Job Description
Job Title: Program Assistant
Band / Level / Grade: 9A
Department: Health
Location: Hodeida/Taiz - West Coast
BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee
(IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to
survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert
Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to
refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40
countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions
who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to
home.
The IRC responds to people’s acute and longer-term needs
with integrated programs that improve health and safety, prioritize children’s
education, foster economic wellbeing, and empower communities to regain control
over their lives. Our work gives rise to some of the most pressing issues
facing contemporary humanitarian action, including questions of access,
conflict sensitivity, coordination, and impact.
The IRC Yemen began its programs in October 2012. Since
establishing its presence in the South of Yemen, in the Red Sea Coastal city of
Aden, the organization has grown from just an implementing small project to
handling large scale emergency and relief operations. Following the war which
broke out in Yemen in March of 2015 and the humanitarian disaster, which was
crafted by the same, IRC launched one an emergency response program in the
southern governorates of Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Shabwah and Al Dhale, and expanded
later in Sana’a and Hodeidah in the North. Currently IRC Yemen is
operating in eight governorates in the south and north of Yemen through direct
programming and through local partnerships, in Health, WASH, Nutrition,
Economic Recovery Development, Education, Child Protection, Gender and Women
Protection and Empowerment.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) have been working
in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for more than forty years. Today,
the IRC has more than 2,200 staff working across the region, including in Iraq,
Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Yemen to support those affected by some of
the world’s most complex and protracted humanitarian crises.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct
regular and supervision to all health activities: MHTs and Health
Facilities (HFs) in governorate in the West coast area.
- Follow
community Health supervisors (CHSs) in the implementation of community
health activities and collaborate with local leaders, healthcare
providers, and organization.
- Follow
management and distribution of medications to all pharmacists according to
IRC drug management system.
- Monitor
the availability of medicines and supplies in implementation areas.
- Compiling
the field reports, attendants’ sheets of IWs.
- Prepare
regular reports on activities outcomes, challenges, and successes.
- Address
concerns or issues raised by MHTs, HFs, the community promptly and
effectively.
- Assist
the Senior health officer in assessing training needs and organizing
training sessions for IWs and CHVs.
- Provide
ongoing support and resources to CHVs to strengthen their capacity in
promoting vaccination.
- Assist
the Senior health Officer in assessing training needs and organizing
training sessions.
- Perform
other relevant tasks assigned by the Senior Health Officer.
Requirements:
- University
degree or equivalent experience in medical field or a related technical or
public health field. Knowledge and skills in crafting and implementing
appropriate and effective interventions
- Prefer
one year of professional experience in implementing and supervising health
projects.
- Excellent
knowledge of the working environment.
- INGO
experience preferred.
- Personal
qualities: Ability to work well in and promote teamwork, comfortable in a
multi-cultural environment, flexible, and able to handle pressure
effectively.
- Computer
literacy is desirable.
- English
preferred.
Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers
adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for
Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In
accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary
Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace
Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all
applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national
origin, religion, age, marital status, disability or any other characteristic
protected by applicable law.
IRC strives to build a diverse and inclusive team at all levels who as
individuals, and as a group, embody our culture statement crafting a working
environment characterized by critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and
objectivity for us to achieve our aspirations as a team and deliver the best
possible services to our clients.
Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in
leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment
for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave,
gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and
allowances.
Commitment to Client Responsiveness: By
committing to Client-Centered Programming, at the IRC Yemen, we place the
people we serve - our clients - at the center of our programming and services.
The IRC Yemen Staff have an important role to play in supporting the
implementation of client-responsive programming through raising awareness among
the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and how to use
them including the response processes, access, and eligibility to services, and
contribute to building an institutional culture that prompts staff to listen to
clients.
How to Apply
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