Field Facilitator - WASH for the Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity, FIVDB

Job Description

Title: Field Facilitator - WASH for the Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity, FIVDB

Company Name: Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)

Vacancy: 4

Age: Na

Job Location: Moulvibazar, Sunamganj

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 3 years

Minimum bachelor’s degree

• At least 3 years

• 3 years working experiences on sanitation

• Knowledge of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene situation and practice in Bangladesh

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

• Knowledge on digital data entry and event reporting.

• Strong ability to mentor and motivate local enterprises.

• Proactive and collaborative approach to market system development.

• Experience working with local sanitation enterprises/ stakeholders (RCC ring, slab, sanitation material producers, latrine installers, associated mason etc.).

• Experience delivering training for local sanitation enterprises/ stakeholders.

• In depth technical and market knowledge to improve product quality and business for local sanitation enterprises

Project Background

Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity aims to improve nutrition outcomes of children under 5, pregnant and lactating women, and adolescents (girls and boys) by strengthening the market systems for nutritious foods and WASH products and applying integrated Market Facilitation and Social Behavior Change approaches that empower market and community actors to address underlying causes of malnutrition in Bangladesh. The Activity also aims to promote the consumption of these nutrition-enhancing products (demand side). The Activity intends to promote innovations and private sector investments in distribution techniques that include embedded services such as extension messages for improved homestead productivity or nutrition messages to enhance the quality of meals, as well as marketing practices such as courtyard information sessions and demonstrations, advertising, and the provision of other embedded services that impart information or other advantages to the consumer. Throughout five years period, The Activity will contribute to improved nutritional outcomes in selected Upazilas of Bangladesh through improvements in three results: Result 1: Consumption of nutritious, diverse, and safe diets by rural households Result: 2: Social and economic empowerment of women and adolescents Result 3: Adoption of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices

Job Responsibility:

• Scouting potential local sanitation actors, interview, analyze and identify beneficiaries.

• Arrange, coordinate and deliver capacity building training sessions on technical upgradation, market promotion and business development for local sanitation enterprises

• Regular follow up to strengthen relationships with sanitation enterprises through mentoring, coaching, and guiding to develop business plan and upgrade mechanism for record keeping, customer data listing, after sales performance monitoring etc.

• Regular follow up to support Sanitation enterprise to identify and understand potential customers and deliver market promotional campaigns

• Explore the local market to identify private sector suppliers and conduct meetings to strengthen the business linkage between private sector suppliers and Sanitation enterprises.

• Regularly meet with local government institutes (Upazila Parishod, Union Parishod etc.), strengthen linkage with beneficiaries and share BNA progress.

Salary:

• 30000-33000 BDT/Month plus actual conveyance allowance, Monthly Mobile Bill and Group Life Insurance benefit.