Cooking Demonstration Promotor (Female)

Job Description

Title: Cooking Demonstration Promotor (Female)

Company Name: Concern Worldwide

Vacancy: 3

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ SSC or equivalent

Experience Requirements:
∎ 1 to 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Type of Contract: Fixed term contract Up to 31 December 2021
∎ Duty Station: Ukhiya, Cox`s Bazar
∎ Job Purpose: The Cooking Demonstrator Promotor will be responsible for facilitating Cooking demonstration sessions, messaging and counselling to caregivers and beneficiaries attending services in the OTP, TSFP and the BSFP Centre. H/She will develop and disseminate a range of health and nutrition messages including breastfeeding, hand washing, dietary diversity, ANC and PNC attendance, micro-nutrient supplementation among others geared at influencing adoption of appropriate behaviour change around maternal infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN). In addition, the Health Educator will 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 ensuring that the caregivers are supported to ensure adequate care for their children.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ In liaison with the Nutrition Site Supervisor-CMAM, Outreach Supervisor prepare for and disseminate Cooking demonstration practices, health education and counselling sessions at the site level on a range of topics around MIYCF and CMAM.
∎ Contribute to the development of health and nutrition promotion messages to pass to the targeted community members including review of suitability of existing IEC materials within the response.
∎ Identify caregivers requiring individual and or group counselling on particular topics and administering them to address identified challenges.
∎ Conduct health, nutrition, hygiene and health education for caregivers of beneficiaries attending OTP/TSFP and BSFP services
∎ Conduct trainings to community volunteers on key nutrition/health/hygiene messaging, community screening for malnutrition, case identification and referral.
∎ Assist volunteers and counsellors in delivering messages on 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 and the MBAs.
∎ Assist the community volunteers implementing promotional activities to document and plan activities on a monthly basis
∎ Compile weekly activity reports of Cooking Demonstration and other community based activities and share with the Site supervisor.
∎ 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.
∎ Accountability:
∎ In line with Concern's commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):
∎ 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:
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ 1-2 years' progressively responsible work experience in the area of community based nutrition
∎ Good knowledge, familiarity and experience working within the Rohingya response is desirable.
∎ Technical knowledge on community based nutrition interventions, particularly in relation to nutrition education and counselling on CMAM and MIYCN.
∎ Demonstrated experience in training and facilitation, development of IEC materials and SBCC methodologies.
∎ Demonstrate ability to think and manage strategically, plan and meet deadlines

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

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 26 Jun 2021

Company Information:
∎ 21 Jun 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