The IRC is a non-governmental organization operating in 26 countries in the world. IRC started operation in Ethiopia in year 2000, currently working in five regions in providing relief services to refugees, victims of drought, and war affected populations.
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IRC Ethiopia is an International NGO works in 20 refugee camps across four regions, implements a long-standing emergency response mechanism nationwide, and supports rural communities in six regions with longer-term development programming. IRC’s targets conflict- and/or natural disaster-affected communities (which include camp-based refugees) and remote, under-served Ethiopian communities (including those internally displaced). The Ethiopia program implements most IRC sectors including many multi-sector programs, particularly in our refugee camp programs. IRC provides emergency education, both formal and non-formal, psycho-social support and vocational training for youth, child protection, water supply improvement, sanitation promotion, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, reproductive health education and services, and community well-being initiative (CWI) prevention of and response to gender based violence.
SCOPE OF THE POSITION:
Under the direct supervision of emergency health officer, the Health Assistant is responsible to work and deployed as Mobile health and Nutrition Team (MHNT) in the IRC respective implementation woredas. Will carry out essential lifesaving primary health care services for hard to reach areas or Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Oromia region. He/she will closely work with the Emergency health officer and indirectly with the Emergency manager/and or Mobile health and nutrition specialist as deemed.
Length of Employment- Until June 2018 with possibility of extension
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
§ Conduct all activities planned in the EHF funded project for MHNT components
§ Provide essential lifesaving primary health care services to communities who have no access to primary health care services and IDPs
§ Responsible to provide Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) activities to IDPs and people who have no access to the services.
§ Conduct capacity building interventions to HEWs and community health workers and community mobilization activities with key Health messages.
§ Facilitate and Participate in carry out needs assessment for Health capacity building interventions.
§ Provide different trainings and workshops as per the plan
§ Perform all necessary actions to ensure the smooth functioning mobile health and nutrition activities.
§ Support woreda base health system in providing technical support to the health facilities.
§ Ensure integration of child protection, and child safeguarding principles in all project activities
§ Provide support in developing and implement a Community Based Communication Strategy
§ Work closely with other sectoral staff– WASH, Health to ensure integrated approach in program implementation in his/her woredas.
§ Participate woreda and zonal coordination meetings in the absence of emergency health officer
§ Write monthly/quarterly/annual reports about the project (MHNT) activities on timely bases
§ Any other task assigned by his/her supervisor
REQUIREMENTS:
§ BSc Degree or Diploma in Health fields such as Public Health Officer, Nursing and Midwifery.
§ Minimum of 1 year for BSc Degree holders and 3 years for Diploma holders.
§ Demonstrable experience in working with communities, and knowledge of participatory approaches.
§ Committed and strong attitude towards community empowerment.
§ Strong inter-personal skills with a proven ability to work as a team member under difficult conditions.
§ Good understanding of the Oromia cultural context
§ Afan Oromo language is a Must
§ Working knowledge of computers