TITLE: Health officer
TEAM/PROGRAMME: program
LOCATION: Red sea
GRADE:
CONTRACT LENGTH: National – Fixed
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The primary function of this role is the implementation and day-to-day management of the health component. In meeting this responsibility, the Health officer is also accountable for the monitoring of the project’s health inputs and outputs, and ensuring targets are achieved. S/he undertakes appropriate measures to strengthen the health system to offer quality primary and reproductive health care: this includes assessing the physical structure of PHC facilities where applicable, mobile team and taking appropriate steps, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Program Manager
Direct: The post holder will be required to work closely with the program manager and Head of implementation manager - including other staff as relevant.
Indirect: NA
Budget Responsibilities: N/A
- Provide technical support to the locality and health facility staff including mapping, determine targets for each catchment area of supported health facilities, analysing data and generating graphs.
- Ensure key health staff are available in each supported health facility and offer them trainings whenever needed.
- Ensure basic medical equipment and treatment protocols are available in each supported health facility.
- Ensure availability of required data collection tools at health facility level.
- Ensure surveillance reports are completed and timely shared with SMoH and copies are kept at health facility level.
- Collect and review monthly morbidity and drug consumption reports.
- Conduct regularly cross check for reports and registration books to ensure alignment of data at all levels.
- Ensure data collection books and formats are complete filled and copies are kept safely at health facility.
- To ensure that the IEC material are in place and clearly displayed and up-to-date.
- Ensure availability of medical supplies at facility level including, drugs, consumables, vaccines and lab reagents.
- Review drug dispenses and ensure they are aligned with morbidities.
- Check drugs, consumables and reagents storage and make sure they are safe for use.
- Conduct regularly check for vaccine storage and handling equipment to ensure their fitness for use.
- Review cold chain monitoring system including temperature monitoring sheet, VVM and Vaccine cold-chain monitors.
- Ensure all volunteers in supported health facilities have clear TOR and they are performing their tasks accordingly.
- Keep communication with community leaders and beneficiaries to get their feedback on service delivery.
- To conduct with logistics Department a periodical rehabilitation for the Health facilities once needed.
- Develop and maintain a good working relationship with, IP, MoH, locality and health staff
- To have a clear input in proposal development for new grants.
- Participation in emergency responses.
- To use the resources wisely and to implement according to DIP and budget phase-out most of the time.
- Organize training and awareness activities and make sure they are conducted according to quality benchmarks.
- Monitor implementations, document findings, provide feedback to implementers and share monitoring reports with field/ area manager and health manager
- Prepare activity and monthly reports and share with health manager, field/area manager.
- Attending the cluster meeting and reporting to his supervisor.
- Coordinate with Nutrition and WASH officers
- Work with MEAL staff
- Document and share success stories
- Any other related task assigned by the supervisor or area Manager
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds the team accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
- Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor in medical background or Public Health
- At least 3-4 years of experience in managing health programs and PHC facilities, community intervention preferably in areas of health system strengthening to offer primary and reproductive health care
- Good interpersonal and facilitation skills: Ability to conduct and facilitate training
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written in English and Arabic.
- Has the ability to clarify issues in-group meetings or in any discussion session among staff and with the visitors
- Problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Good nurture and mentor staff, promote teamwork, and set a high standard for quality work, and ensure that the job is done
- Excellent computer skills and proficiency in MS word, excel, PowerPoint and outlook
- Has demonstrated leadership quality and a good team player with flexibility
- Analytic and report writing in English
- Willing to work with the disadvantaged/vulnerable people under stress and in a difficult situation.
- Ability to work calmly under pressure in a rapidly changing context.
Desirable
- experience in managing health programs and PHC facilities, community intervention Prior experience in Eastern Sudan highly desirable
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
- Comply with local procedures for "Child Safeguarding Policy";
- Integrate the "Child Safeguarding Policy" in all stages of the project cycle to which he / she participates.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
