Field Supervisor

Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 40 years, and manages and delivers large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, protection, environmental health, and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster-affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, and Sindh provinces.

Job Overview/Summary:

Field Supervisor will be hired to supervisor all project activities.

Major Responsibilities:

• Prepares weekly or monthly work plans to meet operational needs at all health facilities/ community sites where nutrition project staff, especially nutrition assistants and social mobilizers are deployed in 3 districts of Sindh.
• Train project staff in areas of developing static and mobile nutrition sites for population cannot access the nutrition services.
• Assists staff coverage when needed to meet operational needs.
• Provide technical support to nutrition assistants and social mobilizers, to promote implementation of simplified protocols of CMAM.
• Ensure all staff understand and implement program guidelines used for assessing simplified protocols issues, advising them of the best implementation solutions and following up as appropriate.
• Ensure appropriate and consistent education messaging to mothers at OTPs/ BISP facilitation centers/ hospitals/community catchment areas in the community.
• Facilitate the development and scheduling of nutrition assistants and social mobilizers monthly activities in collaboration with other sectors.
• Prepare field visit plans and supervision checklist in advance of trips.
• Compile monthly activity reports and assist stock consumption/distribution plans for each of OTPs/ BISP facilitation centers/ hospitals/community catchment areas.
• Conduct training to build the capacity of Nutrition assistants and social mobilizers.
• Facilitate integrated programming to promote communication and referral between community to health facilities and vice versa.
• Liaise with other humanitarian actors, local authorities, government actors as appropriate on assessment and response to support implementation of simplified protocols of CMAM in the project intervention areas.
• Provide technical support to keep a record of mothers and children attending education sessions, receiving support through social mobilizers in the field and nutrition assistants at the health facility.
• Weekly reporting of activities to the Nutrition assistants and social mobilizers.
• Shared monthly work plan and activity report to higher ups for clear directions on decision.
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor related to the project interventions.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Project Manager with technical Assistant from Sr Health Manager

Job Requirements:

a) Education:

Bachelors

b) Work Experience:

Minimum 02-03-year work experience with an INGO or in offices (Preferability will be given to relevant experience)

c) Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Good health and personal hygiene
• Demonstrated cleaning skills
• Responsiveness to direction and willingness to learn
• Language Skills – Local languages along with good Urdu speaking

Others:

• Previous experience in a similar role with NGO or in the development sector.

Gender Equality:

IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures, and actions demonstrate this commitment. Women candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

The IRC Core Values and Commitments.

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.
• IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff are suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy. o Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children
• IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities, and must have competencies to solicit and listen to feedback and other’s perspectives, respond to feedback with maturity and sensitivity, and take appropriate decisions and make changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.
• IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Women candidates and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.