Field Facilitator

Job Description

Title: Field Facilitator

Company Name: Center for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS)

Vacancy: 4

Age: Na

Job Location: Barishal (Babuganj, Barishal Sadar)

Salary: Tk. 33450 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 1 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Diploma

• At least 1 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Diploma/Degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, or related field

• 1+ years in community mobilization, nutrition programs, or maternal/child health.

• Having non-discriminatory and gender-sensitive perceptions along with safeguarding and child protection compliances.

• To protect children in connection.

• Respectful to safeguarding policy.

• Fluency in local languages (Bangla) and basic English.

• Strong facilitation and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work with vulnerable communities.

Job Location: Any location within Barishal Sadar or Babugonj Upazila, Barishal District.

Reporting to: Project Officer

Expected Joining date: August 2025

Contract period: Up to May 31, 2026

Organizational Brief: The Center for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS) is a prominent environmental non-governmental organization (NGO) in Bangladesh, established in 1994. Since its inception, CNRS has actively engaged in its mission and has garnered recognition from various local, national, and international stakeholders, including government bodies and funding agencies, by showcasing innovative approaches and delivering significant learning outcomes.

Job Context:

Center for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS) is going to implement Transforming Lives Through Nutrition project with support from Helen Keller Intl. The goal of the Transforming Lives Through Nutrition initiative is to improve maternal and child health, through the delivery of proven nutrition interventions and to strengthen health and food systems at scale by putting women and children at the center.

Job Summary: The Field Facilitator will be responsible for the overall implementation of the project activities in the assigned Upazila/Union as per plan. Under the guidance of the Project Officer, s/he will work closely with government health and family planning service providers, frontline supervisors, and Community Nutrition Volunteers (CNV) for timely and quality implementation of planned activities.

Job Description / Key Responsibilities

• Prepare community maps using participatory methods to identify key union-level stakeholders from Health, Family Planning, DAE, DLS, and Local Government; and maintain strong working relationships with them to facilitate and accelerate project implementation

• Mobilize community members on health, nutrition, and hygiene practices, especially targeting mothers, caregivers, and children.

• Supervise CNVs according to the supervision plan, ensuring their effective implementation of Mass MUAC screenings, courtyard sessions, cooking demonstrations, and household visits, and regularly present key field findings in monthly coordination meetings

• Monitor the regular target vs achievement, attendance and engagement of beneficiaries in nutrition activities.

• Facilitate the community referral system to ensure the admission of identified SAM children to the SAM unit of UHC or district hospital. Collect and maintain accurate field data and documentation as per MEAL plan and DQA standard, including beneficiary tracking and session reports.

• Submit weekly/monthly SAM-MAM tracker, reports to the supervisor in the prescribed format.

• Ensure that gender, child protection, and safeguarding principles are upheld in all field activities.

• Assist with other project-related tasks as assigned by the supervisor or project team.

• Ensure proper maintenance and documentation of volunteers` work schedules or micro plan, timesheets, leave, and payments.

• Facilitate field visits conducted by any CNRS, Helen Keller Intl. team or donor.

• Support data collection (Paper-based and online) as per project need.

• Lead the beneficiary selection process including lead farmers & group formation in collaboration with relevant key stakeholders (Health, family planning, DAE and local government)

• Collect household-level information such as births, deaths, and migrations, and update the SAM-MAM tracker on project specific interval

• As per the project guidelines, conduct a training session for selected project participants including lead farmers on nutrition sensitive climate smart agriculture and poultry rearing with the support of DAE and DLS officials

• Provide technical support to homestead gardening and poultry rearing participants to improve their practices and maximization of production

• Capture and share the case stories, best practices and lesson learned in the monthly coordination meeting