Under the direct supervision of National Programme Officer (NPO) โ Health Coordination, and further to the Migration Health Officer and under overall supervision of Emergency Health Programme Coordinator ย and the Head of Sub Office (HoSo) in Coxโs Bazar, the successful candidates will be responsible for local level coordination of all the health interventions in the field and the IOM Medical Teams based in Ukhikya and Teknaf Upazilas. The SPA G7 Health Coordination based in Bhasan Char will be under the direct supervision of the National Programme Officer (NPO) -HSS, and further by the Migration Health Officer, Emergency Health Programme Coordinator and Head of Sub Office (HoSO) in Coxโs Bazar.
The Senior Project Assistants (Health Coordination) roles will ensure that project implementation and coordination is done in a timely fashion as per project plan, administrative roles, conducting facility supervision visits, and resolve any community issues or conflicts raised, with coordination with local stakeholders.ย ย
Clinical support and ย monitoring of health facilities: ย In close collaboration with health facility incharges, conduct monitoring visits ย to health facility and use standardized checklist to verify compliance with established standards in the areas of consultations, laboratory, in-patient, infection prevention and control, medicines and supplies, and patient flows. ย Support capacity building and trainings of health care workers (enroute third-party staff) as required
Coordination with local leaders and stakeholder: work closely with the Upazila health managers, Camp incharges, community leaders, and other NGO partners in the Upazilas to ย identify, document and report emerging community and health concerns such as public health concerns, community complaints, emerging diseases in the community etc., and support the implementation of response actions.
ย Provide overall coordination support to the maintenance of medical referrals programs and teams. Provide direct support to coordination of medical referrals done by the health facility staff, processing of administrative support and guidance of facility incharges.ย
ย Provide ย day-to-day operational monitoring and guidance to the community health teams. ย Coordinate the work of community health workers and supervisors to ensure primary health care standards are kept, and follow up for AAP/GRM.
ย Provide support to the health facility in-charges for medicines supply chain management and support for system inventory requests and follow up on utilization of medicines, usage of program supplies, and support for forecasting of needs with support of the medical warehouse team.
Support health program monitoring through the health management information systems by compilling and analysing data for disease surveillance, technical reporting, and outbreak preparedness ย in close coordination with the supervisor and the HMIS team. ย Participate in data collection, surveys and evidence generation research areas as required.
Provide overall coordination support to IOM field teams such as administrative functions, performance management, rota management, infrastructure support and maintenance support
Any other responsibilities as provided for by the supervisors.
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EDUCATION
High school diploma with 7 years relevant experience orย
University degree in either Medicine, Nursing, Clinical Medicine or Public Health with five years of relevant experience.ย
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EXPERIENCE
Experience in public health programs in low resource settings, such as camps or refugee settings.
Good in verbal communication;ย
Working knowledge with Rohingya, local languages of Chittagong/Coxโs Bazaar are an advantageย
Ability to supervise staff, monitor and capacity building.
Previous experience in NGOs and working with government stakeholders
Previous work experience in Coxโs Bazar
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SKILLS
Computer skills in MS Word, Excel, Power point
Strong interpersonal skills
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