Vacancy Ref. No.: HAI/Prog/023/18
Contract Length: 11 months (with possibility of extension based on funding availability)
Reporting to: Program Coordinator - Borena
Key Relationship:
Internal: Emergency Program Manager, Emergency Program Officer, Program Coordinator - Borena and MEAL Coordinator
External: Partners, Ministry of Water & Health - Zone & Woreda level
Background
HelpAge International (www.helpage.org) is the secretariat to the HelpAge Global Network, which brings together a wide range of organisations and individuals working together to ensure that older people lead dignified, active, healthy and secure lives. HelpAge International’s secretariat is based in London, UK but works in 41 countries across the world.
HelpAge has been operating in Ethiopia since 1992 and has been engaged on thematic sectors including social protection, health and wellbeing, emergency response and capacity building of partners. HelpAge International is responding to the needs of south Sudanese refugees’ influx with special focus on specific needs of older people and PWDs in Gambella region. The integrated refugee response intervention includes Health, Nutrition, Livelihoods, protection of older people and person with disabilities and capacity building of humanitarian actors to ensure inclusion of older people and their specific needs in the overall refugee response and essential service delivery interventions. The specific projects are implemented with full engagement of older people and other persons with specific needs in refugee camps and in close consultation and coordination with ARRA, UNHCR, RaDO and other humanitarian actors currently involved in various sectors of refugee responses.
Overall Purpose of the Job
Under the leadership of the Health Program Manager, the Senior Public Health Officer will be responsible for the overall implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the health activities in its designated location with a more focus on Non Communicable Diseases (NCD), Eye-Care and HIV/AIDS.
Specific Responsibilities:
Qualification and Experience: