COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HYGIENE PROMOTION PROGRAM COORDINATOR

ABOUT RI:Relief International (RI) is a leading global change organization and home to teams of humanitarian activist-professionals committed to transforming adversity into renewal for the world’s most vulnerable populations. By partnering with beneficiaries and communities on the front-lines, RI innovatively bridges the gap between immediate relief and long-term community development.

Scope of Work:The Community Health and Hygiene Promotion Program Coordinator will help with implementation and monitoring of RI projects throughout Syria, primarily focusing on community health and hygiene promotion.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

· Identify prevalent epidemic diseases in the community and set up appropriate strategies to be implemented in case of epidemics and other health emergencies.

· Develop a community health worker (CHW) training program, including the production of creative and relevant education messages.

· Identify, hire and train key staff in each project for the role of CHWs

· Meet with staff regularly to provide briefing on proposed activities, implementation and monitoring plan and roles and responsibilities of each team member

· Build the capacity of staff to implement best practice in health and hygiene practices

· Develop a Hygiene Promotion (HP) training program, including key message for HPs

· Identify, hire and train key staff in each project for the role of HPs.

· Develop a monitoring and evaluation system to quantify and verify the activities

· Train and support community health workers, nurses and doctors on Primary Health Care and Reproductive Health Care activities.

· Provide assistance with staffing plans for medical staff in the project health facilities.

· Provide the required technical support to the project coordinators or manager.

· Follow-up and supervise the work of relevant health staff on daily basis.

· Interface closely with the WASH team to ensure key messages are consistent

· Assist WASH team in evaluating risks related to water, sanitation, medical waste disposal or other issues and develop strategies to address the problems with the community.

· Attend regular meetings with the project administration when needed.

· Anticipate changing needs and emergencies, communicating to management team

· Support in conducting initial needs assessments and determining areas of assistance.

· Provide training to doctors about agreed clinical guidelines (ACU EWARN and MSF)

· Assist in data collection and oversee the process to ensure high quality reporting of progress against proposal indicators by using RIs data collection systems.

· Translate health data as required.

· Assist with administrative duties such as filing, scanning, copying, and mailing.

· Assist in the preparation and drafting of periodic reports.

· Help review and update all program outreach and resource materials to reflect comprehensive program activities.

· Help cultivate a shared vision, among all staff, of RI’s programmatic aims.

· Assist in implementation and monitoring and evaluations of programs in line with the approved project proposal and budget.

· Assist to promote and encourage community participation in and ownership of health and nutrition activities at the community level.

· Where appropriate, work closely with partner organizations in completing the above tasks.

· All other duties and tasks assigned.

Qualifications & requirements:

· Medical degree or at the minimum a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant subject such as nursing, midwifery with additional experience to compensate for incomplete degree requirements.

· Able to prioritize, communicate effectively, and meet deadlines.

· Flexible in schedule, attitude, and work processes.

· Able to work both independently and in a team environment.

· Excellent English and Arabic skills required. Turkish is a plus.

· Able to exercise sound judgment

· Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.

· Able to relate to and motivate staff effectively.

· Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google software, particularly Google Drive, Gmail, Google Docs, MS Word and MS Excel. Adobe suite preferred.

· Previous NGO experience in a similar context is a plus.

HOW TO APPLY:

For interested candidates, please send your resume to hrturkey@ri.org