Field Assistant, Health Promotor; HCMP

Job Description

Title: Field Assistant, Health Promotor; HCMP

Company Name: BRAC.

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ HSC

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Health Promotor will conduct health education at centre level and will also follow-up Mother to Mother Support Group (MTMSG), supervise Volunteer activities, facilitate cooking demonstrations and sensitization sessions on health, hygiene and nutrition key messages as per guideline.
∎ Health Promotor 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.
∎ She will be responsible to perform other activities requested by her supervisor based on project needs.
∎ In liaison with the Nutrition Center Supervisor-CMAM, Nutrition Outreach Supervisor health Promoter prepare for and disseminate 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 the suitability of existing IEC materials within the response.
∎ Identify caregivers requiring individual and or group counselling on particular topics and administer them to address identified challenges.
∎ Conduct health, nutrition, hygiene and health education for caregivers of beneficiaries attending OTP/TSFP and BSFP services
∎ Conduct training 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 the preparation of supplementary foods provided to beneficiaries at the sites.
∎ 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.
∎ Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the line manager
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Good knowledge of Reporting and Documentation.
∎ Ability to work with people of various backgrounds, cultures and religions.
∎ Ability to work under pressure, be flexible in a challenging situation.

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ As per organisation policy

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 24 Jan 2022

Company Information:
∎ 18 Jan 2022
∎ BRAC.
∎ Address : BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Business : brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Category: NGO/Development

: BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners and the community have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation. We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin or socio-economic condition. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities. Any personal persuasion will result in disqualification of candidature.