The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control over their future. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees and people made to flee from war or disaster. IRC has been working in Ethiopia since 1999 and is implementing integrated, community-managed programs aimed at improving the quality of lives and recovery of livelihood of the disaster-affected population through promoting individual participation, strengthening institutions, and emergency response.
The IRC health program in Ethiopia currently implements activities in different settings: Emergency Response Mechanism (ERM), a refugee health program that is involved in the delivery of community-based reproductive health services, and HIV/AIDS prevention activities in 7 refugee camps; Sexual and reproductive health projects in Oromia and a child survival community-based treatment program in the Somali, and Benishangul-Gumuz; Community surveillance of Vaccine-preventable diseases and priority zoonotic diseases in the same regions above including Gambella. Currently, IRC started a new project funded by EUTF (EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa) aiming at Promoting stability and strengthening basic service delivery for host communities, refugees, and other displaced populations in Gambella, and Benishangul-Gumuz National Regional States of Ethiopia. The objectives of the EUTF project are to improve access to and quality of health services, including sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services, trauma healing, for host communities, refugees, and other displaced people and to promote peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and reconciliation/resolution.
The Health Manager in Assosa will be responsible for managing the sexual and reproductive health (SRH), Mental health, and HIV/AIDS health projects that IRC is currently implementing. The position is based at the Assosa field office and frequently travels to project implementation sites (Bambasi, Sherkole, Tsore, and Tsore new site) refugee camps of BGRS for technical support on clinical reproductive health (RH) services, to assist in data quality and provide support to field teams on implementation of the project activities. Internally the position involves technical, grant, and budget management, monitoring and evaluation, and human resource management. Externally it needs communication, coordination, and representation with the host government, Regional Health Bureaus, Zonal health department, and Woreda health offices and partners.
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