Nutrition Officer under SUCHANA Project
Job Description
Title: Nutrition Officer under SUCHANA Project
Company Name: RDRS Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Sylhet (Osmani Nagar)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Nutrition. Alternatively any relevant discipline of nutrition related subject from recognized institution/Social Sciences. Candidates with academic background with Nutrition, Applied Nutrition will be considered with higher priority.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Nutrition Officer will work under guidance of Implementation Partner (IP) team at Upazila level.
∎ S/he will be responsible to coordinate with Upazila and Union Coordinators to implement the core set of nutrition interventions of SUCHANA.
∎ S/he will work with Upazila team, draw the plan for quality monitoring, supportive supervision to field workers, conduct capacity building and skills on nutrition specific activities, and on the job training of MOH&FW frontline staffs following GoB partnership with SUCHANA.
∎ S/he will liaise with MOH&FW Upazila personnel to conduct supervisory visits to observe the delivery of National Nutrition Service (NNS) package from the community clinics, outreach sites, UH&FWCs.
∎ S/he will coordinate with MOH&FW to ensure supply/replacement of equipment/logistics and timely submission of nutrition report for the selected upazila.
∎ S/he will coordinate with MOH&FW Upazila Health and Family Planning Managers, 1st line Supervisors (Health Inspector, Assistant Health Inspector and Family Planning Inspector.
∎ S/he will follow-up Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) cases at UHC/hospital and at the field.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience in the implementation on maternal, child, adolescent nutrition WASH related programs at field;
∎ Experience in designing training plan and conduction of sessions following adult learning approach;
∎ Knowledge on public health and nutrition programming particularly SBCC and Maternal Infant Young Child Nutrition;
∎ Skills in adult learning and training following design and developing training modules, preparing training curriculum in health & nutrition, facilitating training courses;
∎ Strong interpretation skills and working experiences in large team with limited resources
∎ Good communication, Facilitation and motivational skill;
∎ Understanding of local cultural languages;
∎ Abilities to undertake extensive travel to village level;
∎ Effective computer literacy;
∎ Having problem solving and prompt decision making capacity;
∎ Ability to work under pressure;
∎ Having non-discriminatory and gender sensitive perception;
∎ Willingness and ability to drive motorcycle in the field as and when required with valid valid driving license.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays
∎ As per project budget.
Application Deadline: October 6, 2019
Company Information:
∎ RDRS Bangladesh
∎ Address : RDRS Bangladesh, Jail Road, Radhaballav, Rangpur
∎ Web : www.rdrsbangla.net
∎ Business : RDRS Bangladesh is a national development NGO works for rural development by empowering the rural poor in northwest Bangladesh. RDRS was formally established as the Bangladesh field programme of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service (LWF/DWS) on 8 February 1972. Its development aim is to achieve sustainable increases in their living standards. With this aim, RDRS enables those who participate in its programme to gain the necessary skills, understanding, confidence, institutions and services; and ensure that the rural communities have the necessary economic, social and environmental resources. RDRS employees approximate 3,000 staff and works with a further approximately 3,000 volunteers and daily paid workers. The vast majority of staff are in field positions, with specialist sectoral and support units in Rangpur and Dhaka.
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: Only short listed candidates will be called for interview. Any persuasion will disqualify candidature. Women are especially encouraged to apply. RDRS is a non smoking working environment. RDRS reserves all rights to short list and select deserving applicant(s).
