Community Facilitator in Nutrition and Health At Feed the Children

About Employment

At Feed the Children, we know the value of exceptional people. More importantly, we want to find the right people to join our team. We are proud to provide our partners with an enabling environment for productive, rewarding and long-term employment.

As a leading organization in the fight against hunger, Feed the Children is dedicated to helping families in difficulty. We are looking for people to join us as we provide hope and resources to those who lack the essentials for life. We believe that all together, working together, we can overcome hunger and create a world where no child goes to bed hungry. At Feed the Children we believe that “people” and their “talent” are essential. Achieving our mission and vision can only happen through a team of collaborators who inspire, motivate, support, they have a vocation for service and are committed to our beneficiaries.

Position Name:

Community Facilitator in Nutrition and Health

Headquarters:

Palencia Region, Guatemala

Mission:

The Community Nutrition and Health Facilitator is the main implementer and point of contact with the participants in the Palencia region, will focus on the implementation of programmatic activities related to nutrition and maternal and child health training; vitamin and dewormer supplementation, promotion and monitoring of healthy schools and school feeding programs; nutrition and community health and other related topics. You will be responsible for executing all field activities and organizing the collaboration of the participants throughout the year, ensuring that processes are completed and reported according to planning and within budget availability.

Reports to:

Nutrition and Health Coordinator

Position Profile

Qualifications and Experience:

• Vocational training at the diversified level with an emphasis on nutrition, health or the like.
• Training certifications on topics related to nutrition, health or the like.
• At least two (2) years of work experience as a promoter or field facilitator in NGOs, international cooperation agencies or government agencies related to Nutrition and Health.
• Intermediate technical knowledge of nutrition and maternal and child health and community.
• Experience implementing community health and nutrition programs.
• Basic knowledge and mastery in computer programs and systems for reporting, creation of info-educational materials, data collection and use of databases.
• Advanced experience riding standard gearmotives on rough terrain.
• Current motorcycle driving license.
• Reside in the Municipality of Palencia.
• Ability to project and maintain a calm work environment while at the same time operating in an environment defined by deadlines and dates and required by its internal and external clients.
• Excellent interpersonal, relational and communication skills, with a history of inspiring collaboration across various functions.
• Have a deep connection with the local context of communities in conditions of social risk.
• Ease to adopt and promote a positive attitude towards the processes of change, renewal and transformation.
• Be committed to creating a positive impact in the world, with inspiration, passion, compassion and a vocation for service.

Essential Functions:

• Create and train community groups on Nutrition and Health issues
• Organizes Nutrition and Health fairs in the communities, and any other activity that discloses, educates and trains external parties and participants in collaboration with the Community Facilitator/a in Education and Food Security.
• Coordinates with school authorities, parents and students the execution of the School Feeding Program, and strengthens the appropriate practices of acquisition, distribution, oversight, proper storage and use of food and its proper nutritionally balanced preparation; under the healthy school approach.
• Creates a monitoring work plan in the communities, under the supervision of the Nutrition and Health Coordinator, and in collaboration with the Facilitator/a Community of Food Education and Security.
• It reports activities with means of verification.
• It executes methodologies in the communities and provides feedback on the implementation for the creation or modification of strategies and info-educational materials.
• Motivates and inspires participants to share knowledge with other community members.
• Collect data for surveys, nutritional or anthropometric information.
• Provides feedback to the Nutrition and Health Coordinator on the findings in the communities; and identifies needs.
• Develop support activities for other programs such as Child Sponsorship.
• Represents Feed the Children at the community level, with local authorities.
• Complies with all Feed the Children operating policies and procedures.
• Create excellent external communications and interactions with key community stakeholders.
• Creates and maintains excellent internal communications with the rest of the staff, focusing on common objectives; always maintaining a proactive, collaborative and respectful attitude; identifying areas for improvement.
• Executes the administrative and financial processes required for the execution of the funds.
• It performs other functions assigned within its specialty area and others required by the organization.

Additional responsibilities

The functions and job responsibilities set out above are not exhaustive and the incumbent may be required to perform additional tasks within reason and according to his level of skills and experience.

Commitment to Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Feed the Children is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful and safe work environment where all people are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. Feed the Children expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or workplace harassment of people in any work environment. Part of our strategy is to increase the representation and incorporation of women in our human talent teams, as well as people who identify with different races and ethnic groups.

Equal Opportunity Policy

At Feed the Children we believe in Equal Opportunities, therefore we consider everyone to be the applicants for merit regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or other characteristic protected by applicable law. In the same way, we are committed to promoting the gender approach as a transversal axis in our organization.

Safeguarding Policy

Feed the Children strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as harassment everywhere aid and development programs are implemented. Feed the Children has a zero tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as harassment. Feed the Children hopes that its collaborators maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that Feed the Children’s work is done honestly and fairly, in line with Feed the Children’s associated and safeguard policies. We need to keep children safe, so our selection process includes background checks, reflecting our commitment to safeguarding children.

Our main commitment is to promote a culture focused on promoting safe and protective environments for children who participate in the different programs implemented by Feed the Children in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, guaranteeing zero tolerance for all forms of damage and abuse towards them.

Violations of established policies will be subject to corrective actions, including termination of employment.