Community Health Assistant

Required Qualifications.

• Diploma in Public Health, Environmental Health, or its equivalent.
  
• Registered with the relevant body.
  

Required Experience & Competencies.

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the Public Health field.
  
• Strong communication skills; oral, written, and presentation skills.
  
• Team player.
  
• Ready to work in difficult environmental conditions.
  
• Must be flexible and culturally sensitive.
  
• Experience working in a resource-poor setting and/or camp environment is an added advantage.
  

• Overseeing the selection of CHPs by community members at the community level.
  
• Working with the CH Officer to organize and facilitate CHPs and CHC training.
  
• In support of the CHO, the CHA will ensure quarterly CHC meetings are held in the assigned unit.
  
• Monitoring the management of the CHPs’ kit and phones for effective implementation
  
• Supporting the CHPs in assigned tasks and coaching them to ensure the achievement of desired health and WASH outputs and outcomes in the assigned units.
  
• Conduct close monitoring and follow-up to unstable /high-risk households to ensure improved health outcomes.
  
• Collating Health /WASH information gathered by the CHPs to display summaries at strategic sites to provide relevant feedback as well as material for dialogue at community levels.
  
• Compiling MOH /specific donor reports from CHPs and forwarding them to the CH Officer
  
• Receiving feedback from facilities & CH Officers and passing it on to the CHCs and CHPs through dialogue and planning that leads to actions to improve identified Health /WASH issues.
  
• Following up and monitoring actions emerging from dialogue and planning sessions to ensure implementation.
  
• Conducting support supervision to all the CHPs in the assigned unit within 3 months, identifying the gaps, and organizing CME, OJT, or training to improve CHPs' knowledge and skills for effective delivery of services.
  

Capacity Building

• With the support of the CHO organize training and refreshers for CHPs on community health/WASH-related topics
  
• Liaise with the program CHOs to develop a curriculum and an IRC training manual
  
• for CHPs.
  
• Ensure a class of CHPs is trained and certified yearly
  
• Liaise with CHOs to conduct CHP performance monitoring and evaluation of all CHPs twice annually.
  

Administrative Responsibilities

• Prepare orders for sector activities and maintain inventories for the assigned units
  
• Ensure daily attendance is signed, duty roster signed, and submitted to CHO for verification before handing it to the Counterpart manager.
  
• In liaison with CHO compile weekly monthly, quarterly, and annual reports unit report.