Technical Coordinator - Nutrition

Job Description

Title: Technical Coordinator - Nutrition

Company Name: SARPV

Vacancy: 02

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

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Nutrition and Food Science/ MPH.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV) was established in 1989, a non-profit organization advocating for equal rights and social inclusion for people with a disability in Bangladesh, particularly the underprivileged. We provide medical treatment, primary education, vocational training, emergency financial aid and community support to our beneficiaries, their families and communities to encourage social acceptance, empowerment and independence of people with a disability.
∎ Department: Nutrition department
∎ Number of position: 2 (No of positions may be changed)
∎ Duration of the contract : up to 31th December`19
∎ Starting date : 1st-June-19

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assignment:
∎ Supervision of SARPV nutrition program activities in assigned BSFP & TSFP center.
∎ Provide all types of technical supports to the field level staffs.
∎ Assist the Deputy Program Manager and Program Manager of SARPV-BSFP for the overall management of the program.
∎ S/He will spend 60% time at the field and 40% for official work, training and meeting.
∎ Overall Objective:
∎ To ensure the smooth and proper running of the program through providing systematic and regular supervision, monitoring and follow up of all activities at the field level through BSFP & TSFP personnel and field Volunteers.
∎ Specific Objectives:
∎ SCREENING, DETECTION OF SAM/MAM, MALNOURISHED PLW AND REFERRAL MECHANISM:
∎ Supervision and monitoring of outreach screening and center-level full anthropometric assessment and ensuring proper admission-discharge criteria being followed for all the children and PLW.
∎ Supervision and monitoring of TSFP referral and admission & discharge criteria being followed in case any MAM/malnourished PLW detection.
∎ Supervision of referral of SAM cases to the nearby OTPs/SCs and ensuring their admission.
∎ Supervision, monitoring and follow up of all the activities in the BSFP & TSFP site at the center level and ensuring that they are running all the activities according to established protocols and standards given by WFP.
∎ ENSURE BCC COMPONENT OF THE BSFP & TSFP PROGRAMME IS IN PLACE:
∎ Ensure regular nutrition education session every day.
∎ Ensure cooking demonstration session for newly admitted beneficiaries.
∎ Ensure regular IYCF messaging in community.
∎ Ensure appropriate IEC materials used by Health Educators in the session.
∎ Ensure good quality of nutrition education session at the center and community level.
∎ QUALITY CONTROL OF THE PROGRAM:
∎ Ensure appropriate referral and follow up mechanism is in place for malnourished children and PLW.
∎ Ensure the implementation and follow up of standard protocols in the BSFP & TSFP center.
∎ Ensure and monitoring of Support Group Meeting regularly at field level.
∎ Ensure the hygiene maintenance in the BSFP & TSFP center.
∎ Ensure proper crowd management and complain mechanism establishment.
∎ Ensure proper official etiquette management in the center.
∎ TRAINING OF THE STAFFS:
∎ Prepare action plan on probationary period and ensure appraisal after probationary period and at the end six-months tenure for all program staffs.
∎ Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the staffs and build up the capacity of staffs.
∎ Identify the needs for training of different categories of staffs in the program and develop training module in collaboration with Program Management.
∎ Formal and on the job training of BSFP & TSFP personnel in close collaboration with WFP.
∎ REPORT/ANALYSIS:
∎ Prepare monthly target and activities plan for thyself, Outreach Supervisors and Outreach Volunteers.
∎ Submission of daily distribution and outreach reports to the program through assigned MIS officers.
∎ Prepare and submission of Monthly Statistical Report to the DPM to compile within 1st of the next month.
∎ Support to the SK for collection and compilation of the stock reports (consumption, stock balance and request new supplies for food and non-food items for the BSFP & TSFP center.)
∎ Report any kind of problem to the DPM.
∎ Make sure that daily, weekly and monthly record of beneficiaries (admissions, cured, defaulters, death, transfer, gain of weight, length of stay, etc) is in place and staffs of nutrition program is able to fulfill the task efficiently.
∎ Ensure monthly qualitative and quantitative nutrition education session.
∎ CONTROL:
∎ Control and follow up of distribution and consumption of food products in the BSFP & TSFP center and ensure adequate supplies through FDs and SK.
∎ Ensure adequate stock levels are maintained at the camp level warehouse.
∎ Check, control and ensure the attendance of nutrition staffs and respecting working hours.
∎ Check the appropriate use of nutrition equipments and materials in the BSFP & TSFP center and identify the need for reparation or replacement of them if they are out of order.
∎ COORDINATION AND COLLABORATIONS:
∎ Work in close collaboration and coordination with WFP field staffs and give timely feedback on going activities through DPM.
∎ Collaboration and coordination with respective CIC (Camp in Charge) office.
∎ Collaboration and coordination with other stakeholders at field level.
∎ Active participation to and supervision of the community mobilization and awareness sessions among the local population.
∎ Ensure monthly coordination meeting of SARPV field staffs at the Camp level.
∎ Attend weekly/biweekly/monthly meeting at Ukhia/Cox's Bazar office with DPM/PM regularly.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year experience in the field of management of nutrition project
∎ Ability to ensure coordination & negotiation with partners on the ground
∎ Technically sound on nutrition aspect
∎ Well known about the country strategy and guideline of CMAM
∎ Good communication and presentation skills
∎ Team-building, capacity building and training skills
∎ Language: Must be proficient in English and Bangla in both writing and speaking
∎ Excellent computer skill (Microsoft office: Word, Excel and Power point).

Salary: Tk. 50000 - 55000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per SARPV policy.

Application Deadline: May 18, 2019

Company Information:
∎ SARPV

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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