JOB SUMMARY:
The position holder shall be in charge of technical quality implementation and delivery of the mobile health and Nutrition services and public health emergency management at the project catchment woredas.
This position is more of a technical position in IMC Ethiopia country office, and the position holder will work under the direction and support of Public Health Emergency specialist and closely work with senior health program coordinator. The position holder is responsible to lead and coordinate the planning, implementation and evaluation processes of IDPs emergency health response through MHN intervention of International Medical Corps designed in East Hararghe zone. He/she also responsible to monitor and follow up of the day to day implementation and service provision of the mobile health and nutrition team service, participate in outbreak investigation and response, provide technical support, follow up of early warning, regular data collection, mapping of project sites in terms of occurrence of epidemics, conduct capacity assessment at the woreda & health facility and assessment of risk factors and hazards for the occurrence of outbreaks and disease patterns in the project areas. She/He will represent IMC in any emergency health outbreak response, MHN and prevention meetings organized at the zonal and woreda level.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Lead and responsible for the emergency health project implementation especially for the mobile health and nutrition service intervention for IDPs at the project sites under his/her supervision.
· Create smooth relation and collaboration with Government stakeholder.
· Prepare detailed implementation plan and share with all woreda based staffs
· Ensure implementation of all health planned activities upon expected quality and schedule at all levels.
· Organize and facilitate review meeting to review gaps and project progress.
· Follow up of project implementation through organizing regular update and experience sharing meeting among staffs.
· Undertake assessment to identify gap and status of PHEM and surveillance at each woredas by engagement of Health response officer.
· Provide technical support for IMC staffs and government health workers on proper implementation of the service.
· Work in close consultation with health program manager and field office manager while implementing all activities and utilization of budget.
· Represent IMC in any IDPs and PHEM meeting organized at project site.
· Prepare and submit biweekly, monthly, quarterly, donor and government reports timely to field offices.
· Perform other duties as assigned.
Reporting and M/E
· Regularly collect information and data from woredas and prepare monthly project updates and regular progress reports on outbreak response activities undertaken at field site.
· Assist mobile health team staffs to enable them compile the field based reports and prepare simplified reporting formats.
Representation
· Represent the organization during outbreak technical meetings at zonal level.
Additional Tasks:
· Collaborate with other actors working in the target community
· Be flexible and be able to give assistance with different activities not included in this primary job description.
Implement other PHEM related activities as per direction from Senior Health program manager.
Qualifications:
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