Job Overview:

The Nutrition and Development Facilitator (NDF) will support improved uptake and continuity of nutrition and ECD services under BNP by promoting practical behavior change, linking communities with Facilitation Centers, supporting BISP/Kafaalat beneficiaries, and strengthening referrals and follow-up. The NDF will serve as a bridge between beneficiaries, FC services, LHW/community platforms, and household-level behavior change.

Key Responsibiities:

The NDF will undertake the following responsibilities:

A. Community Engagement and SBC Interventions

The NDF is jointly accountable for the strengthening coordination at community and the Facilitation Centre. Each responsibility cluster below specifies what the Nutrition and Development and Facilitator does at FC level these are not separate jobs but two sides of the same role, delivered in an integrated weekly work cycle with the community structure and will work 06 full days at FC.

At Facilitation Centre Level

Conduct structured group and individual counselling sessions at the FC for beneficiaries, caregivers, fathers, and adolescents on MIYCAN, IYCF, ECD, positive parenting, Nurturing Care, WIFAS, MMS, and healthy diets, particularly while beneficiaries wait for services. Establish and animate a Parenting and Nutrition Counselling Corner at the FC, using low-cost demonstrations on breastfeeding, complementary feeding, responsive caregiving, early stimulation, and play with locally available materials.
Use the Parenting and Nutrition Counselling Corner to demonstrate feeding, play, communication, responsive caregiving and positive parenting practices while beneficiaries wait for services.
Conduct basic age-appropriate developmental monitoring/screening using UNICEF/BISP-approved tools or checklists, focusing on communication, motor, social-emotional and early learning milestones.
Develop a monthly FC-level SBC micro-plan covering outreach schedules, mapping of the catchment areas, priority communities, support group sessions, counselling targets, referral follow-up, and stakeholder engagement actions

B. Follow-up and Referral Support

Track the beneficiaries from identification and registration through counselling, scheduled FC visits, compliance, referrals, and follow-up in coordination with FC staff
Facilitate two-way referrals between the FC and health services, including ANC, PNC, EPI, Nutrition Stabilization Centers (NSCs), and CMAM sites, and track referral completion rates
Maintain a list of missed-visit and defaulter cases at the FC level and coordinate with FC staff on follow-up actions.
Discuss high-risk cases and referral gaps with FC staff and LHWs during weekly or biweekly catchment reviews.
Document reasons for incomplete referrals and missed visits, including transport, permission, service dissatisfaction, family refusal, misinformation, distance, waiting time or cost.
Support return-to-service counselling for beneficiaries who missed scheduled FC visits

C. Campaigns Implementation and Information Dissemination

Coordinate FC-level campaign activities including demonstrations, group sessions, and IEC material display ensuring messaging is consistent with community platforms
Capture and report campaign reach, beneficiary feedback, behavior focus, and follow-up actions from both community and FC activities in a single integrated campaign report.
Ensure all documentation follows UNICEF/BISP communication, visibility, safeguarding, informed consent and dignity standards.
Submit monthly field highlights and quarterly behavior change/success stories for programme learning, visibility and advocacy.

D. Facilitation Center and Stakeholder Coordination

Liaise regularly with FC staff to align outreach plans, beneficiary lists, referral systems, and service schedules.
Coordinate with BISP officials and FC management on beneficiary compliance, commodity stock, and service quality issues
Coordinate with BISP Assistant Directors/District staff, POS agents, LHW Coordinators/LHSs, LHWs, facility in-charges and FC staff to verify beneficiary lists, update contact/address information, identify eligible Kafaalat households and support referral/enrolment into BNP.
Participate in Kafaalat payment/distribution days, where feasible and approved, to identify, inform, screen and refer eligible PLWs, children and adolescent girls to the FC.
Support formation/revival of beneficiary/community groups in areas with weak LHW coverage to strengthen communication, referral and follow-up between households and FCs.

E. Monitoring, Reporting, and Supply Information

Compile and submit timely monthly and quarterly SBC intervention reports — covering the FC activities using approved formats, digital tools, or dashboards
Collect, record, and report data on service uptake and attendance, referral completion, and behavior change indicators
Maintain close liaison with FC staff on commodity stock availability and share supply-related issues with UNICEF on a monthly and ad-hoc basis
Contribute to micro-planning and adaptive outreach strategies using programme data and behavioral insights from both community and FC monitoring.
Support timely FC-level data reconciliation related to attendance, counselling, missed visits, referrals, high-risk cases, community sessions and beneficiary follow-up.
Use monthly data and community insights to update the SBC micro-plan and identify priority actions for the next month.
Support monthly FC scorecard or quality review processes, including counselling quality, ECD/nutrition demonstration, referral completion, missed visits, community feedback and action closure.
Report commodity stockouts or service disruptions only in relation to their effect on service uptake, beneficiary trust, counselling credibility, compliance and continuity of care.

F. Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP)

Promote awareness of grievance redress mechanisms at the FC and support timely escalation of complaints through established systems.
Ensure that community has access to the information on, Complaint Registration and Response Mechanisms
Track, document, and escalate complaints and feedback from FC interactions and follow up on resolution where possible
Report FC-level feedback trends to improve service quality, counselling content, and SBC messages
Ensure informed consent for photographs, videos, and success stories involving beneficiaries, children, and vulnerable women

Required Qualifications:

Minimum Bachelors Degree Social sciences, Nutrition, Public health, Allied health or related field, or LHV qualification
Community Midwives or technical degree from the registered institutions

Required Experience

Minimum 2 to 3 years in community-based nutrition, ECD, SBC, health or social protection programmes.
Experience with BISP/BNP/Kafaalat and local-language communication is desirable.

Required Skills:

Nutrition & ECD Counselling,Interpersonal & Group Counselling,Beneficiary Tracking & Referral Support,Social & Behaviour Change (SBC) Communication,Stakeholder Coordination,Monitoring &Reporting,Facilitation& Demonstration Skills

Location:

District: Awaran,Barkhan,Brshore,Chagai,Chaman,Dera Bugti North,Dera Bugti South,Dukki,Gwadar,Harnai,Hub,Jaffarabad,

Jhal Magsi,Kachhi,Kalat,Sikandarabad,Kech,Kharan,Khuzdar,Killa Abdullah,Killa Saifullah,Kohlu,Lasbela,Loralai,Mastung,

Musakhel,Nasirabad,Nushki,Panjgur,Pishin,Quetta,Sherani,Sibi,Sohbatpur,Tump,Usta Muhammad,Washuk,Zhob,Ziarat