Save the Children (SC) has an opening for the following position. If you are interested to join our team, please review below position specification and requirement to help you make a decision.
Job Title | Woreda Health Officer-OHEP |
Place of Work | Amaro |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the organization scale |
No. of Positions | One(01) |
Length of Contract | September 2017 with high possibility of extension
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Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In Ethiopia and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.
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JOB SUMMARY:
The position holder is expected to create demand for health care services by implementing a demand creation strategy in Segen Zone working through the existing HEP/HDA system, working to improve health care seeking behaviour, creating enabling environment for increased health care utilization, address gender related barriers by facilitating regular and structured community dialogues that assess, analyze and act upon gender relations that affect childcare service utilization. The position holder is expected to monitor and promote active participation of women in KCPs and woreda cabinets and enhance male engagement in child health care particularly by involving influential contacts such as Agricultural Extension Workers and religious leaders.
The position holder is expected to provide a consistent and high quality technical support in relation to health extension program. The positions involves adopting/developing IEC/ SBCC tools, duplicate and distribute key information and education materials, mobilize pregnant women's forums, lead HDA meetings, mobilize school communities to promote behavior change, providing training and conducting meetings with HEWS, HDA, Kebele command post, and school communities. As part of the assignment the position holder is expected to identify, design and develop materials/manuals on appropriate health promotion, diseases prevention, hygiene promotion and community sanitation; conduct base line assessment and need assessment S/he is expected to liaise with communities, local authorities and other agencies regularly to ensure coordination and effective implementation activities and participate on meeting regarding health extension program.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Specific tasks:
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Train HEWs/HDA/HWs on demand creation, interpersonal communication, negotiation skills
Orient AEWs on available child and newborn health care services
Mobilize community during pregnant women's forums
Orient HAD leaders/DTL about the project activities and services community mobilization
Use vans for promoting ICCM/CBNC service provision on quarterly bases in low utilization woredas and kebeles
Organize Kebele Command Posts (KCP) on demand creation strategies through continuous follow up and technical support that KCPs members be abele in exploring their MNCH and other community health problems at community level , prioritize problems and plan , act together through mobilized communities , monitor, evaluate ,learn and re-plan to ensure community ownership and sustainability of the program.
Facilitate quarterly dialogue with religious leaders and traditional healers through KCP kebele command post to understand their beliefs and why they promote certain behaviors (half day event /3 per woreda
Develop and transmit Radio spots on iCCM/CBNC in local language
Orient school community about iCCM and CBNC
Develop on local language educational documentary film
Mobilize school community about iCCM and CBNC
Using the behavior change strategy, mobilize the community around the promotion of key newborn, child and maternal health messages;
Mobilize schools, different art clubs, key stakeholders and community leaders on MNCHN, CBNC and ICCM promotion and for a better implementation;
Organize meetings & communication activities such as workshops, focus groups seminars, and review meetings with HDAs, HEWs, volunteers, mothers and local community groups;
Support on-going monitoring of capacity building and effectiveness of mobilized community interventions;
Develop and disseminate experience-based learning on community mobilization specific to CBNC/ICCM for SAPZ partners;
Coordinate with project coordinator to ensure consistent community mobilization in the target districts;
Organize community groups, generate community resources and educate them on sustainable community involvement in ICCM/CBNC and in general MNCHN;
Document lessons learned and success stories;
Demonstrate effective team building and communication skills to maintain harmony and work efficiency in the unit;
Work closely in Community-MNCHN implementation with HEWs and volunteer community health promoters (CHP)/HDAs to deliver key maternal, newborn and child health; ICCM/CBNC messages;
Work on feasible strategies to effectively reach households and plan and implement C-MNCHN, and ICCM activities with HEWs and CHPs/HDAs
2.Child Safeguarding and other KPIs:
Providing orientations on Child Safeguarding for HEWs, HDAs, communities and project beneficiaries;
Ensure for timely reporting of any suspected/concerns on fraud and child safeguarding issues;
Ensure for timely reporting of the security situations in program implementation area;
Ensure child participation in project monitoring and evaluation through invitation for meetings, joint supervision, workshops etc;
Ensure for complaint are appropriately received and responded timely;
Ensure for consistent reporting of any humanitarian situations in project implementation area;
3. Reporting:
On monthly basis produce community mobilization report and summit to line/project managers;
Monthly basis produce activities conducted on child safeguarding and report to line/project managers;
Monthly basis produce humanitarian situation report and submit line/project managers;
Monthly basis produce complaints received and managed and report to line/project managers;
Prepare and submit regular activities achieved on child participation in project implementation, monitoring and evaluation and report to line managers/project manager;
Prepare and submit feedback reports submitted to partners;
Produce case stories on monthly basis and share to line managers;
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Ambition:
Collaboration:
Creativity:
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:n
Bachelor Degree in Public Health or BSC in Clinical/Public Nursing
Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in designing, planning, and implementing health extension program,
SBCC efforts and/or community level activities, and ICCM/CBNC programs
Knowledge, training and experience in ICCM/CBNC, IRT, and community mobilization/SBCC is essential
Trained on IMNCI / iCCM /CBNC case management is mandatory requirement
Knowledge on and experience working through Health development army structure, PRRT, conducting IRT trainings
Has a strong knowledge on the health extension program
Demonstrated skills in program planning, implementation and monitoring.
Demonstrated skills in peer group training, Training of Trainers and development of training materials.
Strong computer and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment.