Job Purpose: Implementation of the nutrition and food security components of the PRM funded programme to ensure quality service delivery, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and coordination with relevant authorities and stakeholders in the field.

Liaises with: Project officers, Nutrition Site Supervisors, Concern’s other projects / programmes operating in the same areas, for mutual support and activity integration, towards collective multi-sectoral impact on nutrition outcomes of the target programme participants.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Project Implementation

• Mobilize volunteers / Lead mothers to work for the target community to ensure Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN).
  
• Conduct training for volunteers on MIYCN; Support Group approach, and activities for pregnant and lactating women and their husbands.
  
• Engage in programme participants selection process ensuring impartiality, and the coverage to expected programme areas.
  
• Form Support Groups and other programme participants groups according to project design, ensuring 100% coverage of the programme area.
  
• Ensure proper programme participants selection for the homestead garden activities.
  
• Distribute materials / inputs to target beneficiaries, and promote the utilisation as per project design, to achieve project objectives.
  
• Conduct on the job coaching to the volunteers to maintain high quality and accountability to programme participants.
  
• Ensure necessary technical support and on the job training for the volunteers Coordination
  
• Liaise with govt. authorities in camp level, maintain coordination and collaboration, support to conduct project start up and progress sharing workshop.
  
• Liaise with other Concern project field teams to ensure integration of all projects within Concern Worldwide, for smooth operation and mutual support.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Support MEAL team to create database of the programme participants
  
• Participate in regular team meetings to share activity progress and learning.
  
• Ensure that the feedback mechanism for accountability to staff and beneficiaries is operational in the programme areas.

Reporting:

• Share weekly field activities updates with the Project Officer
  
• Support in the preparation of monthly statistical reports and event report
  Additional Roles
  
• Promote and ensure compliance with the requirements of Concern’s HR policies, concern’s Code of Conduct and its associated policies and Core Humanitarian Standards of Accountability to ensure protection to programme beneficiaries.
  
• Perform other duties assigned by Assistant Project Manager or Project Manager.

Accountability:
In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):

• Actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E);
  
• Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;
  
• Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Person specifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition/ Agriculture/ Public Health / Social Science / Sociology / Social Work.
  
• 01 year experience in the following area(s): NGO, Development Agency (Focused area-Nutrition or Agriculture related Activities e.g. Outreach activity, IYCF, Homestead Gardening)
  
• Those who are fresh graduates from Nutrition/ Agriculture/ Public Health are encouraged to apply.
  
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English is required.

Key competencies:

• Pro-active with an ability to think analytically.
  
• Ability to work in challenging environments.
  
• Ability to work with the community.

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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.

We require immediate possible joining for this position.

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Closing Date of Application: 16 April 2024

Concern Worldwide encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation.  Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations, and is committed to promoting equality. Concern follows an equal opportunity policy and actively encourages diversity welcoming applications from all especially women and people living with disability and other diverse group. Concern promotes gender friendly work environment placing staff welfare and wellbeing at the core.

Safeguarding at Concern: Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.