Female Job - BRAC - Consultant (Nutrition)

Job Description / Responsibility

• Develop, design and adapt nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive messages targeted to adolescent including development of appropriate and effective job aids, IEC materials, games/ activities, integrated modules, etc.
• Provide on job training and orientation to staffs and partners on delivering nutrition interventions, including dietary promotion, anemia screening and micronutrient supplementation
• Pilot models for nutrition support for adolescent and mothers in urban areas for future replication and scale-up
• Document lessons learned and best practices
• Act as focal point for interventions from other sectors and assist to monitoring and reporting on child protection, WASH, HIV, health, etc.
• Collaborate and work with UNICEF nutrition and child protection team, relevant stakeholders and government authorities
• Participate in relevant nutrition mechanisms
• Collect research, studies and other country experiences on adolescent nutrition to help guide evidence based strategies
• Support scale-up of adolescent nutrition interventions in other areas when required
• Monitor result and achievements for nutrition and related behavioral outcomes of adolescent
• Ensure adequate planning, forecasting and utilization of nutrition supplies and materials
• Develop planning and monitoring tools for adolescent nutrition
• Identify and address bottlenecks for smooth delivery of targeted nutrition interventions to adolescent
• Report on quarterly progress, achievements and targets
• Organise and conduct field visit with partners and stakeholders

Job Nature

Contractual

Educational Requirements

Masters in any discipline from any recognized university with second class/ division or equivalent GPA/ CGPA in all academic examination

Experience Requirements

• At least 3 year(s)

Additional Job Requirements

• Age At most 40 year(s)
• Only females are allowed to apply.
• Knowledge of adolescent empowerment programme
• Strong communication and advocacy skill
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skill both in English and Bengali
• Ability to work with different partners and stakeholders
• Experience to work with an NGO in urban areas will be preferred

Job Location

Dhaka

Salary Range

Tk. 78900 

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Application Deadline : Jan 27, 2015

Company Information

BRAC
Address : BRAC Centre, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka:1212
Web : www.brac.net