District Coordinator (Adolescent and Women's Health and Nutrition Program)

Job Description

Title: District Coordinator (Adolescent and Women's Health and Nutrition Program)

Company Name: Enroute International Limited

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum master's degree from a recognized university with 3-5 years working experiences in development field.

Job Context:
∎ Employment Status: Contractual (Initially 1year)
∎ Organization: Nutrition International (A leading international NGO that works in the field of nutrition)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ 1. Advocacy and liaison with the government:
∎ Travel extensively in the upazilas of the project districts for advocacy activities.
∎ Maintain constant and intensive liaison with the district level different government officials of DEO, CS, MoCWA and MoHFW to discuss progress, identify gaps, show evidence and advocate for corrective actions.
∎ Advocate to all the government officials and field workers for increasing the coverage of IFA supplements among pregnant women/ Adolescents during monthly reviews and field visits.
∎ 2. Planning:
∎ Travel extensively in the upazilas of the project districts to participate in important government planning meetings.
∎ Coordinate with District level MoHFW officials, Distrcit Education Officer (DEO)'s Department of women's & Affairs (DWA) and others to ensure discussion on the IFA supplementation program during the monthly meetings and the frontline workers are encouraged to discuss this further with pregnant women, adolescents and their caregivers during home visits.
∎ 3. Capacity building:
∎ Visit Upazila Education Officer's (UEO) Health facilities suac as CC, EPI centers, MCWC, UHFW center UCH on a regular basis to discuss the process, review constraints and provide technical support or suggestions for the solution
∎ Participate in the monthly district and sub districts/Upazila meeting and update on project progress to the government district and upazila managers of both Education, department, DWA and Health and Family planning Departments.
∎ Undertake on the job capacity building of system functionaries via discussions in review meetings and field visits.
∎ Support the UH&FPO and or any government official in the preparation of the training reports to be sent to IPHN and upazila and support district accounts officer in drafting the expenditure statement.
∎ 4. Strengthening supply and delivery system:
∎ Facilitate the district and upazilla manager to maintain records of logistics and distribution of the IFA, communication material and job-aids.
∎ Facilitate meeting with the school committee to maintain records of logistics and distribution of the IFA , communicaiotn materials and job aids
∎ Provide on the job training to health functionaries, school committees on estimation of requirement of IFA supplements for their catchment areas and to maintain adequate supply.
∎ 5. Behavior change communication:
∎ Negotiate on a one to one basis or during monthly meetings with District Civil Surgeon, Deputy Director Family Planning, Upazilla Health and Family Planning Officer and Upazilla Family Planning Officer to motivate health and family planning functionaries to seek out the pregnant women through home visits and providing counseling on benefits, proper dosage and duration for the same.
∎ Support and facilitate in conducting other behavior change strategies including drama, music, etc as determined by the project
∎ 6. Monitoring and supportive supervision:
∎ Responsible for streamlining the government HMIS reporting system through providing revised format at all levels so as to record # of pregnant women and # of IFA provided to pregnant women and adolescents on the reporting mechanism.
∎ Undertaking field visits for monitoring of health functionaries with help of monitoring checklist and utilizing that information to inform district level discussions and negotiations.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Working experiences in nutrition and health related NGOs experiences will be added advantages.
∎ The position based in district level, so extensive field travel (80% ) will be performed each month.
∎ Computer skilled in MS word, MS excel and power point is mandatory.

Salary:
∎ Monthly gross salary for this position is BDT 34,000

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Travel Expenses: Will get monthly BDT 17,600 as travel expense (BDT 800 for per working day and 22 days per month)
∎ Eligible for Festival Bonus, PF, Gratuity & Insurance as per company policy

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 5 Oct 2021

Company Information:
∎ 27 Sep 2021
∎ Enroute International Limited
∎ Business : A leading consulting firm with certified and an experienced business team working closely with national and international strategic partners. emc is unique to provide a complete solution through managing business growth.

Category: NGO/Development