Health Education Field Assistant - Bekaa

Summary and Background The Health Education Field Assistant (HEFA) will be responsible to provide assistance and support to the health education program implemented by International Medical Corps in the Bekaa. The HEFA will work to guarantee and improve the implementation of health education activities provided by IMC health education staff. Additionally, the HEFA will contribute to use of monitoring and evaluation tools and report on weekly and monthly basis the Bekaa HE activities and updates to the Health Education Program Manager (HEPM), the Health Education Support and Specialist (HES) and the Bekaa Health Education Officer (HEO).    Place in the Organization The incumbent of this post is directly responsible to and supervised by the HEO in the Bekaa .  All field staff are under the umbrella of supervision from the HES and HEPM.  The Health Education Field Assistant (HEFA)will actively support the implementation of the HE activities by conducting daily visits to the Bekaa regions where IMC’s outreach workers are present.  She will work with the Community Health Educators and Community Health Workers in each region to boost their capacity provide direct supervision and trouble shoot challenges while also coordinating with the International Medical Corps Health Education and Health teams. Functions and responsibilities With guidance from the HEO, the HEFA will work closely together on matters of supervision of the health education team in the Bekaa, and provide direct coaching and mentoring of the International Medical Corps’s clinic based community health educators (CHEs) and outreach CHEs and workers. To facilitate delivering health promotion programs based on program needs and commitments and ensure proper health education activities the HEFA will: 1. Assist the HEO in the implementation of the program of public health education and promoting establishment of local health services. 2. Facilitate the health education TOT training in the Bekaa to set up the clinic based health education program and promote outreach community based programs. 3. Identify the needs for health promotion and community services for people. 4. Supervise and work closely with the Community health educators and workers on a daily basis field visits. 5. Carry out distribution of health information materials, such as brochures, posters, kits … 6. Actively support and coordination with establishment or expansion of health education programs in the local health services and provide technical assistance to individuals and groups conducting health conferences, workshops, and training courses. 7. Manage the communication between Bekaa Health Education team, including answering health information requests received by department and/or reviewing correspondence. 8. Conduct special health education campaigns during epidemics, outbreaks, instances of food poisoning, and similar emergencies. 9. Assist in direct health education activities in public schools. 10. Submit weekly and monthly reports to the HEO on achievements and provide updates on daily basis. 11. Assist monitoring and evaluation of the health education program activities. 12. Submit reports as requested by the HEPM, HES and HEO. 13. Assist monitoring & evaluation of program field activities and ensure targets are met and deadlines respected 14. Attend regular meetings with the HEPM, HES, HEO, health and mental team. 15. Conduct other duties as requested by line manager. 16. Adhere to all of IMC’s policies and procedures, including Code of Conduct and SOPs