Senior Health Officer - North and Akkar

The Senior health officer will lead, organize and supervise the implementation of the daily activities, overseeing and line managing the health officers and coordinating with relevant stakeholders, in the mobile Vaxbuses related to the COVID-19 vaccination.  The Senior health officer is to work under the direct supervision and guidance of the Health Manager.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead, organise and supervise Medair Health Officer/assistant, and mobile team staff and community health project teams
• Build relationships with local authorities, municipalities, leaders, and host communities
• Responsible for training of staff and community health volunteers
• Formulate IEC materials and approaches in consultation with health project staff and in coordination with communication department
• Provide continuous support to Medair health officer/assistant, including supportive supervision, on the job training, regular meetings and field visits
• Submit timely weekly and monthly reports to the health manager
• Act as link between Medair, communities, outreach staff, supported PHCs and local authorities
• Assist in planning and implementation of assessments and surveys as required
• Reflect the core values and vision of Medair when interacting with team members, volunteers and beneficiaries
• Provide input to the integration of beneficiary participation into all aspects of the health projects

Staff Management:

• Line-manage Medair Health Officer/assistant
• Facilitate regular meetings to assist information sharing between project staff and communities, to ensure all staff members and community volunteers are aware of project objectives and current work plans and to provide the opportunity for feedback
• Responsible for coaching and technical supervision of Medair health officer/assistant in order to develop ownership and full responsibility for assigned activities
• Assess the training needs of health officer/assistant, staff and volunteers and ensure that appropriate training is conducted
• Ensure efficient and effective work schedule is in place for the health team in the field according to the agreed work plan
• Monitor the team’s performance according to their assigned tasks and provide regular feedback to the Health Manager

Financial Management:

• Act when needed as requester for the project health budget
• Collect and ensure accuracy of PDF payments for CHVs and staff incentives and send to health manager on a timely basis

Communicatin and Coordination:

• Participate in coordination meetings related to the project, Medair internal trainings, and other meetings as required, representing Medair and feeding back to the health manager/project manager on relevant issues
• Provide updates to the Health Manager on a regular basis
• Upon need represent Medair in health sector and other relevant meetings and with local government representatives, international and local non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders
• Represent Medair during donor visits
• Coordinate closely with the local community outreach part of the project so that the mobile teams’ activities and community-based activities interlink and complement each other

Logistics:

• Support the logistics activities for the project as required and delegated by the health manager

Reporting:

• Supervise the health team to ensure regular collection of the data and documentation as required
• Provide accurate timely regular reports, statistics, and documented results and maintain detailed records of the overall health program activities in the field
• Review facility and community level data from the field
• Contribute to Medair’s monitoring and evaluation activities

Quality Management:

• Ensure that all standardised templates and forms are used and guidelines are followed

Person Specifications:

• Relevant degree or diploma (nurse, public health, or other health related fields)
• Degree in community promotion/community development/social behacior change desirable
• 2-3 years relevant experience
• Experience in humanitarian emergency context
• Native arabic speaker
• Excellent english (oral & written)
• Familiar with Microsoft Office Programs, in particular Word, Excel, Outlook
• Desirable: knowoledge on Open Data Kit (ODK) or other electronic data collection platform
• Self motivated
• Team-player with good interpersonal skills
• Experience of working in a multicultural team
• Experience in training/mentoring/coaching staff
• Capacity to work under pressure
• Creative, open minded, flexible, self-learner