IYCF Counsellor
Job Description
Title: IYCF Counsellor
Company Name: Concern Worldwide
Vacancy: 01
Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)
Minimum Salary: Tk. 35904 (Monthly)
Experience:
∎ 1 to 2 years
Published: 5 Mar 2024
Education:
∎ Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Food Science from any reputed university.
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Around 1-2 years’ progressive experience in community nutrition field. (For highly technical candidates, experience is considerable).
∎ Technical knowledge on Community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), C-MAMI and IYCF/E, ECCD programming.
∎ Familiar with SBCC activities.
∎ Experience with Counselling and nutrition promotion.
∎ Having good knowledge on Rohingya refugee programmes will add value.
∎ Demonstrate ability to provide counselling support.
∎ Only Female candidates are eligible as they will provide one to one counselling on breastfeeding to mothers.
∎ Good command and fluency in Bengali and Rohingya language/Chittagong dialect (will be preferable).
∎ Enthusiastic, honest and committed. Results oriented.
∎ Good planning and organisational skills.
∎ Ability to problem solving and good decision making and communication skills.
∎ Good communication skill.
∎ Ability to work in challenging environments and strict deadline.
∎ Around 1-2 years’ progressive experience in community nutrition field. (For highly technical candidates, experience is considerable).
∎ Technical knowledge on Community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), C-MAMI and IYCF/E, ECCD programming.
∎ Familiar with SBCC activities.
∎ Experience with Counselling and nutrition promotion.
∎ Having good knowledge on Rohingya refugee programmes will add value.
∎ Demonstrate ability to provide counselling support.
∎ Only Female candidates are eligible as they will provide one to one counselling on breastfeeding to mothers.
∎ Good command and fluency in Bengali and Rohingya language/Chittagong dialect (will be preferable).
∎ Enthusiastic, honest and committed. Results oriented.
∎ Good planning and organisational skills.
∎ Ability to problem solving and good decision making and communication skills.
∎ Good communication skill.
∎ Ability to work in challenging environments and strict deadline.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Ensuring that the IYCF and C-MAMI counselling implementation plan is developed jointly with the team and delivered timely and effectively to ensure improvement in the nutrition status of the project participants beyond project end.
∎ To facilitate effective counselling to beneficiaries to bring positive change in their infant feeding practices with the minimum resources towards achieving objective and support to beneficiaries when required.
∎ Capacitate and support volunteers to conduct the rapid screening and identification of mothers with children 0-23 months with breastfeeding difficulties and non-breastfed infants.
∎ Counseling mothers and caretakers to ensure proper infant and young child feeding practices.
∎ Supporting the referral of visibly severely wasted children 0-5 months for inpatient care/ stabilization center.
∎ Ensuring quality of IYCF-E and MAMI sensitization provided by volunteers during house to house visits and perform house to house visits to especially vulnerable infants.
∎ Ensure support to at risk Mothers and Infants (0-6 month).
∎ Support to generate weekly, monthly and other relevant reports as detailed and keeping proper records of project activities at the field level.
∎ Enabling a friendly collaborative working culture within the team, actively sharing information and knowledge to enable the team to ensure effective learning and sharing across the organization.
∎ Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, security management etc.)
∎ Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Director or the line manager.
∎ Job Purpose: The IYCF Counsellor is responsible for IYCF and CMAMI (MAMI) counselling of pregnant mothers and caregivers of children 0-23 months in the project areas. She will be responsible for age and case specific counselling and referral for the targeted area which impact on the lives of the extreme poor and results in lasting positive change. She will play a vital role to bring change in the care practices in terms of IYCF/E and MAMI. She will lead the rapid assessment of IYCF/C-MAMI and conduct the full assessment according to the standard protocol and format. She will also play key role in management of Non-Breastfed Child and ensure an organized referral pathway among INF, SC and health post. She will be responsible to perform other activities requested by her supervisor based on project need.
∎ Main duties & responsibilities:
∎ Ensuring that the IYCF and C-MAMI counselling implementation plan is developed jointly with the team and delivered timely and effectively to ensure improvement in the nutrition status of the project participants beyond project end.
∎ To facilitate effective counselling to beneficiaries to bring positive change in their infant feeding practices with the minimum resources towards achieving objective and support to beneficiaries when required.
∎ Capacitate and support volunteers to conduct the rapid screening and identification of mothers with children 0-23 months with breastfeeding difficulties and non-breastfed infants.
∎ Counseling mothers and caretakers to ensure proper infant and young child feeding practices.
∎ Supporting the referral of visibly severely wasted children 0-5 months for inpatient care/ stabilization center.
∎ Ensuring quality of IYCF-E and MAMI sensitization provided by volunteers during house to house visits and perform house to house visits to especially vulnerable infants.
∎ Ensure support to at risk Mothers and Infants (0-6 month).
∎ Support to generate weekly, monthly and other relevant reports as detailed and keeping proper records of project activities at the field level.
∎ Enabling a friendly collaborative working culture within the team, actively sharing information and knowledge to enable the team to ensure effective learning and sharing across the organization.
∎ Be aware of, understand and comply with all of Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, finance, logistics, HR, security management etc.)
∎ Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Director or the line manager.
∎ Type of Contract: Fixed Term Contract up to 31 December 2024
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Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival allowance (02), Baisakhi allowance, Provident Fund, Gratuity, Group Life and Hospitalisation Insurance coverages, OPD coverage, Mobile ceiling and other admissible benefits as per organisational policy
Employment Status: Full Time
Gender:
∎ Only Female
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)
Read Before Apply:
If you feel that your qualification and experience match our requirements, and you have a shared commitment to Concern's values, please email the completed Job Application Form with
photograph, National ID, TIN and all Educational Certificates to recruitment.bgd@concern.net.
Please mark the position applied in the email subject line.
Closing Date of Application: 16 March 2024
Candidates over 60 years of age are discouraged to apply.
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Apply Procedure:
Email your CV:
∎ Send your CV to the given email [email protected]
Company Information:
∎ Concern Worldwide
∎ House # 15 SW (D), Road # 07, Gulshan-01, Dhaka -1212.
Address::
∎ House # 15 SW (D), Road # 07, Gulshan-01, Dhaka -1212.
Application Deadline: 10 Mar 2024
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 10th Mar 2024
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