Project Officer, Community Health, Health and Nutrition, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Project Officer, Community Health, Health and Nutrition, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Maximum Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 1 year
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO, Development Agency

Published: 25 Mar 2025

Education:

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Staff supervision and monitoring
∎ Reporting and recording
∎ Working knowledge on Microsoft office
∎ Programme presentation through multimedia in forum or meeting
∎ Coordination with relevant stakeholder
∎

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Develop and implement a monthly action plan to ensure effective program execution.
∎ Conduct random household visits and follow-ups within the designated working area.
∎ Supervise and monitor the activities of Community Health Workers (CHWs) to ensure quality service delivery.
∎ Ensure proper implementation of all CHW-related activities.
∎ Organize and facilitate community-level meetings, including sessions with Majhis, religious leaders, and local representatives.
∎ Conduct targeted sessions for parents of children under five, adolescent groups, and husbands (covering ANC, PNC, maternal health, and adolescent male sessions).
∎ Participate in various sectoral meetings and awareness sessions, sharing program-related discussions and messages (e.g., CIC Monthly Sector Meeting, Camp Coordination Meeting, WASH, Child Protection, Agriculture, SDP, Education, Shelter, GBV, Legal Protection, FSL Sector).
∎ Ensure the timely provision of supplies and logistics for health centers.
∎ Provide training and on-the-job coaching to CHWs to enhance their skills and efficiency.
∎ Ensure adolescent TT vaccination (for girls aged 10–18 years).
∎ Monitor and ensure the provision of services for SAM/MAM children.
∎ Ensure TT vaccination for pregnant mothers.
∎ Facilitate child vaccination and other immunization programs.
∎ Organize COVID-19 awareness campaigns within the community.
∎ Support and participate in emergency health responses and other health-related campaigns.
∎ Ensure that program activities meet targeted performance standards with high quality.
∎ Maintain effective coordination with local camp administration for smooth program execution.
∎ Properly maintain all documents, records, and registers related to program activities.
∎ Prepare and submit accurate weekly and monthly reports on all activities.
∎ Be prepared to respond to any emergency situations as needed.
∎ Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so
∎ This position will be responsible for project implementation at the field level and monitor the activities of the CHW under the supervisor of Project Officer, Health and Nutrition.
∎ Develop and implement a monthly action plan to ensure effective program execution.
∎ Conduct random household visits and follow-ups within the designated working area.
∎ Supervise and monitor the activities of Community Health Workers (CHWs) to ensure quality service delivery.
∎ Ensure proper implementation of all CHW-related activities.
∎ Organize and facilitate community-level meetings, including sessions with Majhis, religious leaders, and local representatives.
∎ Conduct targeted sessions for parents of children under five, adolescent groups, and husbands (covering ANC, PNC, maternal health, and adolescent male sessions).
∎ Participate in various sectoral meetings and awareness sessions, sharing program-related discussions and messages (e.g., CIC Monthly Sector Meeting, Camp Coordination Meeting, WASH, Child Protection, Agriculture, SDP, Education, Shelter, GBV, Legal Protection, FSL Sector).
∎ Ensure the timely provision of supplies and logistics for health centers.
∎ Provide training and on-the-job coaching to CHWs to enhance their skills and efficiency.
∎ Ensure adolescent TT vaccination (for girls aged 10–18 years).
∎ Monitor and ensure the provision of services for SAM/MAM children.
∎ Ensure TT vaccination for pregnant mothers.
∎ Facilitate child vaccination and other immunization programs.
∎ Organize COVID-19 awareness campaigns within the community.
∎ Support and participate in emergency health responses and other health-related campaigns.
∎ Ensure that program activities meet targeted performance standards with high quality.
∎ Maintain effective coordination with local camp administration for smooth program execution.
∎ Properly maintain all documents, records, and registers related to program activities.
∎ Prepare and submit accurate weekly and monthly reports on all activities.
∎ Be prepared to respond to any emergency situations as needed.
∎ Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so

Compensation & Other Benefits:

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Read Before Apply:

BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities.

Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification.

Company Information:
∎ BRAC
∎ BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Address::
∎ BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Application Deadline: 3 Apr 2025

Category: NGO/Development