Health Officer

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Health Officer

Job Requisition ID: JR00002669
Location: Ngala, Borno
Reports to: Health Manager

Job Overview / Summary

• Based in respective location (MMC, Jere, Gubio, Ngala, and Monguno), the respective Health Officer will provide support in program development and quality through evidenced based strengthening of quality Health Services in Borno State.
• The health officer reports to the Health Manager and is responsible for capacity building, continuing medical supervision and on-the-job coaching to frontline health service providers.

Specific Responsibilities
Program implementation and service delivery:

• Facilitate drug distribution from the pharmacy to service delivery site, ensure the site has the necessary stock of commodities at all times of service provision.
• Ensure provision of essential lifesaving health and SRH services across implementation sites.
• Provide service once in a week, rotating within supported facilities as part of health system and capacity strengthening of PHC staff and incentive workers.
• Ensure Infection prevention and control (IPC) and waste management are adhered too across NHF implementation sites
• Ensure all project documents are well archived on Box folder and hardcopy of waybills, distribution plan, distribution list, delivery notes are stored securely for audit, verification and reporting purpose.
• Work with supply chain to ensure timely submission of item forecast, delivery of procured items, store release and distribution of project items to the targeted beneficiaries.

Staff supervision, learning and development:

• Hold high-quality meetings with implementation team on a regular and predictable basis, at least monthly
• Ensure training and capacity building on emergency preparedness and response, MISP for SRH and IMCI
• Supervise incentive community mobilizers, referral agents, CHVs, TBA's, Henna and Kayan Mata women to ensure demand generation and community participation in health programming.
• Administrative supervision of incentive workers on NHF in NHF supported locations, ensuring timely submission of Timesheet for payment
• Supervise incentive staff working at the IRC outreach facilities and government supported PHC
• Provide on the job coaching and supportive supervision including Monthly Virtual Continuous medical education (CME) is done for incentive staff.

Reporting:

• Ensure timely submission of service delivery data to M&E team for documentation and reporting.
• Reporting community engagement activities and reach per month across all intervention locations
• Ensure timely submission of weekly statistical report and monthly data summary for tracking and reporting.
• Support the health Manager in developing monthly summary report of activities across implementation sites
• Participate in continuous improvement through regular program reviews, learning, and adaptation.

Health promotion and community engagement activities:

• Actively participate in community-based surveillance and early warning for disease outbreaks across intervention locations.
• Actively participate in community-based surveillance and early warning for disease outbreaks across intervention locations.
• lead the implementation of health community engagement strategies across project implementation site
• Support the implementation of SBCC and RCCE in affected communities.
• Lead capacity development of local community structures on demand creation for health and SRH services, RCCE and SBCC across implementation sites
• Lead capacity development of local community structures on demand creation for health and SRH services, RCCE and SBCC across implementation

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to: Health Manager
• Other Internal and/or external contacts: Health program staff and managers, and ALL other IRC sectors
• Position directly Supervises: As assigned
• External: Other partner, LGA PHC department and community structures

Qualifications
Education:

• Must possess valid practicing license by Nursing and Midwifery council of Nigeria
• Degree in Nursing science from a recognized institution, with strong public Health background.

Work Experience:

• Experience in training, capacity development, and on the job coaching on relevant SRHR topics; FP, PAC, CCSAS, BEmONC, ANC/PNC and safe delivery.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of community structures including grassroots organization, community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive
• Experienced in report and proposal writing a (highly recommended)
• Able to work in a location with basic living conditions and with limited communication options.
• Experience in supervising health staff at the primary health care level.
• Ability to work with displaced communities with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
• Full professional competence in Microsoft Office Suite, (especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).