Job Description
Title: Growth Monitor and Promoter
Company Name: Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ GK was created in 1972 with two visions. Firstly, "the fate of the poor decides the fate of the country". Secondly, the "development of the country depends on the development of women". Since 2017, Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) and UNHCR have entered in a partnership to respond to the Rohyinga crisis in Cox Bazar & Bhasanchar.
∎ Job Location: Bhasanchar
Job Responsibilities:
∎ This position will be responsible for registering all the Under-5 children along with putting properly the age, weight, and height of children in the growth monitoring card.
∎ Identifying a child's nutritional status based on his/her regular anthropometric measurement & providing nutrition messages to the mother/caregiver as appropriate of the nutritional status of the children.
∎ Explaining to mother/caregivers the meaning of the growth chart colors and the growth pattern of the children.
∎ Involving the parents/caregivers in solutions related to growth faltering.
∎ Referring underweight U-2 children to IYCF Counsellor as needed.
∎ Identify and follow -up on children with growth faltering.
∎ S/he will be responsible for all kinds of documentation on GMP cards, record the program beneficiary data in register books/digitalization app and report daily/weekly/monthly basis using standard reporting tools.
∎ Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
∎ Other duties are assigned on an 'as needed' basis.
∎ Special Note
∎ Carry out any additional assignment per her/his position entrusted with the GK Management from time to time and mutually agreed upon.
∎ Management may, at any point in time, modify this job description as it is deemed necessary in Gonoshasthaya Kendra's interests in consultation with the incumbent and the UNHCR.
∎ Due to the emergency response nature of GK's work, hours of work may vary, and employees should be flexible in approaching hours of work in emergency conditions.
∎ The employee must respect the timetable, terms, and conditions of Gonoshasthaya Kendra and should always be available to respond to an emergency.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ 2-years work experience in the nutrition projects as Nutrition Counselor/Measurer/Registrar will be preferred
∎ Written and spoken Bangla
∎ Female candidates will be preferred
∎ Ability to communicate in the Rohingya language (spoken Chittagong dialect)
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Insurance, Weekly 2 holidays
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 27 Nov 2023
Company Information:
∎ 20 Nov 2023
∎ Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
∎ Address : 40/ A, Mukti Jodda Shoroni, Saimon Road, Baharchara, Cox's Bazar.
Category: NGO/Development
: Only shortlisted applicants will be called upon for interviews.
