IYCF/CMAMI Counsellor
Job Description
Title: IYCF/CMAMI 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 the admissions; anthropometric measurements, registrations, follow up of targeted beneficiaries and ensure proper counselling.
∎ Key Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure assessment of all targeted beneficiaries in facility:
∎ Welcoming the caregivers and beneficiaries warmly.
∎ Assessing the beneficiaries through rapid assessment.
∎ Train assigned volunteers who will conduct rapid assessment
∎ Assessing the beneficiaries through full assessment if meet the criteria and admitted the beneficiaries.
∎ Ensure adequate nutrition education and counselling sessions in the facility:
∎ Provide counselling (breastfeeding counseling, complementary feeding, hygiene, care of pregnant and lactating women) to in care beneficiaries.
∎ Following AAA (Assess, Analyze, Act) steps.
∎ Ensure the promotion of infant and young child feeding practice through the application of the IYCF protocol and Nutrition Harmonization strategy.
∎ Encourage caregivers with children with good nutritional status, so that they would maintain the same care all the time.
∎ Conduct training for lead mother in case of absence of health educator.
∎ Follow up visits in the nutrition center:
∎ Ensure follow up visit for the in care beneficiaries.
∎ Encourage the beneficiaries for maintaining IYCF practices.
∎ Follow up of the hygiene and sanitation practices.
∎ Inform the next follow up date to beneficiaries.
∎ Hygiene maintenance
∎ Maintain hygiene and cleanliness inside the IYCF corner.
∎ Hygiene materials are in place to be used where these are needed.
∎ Ensure smooth supply of cleaning materials to be used in maintaining center cleanliness.
∎ Provide hygiene related massages to beneficiaries.
∎ Reporting and recording:
∎ Submit daily, weekly and monthly report on IYCF activities.
∎ Proper documentation and recording.
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∎ Abiding by organizational and donor policies and humanitarian principles
∎ The position is expected to uphold the values of SARPV
∎ 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
