Job Description

 INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Health Officer

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

  Date: December 23, 2020

Vacancy No. 071/20

Salary: USD 816

No of positions; 2(Two)

Type of Employment- Temporary for 6 months

Duty base: Central Gondor (East and West Belesa)

 Dead Line: 10 days from the date of advertisement

Objectives: The purpose of the Health Officer position is to provide technical and professional support to assist in planning, implementing and monitoring of AWD response activities. S/he will develop and maintain close working relationship with Government officials responsible for implementation of AWD prevention and control activities including supporting the establishment, strengthening case treatment centres (CTCs) and management of AWD cases as appropriate.  This position will also provide AWD case management training, technical and logistic assistance for planning and implementation of active case finding and surveillances, monitoring implementation of AWD prevention and control activates in accordance with guidelines & procedures provided by donor & FMOH of Ethiopia.

Responsibilities and Tasks

Training and Technical Support:

• Provide technical and logistic assistance and motivate the government counterparts as needed to promote establishment and strengthening TSF and TFP sites in hard to reach sites in particular.
• Lead a team of 5 to 6 member and provide outreach health and nutrition service inhard to reach sites of Arero and Borena zone
• Work closely with health centre staff, woreda health office staff in organizing provision of primary health care services including antenatal, post-natal, immunization, surveillance and other services.
•  Plan, organize, and conduct meetings with government officials, professional organizations, hospital staff, CTC staff, community facilitators, non-government organizations, and others to promote understanding of, support for, participation in, and effective implementation of activities related to primary health care.
• Maintain up-to-date data related to nutrition and AWD control and prevention activities in selected hard to reach sites in Arero and Wachile of borena zone and ensure analysis and interpretation of this data for improvement of nutrition and AWD control and prevention activities in the area.

 Planning and Supervision:

• Provide training, technical and logistic assistance for planning and implementation of nutrition and health services including reproductive health services, AWD control and prevention, and other primary health care services.

·      Conduct joint, supportive and facilitative supervision with woreda health office staff on mobile health and nutrition services.

• Supervises project activities and budgets, which includes tracking of project activity.

 Networking and Learning:

• Works closely with communities, health facilities and Woreda Health Office to promote IYCF-E, maternal nutrition, hygiene and sanitation activities, and control and prevention of AWD.
•  Keeps update with developments in the sector, including best practice examples and ensure ongoing personal development and learning;
• Participates in the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned in available forums.

Job Requirements

Qualifications

A. Education/Training

College Diploma in Public Health, Nursing or equivalent combination of education and work experience.                   

B. Experience

3- years of experience in Public Health or in Community Health Work particularly in AWD control and prevention

C. Competencies

Respect, accountability, courage, excellence, adaptability, communicating with impart, contributing to team success, planning and organizing, proactive problem solving, technical and professional knowledge, stress tolerance and customer focus.

How to Apply

If you are interested to be part of our dynamic team, exciting work environment and contribute to CARE Ethiopia’s mission and vision, please send your CV (not more than 3 page) and cover letter (not more than one page) using one of the following options:

• Directly apply through Ethiojobs: www.ethiojobs.net
• Send your application by e-mail to: ETH.JobsHR@care.org
• Send your application through P.O. Box 4710 addressed to CARE Ethiopia, Human Resources Unit, Addis Ababa
•  Apply in person to one of CARE Ethiopia Offices in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Borena, Hawassa, Semera, Chiro, Debre Tabor, Dilla and Filtu

 Note: On the subject Line, please clearly write the position you are applying “Health Officer East and West Belesa ". Your application will be automatically disqualified, if you fail to do so. 

Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the requirement are strongly encouraged to apply, especially women

 Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.