Experience

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  Nestlé bangladesh limited

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Regulatory and scientific affairs officer

  • Check the Recipe with respect to the Bangladesh Food Legislations and approve it.• Provide inputs related to regulatory to the Application Group during the New Product Development.• Liaise with Application Groups, Legal and Marketing in order to give product label artwork with a clear understanding of the regulatory requirements.• Get relevant information on allergens for each product/recipe from the application group and scrutinize them before providing ingredient list to the marketing people. Also make necessary allergen declaration as per the product recipe and allergen information. File these documents on allergens for each product separately.• Establish an ingredient list for every New or Revised recipe as per Bangladesh Food Regulations or International Regulations.• Scrutinize and approve all label “artwork” for conformance with the Bangladesh Food Regulations.• Provide Regulatory Requirements for each finished product and Raw Material to QA and Application Group.• Maintaining and updating internal record of all food regulations of Bangladesh.• Assist external regulatory activities (BSTI/IPHN/Others) in order to achieve Company objectives. Show less

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  United nations food and agriculture organization

  Dec 2013 - Feb 2015

  National nutrition specialist

  • Play the lead role in planning, implementation of the FAO project nutrition component; • Develop curriculum and provide training to counterparts, partners and beneficiaries in nutrition to improve their capacity;• Formulate and disseminate key messages for promoting nutrition through the production and consumption of micro-nutrient rich foods by beneficiary households, with a special emphasis on poultry • Adapt available training materials on food based nutrition for use at district/sub district and community levels • Advise on the development of appropriate nutrition messages for use in the design of a mass media communications strategy as well as the nutrition education campaigns at the household level;• Taking the lead in implementation of nutrition promotion sessions on household food preparation, including participatory cooking demonstrations, focusing on improving dietary diversity and improved complementary feeding, adopting Farmers Field Schools (FFSs), women groups and other relevant community based approaches ;• Support implementation of simple food processing methods for community level application• Coordinate and collaborate with other organizations (UNICEF, WFP, NGOs) that has focus on the utilization of safe and nutritious food;• Monitor nutrition activities regularly and reviewing the progress and strategies and updating the same to achieve project goal and objectives;• Support the development of monitoring and evaluation indicators, in close collaboration with relevant staff, to guide project implementation in the management of the FAO nutrition component and to support the assessment of the project impact and achievement of envisaged objectives;• Assist in preparing timely updates and draft reports and information briefs relevant to the nutrition component of the programme for submission to Senior Technical Coordinator and Nutrition Officer for information sharing at the various coordination meetings.• Perform other related duties as re Show less

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  Unicef bangladesh

  Mar 2015 - now

  Nutrition officer

   Conduct and update the situation analysis for the programme sector(s) for the development, design and management of nutrition related programmes/projects. Research and report on development trends (e.g. political social, economic, nutrition, health) for higher management use to enhance programme management, efficiency and delivery of results. Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning, through analysis of nutrition needs and areas for intervention; and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.  Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme transactions; preparing materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results based planning (RBM), and monitoring and evaluation of results. Prepare required documentations and materials to facilitate the programme review and approval process. Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues. Provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision-making. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned. Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with the government and other counterparts to assess programmes/projects and to report on required action and interventions at the higher level of programme management. Show less