Senior Project Officer- Outreach Supervisor, Nutrition & Health Department

Job Description

Title: Senior Project Officer- Outreach Supervisor, Nutrition & Health Department

Company Name: Action Contre la Faim (ACF)

Vacancy: 10

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Social Science (MSS)
∎ MASTER DEGREE IN NUTRITION//HEALTH SCIENCE/CHILD DEVELOPMENT/ PUBLIC HEALTH.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ CONTRACT DURATION: 31st December, 2020 (With Possible Prolongation)
∎ START DATE: As soon as possible
∎ LOCATION: Ukhiya and Teknaf, Cox`s Bazar
∎ CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term
∎ SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER(OUTREACH SUPERVISOR) NUTRITION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUTREACH NUTRITION COMPONENT ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS OTP/TSFP/BSFP IN THE OFFICIAL CAMP/NEW MAKESHIFT SETTLEMENTS OF UKHIYA/TEKNAF AREAS OF COX’S BAZAR. ADDITIONALLY WILL ENSURE THE ACTIVITIES OF IYCF CORNER FOR MANAGING THE REGULAR COUNSELLING AND IDENTIFICATION OF BREASTFEEDING DIFFICULTIES

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Objective 1: To ensure the smooth and proper running of different preventive activities of the nutrition program through providing systematic and regular supervision, monitoring and follow up.
∎ Tasks:
∎ Ensure the quality Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) and referral mechanism in the component for all the children in catchment area and updating U5 children, Adolescent and PLW list.
∎ Ensure the proper implementation of community mobilization and awareness raising session to strengthening community
∎ Ensure the quality screening, detection and promotion activities in the camp/community
∎ Ensure proper distribution and quality monitoring of MNP/Sprinkle consumption for U5 children and adolescents girls in the camp
∎ Ensure NUT-MH integrated home visiting and follow up of vulnerable beneficiaries such as absenteeism, defaulter, non-responder, refusal, relapse at HH level
∎ Ensure 1000 days household mapping is done properly
∎ Ensure action oriented sessions with household power brokers (husbands/fathers and mothers-in-laws) using the steps: observe, think, try and act
∎ Ensure Mother to Mothers supports groups session in the community
∎ Ensure cooking demonstration in the community and centre
∎ Objective-2: IYCF and CMAMI counselling and other IYCF related services for the caregivers of 0-23montsh children in the community
∎ Tasks:
∎ Ensure the regular enrollment of caregivers for 0-23months children in IYCF corner.
∎ Maintain rapid and full assessment of IYCF by the team
∎ Ensure CMAMI program in the community
∎ Observe the mother’s/caregiver’s attachment, position and bonding during the breastfeeding.
∎ Encouragement of breastfeeding and initiate supplementary Suckling technique (SST) for appropriate infants and advised caregiver/ PLWs to attend the health education session at breast feeding corner.
∎ Clinical assessment of breastfeeding difficulties of mothers.
∎ Ensure the need based counselling session and Follow up the change of improvements.
∎ Ensure of the registration of all the beneficiaries (registration book ID number, IYCF card with ID number and other related documents
∎ Objective 3: Quality Control & to manage and control of supplies, usage and stock of food, non-food items and medications in the Centre
∎ Tasks:
∎ Ensure appropriate referral and follow up mechanism is in place for malnourished children screening at Makeshift community
∎ Ensure the implementation and follow up of standard protocols in the outreach nutrition program
∎ Control and follow up of adequate supplies, distribution and consumption of food in the nutrition centre
∎ Medications consumption and ensure adequate stock levels are maintained.
∎ Preparation of monthly needs order form food and non-food items and submission to the nutritionist.
∎ Ensure adequate hygiene and sanitation within the nutrition centers.
∎ Ensure that health education is carried out daily within the nutrition centre.
∎ Ensure adequate supply of water to the nutrition centre.
∎ Check the appropriate use of nutrition equipment and materials in the nutrition centre and identify the need for reparation or replacement of them if they are out of order.
∎ Objective 4: Capacity building and management of staff, volunteer in the nutrition centre
∎ Tasks:
∎ Formal and on the job training of the nutrition staff, volunteer working in the nutrition centre in consultation with DPM/ PM.
∎ Briefing, orientation of nutrition program activities to other ACF or partners members
∎ Active participation in community mobilization and awareness raising activities among the camp population.
∎ Check, control and ensure the attendance of nutrition staff, volunteers and respecting working hours by all.
∎ Prepare leave plan for staff and organize activities accordingly with staff available
∎ Ensure HR rules and regulations; especially the leave request, working hour, professional communication etc. are well respected by all staffs and communicated with program in timely manner.
∎ Provide always on the job training for the staff of EMOP for enhance their skill and knowledge.
∎ Objective 5: Data compilation, analysis and report
∎ Tasks:
∎ Collection and compilation of the daily, weekly and monthly statistics reports
∎ Collection, compilation and analyzing the stock reports (consumption, stock balance and request new supplies medications, food and nonfood items.
∎ Report any kind of problem to the DPM and Program Manager
∎ Weekly submission of Data base report to Data entry officer of SAM/MAM/PLWs.
∎ Submit the monthly APR narrative report to DPM and statistical report to data entry officer
∎ Submit the monthly statistical report along with APR quantitative and narrative and contextual report to DPM
∎ Objective 6: Coordination and collaborations
∎ Tasks:
∎ Collaboration and coordination with other ACF programs: Mental Health, WASH and Food Security
∎ Supervise the activity of project officer for out- reach program for Makeshift
∎ Ensure a good coordination and working relationship is maintained with the OPD and IP of Health Partners
∎ Attend the monthly coordination meeting with CIC, GoB, UN & INGO, National & Local NGO
∎ Representation of Nutrition program at field level during camp coordination meetings, preparation of meeting minutes and submission to DPM.
∎ Objective (the last): Proactively support ACFs commitments to gender equality, child protection and disability sensitivity
∎ Read and ensure a full understanding of ACFs Gender Minimum Standards & Child Protection Policies, asking questions and/or for support when necessary;
∎ Implement all work related activities with a gender, disability and child protection lens, taking into account the different needs, concerns and ideas of our staff and beneficiaries;
∎ Ensure the incorporation of gender equity principles in all policies and activities;
∎ Encourage the participation of all genders in meeting and on committees;
∎ Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability.

