Growth Monitoring and Promotion Counsellor
Job Description
Title: Growth Monitoring and Promotion Counsellor
Company Name: Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV)
Vacancy: 02
Job Location: Noakhali
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Graduation in any discipline
∎ HSC or equivalent will be considerable if candidate has experience in CMAM program.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV) is a non- government, non-political, Bangladeshi organization providing humanitarian support to the Rohingya people at Bhasan Char. As part of its Health & Nutrition interventions in support with WFP & UNHCR, SARPV is going to implement "Integrated nutrition intervention for Rohingya refugees living in Bhasan Char" project from 1st September 2022.
∎ Competency: Device operating, internet browsing for the basic communication.
∎ Employment Status: Contractual, until 31st December, 2022 (Renewable)
∎ Job Location: Bhasan Char, Noakhali
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Overall Objective:
∎ This position is responsible for monitoring the growth of the children and to give counselling to the caregiver according to the growth status of the child.
∎ Key Job Responsibilities:
∎ A)Ensure growth monitoring for all Children
∎ Warm welcoming to the caregivers and beneficiaries.
∎ Explain the importance of growth monitoring of the children to caregivers
∎ Explain the follow up procedures in the nutrition center, especially regular presence in the center
∎ Explain the growth status of the children
∎ Monitoring growth of every children
∎ Provide appropriate counselling to the caregivers according to the growth status of the child
∎ Explain the importance of hygiene and sanitation in the center and at home (nail cutting, washing hands before taking meal and after latrine.
∎ B) Follow up the growth status in the nutrition center
∎ Health and nutrition education for the child
∎ Follow up of the hygiene and sanitation rules in the center and during follow up visit
∎ Comparison of the growth status of the child with previous visit
∎ C) Referral:
∎ Referring the child if their growth status meets the criteria for SAM and MAM
∎ Ensure the admission of SAM and MAM children after referral
∎ D) Reporting and statistics:
∎ Keeps a tally of all the beneficiaries
∎ Record findings and feedback of the beneficiaries about the growth status of the children
∎ Evaluate the improvement of care-givers knowledge on health and nutrition related topics.
∎ Report any kind of problems to the nutrition site supervisor.
∎ Provide the report on how many children are monitored and their growth status
∎ E) Assist the nutrition staff in the required tasks
∎ Assist the registrar
∎ Participate in the mobilization at center level.
∎ Performed the program related task assigned by the line manager.
∎ F) Abiding by organizational and donor policies and humanitarian principles
∎ The position is expected to uphold the values of SARPV
∎ He/she must learn about the donor policies and abide by it.
∎ Humanitarian Principles must be upheld in daily implementation.
∎ Implement all work-related activities with a gender, disability and child protection lens, taking into account the different needs, concerns and ideas of the SARPV's staff and beneficiaries
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year's professional experience in CMAM preferred.
∎ Ability to work flexibly including weekends and willingness to travel and work in remote island area and live in basic conditions.
∎ Good communication and presentation skills
∎ Language: Must be proficient in English and Bangla in both writing and speaking. Speaking in Chittagong language is preferable.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Two days weekly holiday ( Friday & Saturday)
∎ Mobile bill, internet bill, Travel bill as per Organization policy.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 21 Aug 2022
Company Information:
∎ 17 Aug 2022
∎ Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV)
∎ Address : Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV)
274/4 (3rd Floor), South Monipur (60 feet Road), Mirpur,
Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.sarpv.org
∎ Business : Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV) is devoted to work for the most underprivileged and marginalized vulnerable groups of the society for their socioeconomic development to transform them as productive human resource with a dignified lifestyle. People with Disability are the prime focus of our every work. Along with the disability issue SARPV is also intervening in various sensitive issues like poverty eradication, educational support, health service providing, establishing rights, climate change and DRM, skill development to integrate the vulnerable groups in the mainstream of society those who are leading life with uncertainty in the society.
Category: NGO/Development
