Job Description

Title: Nutrition Site Supervisor-Nutritionist

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Food Science from any reputed University (BSc as well as MSc in Nutrition/Public Health is preferable).

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Duty Station: Ukhiya
∎ Report To: Nutrition Coordinator
∎ Expected Start Date: At the earliest
∎ Contract length: Up to 30 June, 2023
∎ The Nutrition Site Supervisor-Nutritionist working under the guidance and supervision of Nutrition Coordinator will be responsible to ensure the smooth and proper running of the Nutrition program through providing systematic and regular supportive supervision, monitoring and follow up of all activities at the field level through center staff and field staff & Volunteers. S/He is expected to manage staff & volunteers at the nutrition site and ensure that programme components are implemented to a high level of quality. S/He will deputize Nutrition Coordinator as assigned by Nutrition Coordinator when required.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Support the set-up of nutrition site in the particular camps including seeking relevant approvals from the CICs and the site management agency (if required).
∎ Lead the implementation of the integrated health and nutrition activities and ensure delivery with maximum efficiency and professionalism.
∎ Supervise component staffs for the implementation of the Nutrition program to ensure goals and objectives of the program are being met.
∎ Lead the outreach team to ensure implementation of outreach activities at camp level and ensure integration between outreach and center activities.
∎ Develop plan of work for OTP, BSFP, TSFP, CMAMI, IYCF and outreach activities according to the expected progress of the project.
∎ Ensure the implementation of activities in coordination with the finance and Logistics departments.
∎ Ensure that each member of the nutrition team fully understands the outcomes that are expected from them; supporting team members to work to the highest quality of standard possible.
∎ Ensure adherence to and respectful to current protocols
∎ Document internal and external monitoring findings, prepare action plan and share with PM/Coordinator and execute that plan as per instruction.
∎ Maintain hygiene and sanitation standards in the nutrition site.
∎ Identify training needs within the nutrition team and support the project coordinator in conducting training.
∎ Evaluate and update project needs (financing, logistics) at center level.
∎ Check that all the supplies are listed in the register.
∎ Participate in the follow-up of supplies consumption and orders.
∎ Ensure that stock levels are sufficient for the functioning CMAM facilities and Blanket Supplementary feeding program (weekly, biweekly or monthly).
∎ Make monthly physical inventory of all nutrition supplies.
∎ Raise relevant requests for supplies and stock well prior in time to prevent exhaustion of stocks and supplies for interventions.
∎ Ensure sound monitoring of program activities and monitoring team at field level and share with line manager.
∎ Collaborate with MEAL team to ensure timely compiling statistical data and draft appropriate reports on activities including producing weekly, bi-weekly and monthly reports and end of program evaluation report.
∎ Ensure documentations of lessons learnt and best practices within the implementation of the Nutrition program.
∎ Maintain databases and creating high quality reports, presentations, and other documents as required.
∎ In liaison with the MEAL officer-Nutrition, establish network with the other actors in the area.
∎ Develop productive working relationships with CiC and other officials, non-Governmental institutions and other project partners.
∎ Refer to the Nutrition Coordinator before making any verbal or written commitment.
∎ Establishing linkage with community leaders and representatives.
∎ Represent Relief International in particular camps in relevant camp level coordination forums.
∎ Enable a friendly collaborative working culture within the team, and conduct regular meetings with program staffs to discuss and document lessons learned.
∎ Identify capacity gaps among component staffs, prepare on the job capacity building and supportive supervision plan and execute plan regularly.
∎ Monitor and review performance and, in particular, holding staff accountable for meeting quality standards of work, delivering any improvement goals which have been identified, giving corrective feedback where required and taking decisive action when poor performance is identified.
∎ Effectively manage leave of staffs and volunteers to meet HR compliance and run program efficiently and with quality.
∎ Orient team members on the Complaint Feedback Mechanism (CFM) and functional CFM at camp level following SoP.
∎ Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Relief International's policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, security management, Safeguarding, PSEA, Child Protection etc.).

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 24 years
∎ Minimum 3 Years of working experience in the similar position in NGO/INGO
∎ Technical knowledge on Community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programming
∎ Have good knowledge on Rohingya programs
∎ Ability to think and manage strategically, plan and meet deadlines
∎ Demonstrated leadership and supervisory role to lead a large field team
∎ Fluency in English, both written and verbal as well as in Bangla
∎ Proficient knowledge of standard computer software is desirable.
∎ Safeguarding and Gender Sensitiveness
∎ Pro- active with an ability to think analytically
∎ Results oriented, Strong team player
∎ Excellent planning and organizational skills
∎ Ability to problem solving and good decision-making skills
∎ Ability to work in challenging environments

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Severance Benefit: 8.33% on Gross Salary

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 30 Mar 2023

Company Information:
∎ 25 Mar 2023
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Office: White House, Level-5, Bypass Road, Kolatoli, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in person’s project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, child protection, SGBV. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

Category: NGO/Development

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