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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation in Ethiopia is looking to hire an experienced, highly motivated and qualified person to fill the position of Staff Health Officer 1 based in Bahir Dar.

Terms of Employment: 12 months fixed term contract with possibility of extension.

Activity Rate : 50% (fifty percent), To ensure operational flexibility and avoid potential conflicts of interest, dual employment is not permitted.

PURPOSE

Staff Health Officer 1 is the focal point for all matters relating to the health of ICRC staff in the delegation. In line with ICRC staff health strategy and in collaboration with medical personnel on the spot, s/he promotes and maintains the physical and mental health of ICRC staff. S/He implements the staff health strategy in seven identified domains: 1. Staff health policy; 2. Prevention; 3. Health care and medical emergencies; 4. Stress management and crisis situations; 5. Health insurances; 6. Management of medical information; 7. Monitoring, assessment and feedback.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Understands and adheres to the seven Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

• Understands and adheres to the ICRC Code of Conduct

• Understands the roles of the components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

• Always respects and observes staff regulations and security rules.

• Always represents the ICRC in a professional manner.

• Develops and maintains a pleasant and conducive working environment with colleagues and line managers.

• Performs all duties with the highest level of confidentiality in the interest of the employees and the ICRC.

• May be asked to perform tasks not covered in this job description and to provide support to other departments when necessary.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Carries out health briefings for all new ICRC staff.

• Assesses and supervises living conditions in the delegation and all sub-sites, promotes general hygiene standards (e.g., housing, use of mosquito nets, water filters, hygiene standards of cooks and cleaners, nutritional advice).

• Evaluates the medical structures available and quality of services provided; identifies and monitors services for the referral and treatment of ICRC staff.

• Build and maintain good relationship with the designated health facilities and coordinate with them in terms of medical files and services. 

• Provides advice and support to ICRC staff with health problems.

• Provides advice on the medical needs of ICRC staff during transportation and coordinates medical evacuations from the field to the capital. Liaises with the Staff Health Centre of Expertise (GVA PAC CARE COE) at ICRC headquarters and coordinates at local level in case of the repatriation of personnel out of the country. 

• Compiles guidelines and procedures to be followed during the medical evacuation of personnel from the field or out of the country.

• Implements and supervises staff health policies and the ICRC HIV/AIDS programme (where applicable) at all sites under responsibility (delegation/sub-delegations).

• Implements and follows up on ICRC stress policy.

• Collects accurate and reliable data on illnesses, accidents and absenteeism, with a view to providing statistics on illnesses and the medical risks taken by all staff.

• Reports to line managers and to delegation management priodically and provides feedback and recommendations on issues related to the staff's health.

• Carries out defusing and creates peer support groups following critical incidents in the field; follows up if further intervention is required.

• Follow closely logistic supplies and plan inventories. This includes planning periodic orders, prepare analyses of the staff health consumption, as well rationalize the amounts of items ordered based of monitoring and evaluating.

• Travels to different ICRC structures and AoRs to make sure that the staff are supported for their health concerns in our offices and in the field destinations.

• Adapt to changes implemented on staff health files, this includes being assigned to new tasks.

Health care and medical emergencies

• Advise staff on concerns related to their health including responding to urgent inquiries and hotline service.   

• Contribute to responses to emergencies involving ICRC staff including daily workers. This includes accompanying a staff to clinic/hospital visits and facilitating that the staff receives the needed medical support.

• Contribute to the medical hotline service and being ready to respond to emergencies when needed and where needed

• Work closely with the staff health team in the country on preparedness, prevention, and response to outbreak, endemic or epidemic situations and any emerging health risks that influence the staff.

• Contribute as focal point to the emergency preparedness plan (contingency plan) and keep it updated for ICRC structures.

Health Promotion & Prevention

• Organize and coordinate evaluation of fitness to work at recruitment as well as periodic medical evaluation of fitness to work for certain professions in full respect of local legislation and ICRC.

• Support to organize First-aid training for staff. 

• Follow up and maintain different levels of first aid bags and medical kits in the workplace, ICRC residences, vehicles and for field trips.

• Organize, when possible, a range of activities of promotion of physical and mental health for programs tailored to local risks and needs (Family Day, World AIDS Day, recreative activities for staff wellbeing etc.).

• With the support of Addis/Regional staff MHPSS, work on referral mapping, awareness creation and referral of cases.

• Facilitate and contribute to raising health awareness amongst the staff on relevant topics and using different methods of communication including MHPSS and other health concerns.

Health insurance, reimbursements, and settlements of medical expenses

• Implement the policies for resident employees' ICRC default non-occupational health insurance, accident and occupational health insurance, medical expenses covered, cover limits, and management of special cases.

• Receive and analyze all medical bills of resident staff and their dependents; checks that medical bills are genuine while checking consistency between the prescription and the bill, and ensure the beneficiaries are duly registered with the ICRC. 

• Summarize and submit medical bills and invoices to the finance department for reimbursement in coordination with the other team members. 

• Submit medical invoices and other supporting documents to concerned departments following updated guidelines. 

Job Requirements

• Medical doctor (master's degree in medicine) or registered nurse. 

• Computer proficiency.

• Three years' clinical experience.

• Experience in mental health and stress management. 

• Experience in medical evacuation and transportation. 

• Knowledge of tropical health and public health. 

• ICRC experience an asset.

• Excellent command of spoken and written English and Amharic.

How to Apply

Electronic application can be made ONLY through THIS LINK. Alternatively, you can submit application & CV with copies of relevant documents in person to the ICRC Bahir Dar Sub delegation Office. 

Women applicants and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

The ICRC has zero tolerance for fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. Therefore, ICRC Ethiopia will maintain the right to conduct background and reference checks on the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer to this position. All ICRC staff should uphold the standards of ICRC’s Code of Conduct.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted at all stages of the selection process.

The ICRC values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

Application deadline: February 21, 2024