Cooking Demonstration Promoter

Job Description

Title: Cooking Demonstration Promoter

Company Name: Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Cooking Demonstrator will conduct and facilitate cooking demonstration at center/community level according to local recipes and will also follow up 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 challenges with child feeding 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 to 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.
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∎ 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.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ 1-year work experience in the nutrition projects as Nutrition Educator/Promoter/Counsellor will be preferred
∎ Written and spoken Bangla
∎ Female candidates will be prioritized
∎ Ability to communicate in the Rohingya language (spoken Chittagong dialect)

Salary: Tk. 30000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Insurance

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 16 May 2023

Company Information:
∎ 10 May 2023
∎ Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
∎ Address : 40/ A, Mukti Jodda Shoroni, Saimon Road, Baharchara, Cox's Bazar.
∎ Web : www.gkcox.org

Category: NGO/Development

: Only shortlisted applicants will be called upon for interviews. Initial engagement will be for 6 months (subject to the extension of the project and funding availability). The selected candidates need to be joined on 1st July 2022.