Health Field Officer

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1 - Needs analysis and adapting approaches to cultural context (10%)

• In collaboration with other Field Officers in the team and the Nutrition supervisor, the Health Field officer will be responsible of assessing on a regular basis maternal and child health needs and care practices amongst the targeted communities in the areas of interventions.
• S/he will be responsible for determining the optimal and sub-optimal practices needing improvement.
• S/he will offer technical advice about the alignment of health and nutrition objectives across Action Against Hunger’s activities in Bekaa, general Action Against Hunger’s approaches in Lebanon.

Objective 2 – To program and facilitate Health and Nutrition group sessions (30%)

• With the collaboration of other Field Officers in the team and the Nutrition supervisor, the Health Field Officer will identify new locations for the health and nutrition sessions.
• To develop guidelines for group sessions integrating maternal and child health care practices, information about health services, positive health care seeking behavior and child development.
• To support and accompany other field officers, so that health considerations are effectively in line with the rest of contents across all group sessions.
• Actively participate in the design and identification of Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials and tools to stimulate active participation and exchange and improve the knowledge of the target population during group sessions.
• To contribute to the development and use of standardized tools to collect and measure baseline and endline health and nutrition indicators.
• Participate in the design and implementation of any other health activity that might be identified as relevant and pertinent according to the beneficiaries’ needs.

Objective 3 – Actively participate and monitor the implementation of activities at PHC level  (30%)

• Monitor the implementation process at all the project’s stages and ensure field level monitoring of the quality of implemented activities related to health care at supported PHCs within the scope of the project.
• Refer and follow-up beneficiaries in need of health care.
• Receive referral from external stakeholder and run home visit and individual support, if needed accordingly.
• Lead the assessment of Primary Health Care facilities together with the Nutrition HoP and the Nutrition supervisor to identify locations and gaps that require interventions related to the promotion and protection of breastfeeding and the improvement of maternal and child health and nutrition services.
• To offer technical support in the drafting of strategies and action plans to improve protection and promotion of breastfeeding in health facilities. To lead necessary meetings, workshops and capacity building sessions. To promote and follow-up group problem solving at facility level, together with quality improvement of key services.
• Collaborate with other team members in improving the quality of health and nutrition service provision in targeted Primary Health Care facilities.

Objective 4 – Implementing health and nutrition individual counselling (20%)

• To conduct home visits for cases in needs of health assessments or individual counselling in health care seeking behaviour and care practices.
• To support the Nutrition Field Officer and the Psychologist in home visits requiring additional technical expertise.

Objective 6 – Reporting (10%)

• With the support of other Field Officers, the Health Field Officer will be responsible for reporting the work and activities implemented in the field.
• Through a narrative report, s/he will report the challenges faced through the implementation process and provide possible solutions relevant to the context and culture.

Objective 7– Security

• Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his/her responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
• Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan

Objective 8– Support humanitarian activities of Action Against Hunger

• Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities.
• Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities. 
• Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

Training/ Education: 

• Health related diploma (nursing, public health, nutrition, dietetic...)
• Knowledge about primary health care, health promotion, maternal and child health, preventive care, public health, health management, and the health system in Lebanon, together.

Technical specific knowledge:

• Additional knowledge and abilities in key nutrition aspects (infant and young child feeding, nutrition during the life cycle, care practices, malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies) and mental health will be highly appreciated.

Previous experience:

• 1-3 years of experience working in primary health care, community health and/or health promotion.
• Experience in working with the response to the Syrian crisis especially in Lebanon.
   

Personality Traits & Skills:

• Good team worker
• Good listener
• High communication skills
• Good animator and facilitator

Humanitarian sector knowledge:

• Good knowledge of INGOs and donor agencies procedure, guidelines and intervention in the country
   

Action Against Hunger knowledge:

• Mandate, Programs

Languages:

• English and Arabic (compulsory working language, fluent spoken, read and written)

IT and specific systems:

• Windows domain, Compulsory expertise in Excel.

Mobility (national/ international)

• National

Our remuneration package:

We offer immediate incorporation to a dynamic international network with the following remuneration package:

• Salary range from USD1,256 to USD 1,497 basic per month according to the candidate’s previous experience (based on the standard list of Action Against Hunger - Spain)
• Salary progression based on the annual development appraisal
• LBP 8,000 daily transportation allowance on working days
• Social security registration and NSSF family allowance if eligible
• Complementary health insurance for you and your dependents
• Work accident insurance
• Life insurance (after 3 months of contract)
• School allowance for your children if eligible as per the official decree 
• 1.5 days of paid holidays per month
• Approx. 18 days per year of public holidays
• Many training opportunities