropriate behavior change around maternal infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN).
∎ Work closely with the nutrition team to identify children who are not responding to the treatment as required and structure particular messages to address identified child feeding challenges and ensure that the caregivers are supported to ensure adequate care for their children.
∎ Liaise with the Nutrition Site Supervisor, IYCF Counsellor, and ECCD Promoter to prepare for and disseminate health education and counseling sessions at the site level on a range of topics around MIYCF and ECCD.
∎ Contribute to the development of health and nutrition promotion messages to pass to the targeted community members including a review of the suitability of existing IEC materials within the response.
∎ Identify caregivers requiring individual and/or group counseling on particular topics and administer them to address identified challenges.
∎ Conduct health, nutrition, hygiene, and health education sessions for caregivers of beneficiaries attending TSFP and BSFP services
∎ Conduct training for community health and nutrition workers on key nutrition/health/hygiene messaging and case identification and referral.
∎ Assist volunteers and counselors in delivering messages on the preparation of supplementary foods provided to beneficiaries at the sites.
∎ Motivate caregivers to make healthy changes and adopt recommended health and nutrition practices including encouraging them to attend nutrition services within the nutrition sites.
∎ Assist the community health and nutrition workers in implementing promotional activities to document and plan activities on a monthly basis.
∎ 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. Special Note·
∎ Carry out any additional assignment per her/his position entrusted with the GK Management from time to time and mutually agreed upon.·
∎ Management may, at any point in time, modify this job description as it is deemed necessary in Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s interests in consultation with the incumbent·
∎ Due to the emergency response nature of GK's work, hours of work may vary, and employees should be flexible in approaching hours of work in emergency conditions.·
∎ The employee must respect the timetable, terms, and conditions of Gonoshasthaya Kendra and should always be available to respond to an emergency.
∎ GK was created in 1972 with two visions. Firstly, "the fate of the poor decides fate of the country". Secondly, the "development of the country depends on the development of women".
∎ Job Location: Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar/ Bhasanchar, Hatiya, Noakhali
∎ Overall responsibilities:
∎ The Cooking Demonstrator will conduct and facilitate cooking demonstrations at the center/community level according to local recipes and will also follow up on field-level activities of Health & Nutrition workers’ sensitization sessions on health, hygiene, and nutrition key messages as per guidelines.
∎ Identify needs for breastfeeding counseling and refer to IYCF counselor, provide daily, weekly & monthly reports on Health & Nutrition Education, MTMSGs, and so on.
∎ Develop and disseminate a range of health and nutrition messages including breastfeeding, hand washing, dietary diversity, ANC and PNC attendance, and micro-nutrient supplementation among others geared at influencing the adoption of appropriate behavior change around maternal infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN).
∎ Work closely with the nutrition team to identify children who are not responding to the treatment as required and structure particular messages to address identified child feeding challenges and ensure that the caregivers are supported to ensure adequate care for their children.
∎ Liaise with the Nutrition Site Supervisor, IYCF Counsellor, and ECCD Promoter to prepare for and disseminate health education and counseling sessions at the site level on a range of topics around MIYCF and ECCD.
∎ Contribute to the development of health and nutrition promotion messages to pass to the targeted community members including a review of the suitability of existing IEC materials within the response.
∎ Identify caregivers requiring individual and/or group counseling on particular topics and administer them to address identified challenges.
∎ Conduct health, nutrition, hygiene, and health education sessions for caregivers of beneficiaries attending TSFP and BSFP services
∎ Conduct training for community health and nutrition workers on key nutrition/health/hygiene messaging and case identification and referral.
∎ Assist volunteers and counselors in delivering messages on the preparation of supplementary foods provided to beneficiaries at the sites.
∎ Motivate caregivers to make healthy changes and adopt recommended health and nutrition practices including encouraging them to attend nutrition services within the nutrition sites.
∎ Assist the community health and nutrition workers in implementing promotional activities to document and plan activities on a monthly basis.
∎ 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.
∎ Special Note·
∎ Carry out any additional assignment per her/his position entrusted with the GK Management from time to time and mutually agreed upon.·
∎ Management may, at any point in time, modify this job description as it is deemed necessary in Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s interests in consultation with the incumbent·
∎ Due to the emergency response nature of GK's work, hours of work may vary, and employees should be flexible in approaching hours of work in emergency conditions.·
∎ The employee must respect the timetable, terms, and conditions of Gonoshasthaya Kendra and should always be available to respond to an emergency.
Employment Status: Full Time
Gender:
∎ Only Female
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Read Before Apply:
Only shortlisted applicants will be called upon for interviews. The selected candidates need to be joined ASAP.
Company Information:
∎ Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
∎ GK-UNHCR Project Office Chowdhury Properties, Ward No: 10 Middle Baharchara, Cox’s Bazar (Nearby Cox's Bazar International School)
Address::
∎ GK-UNHCR Project Office Chowdhury Properties, Ward No: 10 Middle Baharchara, Cox’s Bazar (Nearby Cox's Bazar International School)
Application Deadline: 19 Jun 2024
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 19th Jun 2024
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