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International Rescue CommitteeProfession
Industry (Medical, health)
Seniority (Medical, health)
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International Rescue Committee
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Description
Requirements
- Health professional: Degree in health-related discipline + master’s degree in public health, with strong primary health care background and strong management experience.
- At least 3 years’ experience in implementing and managing NGO health programs, preferably in complex humanitarian and/or emergency settings.
- Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.
- Previous experience supervising and managing a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting
- Demonstrated experience in capacity building and mentoring of staff
- Demonstrated experience in grant management and proposal writing
- Excellent computer skills in programs such as: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
Technical Program Implementation
- Support implementation of integrated community health and epidemic preparedness and response (EPR) activities, with a focus on the current Ebola response, across refugee and host communities in line with project work plans and technical guidance.
- Coordinate community-based disease surveillance, alert reporting, risk communication and community engagement (RCCE), screening, and referral activities for the current Ebola response and other epidemic-prone diseases in collaboration with health facilities, VHTs, CHEWs, Rapid Response Teams (RRTs), and District Health Teams (DHTs).
- Support timely identification, verification, documentation, and reporting of suspected Ebola cases and other epidemic-prone diseases and public health events in line with MoH and district surveillance protocols.
- Facilitate implementation of community-level epidemic prevention and response interventions, including Ebola-specific household sensitization, RCCE campaigns, screening support, and referral follow-up.
Community Systems Strengthening
- Strengthen and coordinate community health structures, including VHTs, CHEWs, refugee community volunteers, youth groups, and community networks, to enhance community engagement, disease surveillance, early detection, and service delivery during the current Ebola response and other public health emergencies.
- Build the capacity of community structures through training, mentorship, supportive supervision, and routine performance monitoring on Ebola and other epidemic-prone disease surveillance, referrals, risk communication and community engagement (RCCE), infection prevention and control (IPC), safeguarding, and protection mainstreaming.
- Support the establishment and strengthening of sustainable community-to-facility referral pathways for suspected Ebola cases and other epidemic-prone diseases, while ensuring continued access to essential health, protection, SRHR, GBV, child protection, mental health, and other lifesaving services.
Coordination & Representation
- Participate in district and settlement-level coordination meetings, technical working groups, and health sector engagements as delegated.
- Maintain close collaboration with District Health Teams (DHTs), Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), MoH structures, partner agencies, refugee leadership, and community stakeholders.
- Support integrated coordination between community and facility-based health services to improve continuity of care and timely referrals.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Support collection, verification, analysis, and timely reporting of community health and surveillance data using approved MoH and IRC tools and platforms.
- Maintain accurate records of community activities, referrals, alerts, trainings, supervision visits, and outbreak response interventions.
- Participate in routine data quality improvement processes and ensure confidentiality and safe management of sensitive information.
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