Health and Nutrition Manager 26 views

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control over their future. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees and people made to flee from war or disaster. IRC has been working in Ethiopia since 1999 and is implementing integrated, community-managed programs aimed at improving the quality of lives and recovery of livelihood of the disaster-affected population through promoting individual participation, strengthening institutions, and emergency response.

Program background:

The IRC health program in Ethiopia currently implements activities in different settings: Emergency Response Mechanism (ERM), a refugee health program that is involved in the delivery of community-based reproductive health services, and HIV/AIDS prevention activities in 7 refugee camps; Sexual and reproductive health projects in Oromia and a child survival community-based treatment program in the Somali, and Benishangul-Gumuz; Community surveillance of Vaccine-preventable diseases and priority zoonotic diseases in the same regions above including Gambella. Currently, IRC started a new project funded by EUTF (EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa) aiming at Promoting stability and strengthening basic service delivery for host communities, refugees, and other displaced populations in Gambella, and Benishangul-Gumuz National Regional States of Ethiopia. The objectives of the EUTF project are to improve access to and quality of health services, including sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services, trauma healing, for host communities, refugees, and other displaced people and to promote peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and reconciliation/resolution.

Scope/job purpose:

The Health Manager in Assosa will be responsible for managing the sexual and reproductive health (SRH), Mental health, and HIV/AIDS health projects that IRC is currently implementing. The position is based at the Assosa field office and frequently travels to project implementation sites (Bambasi, Sherkole, Tsore, and Tsore new site) refugee camps of BGRS for technical support on clinical reproductive health (RH) services, to assist in data quality and provide support to field teams on implementation of the project activities. Internally the position involves technical, grant, and budget management, monitoring and evaluation, and human resource management. Externally it needs communication, coordination, and representation with the host government, Regional Health Bureaus, Zonal health department, and Woreda health offices and partners.

Responsibilities:

Technical

• Support the goals, objectives, and activities of the health projects are met by working with team members, partners, and clients.
• Ensure SRH, Mental health, HIV/AIDS, and other health-related programs are properly implemented in high quality and are based on standard protocol.
• Ensure that the capacity of targeted health offices, health facilities, and health service providers in project target areas are built.
• Assess the gaps related to clinical RH services at the camps (health facilities) and take remedial action timely with the health team.
• Provide technical support for the IRC senior health officer, health officers, and RH Clinical Mentor officers.
• Prepare relevant RH, mental health, and Nutrition content guiding materials for Health social workers, most at-risk populations, and mother-to-mother support group facilitators.
• Stay up to date on health-related humanitarian situations in the country specifically on sexual reproductive health rights and comprehensive abortion care.
• Collect and compile bi-monthly updates, monthly progress reports, and quarter and annual donor reports and submit them to the Field Coordinator, Sr. Health & Nutrition manager, health MEAL manager, before the due date.
• Have up-to-date information on the region’s H&N status and participate in assessments related to public health issues.
• Prepare monthly project performance review for each active grant and share with Addis technical units.
• Facilitate workshops, pieces of training, and program review meetings for health professionals, community volunteers, and other team members.
• Coordinate and communicate with partners working in the operation area and coordinate activities.
• Routinely collect, compile, and organize data from monitoring and supervision activities and translate data into graphics and presentations, and reports.
• Assure adherence to IRC’s standards for program management and technical quality
• Participate in technical meetings, team meetings, and periodic team-building exercises

Grant Management

• The health manager will manage and coordinate the appropriate spending of active grants under the sector.
• Ensure proper and smooth budget management with periodic development and monitoring of procurement plan, spending plan, and burn rate monitoring.

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Develop donor reports in collaboration with the senior health officers, health Officers, RH Clinical mentor, field coordinator, and Addis’s health technical units.
• Supervise and evaluate the activities of health and EPI officers who are based at the field office and Woreda level.
• Participate in the design and delivery of robust M&E plans and design/adapt health information systems including surveillance systems for the IRC HN programs,
• Ensure that the stated goals and objectives of the projects are met.
• Provide monthly progress and quarterly reports to the concerned and work closely with MEAL Officer and Technical units.
• Provide periodic input into the Assosa field office, and Addis’s database & ensure proper follow-up.
• Conduct regular project review meetings with field-based staff to assess.

Human Resource Management

• Manage and coordinate the activities of the senior health officer, health officers, and RH Clinical mentors.
• Undertake timely performance objectives setting, regular reviews, supervision, feedback sessions, and evaluation of all staff under the sector.
• Build capacity of staff under supervision based on the identified gaps

Other duties

• Any other relevant activities as deemed by the immediate and technical supervisors.

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in clinical or public health with a minimum of four years of practical experience, of which three years with an international NGO. A relevant postgraduate degree with proven experience
• Experience in conducting training, assessments, and surveillance is essential including supervisory skills.
• Practical experience in managing a team of health workers at the project site.
• Good project management skills: the ability to plan, organizes, and manage the implementation of the facility and community-based health projects. Skills and experience in budget management.
• Strong managerial, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. Excellent analytical and report writing skills
• Demonstrated skill in identifying and developing creative, innovative, and pioneering solutions for existing program challenges