Health Officer (Medical Doctor) (North Darfur) – Relief International
About Relief International
About RI: Relief International (RI) is an international non-governmental organization US and UK, working in the humanitarian field since 2004 in Sudan, providing emergency relief and early recovery activities to internally displaced persons (IDP) and rural communities, focusing on life-saving health and nutrition services. RI is looking for qualified candidates to fill the vacancies mentioned herewith
Relief International is a nonprofit organization that partners with some of the world’s most vulnerable communities to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. … Relief International is non-sectarian and non-political. Relief International works in 19 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
It is based in Washington, D.C., and in London. Relief International was founded in the U.S. in 1990 by Farshad Rastegar, an Iranian American. The European headquarters under the title Relief International UK began operations in 2005. Focus: Human Rights, health, empowerment, …Location: Washington, D.C., and London.
Summary:
Under the Area Manager and Health Manager, the Health Officer will be responsible for the overall management of health activities in health facilities and in the community. S/He will be responsible for contributing to the design and implementation of project activities, in consultation with Health Manager and Health Technical Coordinator. S/He will ensure health aspects of the project are delivered on time and in line with the project implementation plans.
The Health Officer will, in collaboration with the Health manager and Technical Coordinator, be involved in the Health Sector Working Group activities at the state level.
Essential Job Functions:
- Ensure qualified and experienced staff under the grant are recruited and well-inducted.
- Oversee training and coaching of the project’s health staff to deliver high-quality health services according to national guidelines; this includes both formal training and on-job training
- Review program reporting, identify issues in implementation, and recommend and implement approaches to strengthen program implementation.
- Compile and review all health reports and send them to the Health Manager for further review and submission to the relevant individuals.
- Working with the supply chain team, ensuring timely submission of procurement requests, supporting the timely delivery of health supplies, and ensuring supporting documentation is received to verify delivery.
- Ensure timely collection of weekly and monthly data from project sites, analyzing data with support from the Health Manager and Technical Coordinators to ensure evidence-based implementation and review of project progress. Support in the preparation and updating of supporting documents (work plan, procurement plan, spending plans, training plans, staffing plans) to ensure strong project implementation
- Contribute to the health sector budget management and support in ensuring all activities’ spending is transparent, on track, and provides value for money.
- Ensure continuous availability of health essential supplies in all project sites.
- Ensure availability of updated stock and bin cards in all project sites.
- Support the national partner to ensure that they are on track with implementation.
- Organize and coordinate monthly support supervision sites to project sites and ensure that findings are shared in reports, discussed and action points followed up.
- Contribute to mentoring and training of project staff to ensure high-quality program delivery
- Collaborate with relevant field organizations and partners to ensure RI’s programming is in line with the health sector working group standards and approaches.
- Working with the MEAL team, to ensure data verification at the field level is done on a monthly basis.
- Update monthly IPTT.
- Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor
Qualification and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and over 3 years’ experience in health programs in humanitarian settings of which 2 should have been with INGOs.
- Experience in Al Jazirah is an added advantage
- Experience working with community mobilization and integrated interventions.
- Computer literate
- Leadership and supervision
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic
- Fluency in English required
RI Values:
- Inclusiveness
- Transparency and Accountability
- Agility and Innovation
- Collaboration
- Sustainability
How To Apply
- Please, submit your CV, work certificates, and qualifications and state the name of the position on the envelope, a telephone contact number, and three professional references to Labor Office Wad Madani or HAC, Closing date: 03.09.2023, at 14:00
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the interview. To find out more about Relief International please visit our website at http://www.ri.org