Additional Requirements:
∎ GOOD ORGANIZATION SKILL AND ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM.
∎ GOOD COMMUNICATION AND SKILL AND ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH MULTI-SECTORIAL PARTNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS.
∎ ABILITY FOR COORDINATION & NEGOTIATION WITH PARTNERS WORKING FOR MAKESHIFT POPULATION
∎ ABILITY TO MANAGE STAFF ACCORDING TO LOCAL CULTURE
∎ GOOD COMPUTER SKILL : WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT
∎ GOOD SKILL IN ENGLISH BOTH IN WRITTEN AND SPOKEN
∎ UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK THE LOCAL LANGUAGES IS A PLUS.

Salary: Tk. 71000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus: 1 month Gross salary every year
∎ Provident Fund: 7.5% of Basic Salary
∎ Performance Bonus: from 30 % to 80% of monthly Gross salary per year depending on performance
∎ End of Contract Benefits: As per organization policy
∎ Medical coverage: 80% hospitalization coverage medical expenses (max limit BDT 120,000 per year)
∎ 18 days of paid annual leave per year
∎ 10 days of paid casual leave per year
∎ 14 days of paid sick leave per year
∎ Paternity Leave, Compassionate Leave, Maternity Leave and Marriage Leave
∎ Birth Allowance and Marriage Allowance
∎ Mobile Allowance and Food Allowance
∎ Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Cross knowledge

Application Deadline: January 19, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Action Contre la Faim (ACF)
∎ Address : Orin Tower, House # 23, Road # 113/A, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka 1212
∎ Web : www.actioncontrelafaim.org
∎ Business : Action Contre la Faim | Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organization (INGO) that was established in France in 1979 to deliver aid in countries throughout the world. The aim of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by combating Hunger and Disasters that threaten the Lives of vulnerable Children, Women & Men. Since 2007, Action Against Hunger has been providing assistance to vulnerable populations in Bangladesh in the arena of Nutrition & Health, Mental Health & Care Practices (MHCP), Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL & DRR), and Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH).

Category: NGO/Development