Senior Public Health Officer

Background:

S/he is a member of the Central Health Unit which consists of the following members:
 Health Director
 Health Coordinator
 Emergency Health Manager, Senior Public Health Officer, Senior Community Health Officer, Pharmacy Assistant, Community Health Support Officer
 Chief Medical Officer, Chief Pharmacist, Community Health Specialist, Quality Specialist, Senior Inclusion Officer
The central health unit provides leadership, support, and guidance to the field teams in implementing IMC’s Health Program in Lebanon.

Job Purpose:

The Senior Public Health Officer works closely on all tasks and responsibilities with the Health Coordinator and Field teams. This position is office based with planned occasional field outside of Beirut. The responsibility is to provide administrative and technical support to the program and to ensure that department operations and program implementation are monitored and improved upon as needed.

Main Responsibilities:

I- Technical Support:
1. Conduct Field visits to ensure proper implementation of contract terms
a. Conduct visits with IMC Field Staff to supported centers
i. Verify implementation via standardized checklist
ii. Report identified gaps
iii. Propose action plan
b. Team meetings at field offices at project launch
i. Ensure standard implementation of program among field staff
c. Review PHCC raw data
i. Sampling basis
2. Perform data analysis as requested
a. Program design
b. Costing
c. Flag any over/under utilization of subsidized services
3. Work with central unit to
a. Prepare data presentations used in meetings
b. Prepare technical briefs/summaries of current/future projects as needed
II- Financial Responsibilities:
1. Work with program assistants to develop/maintain tools needed by the Health Coordinator to track program finances
2. Maintain all financial tracking tools on office 365
III- Administrative Responsibilities:
1. Follow up with the central focal points of local NGOs with regard to documentation needed for program implementation (invoices, legal papers…)

2. Develop and maintain a physical filing system to ensure all relevant vendor contracts are stored according to grant and area
3. Focal point for capacity building trainings conducted at support clinics: responsible of preparing PRs for consultants and venue. Needs to coordinate with HR/finance/consultants to collect and process all necessary documents/IMC forms needed to ensure timely payment of the consultants.
4. Maintain online archiving of all program trackers on office 365
5. Other tasks as required by the Health Coordinator

Essential experience: A minimum of two years of satisfactory working experience

Desirable experience:

 NGO experience
 Experience in Primary Health care
 Senior position at a Hospital, PHCC, or any Health-focused NGO

Essential competencies: 

 Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communications skills
 Able to work within a team

 Advanced Microsoft Office skills especially with regard to Excel and Word
 Strong commitment to work
 Able to work under stress
 Strong commitment to the organization and its values

Desirable competencies: 

● Good understanding of the project cycle and team work
● Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment, prioritizes tasks, meet deadlines, and ensure high quality work
● Emotional maturity and agility in working in a fast-paced environment with multitasking abilities

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