Community Facilitator(Health & Nutrition)

ROLE PROFILE TITLE:  Community Facilitator (Health and Nutrition) (External) TEAM/PROGRAMME: MNCH, Project Implementation        LOCATION: Rakhine Number of Positions: 5 GRADE: NAT-6                CONTRACT LENGTH: Fixed Term   CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the vetting process staff.   ROLE PURPOSE: To ensure the proper implementation of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health at Rakhine in close collaboration with community health workers and mother to mother support groups, father groups and community. This program aims to reduce health risk factors among vulnerable population in targeted communities through WASH, Health and Nutrition in Rakhine State.   SCOPE OF ROLE:  Direct report to: Project Assistant Staff directly reporting to this post: N/A Budget Responsibility: No financial approval Role Dimensions: Regular contact of basic information  Travel: Frequently (at least 12 times per a month) KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: • Overall responsibility for day-day management of MNCH activities through close coordination with Project Assistant and community volunteers. • Provide supportive supervision to home visit and one to one HE/counselling by community volunteers. • Monitoring on MUAC screening and identification of malnourished PLWs to receive appropriate treatment from integrated nutrition service centres. • Conduct Mother to Mother Support groups, Father groups and Caregiver group sessions for IYCF key practices of SBCC. • Make sure early case detection and refer of U5 sick children to nearest health facilitates to receive appropriate treatment. • Ensure to support for Emergency PW, PNW and NB referral process dealing with implementing partners. • Support on Nutrition Promotion activities, malnourish screening, Immunization, Vit A & Deworming campaign and Micronutrient powder distribution in communities of program areas. • Assist to line manager in coordination and cooperation with local authorities and key stakeholders • Sharing of problems solving ways and lessons studies to colleagues. • Data collection from community volunteers and records keeping • Ensure the documentation of project activities and submit to line manager systematically • Submit monthly output report to line manager timely and precisely manner.  Any other duties and tasks assigned by line manager. BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability: • Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values • Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved. Ambition: • Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same • Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others • Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale. Collaboration: • Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters • Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength • Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to. Creativity: • Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions • Willing to take disciplined risks. Integrity: • Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity • Always acts in the best interests of children QUALIFICATIONS • High School Level • Any bachelor degree (more prefer) EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Essential • At least 1-year experience in Maternal/Child health and Nutrition Program • Proven team management skills & good communication with colleagues • Experience or willing in working at hard to reach/ remote areas with limited resources • Respect the local culture, belief and tradition and eager to learn from community. • Strong commitment and dedication for development of grass root people • Good team member and willing to work with various type of people • Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and • principles.   Desirable • Experience with multi-sectorial programming, or experience managing programs in several different sectors. • Preferable implementation experience in Rakhine context • Experience working with community groups in humanitarian, post-conflict and recovery development context. • Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles. • Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy. • Prior experience with Save The Children • Experience working with children and on children’s issues. Additional job responsibilities The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.   Equal Opportunities  The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.   Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.    All staff has an obligation and a responsibility to: • Ensure they fully understand the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct and Local/Country Procedures. • Conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse. • Ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk) – this means constantly scrutinizing their work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children about possible design/implementation “flaws”. • Promote the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations and government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary families, and community members in general. • Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.    All managers have the above responsibilities as well as ensuring • Their staff are doing the above. • That child safeguarding is integrated and given a “voice” in all management processes including recruitment, induction, performance management, team meetings, annual planning processes, field level monitoring, etc.  Safeguarding our Staff: The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy. Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures. The Organization We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030: · No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday · All children learn from a quality basic education and that, · Violence against children is no longer tolerated We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. Application Information: Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.