Community Health Supervisor - Emergency Response

Background:

When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self-reliance.

International Medical Corps: provides safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered care; offers needs-based response according to the context and type of Sudden Onset Disaster and/or outbreak in the affected nation: adopts a human rights-based approach to their response; ensures they are accessible to all sections of the population affected by the SOD and/or outbreak particularly the vulnerable; and treats patients in a medically ethical manner consistent with the World Medical Association Medical Ethics Manual.

International Medical Corps is accountable to: patients and communities; host government, Ministry of Health; our organization and donors. International Medical Corps commits to a coordinated response under the national health emergency management authorities. International Medical Corps collaborates with the national health system, the cluster and the humanitarian community

Job Purpose:

This position will support International Medical Corps' emergency response to Beirut Blast.

The community health supervisor is the frontline staff involving in supervising a team of community volunteers and leading them to implement community health activities in the different areas

Main Responsibilities 

• Establish and maintain a daily schedule of activities for community health workers
• Conduct daily visits to informal settlements and/or community shelters/centers where the community health program is implemented
• Participate in community health activities including, but not restricted to, health awareness group sessions, home visits and distributions
• Coach and support community health workers in utilizing data collection and monitoring tools
• Supervise performance of community health workers using standard checklists and reporting forms and identify learning/training needs
• Act as a focal point between community health workers and the closest supported primary health care facility (point of referral)
• Collect and manage referrals from community health workers to health facilities and monitor outcomes
• Provide detailed reports to Community Health Officer on a weekly basis
• Develop relationships with local actors and community leaders as well as with other departments within IMC
• Assist in developing materials and visual aids for the program

Competency:

• Good command of written and spoken Arabic and English
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office including Excel and PowerPoint  

Desirable Experience:

• Previous work with a non-governmental organization or community-health programming
• Providing health awareness and health promotion activities
• Supervising field teams 
• Working knowledge in the provision of Maternaland Child Health care
• Participating in community needs assessments and surveys

General specifications for all positions:

• Experience in working closely with community members throughout a program cycle
• Experience in or understanding of program accountability principles
• Knowledge of, respect and empathy for the communities we are working with
• Commitment to championing community and partner points of view
• Strong understanding of the project cycle and of M&E systems
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Non-discriminatory and readiness to involve men, women, girls and boys from diverse backgrounds, particularly the most marginalized segments of the community
• Very good listening and facilitation skills – capable of managing and facilitating group discussions with program participants, local officials, partners and all levels of staff
• Ability to mobilize people – to develop and maintain relationships with staff and communities to ensure their participation in International Medical Corps ways of working

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